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Eco-Trekkers

Pre-Trip Visit – Warm Weather. Eco-Trekkers. Classroom Pre-work. Activities in your school begin four or five days prior to the Eco-Trekker’s field study and will include: P roducers , consumers, & decomposers. F ood chains and food webs. Competition. Predators & prey.

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Eco-Trekkers

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  1. Pre-Trip Visit – Warm Weather

    Eco-Trekkers

  2. Classroom Pre-work Activities in your school begin four or five days prior to the Eco-Trekker’s field study and will include: Producers, consumers, & decomposers. Food chains and food webs. Competition. Predators & prey. Living & non-living factors.
  3. Classroom Pre-work Take a brief Pre-assessment
  4. Eco-Chamber Think about how you will make your eco-chamber. Terrestrial Eco-chambers Aquatic Eco-chamber
  5. Grade Five will be divided into four separate groups. Silversides Green Darner Dragonflies Great Blue Herons White-tailed Deer
  6. Bus Ride to Field Study At your first site, the science resource teacher/naturalist will board the bus, let you know what to bring for the morning, and review the pre-assessment results.
  7. aquatic ecosystems Shoreline Wetlands
  8. Introduction to the Day Pass out science logs. Discuss the details of the day.
  9. Over-arching Question How would you plan and design a model of a successful ecosystem?
  10. Science Logs Scientists collect data. You will record your data in science logs.
  11. Shoreline Ecosystem How do non-living factors affect the living factors in a successful ecosystem?
  12. Non-living Factors Use four of your senses to identify non-living factors found at the shoreline ecosystem.
  13. Non-living Factors Thermometers - determine the air temperature and water temperature at the shoreline ecosystem
  14. Non-living Factors Using a chart of the Chesapeake Bay, predict the salinity of the water of Miami Beach’s shoreline ecosystem.
  15. Non-living Factors Digital salinity meters - determine the salinity of the water at the shoreline ecosystem
  16. Living Factors Seine net - collect producers, consumers, and evidence of decomposers
  17. Living Factors: Producers
  18. Living Factors: Consumers
  19. Data collection Record all the data you collected about the living factors into your science log.
  20. Wetland Ecosystem How do water and decomposed materials move though a successful ecosystem?
  21. Non-living Factors Use four of your senses to identify non-living factors found at the wetland ecosystem.
  22. Living Factors If students quietly approach the bridge on the boardwalk, it can be an ideal place to observe wetland consumers.
  23. Non-living Factors Thermometers - determine the air temperature and water temperature at the wetland ecosystem
  24. Non-living Factors Digital salinity meters - determine the salinity of the water at the wetland ecosystem
  25. Living Factors Dip net - collect producers, consumers, and decomposers
  26. Living Factors Look carefully through the detritus for tiny organisms hiding from predators!
  27. Living Factors Aquatic organisms called macroinvertebrates can often be found in the detritus.
  28. Living Factors: Producers Identify common producers found in a wetland ecosystem.
  29. Living Factors: Consumers
  30. Living Factors: Decomposers
  31. data collection Record all the data you collected about the living factors into your science log.
  32. Lunchtime!
  33. Time to take the bus from Miami Beach to Marshy Point Nature Center
  34. Bus Ride to Site Two At your second site, the science resource teacher/naturalist will board the bus and let you know what to bring for the afternoon.
  35. terrestrial ecosystems Forest Meadow
  36. Forest Ecosystem How does energy from the sun move through a successful ecosystem?
  37. Non-living Factors Use four of your senses to identify non-living factors found at the forest ecosystem.
  38. Non-living Factors Thermometers - determine the air temperature at the forest ecosystem
  39. Non-living Factors Digital salinity meters – discuss the salinity at the forest ecosystem
  40. Transects Used by scientists to count and/or measure something within a defined area
  41. Living Factors Using the given flags, identify producers, consumers, and decomposers found in the forest ecosystem.
  42. Living Factors: Producers
  43. Living Factors: Consumers
  44. Living Factors: Decomposers
  45. data collection Record all the data you collected about the living factors into your science log.
  46. Meadow Ecosystem Why is a variety of organisms beneficial to a successful ecosystem?
  47. Non-living Factors Use four of your senses to identify non-living factors found at the meadow ecosystem.
  48. Non-living Factors Thermometers - determine the air temperature at the meadow ecosystem
  49. Non-living Factors Digital salinity meters – discuss the salinity at the meadow ecosystem
  50. Living Factors Sweep net – collect producers, consumers, and decomposers
  51. Living Factors Remove the consumers from the sweep nets. Place them in bug boxes. Observe the consumers and identify them. Count the number of organisms.
  52. Living Factors: Producers
  53. Living Factors: Consumers
  54. data collection Record all the data you collected about the living factors into your science log.
  55. Time to Go Home The field study might be over, but not your role as a scientist!
  56. Back at School: The Data You Collected Matters! We enter the data you collected online. Use your data to draw conclusions about the different ecosystems.
  57. With the Click of a Button, Your Data Turns into a Line Graph!
  58. Final Project – Eco-Chambers Using what you learned in the classroom and on the field study, you will make an eco-chamber.
  59. Equipment You Need to Bring Backpack Plastic bags (2-3) Hand towel Extra clothes: socks, underwear, pants or shorts, shirt Spare shoes/sneakers Rain gear (possibly) Sharpened pencils Trash free lunch
  60. Warm Weather: Equipment You must wear shoes if you go in the water and have dryshoes to wear on the bus (no sandals or flip flops). Sunscreen Hat Sunglasses Extra drinking water Dress appropriately! Remember, you will be outdoors at least 4 hours.
  61. Cold Weather: Equipment Dress in warm layers (which can be taken off as you get warmer). Hat and gloves Appropriate shoes and socks for outside stations (both wet work and dry work) Students will not be entering water when water temperature is below 55˚F or the weather conditions are not appropriate. Dress appropriately! Remember, you will be outdoors at least 4 hours.
  62. Appropriate Footwear Acceptable Footwear Footwear with laces Sneakers (preferably old ones) Boots
  63. Inappropriate Footwear Unacceptable Footwear Open-toed shoes such as: Flip-flops, sandals Teva’s Croc’s
  64. Scientists are Tough! No matter what the weather, you will be attending the Eco-Trekker field study. If lightning/thunder develop, we will go indoors. Be prepared for the weather!
  65. Trash Free Lunch Trash Free Lunch Reusable lunch bag Reusable water bottle Plastic containers used to hold food Your goal:
  66. Trash Lunch NOT a Trash Free Lunch Plastic bag for lunch bag Juice box Plastic baggies/Zip-lock baggies used to hold food Lunchables
  67. See you soon!
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