What differences do you notice between the soil in the two ecosystems?
What is the original source of food molecules in this ecosystem?
How do the snakes get energy?
A fourth grader looks at the picture and says “the producers must be the source of energy.”
Is the fourth grader right or wrong? Explain why
What do you notice about the difference in rain in the project area compared to the healthy rainforest over 1 month?
Based on these data, are there any big differences between the project area and the healthy rain forest?
What differences do you notice between Soil A and Soil B?
What questions do you have about what you observed?
Based on what you’ve observed, what ideas do you have about why the matter that makes up soil is different in different places?
Based on what you observe, are the plants growing and thriving? Why do you think that?
In which terrarium are the plants growing and thriving the most?
In which terrarium are the plants growing and thriving the least?
What is the difference in the environment of the terrariums?
The plants in Terrarium A look __________
The plants in Terrarium B look __________
The plants in Terrarium C look __________
A fifth grade class in the beginning of this unit took a survey to show what they think plants need in order to make food. The results of this survey are shown below:
Which of these 3 resources do plants actually need to make food?
