Lesson 1: Ecosystems and Food Chains

Lesson 1: Ecosystems and Food Chains:

Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmQyyVCDAcc&list=PLX4XdbwOThX-7FdPDFj-THcE8UvDR6iOf&index=2

*These videos are recordings of lessons Reef Relief hosted on Facebook Live during the COVID19 shutdown.

Key Points of Lesson:

• Biomes/habitats
• What is an ecosystem
• Types of ecosystems in the world
• Types of ecosystems in the ocean
• Abiotic factors
• Biotic factors
• Other qualities of an ecosystem
• Food chain
• Food web
• Apex predator, consumers, decomposers, producers
• What happens when you remove an organism from ecosystem?

Activities:

Biotic vs. Abiotic elements

Coral Reef Biomagnification activity

Food web worksheet

Follow Up:

Ecosystem Journal

Videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrSWYE37MJs

Other good resources:

https://www.khanacademy.org/science/biology/ecology/intro-to-ecosystems/a/what-is-an-ecosystem