LEARN NC

K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Goal 7

The learner will conduct investigations and use technologies and information systems to build an understanding of population dynamics.

Objective 7.01

Describe ways in which organisms interact with each other and with non-living parts of the environment:

  • Coexistence/Cooperation/Competition.
  • Symbiosis.
  • Mutual dependence.

Resources aligned to this objective

Resources on the web

The Beagle Brigade
In this lesson from Science NetLinks, students develop their understanding of animal behaviors and the interaction of innate abilities and learned behaviors. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Science)
Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Are hammerheads a keystone species?
In this lesson, from Xpeditions, students learn what a keystone species is and then draw a simple food chain that helps illustrate why tiger sharks are considered a keystone species in Shark Bay. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 6 and 8 Science)
Provided by: National Geographic
Aquatic invaders
Students explore the ways that native species interact in a healthy Chesapeake Bay. They will then learn about some of the ways that exotic or invasive species can threaten the balance of the ecosystem. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Science)
Provided by: National Geographic
The Antarctic ecosystem: Where would it be without krill?
This Xpeditions lesson asks students to investigate the importance of krill, a thumb-sized, shrimplike animal, to the Antarctic ecosystem by researching the animals that depend on it and drawing a food web. They will conclude by writing paragraphs explaining... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 6 and 8 Science)
Provided by: National Geographic