Ecosystems and Biodiversity Lesson 2 : It's All Connected! (view)
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- Overview
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- Learning goals:
- Describe how energy flows through simple food chains and webs, Identify and categorize organisms as producers, consumers, and decomposers, based on their source of food (the source of energy and building materials)., Explain how environmental changes can produce a change in food web., Predict how changes in one population might affect other populations based upon their relationship in the food web.
- Keywords:
- MEECS, Environment, Environmental
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- Advance Preparation
- Background Information
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Summary
Students work in small groups to research, identify, and label food webs on the Michigan DNR Non-Game Wildlife posters. Students then predict the possible consequences of removing one component of the food web.