We have learned that a food chain shows the path of food energy in an ecosystem from plants to animals. Most ecosystems contain many different kinds of animals, each part of more than one food chain. This overlapping of food chains are called a food web. In a food web, at least one plant or animal from each food chain is part of another food chain. Check out this example from our text books. Visit the links below to learn more about food webs: Your Task:
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This weekend we will celebrate Presidents Day. Click on the links below to learn more about some of our great Presidents. Answer the questions on your worksheet while watching these videos. Remember to be a "close watcher", just like when we are doing a close reading in the classroom. Sometimes you need to read (or watch) something more than once to understand it and be able to answer questions. - Mrs. D
We learned in class that an ecosystem is made up of all the living and nonliving things that interact in an area. Within each ecosystem there are producers and consumers. A producer is an organism that makes its own food, like plants. Consumers are animals, like us, who get our energy from eating plants or other animals that eat plants. These living things in an ecosystem are interdependent (meaning that they depend on each other to meet their needs). We all get our energy from the sun. Plants use energy from the sun to make their own food (a process called photosynthesis). Humans and animals then eat the plants to give them energy. This makes up the food chain. Ecosystems need to have a balance of producers and consumers, plants and animals, to survive. Today we are going to learn about keeping ecosystems balanced. Visit the websites below to learn more about maintaining a balanced ecosystem. Share what you learned:
Now here's a little something just for fun! Happy Thanksgiving! ~ Mrs. D :-) In language arts and science we have been studying the types of physical changes that occur within Earth's geography. We have learned about plate tectonics, erosion, earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanoes. This week we are reading selections about volcanoes, including Mount St. Helens. Check out the video documentary below from 1980 when the dormant volcano erupted. More volcanic eruptions: Video of volcanic eruption in Papa New Guinea. Listen as the sound wave reaches the camera!
Video of a recent volcanic eruption in Japan. There was no warning of the eruption. This video is from hikers who were caught in the ash cloud. Video of a lava lake on Mount Nyiragongo located in Goma in the Dominican Republic of the Congo. This is the volcano from your homework this week!
Click on the button to the below to watch a video about the 4 different types of volcanoes we read about in class. (Note: In our text we read about lava dome volcanoes. This type of volcano is not included in the video. Instead this video includes an ashflow caldera volcano which is slightly different). After watching the video, take the test and share your results.
Recruiting Players! To build up your team, you're going to need to recruit some established players to help build your fan base. You have a budget of $10,000,000 to sign 5 players to one year contracts. Hockey is played with groups of 5 players (called a line) from each team on the ice at one time. Your line needs to have one goalie, two defensemen, two forwards, and one center. Below is a selection of the best players the NHL has to offer. Use your $10,000,000 budget to select players for your team. BONUS: If you were under budget for arena restoration then that amount may be added to your $10,000,000!
You are working in class to create your own NHL team. Use the resources and links in this post to help you complete each step of the project. Check out the video below to help you get excited about the project and give you some ideas as you begin to design your team. Step 1: Creating your team The first step to a successful hockey team is a good location. You have been given a list of possible host cities for your team. Explore each city below and use the population information provided to make your decision. |
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