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Get to Know Your Ecosystem
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Get to Know Your Ecosystem
Organize Your Thoughts
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Assessment

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STEP 1
Decide on your Ecosystem.

All members agree on a single ecosystem (or biome, there are many ecosystems within a biome).  Each member will do their own research on the characteristics of their chosen ecosystem or biome.  This will help you get the background information you need to write informed articles and create appropriate graphics.

STEP 2
Research Notes

You will use Microsoft Word to organize your notes.  In one file you will collect your notes (dot jot) by web site and by question.  This will help organize your thoughts before meeting with your team to create a mind map.  Make sure you name your file "Your Name-Econotes-Act Class" eg. "Steve Econotes 7R"

Graphics

Include graphics and pictures that you find and would like to use in the newscast.

Your Notes

Organized in two ways: 
1. Start by copying and pasting the website URL (website address) as a heading.  Then include your notes from that particular web site.  Use dot-jot notes; full sentences are not required.  Do not copy and paste.
2.  Then organize your dot-jot notes by question.  You will not have to retype.  Use the question as a heading and then copy and paste your original dot-jot notes.

Hand in Your File Electronically

Hand in your econote file by dragging and dropping it into your class folder located in the student dropoff folder.  You will find the student dropoff folder in the Sir Ernest MacMillan folder located on your desktop.  Make sure you have named the file correctly (Your Name-Econotes-ACT Class).

Resources

Use these web links to research your ecosystem and complete your notes.  After you have completed your research with these sites you may do a google search for additional websites.

Biomes of the world, freshwater and marine ecosytems are all described in detail.

Habitats, biomes, and ecosystems - ten different habitats are described here.

This site focuses on selected ecosystems, and in particular talks about human impacts on them.

Coral Reefs - learn how coral reefs form and about the myriad of animals that live in this complex biome.

Ecosystems can be described in terms of where they are, or what they are made of.  This site discusses the characteristics of nine (9) ecosystems based on their plant life.

Gives lots of the information you need: characteristics of ecosytems - climate, soils, plants, plant and animal adaptations, and human effects on several systems.

Rather than do a keyword search in Google, Google's directory service was used to find links to the topic of ecosytems.  You will find other links here, or you can do a keyword search within the ecosystems topic to help find more web resources.