Station One – Food Webs and Food Chains
1. Study the 6 examples of aquatic food webs. Notice which
direction the arrows are going. (from the prey to the
predator)
2. On the piece of copy paper at your station, please create
a simple food web/chain with no more than 10 organisms
and no less than five. It needs to be neat, labeled and
easily explained by any member in your group.
3. Each member of your group needs to answer the
following questions in the science notebook about your
food web: (write questions and answers)
a. What is the one start of the food chain and why?
(there are three options)
b. Explain your food chain in words using complete
sentences.
c. What direction do the arrows go? Why?
Station Two – Estimating Population Size
Do not write on the instructions!
1. In your notebook, answer #2 and 3. Next, draw the data
table in your notebook.
2. Follow directions for technique 2 in order to fill in your data
table.
3. In your notebook, answer #4 (estimated size) and don’t do
#5.
4. Do number 6 in your notebook, then draw the second data
table. Continue your experiment to fill in the second data
table. Answer 7a, 7b and #8 in your notebook.
5. You are done!
Station Three- Ecosystems Mini-Project
1. Read the introduction with your group
2. You will need to get a netbook for information, so hop
up and get yours now!
3. Choose any group (1,2,3,4 or 5) to compare and
contrast characteristics of each ecosystem.
4. You will need to draw your own Venn Diagram with at
least one picture per ecosystem.
5. Follow the rubric and when you are done, glue into
your science notebook.
Station 4 - Angry Aliens
1. Each member of your group needs to get a netbook.
2. Google : Angry Aliens Bioman
3. You need to play Angry Aliens and quiz yourself over
topics we have discussed this quarter so far. See if
you can score a 100% on them all!
4. In your notebook, write three of the questions you
answered correctly with the answer written as well.
Station - Exploring Ecosystems
1.
2.
Read the following statements:
a. People should be encouraged to participate in
coral reef sight-seeing (snorkeling, scuba diving)
ventures to increase their appreciation of this
ecosystem.
b. Warming ocean temperatures are beneficial to
reef formations because they increase coral
production.
c. It is important to maintain a proper balance of
algae in the reef system.
Pick a statement to argue. In your notebook, write
your statement as your topic sentence in an
argumentation for or against the statement. It must
be at least 7 sentences with evidence from the
internet. Wikipedia, About and Ask are not credible
sources.
Station Six – Study Jams!
1. Get a netbook and Google Study Jams Symbiosis.
2. Watch the video on Symbiosis and test yourself with the
quiz afterwards.
3. In your notebook, write your score and the question and
answers that you answered incorrectly.
4. Watch the video on Food Webs afterwards and do the
same thing in your notebook that you did for Symbiosis.
Station Seven – Web quest
1.You will search the internet for the answers to
the web quest. Make sure they are reputable
websites!