A balanced ecosystem doesn't mean balanced populations. Budding scientists complete a series of activities to learn about the relationship between producers and consumers in an ecosystem. They complete the wildlife conservation instructional activity by creating their own ecosystems, focusing on the ratio of producers, and primary and secondary consumers.

Concepts

producers, consumers, primary consumers, secondary consumers, population, ecosystems

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Adapt the activity to use animals that are part of a local ecosystem

Classroom Considerations

• Allow time to prepare materials prior to the activity
• Expects pupils to be familiar with the relationship between producers and consumers

Pros

• Uses a game to model the ratios of producers and consumers
• Provides links to additional resources

Cons

• None