Ecology

FOOD WEB SIMULATOR - See how big you can make your food web and still have all of the species you add survive through the end of the simulation run. https://www.learner.org/courses/envsci/interactives/ecology/ecology.html

BIOMES - A site that helps you understand the world's biomes. http://www.worldbiomes.com/

BIOMES - This site shows and teaches you all about earth's biomes. http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/world_biomes.htm

CHAIN REACTION - Build a food chain. http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/frogs/chain_reaction/play_chainreaction.cfm

FUN WITH FOOD WEBS - Can you drag each picture to it's correct place in each food web? http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/food/food_menu.html

CAMOUFLAGE GAME - Drag each animal over the label that best describes its camouflage strategy.

Once you put the animal in the correct column, its name will appear. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/leopards/seeinggame.html

BRAINPOP - Ecosystems http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/dl/free/0078600499/167348/00076707.html

WHAT'S IT LIKE WHERE YOU LIVE - Interesting way to learn about the biomes of the world. http://www.mbgnet.net/

ANIMAL ADAPTATIONS - How fast can you match up animals' adaptations? Are you ready to find out? Beat the clock! http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/climate/adaptations/index.cfm

FIELD GUIDE TO THE PRAIRIE - Use this field guide to help you as you identify organisms to place in your prairie! http://www.bellmuseum.umn.edu/games/prairie/fieldguide/index.html

BUILD A PRAIRIE - Are you up for the challenge? If you choose the right plants and animals, you can watch the prairie come to life before your eyes! You may choose to restore a tallgrass or shortgrass prairie. During each section of the game, you will be asked what plants or animals you would like to bring to your prairie site. Be careful! Some plants and animals do not belong in the prairie ecosystem. They may not survive, or they may become pest species out-competing native plants and animals. Fortunately, you have access to a field guide, where you can read about which plants and animals belong in your prairie. In each multiple-choice question, your job is to pick the best combination of plants or animals for your particular prairie type. Use the field guide to help you! http://www.bellmuseum.umn.edu/games/prairie/build/index.html

ANIMAL SURVIVAL - See if you can keep the rare sand lizard alive through its typical day. It's counting on you! http://www.arkive.org/education/games/animal-survival

LADYBUG PACMAN - Defeat the nasty predators and catch your food! https://secure.woodlandtrust.org.uk/PublicFiles/spotted-game/Game.htm?__utma=126947218.890476358.1428869298.1428869298.1428869298.1&__utmb=126947218.1.10.1428869298&__utmc=126947218&__utmx=-&__utmz=126947218.1428869298.1.1.utmcsr=google|utmccn=%28organic%29|utmcmd=organic|utmctr=%28not%20provided%29&__utmv=-&__utmk=99715742

MEASURE YOUR ECO-FOOTPRINT - How much of an impact do YOU have on our earth? http://www.conservation.org/act/live_green/pages/ecofootprint.aspx

DUMPTOWN - You are Dumptown's new City Manager! When you start to play, you'll see Dumptown at its worst it's littered, polluted, and nothing is being recycled or reused. There are many trash cans and dumpsters, but no recycling bins. That means all of the trash is going right into the landfill just outside town, where it isn't doing anyone any good. In your new position, you can start programs that encourage Dumptown's citizens and businesses to recycle and reduce waste. You have 10 programs to work with. Each time you try out a new one, you can see immediately how the Dumptown landscape changes. You also see how much waste you are saving from going into the landfill. Oh, and because the people of Dumptown are paying for these programs, we've given you a way to keep track of how much money you're spending on their behalf. http://www.epa.gov/recyclecity/gameintro.htm

DESIGN A HABITAT - Build the perfect habitat for one of the worlds most endangered mammals, the black footed ferret! http://www.arkive.org/education/games/design-a-habitat

TRIPWIRE OF TERROR - Help the ladybird spider, one of the rarest and most colorful spiders in Britain.

Can you stop the male from getting eaten by the much larger female? http://www.arkive.org/education/games/tripwire-of-terror

EGG AND SPAWN RACE - Can you help the salmon survive its epic journey to its birthplace to breed?

Look out for sharks, fishing nets and seals or you won't last long! http://www.arkive.org/education/games/egg-and-spawn-race

SWIM FOR YOUR LIFE - The game traces the natural history of the anadromous fish. In the game, you begin your life as developing fish embryo contained within the egg, then larval fish living and feeding in marshland nurseries. Later you move into the river and estuary to begin your journey to the ocean. Once in the ocean, you will require three or four years of growth to reach reproductive maturity, whereupon you will begin the same migration your parents made, leaving the open ocean and entering coastal estuaries and rivers. Your upstream journey will eventually take you to the watersheds from which you originated. Once there, you will leave the spawn for a future generation and continuation of the cycle. http://fergusonfoundation.org/btw-students/swim-for-your-life-fish-game/

ANIMAL ADAPTATIONS - How fast can you match up animals' adaptations? Are you ready to find out? Test yourself. Test your friends. http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/climate/adaptations/index.cfm

ECOLOGY QUIZ #1 http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078600499/student_view0/unit6/chapter21/section_1_self-check_quiz-eng_.html

ECOLOGY QUIZ #2 http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078600499/student_view0/unit6/chapter21/section_2_self-check_quiz-eng_.html

ECOLOGY QUIZ #3 http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078600499/student_view0/unit6/chapter21/section_3_self-check_quiz-eng_.html

EAT OR BE EATEN - Test your knowledge of terms relating to feeding relationships among organisms! It's HANGMAN! http://www.quia.com/hm/18276.html?AP_rand=497726093

ECOLOGY REVIEW GAME http://www.quia.com/jq/10183.html

EOCOLOGY CONCENTRATION GAME http://www.glencoe.com/olc_games/game_engine/content/gln_sci/msscience_06_nat/chapter460/game1_type_4/

ECOLOGY SPACE INVADERS - Angry aliens are invading earth! Shoot the invaders while teaching them a thing or two about ecology! Your knowledge and shooting skills just might save the world! This review game allows you to have a blast while reviewing important ecology vocabulary! http://biomanbio.com/GamesandLabs/EcoGames/aaecology.html

ENERGYVILLE - Control the energy mix of a virtual city and learn more about the energy sources and energy demands that shape energy decisions worldwide! http://www.energyville.com/energyville/

EARTH DAY FOOTPRINT CALCULATOR http://www.earthday.org/footprint-calculator

COW IN AND OUT GAME - This requires you to decide what goes into the cows, and what comes from them by sorting a variety of items. http://fergusonfoundation.org/hbf-kids-zone/cow-in-and-out-game/