MEGONIGAL'S 8TH GRADE SCIENCE
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  • Unit 1
    • Geologic Time
    • COMMON ANCESTRY
    • Scientists and Theory of Evolution
    • ADAPTATIONS
    • NATURAL SELECTION >
      • DARWINS FINCHES >
        • STUDENT RESEARCH ON GALAPAGOS FINCHES
      • Peppered Moth
      • Antibiotic Resistance
    • ARTIFICIAL SELECTION
    • Speciation
  • Unit 2
    • State of Bay and Biodiversity >
      • Current events on Chesapeake Bay
    • Eutrophication
    • CHESPAX Leaf Pack Project
    • Ecosystem Dynamics
    • Watershed >
      • Chesapeake Bay/Calvert Co
    • Genetic Diversity >
      • Black footed ferret
    • Sustainability
    • Deforestation
    • Oyster Restoration
    • Lichens
    • Pollinators
  • Unit 3
    • Ecological Footprint
    • 6th grade review Earth Science
    • Unequal distribution of resources
    • Hydrothermal Vents
    • Population Density
    • Alternative Energy Sources
    • Wind Energy
    • CLIMATE CHANGE INTRO
    • WHAT IS CLIMATE CHANGE?
    • Causes of Climate Change >
      • Electromagnetic Radiation Review
    • Effects of Climate Change
    • Tracking Changes
    • LookinBackwardsLookinForward
    • Benchmark 3 Review
  • Unit 4
    • Habitable planet
    • Relative Sizes
    • Gravitational Pull
    • What's in our solar system
    • LUNAR ECLIPSE
    • SOLAR ECLIPSE
    • DAY and NIGHT Cycle
    • What if's
    • Who's Who in Astronomy?
  • UNIT 5
    • ANTHROPOCENE >
      • LIFECYCLE OF RESOURCES
    • Project Details (WHAT CAN AN 8TH GRADER DO)
    • Student Project Ideas >
      • WATER
      • WASTE Management
      • Citizen Science Opportunities
      • BIODIVERISTY LOSS
      • Energy
      • Charity Projects
    • CS- Critter Cam Practice
    • CS-Fossil Atmospheres (Ginko Stomata)
    • CS- GORONGOSA NP
    • Environmental Challenges
    • Plastics Class Activities
  • Regular Handouts
  • MISA
  • Nature of Science
  • Literacy
    • CLAIM EVIDENCE REASONING
    • WRITING PARTNERS
  • Data Sets
  • Home
  • Unit 1
    • Geologic Time
    • COMMON ANCESTRY
    • Scientists and Theory of Evolution
    • ADAPTATIONS
    • NATURAL SELECTION >
      • DARWINS FINCHES >
        • STUDENT RESEARCH ON GALAPAGOS FINCHES
      • Peppered Moth
      • Antibiotic Resistance
    • ARTIFICIAL SELECTION
    • Speciation
  • Unit 2
    • State of Bay and Biodiversity >
      • Current events on Chesapeake Bay
    • Eutrophication
    • CHESPAX Leaf Pack Project
    • Ecosystem Dynamics
    • Watershed >
      • Chesapeake Bay/Calvert Co
    • Genetic Diversity >
      • Black footed ferret
    • Sustainability
    • Deforestation
    • Oyster Restoration
    • Lichens
    • Pollinators
  • Unit 3
    • Ecological Footprint
    • 6th grade review Earth Science
    • Unequal distribution of resources
    • Hydrothermal Vents
    • Population Density
    • Alternative Energy Sources
    • Wind Energy
    • CLIMATE CHANGE INTRO
    • WHAT IS CLIMATE CHANGE?
    • Causes of Climate Change >
      • Electromagnetic Radiation Review
    • Effects of Climate Change
    • Tracking Changes
    • LookinBackwardsLookinForward
    • Benchmark 3 Review
  • Unit 4
    • Habitable planet
    • Relative Sizes
    • Gravitational Pull
    • What's in our solar system
    • LUNAR ECLIPSE
    • SOLAR ECLIPSE
    • DAY and NIGHT Cycle
    • What if's
    • Who's Who in Astronomy?
  • UNIT 5
    • ANTHROPOCENE >
      • LIFECYCLE OF RESOURCES
    • Project Details (WHAT CAN AN 8TH GRADER DO)
    • Student Project Ideas >
      • WATER
      • WASTE Management
      • Citizen Science Opportunities
      • BIODIVERISTY LOSS
      • Energy
      • Charity Projects
    • CS- Critter Cam Practice
    • CS-Fossil Atmospheres (Ginko Stomata)
    • CS- GORONGOSA NP
    • Environmental Challenges
    • Plastics Class Activities
  • Regular Handouts
  • MISA
  • Nature of Science
  • Literacy
    • CLAIM EVIDENCE REASONING
    • WRITING PARTNERS
  • Data Sets

​ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS

INVASIVE SPECIES VIDEOS


teded_invasive_species_video_student_question_sheet.pdf
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INVASIVE SPECIES Online Reading

invasive_species_website_student_reading_2018-2019.docx
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INVASIVE SPECIES "WANTED" PROJECT

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Great Resource for Invasive Species "Wanted" Project
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ECOSYSTEM SERVICES VIDEO

ecosystem_services_video_student_worksheet.pdf
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ECOSYSTEM SERVICES INTERACTIVE

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bio_benefits_interactive__student_sheet.pdf
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BIOMAGNIFICATION VIDEO


Ecosystem Jenga game

          This lesson plan is meant to show how an ecosystem is organized and that everything in the environment is interconnected. A population is defined as a group of individuals that can breed with one another. The difference in a population and a community is that a population is made up of the same species. A community is several different populations co-existing together. An ecosystem is made up of different communities. There are many different kinds of ecosystems (forest, fields, ponds, rivers, etc).
     During the game, students remove different organisms from the ecosystem (maybe a primary consumer, or producers, or decomposers). Eventually, there has been so many disruptions that the ecosystem collapses.

Producer:
Organism that can make its own food
Primary Consumer:
Organism that eats producers
Secondary Consumer:
Organism that eats primary consumers and/or producers
Individual:
A single organism
Population:
A group of individuals of the same species interacting and interbreeding
Community:
A group of multiple populations interacting within a given area
​Ecosystem:
Interacting communities as well as all the nonliving parts of the environment
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