In this unit we will put our land ecologies together. How does your planet look? Once you have designed an animal you can quickly do variations on it. Look how many different kinds of animals there are on earth built on the four legged plan, the bird plan, the fish plan! As your landscapes come together you may have ideas for little finishing touches. Check your food pyramids -- they have to work!

      It takes years to explore a planet, so I don't expect you to know about everything that is on yours. There may be some unanswered questions that you would like the next group of explorers to think about. If there are, put them in your report!

• Introduction to Land Ecologies
• Helpful Web Sites
• Science Notes
  • Following the Energy Trail -- Making the KCal Pyramid for Your Planet
  • Competition and Cooperation
    • commensualism
    • mutualism
    • parasitism
    • predator / prey
    • symbiotic relationships
    • Detritovores, scavengers
  • Adaptations
    • Flight
      • insects
      • reptiles
      • mammals
      • birds
    • Eyes
    • Protective coloration
      • insects
      • amphibians
      • reptiles
      • mammals
      • birds
• What You Should Know: Study Questions for Test Preparation
• Assembling Your Land Ecosystems
   
• Rubric for Lesson 10 Assignment for Web Pages
• Rubric for Lesson 10 Coordinator for Web Pages

• Rubric for Lesson 10 Assignment for PowerPoint
• Rubric for Lesson 10 Coordinator for PowerPoint
   
• Return to Lesson Index Page.

• discuss how your animals and plants live together
• sketch out predator and prey relationships
• draw some pictures of your animals and plants together
• add other life forms as desired
• diagram your food pyramids

Homework: Bring to class next session:

• written descriptions of your planet's ecological communities.
• diagrams of the food chains
• pictures of your land animals and plants together.