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Assignment: Interactions in Ecosystems S7L4.a Assignment

Created by Genevieve D on 03/30/2023

4 activities: 4 games

40 min

Activity 1: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 11 min

Ecosystem Tour: Africa

Have you ever wanted to go on a safari? In order to keep the animals and plants you see during your safari in harmony, you'll need to maintain a balanced ecosystem. This game will teach you about the complex interactions that plants and animals encounter out on the plains of Africa to keep their ecosystem functioning. You'll learn about how birds help lions and lions help hyenas and more.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (86) 4.0 stars.

Student Ratings (26686) 3.3 stars.

Activity 2: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 7 min

Wheel Of Science : Interactions in the ecosystem

Wheel of Science! Get ready to learn about competitive, predatory, and mutually beneficial interactions in this fun game show. Choose the correct letters that correspond with the given clue in a similar fashion to popular game shows you may have seen on TV. Use power ups to eliminate a letter or gain an extra life. Make sure to answer correctly so you don't lose your lives!

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (100) 3.9 stars.

Student Ratings (23260) 2.9 stars.

Activity 3: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 12 min

Eco Farm

Turn your farm into a thriving ecosystem.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (8) 3.3 stars.

Student Ratings (3827) 3.8 stars.

Activity 4: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 10 min

Ant Colony

Help Ant and Rook in a set of challenges to establish an Ant Colony. Cooperate, interact and fight with the ecosystem to achieve your goals. Enjoy an immersive experience in the 3D world full of adventures and absorbing minigames! This game teaches iteractions in eocosystems and interdependent relationships in ecosystems concepts.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (45) 4.3 stars.

Student Ratings (29162) 3.7 stars.

Description

Standards

GSE

Topics

S7L4.a Interactions in Ecosystems

Vocabulary

ecosystem, diversity, organism, prey, predator, parasite, host, symbiosis, mutualism, parasitism, competition, intraspecific competition, commensalism, direct competition, indirect competition, heterotrophic order, autotroph, predation, commensalism, mutualism, parasitism, amensalism, ecological interactions, predator, prey, carnivore, herbivore, autotroph, heterotroph, producer, consumer, population control, intraspecific , ecosystem, germinate, biotic factors, producer, consumer, decomposer, abiotic factors, resources, incubating, species, population, competition, biomes, natural forces, ecosystem, biome, abiotic factor, biotic factor, competition, niche, species, producers, consumers, decomposers, symbiosis, cooperation, community, population, resources, terrestrial biome, temperate climate.