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Ecosystems in Danger A Science Web Quest for 4th Grade students Created by Sarah Pickles Introduction

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Planet Earth is facing a huge problem and we need your help The UNEP declared 2010 The International Year of Biodiversity. Watch this video to find out more:

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You are famous ecologists. A UNEP (The United Nations Environment Programme) conference is being organized to work out what can be done to help the environment. The UNEP are calling on experts like you! ==== You are asked to research and create a presentation, to be shown at the ‘Ecosystems in Danger’ conference. You will be given an organism to research and find out why that organism’s ecosystem has become imbalanced and is in danger. You need to identify what has been happening to cause the imbalance. Has it been caused by human activity? Is it due to natural causes? What has happened to cause the imbalance and more importantly, what action can be taken to get things back to normal. ====

There is not a minute to lose!
**//Good luck and we look forward to seeing your presentation at the conference!//**