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TEAM BCPS TEAM BCPS Pre-Trip Visit – Warm Weather Eco- Trekkers

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Page 1: Pre-Trip Visit – Warm Weather. Activities in your school begin four or five days prior to the Eco-Trekkers field study and will include: Producers, consumers,

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Pre-Trip Visit – Warm WeatherEco-Trekkers

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SCLASSROOM PRE-WORK Activities in your school begin four or five

days prior to the Eco-Trekker’s field study and will include:• Producers, consumers, & decomposers.• Food chains and food webs.• Competition.• Predators & prey.• Living & non-living factors.

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SCLASSROOM PRE-WORK

Take a brief Pre-assessment

Page 4: Pre-Trip Visit – Warm Weather. Activities in your school begin four or five days prior to the Eco-Trekkers field study and will include: Producers, consumers,

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SECO-CHAMBER Think about how you will make your

eco-chamber.

Terrestrial Eco-chambers

Aquatic Eco-chamber

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SGRADE FIVE WILL BE DIVIDED INTO FOUR SEPARATE GROUPS.

Silversides

White-tailed DeerGreat Blue Herons

Green Darner Dragonflies

Page 6: Pre-Trip Visit – Warm Weather. Activities in your school begin four or five days prior to the Eco-Trekkers field study and will include: Producers, consumers,

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SBUS RIDE TO FIELD STUDY At your first site, the science resource

teacher/naturalist will board the bus, let you know what to bring for the morning, and review the pre-assessment results.

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SAQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS

Shoreline

Wetlands

Page 8: Pre-Trip Visit – Warm Weather. Activities in your school begin four or five days prior to the Eco-Trekkers field study and will include: Producers, consumers,

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SINTRODUCTION TO THE DAY Pass out science logs. Discuss the details of the day.

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SOVER-ARCHING QUESTION How would you plan and design a

model of a successful ecosystem?

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SSCIENCE LOGS Scientists collect data. You will record your

data in science logs.

Page 11: Pre-Trip Visit – Warm Weather. Activities in your school begin four or five days prior to the Eco-Trekkers field study and will include: Producers, consumers,

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SSHORELINE ECOSYSTEM How do non-living factors affect the

living factors in a successful ecosystem?

Page 12: Pre-Trip Visit – Warm Weather. Activities in your school begin four or five days prior to the Eco-Trekkers field study and will include: Producers, consumers,

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SNON-LIVING FACTORS Use four of your senses to identify

non-living factors found at the shoreline ecosystem.

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SNON-LIVING FACTORS Thermometers - determine the air

temperature and water temperature at the shoreline ecosystem

Page 14: Pre-Trip Visit – Warm Weather. Activities in your school begin four or five days prior to the Eco-Trekkers field study and will include: Producers, consumers,

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SNON-LIVING FACTORS Using a chart of the Chesapeake Bay, predict

the salinity of the water of Miami Beach’s shoreline ecosystem.

Page 15: Pre-Trip Visit – Warm Weather. Activities in your school begin four or five days prior to the Eco-Trekkers field study and will include: Producers, consumers,

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SNON-LIVING FACTORS Digital salinity meters - determine the

salinity of the water at the shoreline ecosystem

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SLIVING FACTORS Seine net - collect producers, consumers, and

evidence of decomposers

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SLIVING FACTORS: PRODUCERS

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SLIVING FACTORS: CONSUMERS

Page 19: Pre-Trip Visit – Warm Weather. Activities in your school begin four or five days prior to the Eco-Trekkers field study and will include: Producers, consumers,

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SDATA COLLECTION Record all the data you collected

about the living factors into your science log.

Page 20: Pre-Trip Visit – Warm Weather. Activities in your school begin four or five days prior to the Eco-Trekkers field study and will include: Producers, consumers,

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SWETLAND ECOSYSTEM How do water and decomposed

materials move though a successful ecosystem?

Page 21: Pre-Trip Visit – Warm Weather. Activities in your school begin four or five days prior to the Eco-Trekkers field study and will include: Producers, consumers,

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SNON-LIVING FACTORS Use four of your senses to identify

non-living factors found at the wetland ecosystem.

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SLIVING FACTORS

If students quietly approach the bridge on the boardwalk, it can be an ideal place to observe wetland consumers.

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SNON-LIVING FACTORS Thermometers - determine the air

temperature and water temperature at the wetland ecosystem

Page 24: Pre-Trip Visit – Warm Weather. Activities in your school begin four or five days prior to the Eco-Trekkers field study and will include: Producers, consumers,

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SNON-LIVING FACTORS Digital salinity meters - determine the salinity

of the water at the wetland ecosystem

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SLIVING FACTORS Dip net - collect producers, consumers, and

decomposers

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SLIVING FACTORS Look carefully through the detritus for

tiny organisms hiding from predators!

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SLIVING FACTORS Aquatic organisms called

macroinvertebrates can often be found in the detritus.

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SLIVING FACTORS: PRODUCERS Identify common producers found in a wetland

ecosystem.

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SLIVING FACTORS: CONSUMERS

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SLIVING FACTORS: DECOMPOSERS

Page 31: Pre-Trip Visit – Warm Weather. Activities in your school begin four or five days prior to the Eco-Trekkers field study and will include: Producers, consumers,

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SDATA COLLECTION Record all the data you collected

about the living factors into your science log.

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SLUNCHTIME!

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STIME TO TAKE THE BUS FROM MIAMI BEACH TO MARSHY POINT NATURE CENTER

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SBUS RIDE TO SITE TWO At your second site, the science

resource teacher/naturalist will board the bus and let you know what to bring for the afternoon.

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STERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS

Forest Meadow

Page 36: Pre-Trip Visit – Warm Weather. Activities in your school begin four or five days prior to the Eco-Trekkers field study and will include: Producers, consumers,

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SFOREST ECOSYSTEM How does energy from the sun move

through a successful ecosystem?

Page 37: Pre-Trip Visit – Warm Weather. Activities in your school begin four or five days prior to the Eco-Trekkers field study and will include: Producers, consumers,

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SNON-LIVING FACTORS Use four of your senses to

identify non-living factors found at the forest ecosystem.

Page 38: Pre-Trip Visit – Warm Weather. Activities in your school begin four or five days prior to the Eco-Trekkers field study and will include: Producers, consumers,

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SNON-LIVING FACTORS Thermometers - determine the air

temperature at the forest ecosystem

Page 39: Pre-Trip Visit – Warm Weather. Activities in your school begin four or five days prior to the Eco-Trekkers field study and will include: Producers, consumers,

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SNON-LIVING FACTORS Digital salinity meters – discuss the

salinity at the forest ecosystem

Page 40: Pre-Trip Visit – Warm Weather. Activities in your school begin four or five days prior to the Eco-Trekkers field study and will include: Producers, consumers,

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STRANSECTS Used by scientists to count and/or

measure something within a defined area

Page 41: Pre-Trip Visit – Warm Weather. Activities in your school begin four or five days prior to the Eco-Trekkers field study and will include: Producers, consumers,

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SLIVING FACTORS Using the given flags, identify

producers, consumers, and decomposers found in the forest ecosystem.

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SLIVING FACTORS: PRODUCERS

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SLIVING FACTORS: CONSUMERS

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SLIVING FACTORS: DECOMPOSERS

Page 45: Pre-Trip Visit – Warm Weather. Activities in your school begin four or five days prior to the Eco-Trekkers field study and will include: Producers, consumers,

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SDATA COLLECTION Record all the data you collected

about the living factors into your science log.

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SMEADOW ECOSYSTEM

Why is a variety of organisms beneficial to a successful ecosystem?

Page 47: Pre-Trip Visit – Warm Weather. Activities in your school begin four or five days prior to the Eco-Trekkers field study and will include: Producers, consumers,

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SNON-LIVING FACTORS Use four of your senses to identify

non-living factors found at the meadow ecosystem.

Page 48: Pre-Trip Visit – Warm Weather. Activities in your school begin four or five days prior to the Eco-Trekkers field study and will include: Producers, consumers,

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SNON-LIVING FACTORS Thermometers - determine the air

temperature at the meadow ecosystem

Page 49: Pre-Trip Visit – Warm Weather. Activities in your school begin four or five days prior to the Eco-Trekkers field study and will include: Producers, consumers,

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SNON-LIVING FACTORS Digital salinity meters – discuss the

salinity at the meadow ecosystem

Page 50: Pre-Trip Visit – Warm Weather. Activities in your school begin four or five days prior to the Eco-Trekkers field study and will include: Producers, consumers,

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SLIVING FACTORS Sweep net – collect producers,

consumers, and decomposers

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SLIVING FACTORS Remove the consumers from the sweep nets. Place them in bug boxes. Observe the consumers and identify them. Count the number of organisms.

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SLIVING FACTORS: PRODUCERS

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SLIVING FACTORS: CONSUMERS

Page 54: Pre-Trip Visit – Warm Weather. Activities in your school begin four or five days prior to the Eco-Trekkers field study and will include: Producers, consumers,

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SDATA COLLECTION Record all the data you collected

about the living factors into your science log.

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STIME TO GO HOME The field study might be over, but not

your role as a scientist!

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SBACK AT SCHOOL: THE DATA YOU COLLECTED MATTERS! We enter the data you collected online. Use your data to draw conclusions about the

different ecosystems.

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SWITH THE CLICK OF A BUTTON, YOUR DATA TURNS INTO A LINE GRAPH!

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SFINAL PROJECT – ECO-CHAMBERS Using what you learned in the

classroom and on the field study, you will make an eco-chamber.

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SEQUIPMENT YOU NEED TO BRING Backpack Plastic bags (2-3) Hand towel Extra clothes: socks,

underwear, pants or shorts, shirt

Spare shoes/sneakers Rain gear (possibly)

Sharpened pencils Trash free lunch

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SWARM WEATHER: EQUIPMENT You must wear shoes if you go in the

water and have dry shoes to wear on the bus (no sandals or flip flops).

Sunscreen Hat Sunglasses Extra drinking water

Dress appropriately! Remember, you will be outdoors at least 4 hours.

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SCOLD WEATHER: EQUIPMENT Dress in warm layers (which can be

taken off as you get warmer). Hat and gloves Appropriate shoes and socks

for outside stations (both wet work and dry work)

Students will not be entering water when water temperature is below 55˚F or the weather conditions are not appropriate.Dress appropriately! Remember, you will be outdoors at least

4 hours.

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SAPPROPRIATE FOOTWEAR

Acceptable Footwear Footwear with laces Sneakers (preferably

old ones) Boots

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SINAPPROPRIATE FOOTWEAR

Unacceptable Footwear Open-toed shoes such

as: Flip-flops, sandalsTeva’sCroc’s

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SSCIENTISTS ARE TOUGH! No matter what the weather, you will be

attending the Eco-Trekker field study. If lightning/thunder develop, we will go

indoors. Be prepared for the weather!

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STRASH FREE LUNCH

Trash Free Lunch Reusable lunch bag Reusable water

bottle Plastic containers

used to hold foodYour goal:

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STRASH LUNCH

NOT a Trash Free Lunch Plastic bag for lunch bag Juice box Plastic baggies/Zip-lock

baggies used to hold food Lunchables

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SSEE YOU SOON!