What are Nonliving Parts of Ecosystems?

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What are Nonliving Parts of Ecosystems?

• By Mr. Bales

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Purpose

• The purpose of this lesson is to observe the
  nonliving parts of a model ecosystem.
• Science Standard 3.a. - Students know ecosystems
  can be characterized by their living and
  nonliving parts.
• Science Standard 6.a. - Differentiate observation
  from inference ( interpretation) and know
  scientists explanations come partly from what
  they observe and partly from how they interpret
  their observations.

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Skill

• The skill we will be working on today is
  Comparing - when you compare objects or events,
  you observe how they are alike and how they are
  different.
• Express Lab - today, we will conduct a short lab
  experiment outside. Here are the instructions
• 1. Go outside and look at objects in the
  area
• around our school.
• 2. Identify objects as living or nonliving.
• 3. When you identify a nonliving object,
  draw and
• label it in your Science
  handout.
• 4. Be thinking how would answer this
  question
• What nonliving things exist in
  the area around
• your school?