Interactions Between Living Things and Their Environment
The student will investigate how living things interact with one another and with nonliving elements of their environment.
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Determine various types of plant and animal relationships within an ecosystem. |
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Identify environmental changes caused by living things. |
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Predict the effects of human actions and/or natural disasters on the environment. |
Day 1 - Plant and Animal Relationships Plant and Animal Relationships
http://www.mobot.org/education/aptl_plantandanimal%20interactions.pdf#search=%22plant%20and%
| predation | one eats another (Herbivores eat plants. Carnivores eats animals.) |
| parasitism | ones benefits at the expense of another (Host does not die. Examples: aphids, ticks) |
| commensalism | one benefits and other is not hurt nor helped |
| mutualism | both species benefit (Example: pollen spread by bees) |
Day 2 - Ecology Lesson
Day 3 - Human Actions
acid rain
ACTIVITY AND PROCEDURES:
1. Place a piece of chalk in pan.
2. Using an eyedropper, have one student drop vinegar
onto the chalk in a constant stream.
3. Observe the fizzing on the surface of the chalk
when the vinegar is dropped.
4. Notice the crumbling of the chalk.
ozone depletion
global warming
toxic air pollutants
Day 4 - Natural Disasters
| earthquake | fire | volcano | tornado |
| hurricane | tsunami | blizzard | flood |
| lightening |
Day 5