Week Four!

 


What did you learn this week?

This week in the lab, we dove into ecology. We began by defining ecology. Ecology is the study of relationships between living organisms. After we discussed what ecology is we talked about ecosystems, habitats, and biomes. Ecosystems are a community of living and nonliving things that interact with each other in a specific environment. A habitat is a specific place where a particular community of organisms lives. Biomes are large areas that have similar climate conditions and similar dominant types of plants and animals. After we did that, we discussed food chains. A food chain describes who eats whom. After we talked about how food chains work and operate, we each picked a different terrain and created a food chain for that area. For example, my group chose to focus on freshwater and we created a food chain for that and then were given a disaster scenario and had to write down what would happen in the freshwater due to that disaster.

Are you able to relate what you learned to what you already knew?

Yes, I knew all of this already. It was a nice refresh for me but the one thing that I forgot was the 10% rule of the food chain. I had forgotten this was a thing so I am glad we touched on it otherwise I don't think I would have remembered it.

How can you apply what you've learned to your teaching in the future?

I think in my future classroom I can do an activity similar to what we did. Picking an area and creating a food chain from it. It was simple and interesting to do and I think that students would enjoy it. I also think having students pick an area of land and describe if it is an ecosystem, habitat, or biome. It would get them to critically think and better understand the difference between the three.

Comments

  1. Leah FloydSeptember 26, 2024 at 9:29 AM

    Hi Addy! I think having students pick and research a specific ecosystem is a great idea. This could even turn into a jigsaw activity as well and students can teach each other about their ecosystem. Great job!

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  2. Mollie RasmussenSeptember 26, 2024 at 9:38 AM

    Hi Addy!! You did a really great job explaining what we learned in class this week! I also forgot about the 10% rule and I am very glad we got a refresher on this topic! Great work this week Addy!!

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  3. Quinn GillespieSeptember 29, 2024 at 6:52 PM

    Hi Addy! I also learned about this topic in school, but it was a nice refresher to go over the basics of this subject. Re-learning the 10% rule was also beneficial because it gives us a deeper understanding of how energy is passed on in a food chain. Overall, I also enjoyed this lesson because it touches on students' curiosity about how the world works around them.

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