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Sea Connections: Marine Ecosystems

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Students identify producers and consumers from marine ecosystems and describe the balance among them in the environments. After constructing a food chain from a marine ecosystem, they examine human activities that can upset the balance of the ecosystems. They play a teacher-created card game and try to collect five cards from the same ecosystem.

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overfishing, fishing industry, biodiversity, ecosystems, hydrothermal vents

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biodiversity, ecosystem, hydrothermal vent, overfishing, science
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Grade
6th - 10th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
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For Teacher Use
Duration
2 days
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Discussion

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