Unit 1 - Ecology

S4L1 Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the roles of organisms and the flow of energy within an ecosystem.

S4L1a. Develop a model to describe the roles of producers, consumers, and decomposers in a community.

S4L1b. Develop simple models to illustrate the flow of energy through a food web/food chain beginning with sunlight and including producers, consumers, and decomposers.

S4L1c. Design a scenario to demonstrate the effect of a change on an ecosystem.

S4L1d. Use printed and digital data to develop a model illustrating and describing changes to the flow of energy in an ecosystem when plants or animals become scarce, extinct or overabundant.