How do global and local
interactions affect an ecosystem?
I want you to understand that ecosystems are dynamic and affected by human
endeavors. In order to understand the ramifications of events, we need to understand
the variables and the interactions within an ecosystem.
Lab report writing resources
Question: page 11-12
Hypothesis – pg 12
Variables – pg 13
Materials and Method – page 13
Graphs & Tables – pgs 17-21
Results & Interpretation of data – pgs 14
Objective 1: What is an ecosystem (2-3 classes)
Vocabulary Terms
ecosystem
biotic
variable
environment
habitat
niche
abiotic
flora
photosynthesis
interacting
fauna
Reading Assignment
chapter 5.1 pages 83 - 85
chapter 4.3 pages 72 – 76 answer questions in Section Review page 77
Discussion Topics/Questions
1. What defines an ecosystem?
2. How big or small are ecosystems?
3. What fuels an ecosystem?
4. What is the importance of studying ecosystems?
5. What are problems with studying ecosystems?
Lab Activity
Investigation Manuel #4a: Carbon Dioxide and Living Things pg 19-22
Web Resources
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPHqUxxyLsY (what is an ecosystem video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-wpbhnom70&feature=relmfu (Mahalo ecosystems)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1pp_7-yTN4 (video on abiotic and biotic)
http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/games/habitat/ (habitat game)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNTHVLxPP54 (habitats)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/8_9/habitats.shtml (game & quiz)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/standard/biology/biosphere/investigating_an_ecosyste
m/revision/1/ (sampling techniques for an investigation)
Objective 2: Interactions & Food webs (2 classes)
Vocabulary Terms
interaction
carnivore
energy pyramid
symbiosis
consumer
omnivore
competition
herbivore
producer
food chain
predator
decomposer
food web
prey
Reading Assignment
chapter 5.1 pages 86 – 88 Answer questions in Section review page 89
chapter 5.2 pages 90 – 92 Answer questions in Section Review 93
chapter 5.3 pages 94 – 96
Discussion Topics/Questions
1.
What is the primary reason organisms in an ecosystem interact? What is their
primary goal in life and what are the obstacles to reaching this goal?
2. Describe the flow of energy in an ecosystem.
3.
List and briefly describe important cycles: water cycle, C-O cycle, nitrogen
4. What is the importance of these cycles?
5. What organisms in an energy pyramid contain the most energy? The least?
6. What is the difference between a food chain and food web?
7. What might be abiotic limits to population growth of ?
8. What might be biotic limits to population growth of?
9. How do fungi eat and why is this useful to other organisms?
10. What is lichen?
Lab Activity
Soil investigations (see .pdf file)
Web Resources
CPO Content Video on Interactions in a Food Web
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pasB5FxhVUk (food webs video)
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/games/foodchaingam
e.htm (build a food chain)
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/games/producersconsumersg
ame.htm (game)
http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/frogs/chain_reaction/index.cfm (build)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Wfs2L5IydY&feature=related (variables and food
chain review)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnffYkN1UDk (producers, consumers, &
decomposers)
http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/science/soil/quiz361.html (soil quiz)
http://forces.si.edu/soils/swf/whereintheworld.html (where is this soil profile – a
game)
Objective 3: Classification (2 classes)
Vocabulary Terms
classification
prokaryotic
vertebrate
Animalia
organism
eukaryotic
invertebrate
Plantae
population
flora
kingdom
hyphae
symmetry
fauna
Fungi
arthropod
Reading Assignment
chapter 3.1 pages 43 – 48 Section Review page 49
Discussion Topics/Questions
1. Describe how organisms are historically classified and techniques in use today.
2. Why would a classification system of organisms be useful?
3. What are the similarities and differences in how different types of organisms
are classified?
4. What part of a classification tells you the specific animal?
5. Where would you locate the main part of a fungus?
6. How do plants reproduce thru seeds? Using flowers that are pollinated by
animals or wind they produce seeds
7. What is the difference between an invertebrate and a vertebrate? Provide
examples of each.
8. What is the difference between a plant and animal?
9. What are possible impacts of invasive species? Provide an example.
Lab Activity
Investigation Manuel #17a: Observing Planarians pg 99-101
Web Resources
http://anthro.palomar.edu/animal/animal_1.htm (info and quiz)
http://www.kidsbiology.com/biology_basics/classification/classification1.php(classific
ation system)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRO-DPyB9Bk&feature=relmfu (Mahalo pro
versus eu)
http://archives.microbeworld.org/microbes/fungi/eat.aspx (fungus information)
Objective 4: Climate Change (2 classes)
Vocabulary Terms
climate
weather
axis
tilt
greenhouse gases
rotation
orbit
Milankovitch Theory
Reading Assignment
chapter 6.1 pages 107 – 112 answer questions in Section Review page 113
https://www3.epa.gov/climatechange/kids/basics/index.html
Discussion Topics/Questions
1. Identify a toxin or pollutant we are exposed to. Discuss the possible effects.
2. Describe evidence and how this evidence is gathered to demonstrate global
warming is occurring.
3. Describe the natural and man-made factors that affect the climate.
Lab Activity
Investigation Manuel #5B testing pollutants pg. 28-30
Web Resources
http://www.epa.gov/climatestudents/index.html (information)
http://climatekids.nasa.gov/time-machine/
http://www.ecokids.ca/PUB/games_activities/climate_change/index.cfm (games and
activities)
http://climate.nasa.gov/interactives/quizzes (quiz)
http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/climate/quiz/quiz3.cfm (quiz)
http://www.abc.net.au/science/games/quizzes/2009/climatechange/ (quiz)
http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/energy/great-energychallenge/climate-change-science-quiz/ (quiz)
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