Additional Resources: Grade Five, Goal 1

Plants and Animals

Internet sites:

The Franklin Institute On-Line: This website provides basic definitions of terms such as ecosystem, population and habitat. There are links to other websites about specific ecosystems. Additionally, there are ideas for simple ecosystems that you can create in your own classroom. http://www.fi.edu/tfi/units/life/habitat/habitat.html

Ecosystems Thinkquest: This site has information about each of the major biomes, their characteristics and inhabitants. Each link provides audio clips of sounds found in that biome.http://library.thinkquest.org/11353/ecosystems.htm

EPA Report on Climate Change in NC: This website would not necessarily be appropriate for students, but does provide good background information for the teacher. The site is an Environmental Protection Agency report published in 1998 describing global climate change in North Carolina. http://yosemite.epa.gov/OAR/globalwarming.nsf/UniqueKeyLookup/SHSU5BUTX6/$File/nc_impct.pdf

NC Parks Classrooms Webpage: This is the homepage for the North Carolina Parks as Classrooms webpage. The site provides a brief overview of several programs available in western North Carolina that are linked to the science content standards. Also included is contact information for the people responsible for each program. http://www.nps.gov/blri/ncpac.htm

Learn NC: This site is linked to the North Carolina Standard Course of Study. It provides links to websites and lesson plans for the objectives for this topic. http://www.learnnc.org/scos/2005-SCI/0005/01/