Biome Project: Day 4
Objectives:
*Describe ecosystem stability
*Predict which organisms will be the first to thrive after cataclysmic ecosystem changes
*Predict what a climax community will look like in your biome
*Predict how human activity may impact your biome
Video Instructions
Instructions:
5th Slide: Part 1: Ecosystems and Change
6th Slide: Succession in a _(your biome)____ Biome
7th Slide: The Pioneer Plant Community
8th Slide: Equilibrium - The Climax Community
- This slide is simply a transition slide to separate the Introduction from Part 1. Just create a slide with the title above.
- Include a related image
6th Slide: Succession in a _(your biome)____ Biome
- Explain what ecological succession means
- Describe an event that would alter/damage/disturb an ecosystem in your biome, allowing succession to occur again.
- Provide three (3) examples of specific affected biotic factors
- Provide one (1) example of a specific affected abiotic factor
- Include a picture related to your ecosystem altering event
7th Slide: The Pioneer Plant Community
- Explain what is meant by pioneer plant species, and the general characteristics that pioneer plants share
- Insert a two column, two row (2X2) chart.
- Provide both the names of TWO (2) small pioneer species plants specific to your biome that would flourish after the disturbance in row one of the chart
- Briefly describe the general characteristics of each of the TWO plants you listed as pioneer species plants in row two of the chart
- Include an image of both of your chosen pioneer plants and label them
8th Slide: Equilibrium - The Climax Community
- Explain what a climax community is, using the term equilibrium in your description.
- Insert a 2x2 chart
- Provide the names of TWO (2) mature, LARGE plants that would be abundant in the climax community of your biome in row one
- Briefly describe the specific characteristics of each plant in row 2
At this point You will share your presentation with a classmate and they will share theirs with you. You will provide feedback using the following format.
- What slides do you think your partner has done well on and why?
- What slides do you think that your partner needs some improvement on and how would you improve them?
- Provide an additional resource or picture for one of your partners slides.
How you will be graded:
You will be graded using the rubric below. I want you to be qware of this as you are working on the project so you know how you will be graded.