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1. Summarize your learning on ecosystems after exploring the following websites: http://www.kidsgeo.com/ geography-for-kids/0164ecosystems.php http://library.thinkquest.org/ 11353/ecosystems.htm http://www.fi.edu/tfi/units/life/ habitat/habitat.html http://geogratis.cgdi.gc.ca/ Ecosystem/1_ecosys/ ecosys.htm 2. Create a food web using the Interactive Food Web Tool.

A) Use wordle.net to demonstrate what you have learned B) Use the program Inspiration, create a diagram to show what you know about ecosystems. C) Using the website http:// www.kidscomputerlab.org/ index.php/language-arts/Poems/ cinquainpoem create a cinquain poem on ecosystems.

Demonstrate the importance of choosing words that are scientifically appropriate by using these words in context.

Look at the website Food Chains and Food Webs at http:// www.vtaide.com/png/ foodchains.htm . Then, create your own food web for one of the following: desert, forest , ocean or rainforest.

Apply the concept of a food web as a tool for interpreting the structure and interactions of a natural system.

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3. Plant Growth

A) Follow the Seed Germination

experiment outlined on the website: http:// www.sciencekids.co.nz/ experiments/seedgermination.html Keep a journal of the seed/plant life cycle as you watch the seed grow into a plant.

Describe conditions essential to the growth and reproduction of plants...

B)Play the interactive game on how a plant grows and then describe 3-4 of the conditions necessary for a plant to grow.

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4. Microorganisms

A) Play the interactive game on

Microorganisms. (Click on Creepy Crawly Critters). Part 1: Record 6 places in/around your home where you could find Microorganisms. Part 2: Provide 2 examples of Microorganisms that are actually helpful in food production / preservation .

Provide examples of how knowledge of Microorganisms has resulted in the development of food production and preservation techniques.

B)Summarize what you know

about microorganisms using a graphic organizer from the programs Kidspiration or Inspiration.

C)Grow your own bacteria experiment following the steps outlined on the website: http:// www.sciencekids.co.nz/ experiments/breedingbacteria.html Keep a journal to record your findings.

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5. Save a Frog!!!

Play "Wanted: New Home For a Frog" at: Www. Ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/ topics/frogs/frog_home/index.cfm

Propose and defend a course of action to protect the local habitat of a particular organism.

Create a poster using ComicLife to show the importance of protecting the frogs natural habitat.