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Causation CardsCausation CardsEcosystemsEngaging & Interactive
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Causation cards are a fun, interactive way to review vocabulary and concepts that students need to learn. In addition,
this engaging activity helps improve fluency and listening skills.
So how do causation cards work? The method is similar to the “I have… who has…” cards, where each student has to
listen carefully to other students to know when it is their turn. However, causation cards do not contain a repeated
language (like “I have… who has…”). Instead it will state an action that a student must perform and a statement they
must say. The action can be something simple from jumping in the air to drawing on the board. The statement can be a
definition of a term or related concept.
In this resource, you will find the end of a statement the previous student said in green (or in bold in the black and white
version), the action to be performed in blue, (or in italics in the black and white version) and what that particular student
who has the card says in regular black font. I have also placed numbers on each card so you know if you have all your
cards and what order they go in. Finally, along the border you will find the prop needed to complete the action, if it
applies.
This activity can be used as a quick review or as an introduction. You can challenge students to go through the entire set
as fast as they can or to beat their previous record.
I hope you enjoy this fun activity!
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Starting Card
Stand and say:
This is an ecosystem review just
for you.
Let’s get started with card
number two!
…number two!
Stand and say:
An ecosystem is made up of all
the living and nonliving things in an environment. (Jump up and
down.) I’m a living thing (then
point to your desk) and this is
NOT a living thing!
…a living thing!
Stand and say: That’s refreshing!
Stand and say:All those living things, like plants
and animals, are called biotic factors in an environment and
those nonliving things are abiotic.
Those are things like rocks, soil,
and this water. (Take a drink of
water.) That’s refreshing!
Ecosystems can be really small
like a mud puddle or really (spread arms out far), really
large like the ocean.
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…the ocean.
Stand and say:
Ecosystems have different
populations of species. A population is all of one kind. We are a
population of human beings! (Point
to a student) You are (point to
another student) and you are!
…you are!
Stand and say:
(Go to the board and draw 2
frogs.) This is a population of frogs. Ribbit, ribbit!
Ribbit, ribbit!
Stand and say:
…the pond.
Stand and say:
(Go to the board and draw a
pond around the two frogs.) The specific place the frog lives is
called a habitat. Here the frog’s
habitat is the pond.
In that same pond, there could
also be a population of lily pads and cattails. (Add cattails and lily
pads to the drawing.)
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…and cattails.
Stand and say:
All of these different populations
together form a community. (Go to the board and make one big
circle around them. Then label it
as a community.)
…a community.
Stand and say:
(Stand up and hold your hand out
like you are stopping someone one.) Wait! We live in a
community.
…a community.
Stand and say:
…exhausting work!
Stand and say:
Right! Our community is made
up of a population of people, a population of squirrels, a
population of trees. Wow, I could
go on all day (act tired) but that
is exhausting work!
(Go to the board and erase it.)
Okay, okay. I think I get it now. But wait, what is a biome?
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…a biome?
Stand and say:
A large group of similar ecosystems
are a biome. They have similar weather, rainfall, plants, and
animals. Like the rainforest in
Africa and in South America. (Point
to these countries on a map or
globe.)
…South America.
Stand and say:
Or like the desert in Antarctica
and the desert in Africa. (Crawl over to the person who had the
water previously.) MUST. HAVE.
WATER.
HAVE. WATER.
Stand and say:
…ice. Brrr…
Stand and say:
Deserts are hot! Antarctica is
NOT! Antarctica is very, very cold. It’s nothing but ice. Brrr…
(Shiver and act really cold.)
Actually, a desert is defined by its
lack of rain. Since Antarctica gets hardly any rain, it IS a desert. No
umbrellas needed there! (Put your
umbrella up against the trash.)
map or globe
umbrella
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…needed there!
Stand and say:
But you will need that umbrella in
the rainforests. (Go over and pick up the umbrella.) It is hot and
humid there – oh, and really,
really rainy! (Open the umbrella.)
…really rainy!
Stand and say:
The rainforests also have a wide
variety of plants and animals there like mosses, ferns, sloths, brightly
colored birds, and flying squirrels.
(Pretend to fly around the room.)
…flying squirrels.
Stand and say:…but trees!
Stand and say:Another type of forest is called
temperate forests. These forests have lots of trees but they don’t get as much
rain. They also have summer and
winter seasons. (Put your hand on your
forehead and pretend to be trying to
see.) I can’t see anything but trees!
In temperate forests some trees
lose their leaves in the winter and regrow them in the spring. The
other trees have pokey needles
that they never lose. (Pretend to
get poked.) OUCH!
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…lose. OUCH!
Stand and say:
Temperate forests have animals
like foxes, rabbits, and big… scary… ferocious… black bears.
(Growl and act like a bear.)
…black bears.
Stand and say:
You totally didn’t scare me. I know
about bears – big white polar bears. They can survive in the polar region
where it’s really cold. (Act scared by
ducking down behind a chair.) Wait,
what was that noise? Did you hear
it?
…hear it?
Stand and say:
…an igloo!
Stand and say:
The polar region is sometimes
called a tundra because it’s covered in ice and it lacks trees. It hardly
has any animal or plant life. The sun
also doesn’t shine much so the ice
doesn’t melt very well. (Point off in
the distance.) I think I see an igloo!
There are also grasslands. These are
really wide areas of land that are covered in tall grasses. (Lift up legs
and pretend like you are trying to
walk through the tall grass.) Wow,
someone really needs to mow.
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…to mow.
Stand and say:
The name of a savannah depends on
where you live. In Africa they are called savannahs. Giraffes,
elephants, and lions live in this
ecosystem. (Pound your chest.) I’m
king of the savannah!
…the savannah!
Stand and say:
Some biomes are aquatic. The
ocean is the largest ecosystem. It is full of many animals. Like my
favorite – the crab. (Get down on
the floor, on all fours – backwards -
and crawl like a crab.)
…the crab.
Stand and say:…find crocodiles.
Stand and say:Another aquatic biome is
freshwater biomes. That would be things like lakes, rivers, streams, and
ponds. Wetlands are a freshwater
ecosystem that is very important.
That’s where you can find
crocodiles. (Form your arms together like a crocodile’s jaw and
pretend to chomp people.)
There you have it! All the
information about ecosystems. I’m thirsting to learn more about these
environments! (Look around like you
lost something.) Where did that
water go?
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Starting Card
Stand and say:
This is an ecosystem review just
for you.
Let’s get started with card
number two!
…number two!
Stand and say:
An ecosystem is made up of all
the living and nonliving things in an environment. (Jump up and
down.) I’m a living thing (then
point to your desk) and this is
NOT a living thing!
…a living thing!
Stand and say: That’s refreshing!
Stand and say:All those living things, like plants
and animals, are called biotic factors in an environment and
those nonliving things are abiotic.
Those are things like rocks, soil,
and this water. (Take a drink of
water.) That’s refreshing!
Ecosystems can be really small
like a mud puddle or really (spread arms out far), really large
like the ocean.
cup of water
© T
he O
wl T
each
er 2
015
…the ocean.
Stand and say:
Ecosystems have different
populations of species. A population is all of one kind. We are a
population of human beings! (Point
to a student) You are (point to
another student) and you are!
…you are!
Stand and say:
(Go to the board and draw 2
frogs.) This is a population of frogs. Ribbit, ribbit!
Ribbit, ribbit!
Stand and say:
…the pond.
Stand and say:
(Go to the board and draw a pond
around the two frogs.) The specific place the frog lives is
called a habitat. Here the frog’s
habitat is the pond.
In that same pond, there could
also be a population of lily pads and cattails. (Add cattails and lily
pads to the drawing.)
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…and cattails.
Stand and say:
All of these different populations
together form a community. (Go to the board and make one big
circle around them. Then label it
as a community.)
…a community.
Stand and say:
(Stand up and hold your hand out
like you are stopping someone one.) Wait! We live in a
community.
…a community.
Stand and say:
…exhausting work!
Stand and say:
Right! Our community is made
up of a population of people, a population of squirrels, a
population of trees. Wow, I could
go on all day (act tired) but that
is exhausting work!
(Go to the board and erase it.)
Okay, okay. I think I get it now. But wait, what is a biome?
Ecosystems
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he O
wl T
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015
…a biome?
Stand and say:
A large group of similar ecosystems
are a biome. They have similar weather, rainfall, plants, and
animals. Like the rainforest in
Africa and in South America. (Point
to these countries on a map or
globe.)
…South America.
Stand and say:
Or like the desert in Antarctica
and the desert in Africa. (Crawl over to the person who had the
water previously.) MUST. HAVE.
WATER.
HAVE. WATER.
Stand and say:
…ice. Brrr…
Stand and say:
Deserts are hot! Antarctica is
NOT! Antarctica is very, very cold. It’s nothing but ice. Brrr…
(Shiver and act really cold.)
Actually, a desert is defined by its
lack of rain. Since Antarctica gets hardly any rain, it IS a desert. No
umbrellas needed there! (Put your
umbrella up against the trash.)
map or globe
umbrella
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…needed there!
Stand and say:
But you will need that umbrella in
the rainforests. (Go over and pick up the umbrella.) It is hot and
humid there – oh, and really,
really rainy! (Open the umbrella.)
…really rainy!
Stand and say:
The rainforests also have a wide
variety of plants and animals there like mosses, ferns, sloths, brightly
colored birds, and flying squirrels.
(Pretend to fly around the room.)
…flying squirrels.
Stand and say:…but trees!
Stand and say:Another type of forest is called
temperate forests. These forests have lots of trees but they don’t get as much
rain. They also have summer and
winter seasons. (Put your hand on your
forehead and pretend to be trying to
see.) I can’t see anything but trees!
In temperate forests some trees
lose their leaves in the winter and regrow them in the spring. The
other trees have pokey needles
that they never lose. (Pretend to
get poked.) OUCH!
Ecosystems
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…lose. OUCH!
Stand and say:
Temperate forests have animals
like foxes, rabbits, and big… scary… ferocious… black bears.
(Growl and act like a bear.)
…black bears.
Stand and say:
You totally didn’t scare me. I know
about bears – big white polar bears. They can survive in the polar region
where it’s really cold. (Act scared
by ducking down behind a chair.)
Wait, what was that noise? Did you
hear it?
…hear it?
Stand and say:
…an igloo!
Stand and say:
The polar region is sometimes
called a tundra because it’s covered in ice and it lacks trees. It hardly
has any animal or plant life. The sun
also doesn’t shine much so the ice
doesn’t melt very well. (Point off in
the distance.) I think I see an igloo!
There are also grasslands. These are
really wide areas of land that are covered in tall grasses. (Lift up legs
and pretend like you are trying to
walk through the tall grass.) Wow,
someone really needs to mow.
Ecosystems
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…to mow.
Stand and say:
The name of a savannah depends on
where you live. In Africa they are called savannahs. Giraffes,
elephants, and lions live in this
ecosystem. (Pound your chest.) I’m
king of the savannah!
…the savannah!
Stand and say:
Some biomes are aquatic. The
ocean is the largest ecosystem. It is full of many animals. Like my
favorite – the crab. (Get down on the
floor, on all fours – backwards - and
crawl like a crab.)
…the crab.
Stand and say:…find crocodiles.
Stand and say:Another aquatic biome is
freshwater biomes. That would be things like lakes, rivers, streams, and
ponds. Wetlands are a freshwater
ecosystem that is very important.
That’s where you can find
crocodiles. (Form your arms together like a crocodile’s jaw and
pretend to chomp people.)
There you have it! All the
information about ecosystems. I’m thirsting to learn more about these
environments! (Look around like you
lost something.) Where did that
water go?
Ecosystems
EcosystemsEcosystems
Ecosystems
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he O
wl T
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