Process

Process **Central Idea:Biodiversity relies on maintaining the balance of organisms within systems. **

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** Tuning In: ** You will create a presentation about a given **organism**. What is it about your **organism** and the **ecosystem** it lives in that you think is important to share with the rest of the class. What **sub questions** do you have to answer to be able to complete your task? =====

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· what the problem is with your assigned organism. (Are there too many of them? Is the species becoming endangered? ) =====

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· the ecosystem it lives in (biotic and abiotic features) =====

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· the role it plays in its food web =====

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· what is happening to the ecosystem? =====

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· can the situation be changed? =====

What other questions do you have? **Record them on your project research sheet**.

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 ** Finding Out: ** You might want to use library books or the Internet to conduct your research. Or maybe you know some experts? =====

==== **Drawing Conclusions:** How are you going to organize your presentation? By now you should have all the information for creating your food web, and creating your presentation. You might want to use images from the sites you visited or you might want to search for some other images to include in your presentation. Don't forget to cite your sources when you use images. ====

**Reflecting and Acting:** Once you have all your notes, you are ready to start creating your presentation.
**// The Director of the Conference (your teacher) will now give you your special assignment. To help you get started we have broken down the inquiry process for you. You should still further break it down in to sub questions you need to answer. //**