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Backyard Bush Blitz - Important Roles in an Ecosystem
Lesson1 of 4 in this unit
Cool+SecondaryYear 9 - 10ScienceBiologyEnvironmentalBiodiversityCitizen Science
Lesson Summary
Students will consider how competition for resources influences the ecological role an organism plays in an ecosystem. They will then research a subspecies and explore its role in an ecosystem before attempting to persuade the class that their subspecies, and its role, makes it the most important in the ecosystem.
Learning intentions
Students will:
- understand that all organisms fulfil a role in a sustainable ecosystem
- understand the different types of roles in an ecosystem and how they interact with other organisms.
Success criteria
Students can:
- match terms with definitions
- conduct and report on research
- work collaboratively
- participate in group and class discussions
- use facts and persuasive language to present an argument
- evaluate the arguments of other groups.
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