Chain Reaction

What do animals need to survive? Click on the arrow when you are done exploring the animals.

What do you need to survive?

What do you need to survive? What do we all need to survive?

What do you need to survive? What do we all need to survive? Shelter and/or a place to find warmth Water Food Space to move around in

What do plants need to survive?

Sunshine Water Nutrient-rich Soil

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5d3qie3jbHk Ecosystem Video: Coral Reef

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5d3qie3jbHk

What Would Happen? Arrange students into groups from local ecosystem Deer Coyote Oak tree Sun Squirrel

Arrange students into groups from local ecosystem

Deer

Coyote

Oak tree

Sun

Squirrel

What Would Happen If.... Oak trees were cut down? Deer were over hunted? Too many deer? Too many wolves? Squirrels moved away?

Oak trees were cut down?

Deer were over hunted?

Too many deer?

Too many wolves?

Squirrels moved away?

Build a Food Chain! Visit the following website... http://www.ecokidsonline.com/pub/eco_info/topics/frogs/chain_reaction/play_chainreaction.html

http://www.ecokidsonline.com/pub/eco_info/topics/frogs/chain_reaction/play_chainreaction.html

Creating a Food Web Step 1: Carnivores Carnivore: animal that only eats meat Examples of carnivores: tiger, lion, shark

Step 2: Herbivores Herbivore: animal that consumes only plants Examples of herbivore: rabbit, goat, giraffe

Step 4: Producer Examples of producer: plants, nuts, trees, fruit Examples of producers: plants, fruit, flowers

Step 5: What Do Producers Need? Sunlight, Carbon Dioxide, Water

Create Your Own Food Web Ecosystem of your choice Must include Carnivore Herbivore Producer What producer needs

Ecosystem of your choice

Must include

Carnivore

Herbivore

Producer

What producer needs