Format
1. Discussion of habitats and what animals need to survive
2. Discussion of energy needed to sustain an ecosystem
3. Discussion of producers, consumers, decomposers, and scavengers with live animals
4. Build a food chain and see how all life is connected to each other
Objectives
1. Students will understand the components of a healthy habitat
2. Students will understand the transfer of energy though the food web
3. Students will understand the differences between producers, consumers, decomposers, and scavengers
4. Students will understand the importance of interdependence within an ecosystem
5. 6th Grade: Students will understand the difference between biotic and abiotic factors
6. 5th & 6th Grade: Students will understand trophic levels, apex predators, and the classification system for animals
7. 6th Grade: Students will understand the difference between organisms, populations, and communities in an ecosystem
Standards Alignment
National Standards
NS.K-4.3: Life Science: Life cycles of organisms
NS.K.5-8.3: Life Science: Populations and ecosystems
State Standards
Meets 2014 SC Science Academic Standards; 3.L5A.2, 5.L.4B.1, 5.L.4B.2, 5.L.4B.3, 5.L.4B.4;
Meets 2005 SC Science Academic Standards; 5-2.4
NGSS:
3-LS1-1: From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
5-LS2-1: Ecosystems: Intereactions, Energy, and Dynamics
MS-LS1-6: From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
MS-LS2-3: Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
ISTE 1: Empowered Learner
ISTE 7: Global Collaborator
ISTE 6: Creative Communicator