This is an interactive, high school biology Nearpod lesson tied to SEEd standard BIO.1.2. It guides students through information and activities about ecosystems and organisms.
This resource is a student-ready, three-dimensional SEEd science lesson you can add to your Nearpod library. Many of the phenomena, text, and images come from UEN OER textbooks, Seedstorylines.org, ck12.org, and pixabay.com. Most videos are from youtube.com or pbslearningmedia.org. Many of the simulations were found at phet.colorado.edu, ck12.org, and pbslearningmedia.org. This lesson is unique to Nebo School District but was built with the help of many amazing ideas from teachers throughout Utah.

This is an introductory lesson to get students ready to learn about macromolecules and how they can change through photosynethesis and respiration. They will learn how molecules bond and how it can change and bond with many different molecules. "Graduated cylinders and beaker filled with chemical compounds" by Horia Varlan is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

This is an introductory lesson to get students ready to learn about macromolecules and how they can change through photosynethesis and respiration. They will learn how molecules bond and how it can change and bond with many different molecules. "Graduated cylinders and beaker filled with chemical compounds" by Horia Varlan is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

This lesson is about the flow of energy in ecosystems. The setting is Plimoth Plantation, a living history museum in Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA, where students will learn about the first Thanksgiving meal in America, celebrated in 1621 by early American settlers and Wampanoag Indians. By examining this meal and comparing it to a modern day Thanksgiving celebration, students will be able to explore the way in which food energy moves and is transformed in an ecosystem. The learning goals focus on the movement of energy from one feeding level to the next within a food web, the way in which energy changes form, and the inefficiency of energy transfer, which in turn affects the availability of food energy for organisms at the highest feeding level. The lesson is directed at high school level biology students. Students should be familiar already with food webs, food chains, and trophic (feeding) levels. They should also be familiar with the general equations for photosynthesis (CO2 + H2O => C6H12O6) and cell respiration (C6H12O6 => CO2 + H2O), and understand the basic purpose of these processes in nature. This lesson can be completed during one long classroom period, or can be divided over two or more class meetings. The duration of the lesson will depend on prior knowledge of the students and on the amount of time allotted for student discussion. There are no supplies required for this lesson other than the downloadable worksheets (accessed on this BLOSSOMS site), paper and some glue or tape.

Ecosystems are shaped by interactions among living organisms and their physical environment. A food chain shows the energy flow through organisms in an environment. A food pyramid shows loss of energy in a food chain.

Biology SEEd textbook for the 2022-2023 school year. This textbook was developed to align to the Utah Science with Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards. (Added: June 8, 2022)