pre-trip visit – cold weather. activities in your school begin four or five days prior to the...
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Pre-Trip Visit – Cold WeatherEco-Trekkers
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SCLASSROOM PRE-WORK Activities in your school begin four or five
days prior to the Eco-Trekker’s field study and will include:• Producers, consumers, & decomposers.• Food chains.• Competition.• Predators & prey.• Living & non-living factor.
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SECO-CHAMBER Think about how you will make your
eco-chamber.
Terrestrial Eco-chambers
Aquatic Eco-chamber
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SGRADE FIVE WILL BE DIVIDED INTO FOUR SEPARATE GROUPS.
Silversides
White-tailed DeerGreat Blue Herons
Green Darner Dragonflies
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SBUS RIDE TO FIELD STUDY At your first site, the teacher/naturalist
will board the bus and let you know what to bring for the morning.
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SAQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
Shoreline
Wetlands
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SINTRODUCTION TO THE DAY Pass out science logs. Discuss the details of the day.
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SSCIENCE LOGS Scientists collect data. You will record your
data in science logs.
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SSHORELINE ECOSYSTEM What are the parts of a food chain and how
do they interact with each other and their environment?
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SNON-LIVING FACTORS Use four of your senses to identify
non-living factors found at the shoreline ecosystem.
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SNON-LIVING FACTORS Thermometers - determine the air
temperature and water temperature at the shoreline ecosystem
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SNON-LIVING FACTORS Using a chart of the Chesapeake Bay, predict
the salinity of the water of Miami Beach’s shoreline ecosystem.
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SNON-LIVING FACTORS Digital salinity meters - determine the
salinity of the water at the shoreline ecosystem
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SLIVING FACTORS Seine net - collect
producers, consumers, and evidence of decomposers
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SLIVING FACTORS: PRODUCERS
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SLIVING FACTORS: CONSUMERS
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SLIVING FACTORS: FOOD CHAINS After seining use some of the producers,
consumers, and decomposers you collected to create a food chain.
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SDATA COLLECTION Record all the data you collected
about the living factors into your science log.
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SWETLAND ECOSYSTEM Why are sunlight and decomposers important to a successful ecosystem?
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SNON-LIVING FACTORS Use four of your senses to identify
non-living factors found at the wetland ecosystem.
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SLIVING FACTORS
If students quietly approach the bridge on the boardwalk, it can be an ideal place to observe wetland consumers.
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SNON-LIVING FACTORS Thermometers - determine the air
temperature and water temperature at the wetland ecosystem
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SNON-LIVING FACTORS Digital salinity meters - determine the salinity
of the water at the wetland ecosystem
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SLIVING FACTORS Dip net - collect producers, consumers, and
decomposers
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SLIVING FACTORS Look carefully through the detritus for
tiny organisms hiding from predators!
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SLIVING FACTORS Aquatic organisms called
macroinvertebrates can often be found in the detritus.
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SLIVING FACTORS: PRODUCERS Identify common producers found in a wetland
ecosystem.
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SLIVING FACTORS: CONSUMERS
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SLIVING FACTORS: DECOMPOSERS
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SDATA COLLECTION Record all the data you collected
about the living factors into your science log.
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SLUNCHTIME!
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STIME TO TAKE THE BUS FROM MIAMI BEACH TO MARSHY POINT NATURE CENTER
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SBUS RIDE TO SITE TWO At your second site, the
teacher/naturalist will board the bus and let you know what to bring for the afternoon.
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STERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS
Forest Meadow
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SFOREST ECOSYSTEM How does competition among trees affect the
growth of a forest over time?
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SNON-LIVING FACTORS Use four of your senses to
identify non-living factors found at the forest ecosystem.
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SNON-LIVING FACTORS Thermometers - determine the air
temperature and water temperature at the forest ecosystem
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SNON-LIVING FACTORS Digital salinity meters - determine the
salinity at the forest ecosystem
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STRANSECTS Used by scientists to count and/or
measure something within a defined area
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SLIVING FACTORS Count and measure trees in a sapling
and a mature forest.
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SDRAWING CONCLUSIONS Record the data onto the Tree Tally in
order to draw conclusions about competition in a forest ecosystem.
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SLIVING FACTORS: PRODUCERS
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SLIVING FACTORS: CONSUMERS
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SLIVING FACTORS: DECOMPOSERS
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SDATA COLLECTION Record all the data you collected
about the living factors into your science log.
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SMEADOW ECOSYSTEM
What are the roles within a predator/prey relationship and how do these relationships affect the number of organisms within an ecosystem?
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SNON-LIVING FACTORS Use four of your senses to identify
non-living factors found at the meadow ecosystem.
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SNON-LIVING FACTORS Thermometers - determine the air
temperature and water temperature at the meadow ecosystem
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SNON-LIVING FACTORS Digital salinity meters - determine the
salinity at the meadow ecosystem
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SLIVING FACTORS Sweep net – collect producers,
consumers, and decomposers
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SLIVING FACTORS Remove the consumers from the sweep nets. Place them in bug boxes. Observe the consumers and identify them.
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SLIVING FACTORS: PRODUCERS
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SLIVING FACTORS: CONSUMERS
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SDATA COLLECTION Record all the data you collected
about the living factors into your science log.
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STIME TO GO HOME The field study might be over, but not
your role as a scientist!
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SBACK AT SCHOOL: THE DATA YOU COLLECTED MATTERS! We enter the data you collected online. Use your data to draw conclusions about the
different ecosystems.
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SWITH THE CLICK OF A BUTTON, YOUR DATA TURNS INTO A LINE GRAPH!
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SFINAL PROJECT – ECO-CHAMBERS Using what you learned in the
classroom and on the field study, you will make an eco-chamber.
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SEQUIPMENT YOU NEED TO BRING Backpack Plastic bags (2-3) Hand towel Extra clothes: socks,
underwear, pants or shorts, shirt
Spare shoes/sneakers Rain gear (possibly)
Sharpened pencils Trash free lunch
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SCOLD WEATHER: EQUIPMENT Dress in warm layers (which can be
taken off as you get warmer). Hat and gloves Appropriate shoes and socks
for outside stations (both wet work and dry work)
Students will not be entering water when water temperature is below 55˚F or the weather conditions are not appropriate.Dress appropriately! Remember, you will be outdoors at least
4 hours.
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SWARM WEATHER: EQUIPMENT You must wear shoes if you go in the
water and have dry shoes to wear on the bus (no sandals or flip flops).
Sunscreen Hat Sunglasses Extra drinking water
Dress appropriately! Remember, you will be outdoors at least 4 hours.
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SAPPROPRIATE FOOTWEAR
Acceptable Footwear Footwear with laces Sneakers (preferably
old ones) Boots
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SINAPPROPRIATE FOOTWEAR
Unacceptable Footwear Open-toed shoes such
as: Flip-flops, sandalsTeva’sCroc’s
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SSCIENTISTS ARE TOUGH! No matter what the weather, you will be
attending the Eco-Trekker field study. If lightning/thunder develop, we will go
indoors. Be prepared for the weather!
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STRASH FREE LUNCH
Trash Free Lunch Reusable lunch bag Reusable water
bottle Plastic containers
used to hold foodYour goal:
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STRASH LUNCH
NOT a Trash Free Lunch Plastic bag for lunch bag Juice box Plastic baggies/Zip-lock
baggies used to hold food Lunchables
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SSEE YOU SOON!