Life Science
5th grade
Symbiotic Relationships
http://www.vtaide.com/png/symbiosis.htm
When students MOUSEOVER the pictures they will get to watch short videos enabling them to experience examples of the three main forms of symbiosis: (1) mutualism, (2) commensalism and (3) parasitism.
Energy Flow
http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/genbio/virtual_labs/BL_02/BL_02.html
http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/tdc02.sci.life.oate.energyflow/energy-flow/
This interactive online story explains why 400 pounds of corn can't be converted into a 400-pound cow. It would be great to read together on a whiteboard. It also shows a real world application of percentages.
http://coolclassroom.org/cool_windows/home.html
Let your students use their logical thinking skills and reading skills to build a complex food web. If they don't read carefully they may miss important clues needed to correctly diagram the food web.
Simulated Predator Prey Relationship
Give your students the opportunity to observe how the a predator's birth, aggression and dependency rate can affect an ecosystem's balance.
http://www.biologycorner.com/worksheets/pred_prey.html
This simulation also integrates reading graphs into the lesson.
http://www.phschool.com/atschool/phbio/active_art/predator_prey_simulation/index.html
This predator-prey simulation is between a moose and a wolf.
Endangered Animals
https://askabiologist.asu.edu/sites/default/files/LizardIsland/LizardIsland.swf
Photosynthesis
http://www.wonderville.ca/asset/photosynthesis
This well-done video explanation of photosynthesis has some interactive components.
This is virtual experiment/simulations.
What is population ecology?
Think Like a Scientist
Think like an enviromental scientist and uncover the causes of today's global climate change.