What are Ecosystems? Student Learning Guide - Print Version grades 3 – 5.
Features – Self-directed readings, easy-to-follow illustrated explanations, guiding questions, inquiry-based activities, a lab investigation, key vocabulary review and assessment review questions, along with a post-test.
Covers the following topics:
Engage
Environment
Explore
A Pond Through a Magnifying Glass
Explain
Environment
Living and Nonliving Things
Living or Nonliving?
What is an Ecosystem?
An Organism's Habitat and Niche
Population and Community
Parts of an Ecosystem
How does an Ecosystem Work?
Matching Parts of the Ecosystem
Kinds of Ecosystems
Energy in an Ecosystem
Producers, Consumers & Decomposers
Living Organisms Sorting
How Do Ecosystems Change?
An Ecosystem After a Fire
What are Ecosystems?
Elaborate
Exploring Ecosystems
Evaluate
What are Ecosystems?
Lesson Vocabulary
What are Ecosystems? Student Learning Guide - Print Version
33 pages