Ecology and Sustainable Ecosystems. This FIVE Week Ecology unit looks at ecological relationships and includes digital and print versions of all resources.

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Preview shows exactly how the unit runs, day-to-day.

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Ecology Unit Bundle:

✅ Comprehensive 5-Week Ecology Unit – Includes 9 detailed lessons, daily teaching schedule, labs, assignments, reading comprehension activities, quizzes, tests, worksheets, and exit tickets. DAILY teaching schedule included.

✅ Digital & Print Formats – Ready-to-use in Google Slides, Docs, Boom Cards, and PowerPoint.

✅ NGSS-Aligned – Covers ecosystems, biodiversity, human impact, and more.

✅ Time-Saving & Organized – Includes teacher and student versions, exit tickets, and bell ringers.

NEWLY ADDED: ✅ 8 Bonus Resources Included ($25 Value)

Included in the Unit Package:

• Office and Google versions of each lesson
• 5 weeks of teaching material
• 9 lessons - each lesson includes a 4-question digital exit ticket
• Ecology Bell Ringers, Class Warm-Ups, and Exit Tickets Bundle
• 3 Digital Boom Card Activities
• 2 Lab Station Activities
• 2 Digital Scavenger Hunt Activities
• 2 Reading Comprehension Articles
• 3 Unit Assignments
• Ecosystems Lab Experiment: Ecobottles Lab
• 2 Unit Tests with answer keys
• Creative Story Assignment
• Water and Carbon Cycle Diagram Activity
• Human Impact on Ecosystems Assignment
• Ecology and Ecosystems Task Card Review
• FOUR Bill Nye Worksheets with answer key
• Teacher and student versions of each presentation
• Student notes handout
• 8 Bonus Resources Included ($25 Value)

- Flowers, Pollinators, Ecosystems and Human Impact Project

- Population and Carrying Capacity Ecology Lab Activity

- Population Ecology Data Graphing Bundle

- Winter Weather Adaptations Ecology Research Project

- Crash Course BIOLOGY (2012) #40 - Ecology and Earth Science

- Crash Course ECOLOGY Video Worksheets | 12 Episode Bundle

- Ecology and Ecosystems Word Search and Scramble Activity

- Ecology Case Study - The Decline of Pollinators | Reading

Lessons Included:

Lesson 1 - The Spheres of the Earth

Lesson 2 - Ecosystems

Lesson 3 - Energy Flow In Ecosystems

Lesson 4 - Cycling of Matter In Ecosystems

Lesson 5 - Population Influences Within Ecosystems

Lesson 6 - Ecological Succession

Lesson 7 - Biomass and Fossil Fuels

Lesson 8 - The Importance of Biodiversity

Lesson 9 - Invasive Species

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Google Classroom and Exit Ticket

• This resource is perfect for distance learning and integrates with Google Classroom. Included for most resources, is a link that with one click, will automatically create a copy of that resource and put it directly into your Google Drive.
• Purchase --> Open --> Click --> Assign to your students
• On the last Google Slide of each lesson is a link to a four-question Exit Ticket that you can give as homework or to conclude your lesson in class.
• This lesson includes both Google and Office versions for ALL resources. The presentation is in Google Slides and PowerPoint while all documents contain Word and Google Doc versions.

Having both options allows you to use either without worrying about formatting issues as all the work has already been done for you. It also allows you, as well as your students, to access everything no matter where you are or what kind of equipment is being used.

**Plus: Included with your purchase is a complimentary bonus activity which will extend your students learning and understanding**

To go along with this resource, I've created a day-by-day walkthrough as I work my way through the unit - CLICK HERE to follow my progress.

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- "Very detailed. I have used the assignments and they were a hit!"

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Digital and Distance Learning:

Each lesson is fully digital which makes it perfect for the classroom, distance learning, or as a sub-plan if needed. With a single click, the entire package will be imported into your Google Drive and will be ready to assign to your students or present in class. You can also place a copy of the resources directly into student Google Drive accounts for easy access.

Exit Tickets can be directly accessed from the last Google Slide in each presentation. Additionally, your purchase will create a copy of the Google Form Exit Ticket which you can edit to meet your class needs.

Student Version:

The student version of each lesson contains multiple blanks that need to be filled in throughout. These blanks are conveniently underlined and bolded on the teacher copy. I have found this to be the most effective means of keeping my students engaged and active without having them write everything out. This also leaves more time for discussion and activities.

NGSS:
MS-LS2-1 - Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.

The lessons on population influences, biodiversity, and invasive species address how resource availability impacts populations and ecosystems.

MS-LS2-4 - Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.

The lessons on ecological succession, biomass and fossil fuels, and human impacts have students analyze ecosystem changes and their effects.

MS-LS2-5 - Evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services.

The biodiversity lesson has students evaluate solutions for maintaining biodiversity.

MS-LS1-6 - Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for the role of photosynthesis in the cycling of matter and flow of energy into and out of organisms.

The lessons on energy flow and cycling of matter link to this standard on photosynthesis and energy cycling.

MS-ESS3-3 - Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing a human impact on the environment.

The human impacts lesson connects to designing solutions to minimize human environmental impacts.

MS-ESS3-4 - Construct an argument supported by evidence for how increases in human population and per-capita consumption of natural resources impact Earth's systems.

The lessons on human impacts and fossil fuels relate to analyzing how population and resource use impact ecosystems.

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