Antarctica: A cold desert ecosystem
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/08/g35/antarctica.html
A lesson plan for Grade 5 Science
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- Appropriate grades
- 5
- Subjects
- science (biology and life science), social studies (geography)
- Provider
- National Geographic
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In this lesson from Xpeditions, students will construct a rough map of Antarctic ecosystems and explore relationships among the creatures that populate them. This lesson can be adapted to focus on other regions, including the one in which you live.
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
Science (2005)
Grade 5
- Goal 1: The learner will conduct investigations to build an understanding of the interdependence of plants and animals.
- Objective 1.02: Identify and analyze the functions of organisms within the population of the ecosystem:
- Producers.
- Consumers.
- Decomposers.
- Objective 1.03: Explain why an ecosystem can support a variety of organisms.
- Objective 1.04: Discuss and determine the role of light, temperature, and soil composition in an ecosystem's capacity to support life.
- Objective 1.05: Determine the interaction of organisms within an ecosystem.
- Objective 1.02: Identify and analyze the functions of organisms within the population of the ecosystem:
