Ecosystem Drawings

Students have been creating drawings of an ecosystem and the many interactions within them. I had wanted to use Glogster for these drawings but the last time I used Glogster the program wouldn't save student work properly. Instead of creating online pictures, students are hand-drawing the pictures. Each week they have a new drawing that adds onto the previous one. We are now up to drawing number three, and students are creating food chains within their two habitats in the ecosystem. My students seem to really be enjoying this project. Most of this project is done individually for homework, but I have found that they are very engaged and have worked hard on these drawings. Some are very elaborate.

Wrap - Up

As we wrap up the life science unit, there are some things that we are reviewing and connecting to other subjects for better comprehension. Students found several temperature readings in the Arctic ecosystems in science class. We had many great discussions about habitats and organisms that can thrive in those ecosystems. Students made predictions and then drew conclusions as to why populations looked the way that they did according to temperature changes in the Arctic. In math class, students plotted these dates and temperature ranges using excel. By looking at their many line graphs that they made, they were able to analyze reasons that organisms immigrated or emigrated from those territories.

Arctic Ecosystems and Graphing

Students are learning about Arctic Ecosystems and the habitats within them. They are analyzing temperature and climate changes to determine how climate change affects habitats and animals living in those environments. In science, the students are watching some videos and working with some interactive tools to better understand habitats in the Arctic. Then, in math, they will graph a series of temperatures in different years using Excel.