Interactions

=**Interactions and Ecosystems**=

a)     Interactions within an ecosystem
Online NOTES http://www.edquest.ca/content/view/29/ Swift Fox Reintroduction Program [|www.ceinst.org/blackfeet.htm] Alberta’s Watchable Wildlife http://srd.alberta.ca/fishwildlife/wildlifeinalberta/watchablewildlife Bears in Alberta http://srd.alberta.ca/fishwildlife/wildlifeinablerta/bearsalberta Wildlife in Alberta http://srd.alberta.ca/fishwildlife/wildlifeinablerta Alberta Wildlife Viewing Guide http://srd.alberta.ca/fishwildlife/viewingguide Learn Alberta site – [|www.learnalberta.ca]   LA45 9583 National Geographic – Interactions and Ecosystems – Humans and Environments – Needs of Living Things - click on a variety of videos Map of Alberta [|www.biology.ualberta.ca/facilities/multimedia/index.php?Page=280] Adaptations video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciu9xFTvELQ Strategies for Animal Survival - pt 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XW6jyS5jTIs&NR=1 Body by Design video http://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/23243-body-by-design-animals-and-adaptation-video.htm Concepts in Nature http://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/17003-concepts-in-nature-a-closer-look-at-adaptation-video.htm Assignment Discovery: Ecosystems http://videos.howstuffworks.com/discovery/29495-assignment-discovery-ecosystem-video.htm Prairie Ecosystem http://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/24369-americas-prairie-prairie-ecosystem-video.htm Chain Reaction Game http://www.ecokidsonline.com/pub/eco_info/topics/frogs/chain_reaction/index.cfm Aquatic ecosystems http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=af37717c50a6372d42e4

b) Human impacts on ecosystems
Online NOTES http://www.edquest.ca/content/view/30/ Learn Alberta site – [|www.learnalberta.ca] LA45 9583 National Geographic – Interactions and Ecosystems – Humans and Environments – Human Impacts on Ecosystems- click on a variety of videos -    Decision Making – Preserving and Enhancing Wetlands Bill Nye Wetlands 1/3 video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdGdl9XIDFs&feature=related Bill Nye Wetlands 2/3 video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mOKv3cbfP4&feature=related Bill Nye Wetlands 3/3 video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4fxvimKJzQ&feature=related Devonian Botanic Garden [|www.devonian.ualberta.ca] Canadian Peregrine Foundation [|www.peregrine-foundation.ca] Salmon-spirit of the land and sea [|www.oneworldjourneys.com/expeditions/salmon] Human Impact video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgdZw9d3zSY Human Impact video for an Assembly http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w63gN8adA0E&feature=related Wonderful World video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZ6RRYaWot0&feature=related 4.6 Billion Year Old timeline http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ra9lwKn75s&feature=related Wetlands video 1 of 3 http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=451ca0ed912cf3d11dab Wetlands video 2 of 3 http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=aea8f38b14c42d27e686 Wetlands video 3 of 3 http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=8e110dec4be2114ee567 Ecology Song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-XpUacV-TE Coral Reef Ecocsystem http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5d3qie3jbHk

** c)    ** ** Environmental choices **
Online NOTES http://www.edquest.ca/content/view/31/ 16 Questions to Assess Ecological Footprint [|www.pym.org/pm/images/uploads-pdf/CalcYourEcoFootprint4pg.pdf] Footprint Estimation Form (US) [|www.sbs.utexas.edu/resource/EcoFtPrnt/Calculate.htm] Cdn Parks and Wilderness Society [|www.cpawscalgary.org] Ecological Footprint - very comprehensive http://www.myfootprint.org/en/visitor_information/ What;s My Footprint? http://www.rprogress.org/ecological_footprint/about_ecological_footprint.htm

** d)    ** ** How organisms interact **
Online NOTES http://www.edquest.ca/content/view/32/ Learn Alberta site – [|www.learnalberta.ca] LA45 9583 National Geographic – Interactions and Ecosystems – Flow of Energy and Materials – Parts of an Ecosystem, Producers, consumers, etc Bracket Fungi http://rainforest-australia.com/Bracket%20Fungus.htm Outdoor Home Composting [|www.saskwastereduction.ca/composting/index.htm] Lake Superior’s Great Decomposers [|www.north-link.net/cmsakry/1pub/9009lsm.htm] Producers, Consumers and Decomposers Game http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/games/producersconsumersgame.htm Food Chain Game http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/games/foodchaingame.htm Animal Diet Game http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/games/animaldietgame.htm Food Chain song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TE6wqG4nb3M "It's the Food Web" song from Bill Nye http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbWyrcY5i3s&feature=related Food Web video 1/3 Bill Nye http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S_TlPDruUo&NR=1 Food Web video 2/3 Bill Nye http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G7BwnSHTq8&feature=related Food Web video 3/3 Bill Nye http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNRqe-IpdIk&feature=related Owl Pellet dissection http://www.kidwings.com/owlpellets/ Decomposers video http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/tdc02_vid_decompose/ Hyena Scavengers http://videos.howstuffworks.com/howstuffworks/3602-hyenas-scavenging-video.htm
 * "When you see sprouts, give thanks to the decomposers." Explain what this means, using examples.
 * Why did the narrator call the earthworm the "king of decomposers"?
 * What do decomposers recycle?
 * What kinds of organisms are decomposers? Give specific examples.

** e)  ** Cycles in the environment
Online NOTES http://www.edquest.ca/content/view/34/ Learn Alberta site – [|www.learnalberta.ca] LA45 9583 National Geographic – Interactions and Ecosystems – Flow of Energy and Materials – Water and Carbon Cycles, Enter Pollutants Acid Rain http://science.howstuffworks.com/acid-rain.htm The Hydrologic Cycle [|www.ec.gc.ca/water/en/nature/prop/e_cycle.htm] RiverWatch [|www.riverwatch.ab.ca] Bill Nye Water Cycle 1/3 video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BCnVIoWUj8&feature=related Bill Nye Water Cycle 2/3 video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYmf92qAi6g&feature=related Bill Nye Water Cycle 3/3 video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BahdgPLem0&feature=related Carbon Cycle cartoon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3SZKJVKRxQ&feature=related Water Cycle Game http://apps.southeastwater.com.au/games/education_kidsroom_wcactivity.asp Wonderville Water activity http://www.wonderville.ca/v1/activities/watertreatment/wateractivity.html Carbon Cycle Game http://www.windows.ucar.edu/earth/climate/carbon_cycle.html Earth Day - 2008 info http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYCPN6lVv7E&feature=related Earth Day message from students http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-Ne2JBXAMQ&feature=related 5 Ways to Save the Planet - United Kingdom http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPkOFwaGKG0&feature=related Can One Person Make a Difference http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhZJ3sCNmqA&NR=1 Environment - How Canada Performs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IGTjGQlkp0 David Suzuki - Environment speech http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAAoqH-8UFg&feature David Suzuki - What You Can Do http://www.davidsuzuki.org/Climate_Change/What_You_Can_Do/ Exploratorium - climate http://www.exploratorium.edu/climate/ Al Gore on Charlie Rose - An Inconvenient Truth http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCsbhvRJVAo

f) Succession and change in ecosystems
Online NOTES http://www.edquest.ca/content/view/111/ Learn Alberta site – [|www.learnalberta.ca] LA45 9583 National Geographic – Interactions and Ecosystems – Environmental Impact – variety of topics and videos Purple Loosestrife [|www.ducks.ca/purple] Passenger Pigeon [|www.gc.ec.gc.ca/faune/oiseaux_menaces/html/tourte_voyageuse_e.html] Mammoth Site [|www.mammothsite.com] Succession Lesson 1 http://www.slideshare.net/RCha/succession-lesson1/ Primary Succession http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1_jy2lxl54 Secondary Succession http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaaaeAEbJJw Biological control of aquatic plants http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZFU5LLP2gE Pest Control (gag) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzSdfZ1OnMA Protect Endangered Wildlife http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ObI9ivSuvM Help Endangered Species http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRXTCuKorXA Switch 'em off! game http://wwf.moccu.com/game.php?lang=en Bycatch Bonanza http://assets.panda.org/custom/games/bycatch_bonanza/ Toxic Blaster http://assets.panda.org/custom/games/toxicblaster/ Matching Pairs card game of Endangered Species http://www.sandiegozoo.org/kids/games/dwes.html Where's the Animal? http://www.sandiegozoo.org/kids/games/wta.html Untamed Trivia questions http://www.sandiegozoo.org/kids/games/trivia.html Endangered critters game http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/endangered_animals/endangered_game.htm

g) Environmental monitoring
Online NOTES http://www.edquest.ca/content/view/112/ Learn Alberta site – [|www.learnalberta.ca] LA45 9583 National Geographic – Interactions and Ecosystems – Managing Environments – variety of topics and videos Wildlife information [|www.cwf-fcf.org/en/learn/wildlife] Nature Canada [|www.naturecanada.ca] Frogwatch (US) [|www.nwf.org/frogwatchUSA] Canadian Wildlife Federation [|www.cwf-fcf.org] World Wildlife Organization [|www.worldwildlife.org] Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada  [|www.cosewic.gc.ca/eng/sct5/index_e.cfm]