Ecosystems

=__Investigating Ecosystems __=

=__//Ecosystems Project //__= ===//Presentations will be on Thursday, March 18th from 11:45 - 12:45. Students will be presenting their projects in Mr. Lewis and Ms. Trumbull's classrooms. They will also be presenting their tree story Voicethreads and project reflections in the PC lab.//===

[|Parent suggested questions]
=Questions we still have about ecosystems:= ===//We can't possibly answer all of the amazing questions that students come up with. When students come up with a great question, they put it on our question door. Can you or anyone you know fill in the answers?//===

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 * ==Student Questions== || ==Click on the "Edit" button at the top of this page to fill in the answer.== ||
 * Why do you float better in salt water? ||  ||
 * Is there an animal that can survive without shelter and space? || A elephant can survive without shelter but not space
 * How does a hummingbird get water? || with it's tongue
 * Why are shelter and space so similar to each other? || Because there both important GR&KR ||
 * How does a bird get water? ||  ||
 * How does a squirrel get water? ||  ||
 * What goes through an animal's mind and how do they signal each other? ||  ||
 * Why do animals need space? ||  ||
 * What eats a hummingbird? ||  ||
 * Are the seas that are entrapped by land salt water? ||  ||
 * How does a snake get water? ||  ||
 * Where does a heron get water? ||  ||
 * What does a snake eat that is non-living? ||  ||
 * Can algae grow in salt water? ||  ||
 * What does a tapir eat? ||  ||
 * What eats a monkey? || Jaguars and eagles.
 * Does a crawdad eat meat? ||  ||
 * Can you tell the gender of a decomposer? ||  ||
 * What is the difference between chipmunks and squirrels? || A chipmunk is smaller than a squirrel GR&KR ||
 * How does a wasp get water? ||  ||

[|What is a triorama??]
== //Here is the rubric for this project. A rubric helps them understand exactly how they can get maximum points on the project. Students got a rubric that was a chart with all of the elements they need to include in their project in order to get maximum, 40 points.// ==



Here's the planning sheet students are using.
[|Planning sheet] [|Who is John Muir]?

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=[|Food Chains according to BrainPop]= =[|Ecosystems according to BrainPop]=

=As a culminating project about The Changing Earth, students read a fictional story called "Sam's Journey" about the journey of a grain of sand. They created their own illustrated books. A sampling of their work is linked below.= ==Sam's Journey - Third Grade ==

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===We are learning that there is a process that we need to engage in every time we "do science". The process is below in a series of slides below. Students will be commenting on this process soon to show how much they are learning about this process.===

[|Math and Science links on the Bill Roberts home page.]
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