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An engaging kid-friendly video that introduces ecosystems using the Amazon rainforest example and explains living and non-living components in simple terms.

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A lively explanation of how organisms interact with their environment, the concept of food webs, and ecosystem balance. Includes discussion prompts.

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Ecosystems for Kids | Plants, Animals, & Their Environment

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Defines ecosystems, explores biotic and abiotic factors, and shows how components interconnect.

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An ecosystem is a geographic area where plants, animals, and other organisms, as well as weather and landscapes, work together to form a bubble of life.

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Khan Academy: What is an Ecosystem?
A straightforward foundation article covering the definition, examples, and ecosystem roles.

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Visual infographics illustrating ecosystem types, services, and relationships between organisms and their environment.

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Visual infographics illustrating ecosystem types, services, and relationships between organisms and their environment.

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1. What role do producers, consumers, and decomposers play in your ecosystem?

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Choose a keystone species. How would the ecosystem change if it disappeared?

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Coral reefs are “rainforests of the sea”

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Half of the world’s species live in tropical rainforests

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PhET Energy Forms & Ecosystems: let students manipulate variables like sunlight, water, and producers to see how ecosystems respond.

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Ecosystem Role Play: assign students roles (sunlight, plants, herbivores, predators, decomposers). Act out how energy and resources flow, and what happens when one group is removed (ex. invasive species or keystone extinction).