Transcript Coughing Up Clues

Super Sleuths
Showing how species are
connected to one another
and their habitats
9/26/14
Super Sleuths
Key Question: In an ecosystem, how are
species connected to one another and their
habitats?
Initial Thoughts:
Evidence: Puzzles
 Fold
the hand out in half (Pollination
Puzzle on top)
 Tape the spine into your journal.
Plants
Animals as pollinators
Seed Dispersal
Prairie Food Web
 Use
the clues to construct the food web.
 Arrows point towards the organism EATING.
Energy goes TO the organism doing the eating.
 USE A FULL PAGE FOR YOUR FOOD WEB
Q: Would you say rattlesnakes depend on the sun
for food? Why or why not?
Challenge - What are the
prairie's:
 Producers:
 Consumers:
 Decomposers:
Analysis Questions
1.
Where does the energy in an ecosystem
originally come from?
2.
What are some ways that plants have
developed to interact with biotic and abiotic
factors in their environment?
3.
What would happen to the prairie food web if
there were no worms, fungi, beetles, and
bacteria?
Summary
What did you think before this lesson (look at
your initial thoughts)?
What did you learn about interactions between
organisms in an ecosystem (from this lesson)?
(Minimum of 4 sentences!!!)
What are some further thoughts or questions
you have about interactions between
organisms in an ecosystem?
Reflection
Write a letter to the editor, explaining why it
is important to keep our ecosystems
healthy.
Big Idea
 Organisms
interact with their environment
through camouflage and supplying each other
with food, protection and shelter.