Introduction
Welcome to the investigation into how living and nonliving environments work together to survive. You will investigate different ecosystems and create one of your own!
Task
You will work with your group to investigate ecosystems
Read about them and answer the questions for each website.
Process
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What is an ecosystem?
First you will watch a video about ecosystems.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=JPHqUxxyLsY
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What are some different ecosystems?
Next, read and explore different habitats. How does the living and the nonliving things depend on each other for survival?
http://nationalgeographic.com/explore/narure/habitats
Evaluation
Draw an illustration of an ecosystem that you learned about. What depends on each other what would happen if the nonliving things was not there?
To present it to the class, you may choose to write about it, sing a song about it, or talk about it.
Conclusion
How do living and nonliving things depend of each in an ecosysystem? What is it important to take care of our ecosystems?
Teacher Page
Standards
SC.1.L.1.1 Raise questions about the natural world
SC.1.L.14.1 Make observations about the natural world
SC.1.L.14.3 Differentiate between living and nonliving things
SC.1.L.17.1 Plants and animals need water, air, food and space to survive