Grade 7 : Understanding Life Systems:

Interactions in the Environment

Our design challenge had students use Google Tour Creator to create a model ecosystem and show how the various aspects of the ecosystem interacted with each other. This challenged was paired with the picture book "The Brilliant Deep" and students were challenged to think of conservation efforts for their ecosystem.

2.2 design and construct a model ecosystem (e.g., a composter, a classroom terrarium, a greenhouse), and use it to investigate interactions between the biotic and abiotic components in an ecosystem

2.4 use appropriate science and technology vocabulary, including sustainability, biotic, ecosystem, community, population, and producer, in oral and written communication

Grade 2 Science: Understanding Life Systems: Growth and Changes in Animals