Natural Sciences and Technology Grade 6-A - Thunderbolt Kids
Natural Sciences and Technology Grade 6-A - Thunderbolt Kids Natural Sciences and Technology Grade 6-A - Thunderbolt Kids
ACTIVITY: Studying an ecosystem MATERIALS: • 8 sticks • string (about 30 m) • clipboard • scrap paper • pen and pencil • reference books for identifying species names INSTRUCTIONS: 1. You will work in groups for this activity. 2. Go outside with your teacher and identify an ecosystem in your school grounds, or near to the school which you can study 3. You will need to mark out the area with the sticks and string using the quadrant method. 4. Look at the picture below to get an idea of how to set up your quadrants. 5. The area must be about 5m x5m. 6. Once you have marked out the square, divide it up into 4 smaller squares with the string so that you have aquadrant with 4 squares as shown in the picture. 5 m A5mx5m quadrant. 92 Life and Living 5 m
7. When marking out your ecosystem to study, be careful not to damage any of the plants and animals that are there as this is what you will be studying. 8. For each of the 4quadrants in your ecosystem, count the number of dierent species of plants and animals. 9. See if you can identify the names of the dierent plant and animal species using reference books. Fill this out in the table below when you get back to class. 10. Study the non-living things in your ecosystem. For example, what type of soil is present? Are there any rocks? Is there perhaps astream running through your ecosystem? What is the sunlight like, shady or full sun? Are there any animal shelters present? Make notes about this as you will have to answer questions when you get back to class. QUESTIONS: 1. What type of ecosystem are you studying? 2. What is the total area of your square? 3. Fill out the table below for each quadrant: Number of plant species Number of animal species Total organisms in each quadrant Quadrant 1 Quadrant 2 Quadrant 3 Quadrant 4 Chapter 5. Ecosystems and food webs 93
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ACTIVITY: Studying an ecosystem<br />
MATERIALS:<br />
• 8 sticks<br />
• string (about 30 m)<br />
• clipboard<br />
• scrap paper<br />
• pen <strong>and</strong> pencil<br />
• reference books for identifying species names<br />
INSTRUCTIONS:<br />
1. You will work in groups for this activity.<br />
2. Go outside with your teacher <strong>and</strong> identify an ecosystem in<br />
your school grounds, or near to the school which you can<br />
study<br />
3. You will need to mark out the area with the sticks <strong>and</strong> string<br />
using the quadrant method.<br />
4. Look at the picture below to get an idea of how to set up your<br />
quadrants.<br />
5. The area must be about 5m x5m.<br />
6. Once you have marked out the square, divide it up into 4<br />
smaller squares with the string so that you have aquadrant<br />
with 4 squares as shown in the picture.<br />
5 m<br />
A5mx5m quadrant.<br />
92 Life <strong>and</strong> Living<br />
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