This program includes games such as “Oh Deer!” and simulations such as “Weaving the Web.” Students can participate in an actual field study of different ecosystems found in our world. They will be able to reinforce their knowledge, demonstrating competition for resources within an eco-system and the interdependence of organisms in an eco-system.

Framework

LS.4.4.2 – Illustrate the interdependence of organisms in an Ecosystem.
LS.4.5.3 – Design food webs in specific habitats to show the flow of energy within Communities
LS.4.5.5 – Examine the role of limiting factors on the carrying capacity of an ecosystem: food, space, water, shelter
LS.4.6.2 – Conduct simulations demonstrating competition for resources within an ecosystem.
BD.2.ES.1 – Compare and contrast biomes
BD.2.ES.2 – Describe relationships within a community (predation, competition, parasitism, mutualism, and commensalism
BD.2.ES.4 – Construct a trophic-level pyramid (energy level)
BD.2.ES.5 – Construct a food chain
BD.2.ES.6 – Diagram a food web
BD.2.ES.8 – Describe biodiversity
BD.2.ES.9 – Describe how limiting factors affect populations and ecosystems
EBR.8.B.4 – Energy Flow through Food Chains and Webs
EBR.8.B.5 – Population Control Factors in an Ecosystem