Lesson 1: ECOSYSTEMS AND FOOD CHAINS

ECOSYSTEMS AND FOOD CHAINS:

FACEBOOK LIVE LESSON : https://www.facebook.com/396247877070277/videos/512266676058504/

Key Points of Lesson:

-Biomes/habitats

-What is an ecosystem

-Types of ecosystems in the world

-Types of ecosystems in the ocean

-Abiotic factors

-Biotic factors

-Other qualities of an ecosystem

-Food chain

-Food web

–Apex predator, consumers, decomposers, producers

-What happens when you remove an organism from ecosystem?

Activities:

Biotic vs. Abiotic elements

Coral Reef Biomagnification activity

Food web worksheet

Follow Up:

Ecosystem Journal

Videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrSWYE37MJs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKJoXdrOT70&t=12s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJEToQ49Yjc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p15IrEuhYmo&t=152s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNF8b7KKJ2I&t=77s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZhE2p46vJk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuO4WB4SwCg

Other good resources:

https://www.khanacademy.org/science/biology/ecology/intro-to-ecosystems/a/what-is-an-ecosystem