At the end when they could visualize how connected an ecosystem is, we symbolized what happens when a part of it dies, is polluted, cut down, over hunted, unable to find food, etc, by dropping a string. We could see the damage the ecosystem took as well as a ripple effect of what one action might cause.
Students were introduced to the term ecosystem this week and we played a 'game' to hit it home. I picked to partners of an ecosystem out of a hat and students had to connect the two. For example, beaver and soil, when a beaver dies it decomposes into the soil OR beavers eat and use trees which grow in the soil.
At the end when they could visualize how connected an ecosystem is, we symbolized what happens when a part of it dies, is polluted, cut down, over hunted, unable to find food, etc, by dropping a string. We could see the damage the ecosystem took as well as a ripple effect of what one action might cause.
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