Presentation+on+Ecosystems

- **SLIDE #1 **: Title your title slide " ECOSYSTEMS " and your name


 * - SLIDE #2 **: Watch [|this short video]  and write what you think an ECOSYSTEM is in your own words. ADD A PICTURE.


 * - SLIDE #3 and ****#4** : Add 2 slides about an OCEAN ECOSYSTEM  using the directions below:

 First, go to National Geographic for Kids <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> and UNCLICK all of the boxes on the left side of the screen under "I WANT TO SEE" and "THAT LIVE IN" and then CLICK the OCEAN box.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> CHOOSE 3 or 4 ocean animals to read about and watch a video.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> TITLE both slide #3 and slide #4 "An Ocean Ecosystem"

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> WRITE about TWO of the ocean animals you read about (one for each slide)

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> * Where in the world does this animal live? (see RANGE) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> * What does this animal eat? (see DIET) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> * Is this animal a carnivore, a herbivore, or an omnivore? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> * What do you think would happen if this animal's food source disappeared? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> * What is unique or special about this animal?
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Make sure you answer these FIVE questions **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">:

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> ADD pictures on BOTH SLIDES that go with what ocean animals you chose to write about.


 * <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">- SLIDE #5 **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">: Play this <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none;">[|Food Chain game] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> and then add a food chain to slide #5. Title is <span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">FOOD CHAIN. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> Add a picture of a food chain.


 * <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">-SLIDE #6 **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">: Title this slide <span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">FOOD WEBS <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">. Watch <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none;">[|this video] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> about the difference between a food chain and a food web. Use the information in this video to describe in your own words how a food chain is different from a food web. Add a picture of a food WEB to this slide.


 * <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">- SLIDE #7 **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">: Title " <span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">MUTUALISM <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">"
 * <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">- SLIDE #8 **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">: Title " <span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">COMMENSALISM <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">"
 * <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">- SLIDE #9 **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">: Title " <span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">PARASITISM <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">"

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none;">[|Watch this video on the three types of SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIPS.] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> While watching this video, listen for the meanings of mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism and write what each word means on slides #7, 8, and 9.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Here are some <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none;">[|helpful definitions] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">. Remember not to copy and paste, write the definitions in your own words.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">ADD an animal pair that is an EXAMPLE of mutualism on slide 7. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">ADD an animal pair that is an EXAMPLE of commensalism on slide 8. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">ADD an animal pair that is an EXAMPLE of parasitism on slide 9.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Watch these videos for more examples of animals that pair up to form a symbiotic relationship: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">1. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none;">[|Ants and plants] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">2. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none;">[|Clownfish and sea anemone] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none;">[| A second video on clownfish and sea anemones] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">3. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none;">[|Seagulls and sunfish] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">4 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none;">[|. Tiger groupers and cleaner gobies] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">5. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none;">[|Hippo and cleaning carp]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">***Watch this** **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none;">Brainpop video <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> on symbiosis ** If you score a 5 or below, watch the video again and retake the quiz*
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 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Take the quiz at the end and SHOW Mrs. C. your quiz score before exiting the page! **

-SLIDE #10: **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> Title this slide " <span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">FOREST ECOSYSTEM <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">" **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">First, go to <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none;">National Geographic for Kids **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Make sure you click on the FOREST box on the left so you can see some of the animals that live in the forest: **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Read about at least 4 animals (make sure you read all the slides and watch the videos) but then CHOOSE ONE animal for slide #10: **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Make sure you answer these FIVE questions **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">: **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> * Where in the world does this animal live? (see RANGE) **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> * What does this animal eat? (see DIET) **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> * Is this animal a carnivore, a herbivore, or an omnivore? **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> * What do you think would happen if this animal's food source disappeared? **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> * What is unique or special about this animal? **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> ADD pictures **

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">- SLIDE #11 **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">: Title slide #9 " **<span style="background-color: #00ffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">GRASSLANDS ECOSYSTEM **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">" **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">First, go to <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none;">National Geographic for Kids **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Make sure you click on GRASSLANDS so you can see some of the animals that live in the grassland: **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Read about at least 4 animals but then CHOOSE ONE animal for slide #11: **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Make sure you answer these FIVE questions **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">: **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> * Where in the world does this animal live? (see RANGE) **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> * What does this animal eat? (see DIET) **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> * Is this animal a carnivore, a herbivore, or an omnivore? **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> * What do you think would happen if this animal's food source disappeared? **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> * What is unique or special about this animal? **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">ADD A PICTURE. **

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">- SLIDE #12 **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">: This is your LAST SLIDE! Tell 3 things that you learned while studying ecosystems and add pictures [use complete sentences!!].

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">When you are finished, make sure you have added TRANSITIONS to your slideshow. Show me your powerpoint!

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Go to <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none;">[|National Geographic for Kids] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">and choose any animal video to watch. Think about the biotic (living) and abiotic (non-living) things you notice in your animal's habitat.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">When I have seen your powerpoint, go to these sites: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">1. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none;">[|Build an Online Habitat] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">2. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none;">[|Food chain game] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">3. Make a new animal with <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none;">[|SwitchZoo] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">4. Free time linking from our webpage only