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In Climate Chance and Your Ecological Area, students will investigate interrelationships among plants and animals in an ecosystem and explore how climate change might affect those interrelationships and the natural community as a whole. By the end of this lesson, students will:
- identify their own ecological area;
- understand the concept of an ecosystem and its key components;
- explore interrelationships among plants and animals in a local ecosystem;
- investigate the effects of climate change on the ecosystem and its key components; and
- speculate about future impacts of climate change on the ecosystem.
This lesson can take place inside and outside the classroom.
General Assessment
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This resource would be excellent for introducing the effect of climate change on ecosystems in science and biology lessons.
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Themes Addressed
Air, Atmosphere & Climate (1)
- Climate Change
Ecosystems (3)
- Appreciating the Natural World
- Biodiversity
- Habitat Loss
