Ecosystem Field Trip

Students will be working in groups of 4 to 5 and will take approximately 7-10 days to complete the project.

Team roles:
Photographer (2)
Researcher/recorder (2)
Team leader

After learning the components in an ecosystem, students will create a digital project that cumulates all of their knowledge in ecology.
Students will take pictures of the local environment to demonstrate the following:
Biotic and Abiotic factors
Food webs (producers, herbivores, carnivores, scavengers and decomposers.)
Habitat/ niche descriptions
Trophic levels
Environmental factors (climate, biodiversity, weather, topography, water availability)
Biological interactions (mutualism, symbiosis, parasitism)
and Human impact on the environment

After all the pictures are printed out, the students will compile a digital scientific notebook of the environment that surrounds them. The students will use the notebook to create a powerpoint presentation of the ecosystem.

Armed with the information students will create a 2 minute video that correlates the information and relates it to others.

Students will be working in groups of 3 to 4 and will take approximately 7-10 days to complete the project.