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Blue - Interactions in Ocean Ecosystems
Lesson2 of 4 in this unit
SecondaryYear 9 - 10ScienceEnvironmentalBiodiversityConservationOceansWater
Lesson Summary
This lesson incorporates clips from Blue The Film as learning inspiration. Students are invited to engage in a hands-on activity to help them visualise connections between the different components of an ecosystem. The strategy used, hexagonal thinking, provides the opportunity for students to build their knowledge, attitudes and values by themselves. Students will begin the lesson by watching a clip about coral bleaching, and then explore the relationship between human activities and the health of ocean ecosystems and organisms. Finally, students are asked to consider how human activities could be altered to minimise impacts on marine ecosystems and organisms
Learning intentions
Students will:
- understand that ocean ecosystems are communities of interdependent organisms and abiotic components of the environment
- recognise some of the actions they can take to help marine ecosystems and organisms.
Success criteria
Students can:
- understand that organisms in the ocean ecosystem are interconnected
- understand that abiotic components of the ecosystem affect the biotic components and vice versa.
- articulate how humans can impact ocean ecosystems, both directly and indirectly.
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