Mini Ecosystem

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Research and plan your desired ecosystem.  Make a master list of what is needed, both living and nonliving (what interactions will take place).  You will then build your ecosystem out of materials/supplies provided by you.  It should be self-sustaining, think of the niche of each animal and how you will meet those needs.  Make sure you can answer the following questions.

Option 1 is to include plants and animals

Option 2 is to not include animals

·         What were the living things in your environment?

·         What were the non-living things?

·         Describe the changes that occurred in your environment during your period of observations?

·         How does your small scale environment compare to a larger environment?

·         What question could you ask about interactions between living and nonliving things in the environment that could be investigated by observation?

·         Did you end up with a balanced environment?

·         Ask students to write a paragraph describing the interaction of organisms within an ecosystem.