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- Grade Range
- 10th - 11th
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Students explore a rotting log and identify host plants and animals and the interrelationships among those organisms. They discuss their findings and complete a worksheet imbedded in the lesson. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students study food webs and food chains by listening to a book, watching video clips and completing computer work. They create a food web online. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students research an assigned animal on the Internet and determine if their assigned animal is a producer, a consumer, or a decomposer. They type a one page report on their assigned animal citing online references, edit their work, and proofread another student's work. The students construct a food chain on the bulletin board using pictures they draw or pint out. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 10th - 12th
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Students explore decay in ecosystems by investigating a rotting log and/orcreating a decomposition chamber. They make predictions and answer questions about the changes involved. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students design and conduct experiments using chunks of carrots to determine what environmental factors favor decomposition by soil microbes. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students describe the role of decomposer organisms in nutrient recycling. They realize the importnace in maintaing the flow of energy through an ecosystem. They describe the physical conditions that are favorable or unfavorable to microbial decomposers. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th - 10th
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Students describe the components that make up an ecosystem. They demonstrate an understanding of how organisms adapt to their environment for greater survival. Students write a creative story from the viewpoint of an organism found in the rotting log activity. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th - 8th
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Students observe that a decomposing log provides a habitat for a variety of organisms, including insects. They also can identify arthropods and describe the role of them in energy cycles. Also, the class can describe metamorphosis and impact of pest species on trees in Arkanas Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 12th
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Students watch the video clip and create a web map showing the cycle between producers, consumers and decomposers. They also tell why it is important to conserve the old-growth forests. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 10th
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Students discuss the characteristics of producers, consumers and decomposers. Using a flow chart, they construct a food chain to visually show how organisms with different energy sources depend upon one another. Students explore a model of a food web and discuss characteristics of each consumer. Full Review »
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