Levels in Ecosystems Chant
By Susan Radford
Is this an individual?
Is this an individual?
How do you know?
How do you know?
Give me an example.
Give me an example.
Yes Ma’am.
Yes Ma’am.
It’s only one animal.
It’s only one plant.
One milkweed bug.
One maple tree.
Is this a population?
Is this a population?
How do you know?
How do you know?
Give me an example.
Give me an example.
Yes Ma’am.
Yes Ma’am.
There are many individuals.
They are all one species.
A pod of whales.
A stand of oak trees.
Is this a community?
Is this a community?
How do you know?
How do you know?
Give me an example.
Give me an example.
Yes Ma’am.
Yes Ma’am.
There’s more than one species.
They are live together.
Guppies with Elodea.
Ants tending aphids.
Is this an ecosystem?
Is this an ecosystem?
How do you know?
How do you know?
Give me an example.
Give me an example.
Yes Ma’am.
Yes Ma’am.
There are animals and plants.
There are abiotic factors.
Frogs and lily pads in a pond.
Bees and flowers in the sun.
Is this an abiotic factor?
Is this an abiotic factor?
How do you know?
How do you know?
Give me an example.
Give me an example.
Yes Ma’am.
Yes Ma’am.
It’s a non-living thing.
It has never been alive.
The oxygen in the air.
The rocks in the soil.
Did you tell me true?
Is this chant through?
Yes Ma’am.
Yes Ma’am.