EcoSystems

EcoSystems – How Are We Going to Get It Done? Each class is going to build and observe 5 EcoSystems. These will be **Healthy Systems** made up of a terrarium and an aquarium. There will also be 3 **Polluted Systems** which we will build together.

For the **Healthy Systems**: Groups of 3 or 4 kids will build a Terrarium part and an Aquarium part of the system. Animals are added, and after they are established and healthy the two parts will be joined together to create a small version of an ecosystem found in nature.

For the **Polluted Systems**: These 3 systems will be the same as the healthy ones except no animals are added. When they are joined together we will introduce one of three types of a pollutant to the systems.

We will observe the systems and study about how the plants and animals depend on each other. And we will compare the healthy and polluted systems to see what happens when pollution occurs.

Aquarium Terrarium Pollution

River as a Classroom Field Trip We had two great days for the field trip, and I want to acknowledge how great the kids were! We got nice comments from the leaders at Lowell on all the groups. Thanks for listening carefully and doing such good work on the boat and in the lab.

Here are a few photos from Mr. Lewis's room.





=The Biome Project=

==We are starting work on a movie project about the Biomes in North America. Teams will research and report on a biome, telling about the plants, animals, geography and weather of the area. Click the link below to get to the Webquest page that explains the project and has links to web sites you can use in your research.==

@http://questgarden.com/author/create/preview.php?u=&l=71304-081013184241&a=&p=introduction&pt=student