ORNL
DAAC Educator's Corner
Plants & Animals
Lists of web sites categorized by subject areas within science. Subject areas included are: Earth and Space Science, Physical Science, History of Science, Careers, Life Science, Informal Education, and Process Skills.
Organic Decomposition and the Detritus Food Chain. Discusses many concepts including Aerobic and Anaerobic Respiration. [Includes link to a great glossary of terms]
Discusses and illustrates the movement of energy in a typical food chain. Illustrated flowchart of a simplified food chain and energy flow through the trophic levels. Contains numerous important vocabulary words and explanation of systems! [Excellent resource]
Players experience first hand the complex interactions between the many organisms that make up an ecosystem. Players will construct food webs of increasing complexity. Then opposing players will make a change to the food web and all the players will see the effect that the change has on the ecosystem.