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    Interconnections Within Ecosystems

    Parks | Education | Education Programs | Virtual Learning | Virtual Academy | 5th Grade | Interconnections Within Ecosystems

    State Standards:

    5: LS.1: Organisms perform a variety of roles in an ecosystem.

    5: LS.2: All of the processes that take place within organisms require energy.


    Objectives

    At the end of the program, student will be able to:

    · Define and identify several ecosystems throughout the world and Ohio.

    · Articulate the four major essentials for life that living organisms need to survive in an ecosystem.

    · Explain the basic process of photosynthesis and identify its purpose in an ecosystem.

    · Understand that all life needs a constant energy flow.

    · Identify the difference between a producer, consumer, and decomposer.

    · Identify and understand a trophic pyramid and the loss of energy from one consumer level to the next. (primary consumer, secondary consumer, tertiary consumer)

    · Distinguish the different types of consumers, i.e. herbivore, omnivore, and carnivore.

    · Recognize that energy flow is a cycle and can be replenished in part by scavengers and decomposers back into soil.

    · Identify and define dynamic relationships within ecosystems, i.e., symbiotic relationships (mutualism, commensalism, parasitism, competition, and predation).

    · Distinguish between an introduced and invasive species and how this affects the flow of energy and relationships in an ecosystem.

    · Distinguish between a threatened and endangered species

    Lesson Plans: 
    5th-Grade-Interactions-within-Ecosystems-Lesson-plan



    Video Links: 
    Video Lesson - Ecosystems and Their Source of Energy
    Video Lesson - Ecosystems and Their Flow of Energy
    Video Lesson - Dynamic Relationships Within Ecosystems

     

    • Video Lesson - Ecosystems and Their Source of Energy
      Video Lesson - Ecosystems and Their Source of Energy

    • Video Lesson - Ecosystems and Their Flow of Energy
      Video Lesson - Ecosystems and Their Flow of Energy

    • Video Lesson - Dynamic Relations Within Ecosystems
      Video Lesson - Dynamic Relations Within Ecosystems

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