Ecology

1. Define the terms community, population, ecosystem and environment. [|What is an Ecosystem Video] (2.48 min) [|BrainPop Ecosystems] 2. Recall, with examples, producers, consumers, scavengers and decomposers. [|Microorganisms at Work] 3. Identify that some organisms produce their own ‘food’ (autotrophs) while others consume their ‘food’ (heterotrophs). 4. Construct simple food chains and food webs. 5. Describe how producers, consumers and decomposers in Australian ecosystems are related, using food chains and food webs. [|Label a food chain] [|Food Chains Puzzle] [|Food Chains Multiple Choice]-Self Marking <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">[|BrainPop-Food Chains] <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">[|Food Chains become Food Webs] <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">[|Create a Digital Food Web] <span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">6. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Identifies abiotic factors (light, air, water & soil) affecting survival of organisms in an ecosystem. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">7. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Identify factors affecting survival of organisms in an ecosystem. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">8. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Identifies biotic factors in the environment. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">[|Symbiotic Relationships] <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">[|Producers and Consumers Game] <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">[|Classify Organisms] <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">[|Types of Organisms Game] <span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">9. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Describe the role of photosynthesis in ecosystems. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">[|BrainPop Photosynthesis] <span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">10. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Describe the role of respiration in ecosystems. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">[|BrainPop-Cellular Respiraion] <span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">11. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Recall a general word equation for photosynthesis. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">[|Photosynthesis Quiz] <span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">12. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Identify beneficial and harmful effects that microorganisms that on living things and the environment. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">13. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Describe some adaptations of living things to factors in their ecosystem. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">[|Ecosystem Terms] <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">[|Vocabulary-Ecosystem Terms] <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">[|Ecosystem Quiz] <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">[|Ecology of the Biosphere- Quia Activity] <span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">14. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Discuss some effects of bushfires, drought and flood on Australian ecosystems. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">15. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Describe (using examples including those developed by Aboriginal peoples) ideas developed by different cultures to explain the world around them. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">16. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Analyse reasons why different cultures or groups within a society, including Aboriginal people, may have different views in relation to scientific issues. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">17. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Discuss viewpoints about some issues with a major scientific component and identify choices that need to be or have been made when considering whether to use particular scientific advance. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">18. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Evaluate the potential impact of some issues raised in the mass media that require some scientific understanding. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Ecology Class Quia Page: Please ensure that you log in using your Quia user name and password in order to gain credit.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">ECOLOGY LEARNING OUTCOMES **