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Science Seekers Ecosystems in Balance

Science Seekers Ecosystems in Balance
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 Scientists guide students as they gather and analyze data, and work together to complete missions.

In Ecosystems in Balance, students investigate why the sea otter population of Ocean Edge is declining -- studying the kelp forest ecosystem to understand how living things interact.

In their exploration, students learn:
What an ecosystem is, the roles of primary producer, consumer, and decomposer in a food chain, that many food chains connect within an ecosystem to create a food web, that all species have a niche or play a role within an ecosystem,
the relationship between predators and prey, how physical and behavioral adaptations help a species to survive,
that in a stable population, the birth rate and the death rate are about the same over time, that limiting factors in the environment restrict the growth of populations, that individuals must survive long enough to reproduce in order for a population to survive, that some of the things that threaten the survival of all living things are competition for food, disease, predators, and human activities.

Students learn how to work as a team by:
Becoming members of an interdependent group, listening and talking with others, sharing a common goal, collaborating to solve a problem.

Grades 5-8. Mac/PC compatible.
Manufacturer: Tom Snyder Productions

Category: New Items (Recent Additions), Science

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