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Create an ecosystem model to show energy flowing & matter recycling to connect us all in the great circle of life.
Ecology Showcase
Friday, September 27 with Union HS Newcomers
File locks on September 27 at 9:00 AM.
Episode 1 Levels of Life
How is life organized?
The biological hierarchy is a series of levels that can be used to "zoom out" and see how living things are organized from individual organism to the whole world.
Organism: A living thing
Population: A group of the same living things in an area.
Community: Different living things in an area.
Ecosystem: Interdependent living & non-living things in an area.
Biome: A large scale, regional habitat of common ecosystems.
Biosphere: All the places where life exists.
Read up! Sciencing.com Levels of Life
Episode 2 Food Webs
Who eats who?
Food web models show the cycling of matter and the flow of energy through an ecosystem as organisms eat and get eaten.
Producers use energy from the sun to maker their own food.
Primary consumers (herbivores) eat only producers.
Secondary consumers eat primary consumers.
Tertiary & quaternary consumers are at the top of the food chain (carnivores).
Episode 3 Energy Pyramids
Where does the energy go?
Energy Pyramids are a model that shows how MUCH energy is transferred when organisms eat each other. Only about 10% of the energy is passed between each "trophic level."
Episode 4 Trees
Trees are nice
Read about the benefits of trees. Friends of GR Parks is into planting trees.
Make a mind map! Here are 7 types you could choose from ->
Oops. We cut down all the trees...
NPR podcast on deforestation and old growth forests in Michigan.
Trees Yesterday & Today
