Grade(s): 3
Subject(s): Science
Year: 2014
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EXPIRES: 6/2/2023 An ecosystem can only support a limited number of species before problems begin happening. How do scientists determine that number, and what things can affect it?
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Students will be able to identify the producers, consumers, and decomposers and sort them with their group to create a food chain.
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The students will be working together in teams to create biodomes. They will be adding plants, animals, and decomposers to their biodomes.
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The students will demonstrate an understanding of how the characteristics and changes of environments and habitats affect the diversity of organisms. They will be able to develop and use a food chain...
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Early American naturalists were both artists and scientists; they studied the movement of animals in their natural habitats to better understand their behavior and to document the diversity of life...
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The southeastern coast of the United States is dotted with many barrier islands -- long narrow strips of land that protect the salt marsh behind them and the land itself. In South Carolina, one of...
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Students will identify and discuss Mark Catesby as an artist and recreate some of his artwork while analyzing the characteristics of the environment from his artwork.
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The North Carolina Zoo, located in Asheboro, NC, is one of only two state-owned and -operated zoos in the country. With 1,400 acres, it is also one of the largest in land area. The zoo, with its...
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The research vessel Palmetto is the largest ship operated by the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources. It is used to monitor offshore marine fisheries in South Carolina, Georgia, North...
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A marine artificial reef is an added substrate positioned on a flat, featureless, sandy ocean bottom. The reef is totally natural, with the exception of the structure on which it grows. Natural reefs...