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- 5th - 7th
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Students determine, delineate, and observe an ecosystem. They analyze the role of abiotic factors in ecosystems and discuss the balance between producers and consumers. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students observe biotic and abiotic things participating in an observational walk outside the school. They create a collage using pictures of biotic and abiotic items. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students define and compare/contrast abiotic and biotic factors presented while using web cameras on the Web World Wonders website. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 8th
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Students identify a local plant community and make a variety of measurements. They measure abiotic factors such as taking soil samples and making measurements of weather conditions on the day of the study. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students examine abiotic and biotic factors. They define biotic and abiotic, categorize a list of items onto a Venn diagram, label various items from areas on the school grounds as biotic or abiotic, and diagram a magazine picture. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 8th
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Students assess the factors affecting animal populations. Working in groups they define specific vocabulary terms and complete several activities from "Project Wild." Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students review the terms and concepts: evolution, selection, biotic, and abiotic factors. They come up with hypotheses about limpet shell types based on what we discuss about intertidal environments. Students use ratios to compare shell types, and (at some point) test the hypotheses. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students examine proper journaling techniques, and record observations about at tree after listening to a read aloud of "Four Worlds: The Dine Story of Creation." They study the difference between living and non-living things, and biotic and abiotic things/ They discover interactions that occur in ecosystems. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students explore how the number and types of organisms an ecosystem can support depends on the resources available and on abiotic factors, such as quantities of light and water, a range of temperatures, soil composition. They are explained that extinction of a species occurs when the environment changes and that the adaptive characteristics of a species are insufficient for its survival. Full Review »
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- 7th - 10th
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Students explore and define ecosystem, ecology and habitat. They discuss abiotic and biotic organisms and the things needed for survival. After observing pictures of animals in their habitat, students compare and contrast habitats and ecosystems. They identify factors between abiotic and biotic ecosystems. Full Review »

