Field, Forest, & Stream

Grades: 4,5,6 & 8

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Where would you rather be: a field, forest, or stream? Gain a new perspective and discover what it's like to be a plant, animals, or non-living thing in each of these mini-ecosystems. 

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NC Standards

4.L.1.1 Give examples of changes in an organism's environment that are beneficial to it and some that are harmful. 

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5.L.2.1 Compare the characteristics of several common ecosystems, including estuaries and salt marshes, oceans, lakes and ponds, forests, and grasslands. 

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5.L.2.2 Classify organisms within an ecosystem according to the function they serve: producers, consumers, or decomposers (biotic factors)

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6.L.2.3 Summarize how the abiotic factors (such s temperature, water, sunlight, and soil quality) of biomes (freshwater, marine, forests, grasslands, desert, tundra) affect the ability of organisms to grow, survive and/or create their own food through photosynthesis.

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8.L.3.2 Summarize the relationships among producers, consumers, and decomposers including the positive and negative consequences of such interactions including: coexistence and cooperation, competition (predator/prey), parasitism, and mutualism. 

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8.L.3.3 Explain how the flow of energy within food is interconnected with he cycling of matter (including water, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, and oxygen)