Engaging slide presentation for the Ecosystem Eaters lesson, featuring embedded video clips, key definitions, and clear instructions for the Energy Diary activity.
An aquatic food web worksheet where students identify producers/consumers and draw energy flow arrows for a pond ecosystem.
A two-page cut-and-paste activity where students build a terrestrial food web for a forest ecosystem and draw energy flow arrows.
A visual slide deck introducing food webs, the difference between food chains and webs, and contrasting terrestrial and aquatic energy foundations.
A one-page reading passage about energy flow and trophic levels, followed by four multiple-choice comprehension questions.
A single-page teacher-facing resource providing the answer key for all student activities, including the new reading comprehension worksheet.
A comprehensive matching and identification worksheet focusing on trophic level vocabulary, including a fixed 4-level diagram lab for color-coding.
A colorful two-page cut-and-paste activity where students assemble an energy pyramid using trophic labels and specific prairie organisms.
A visual slide deck introducing energy pyramids, trophic levels (producers to tertiary consumers), and the 10% energy transfer rule.
A participant handout for Lesson 2 (Decomposition) with a Rally Coach section for low-lift tasks, a Professional Blueprint for classroom application, and a reflective Coach's Corner connecting early exposure to long-term CS success.
A 5-slide presentation for Lesson 2 (Decomposition) featuring the Allison Cuttler quote, the video intro, Rally Coach instructions, and professional application examples across storytelling, standards, and math.
Updated facilitation guide for Lesson 2 (Decomposition), featuring quotes from Krauss & Prottsman and Allison Cuttler, a Rally Coach instructional strategy, and cross-curricular connections from literacy to industrial tech.
A comprehensive scoring guide for teachers to assess students' biome box projects and written reports, covering accuracy, creativity, writing, and presentation.
A naturalist-themed worksheet for students to document their biome box project, featuring sentence starters, short response areas, and sections for climate, flora, fauna, and project reflection.