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    Human Activity and the Environment – Teacher’s Kit

    Set #1: What is an ecosystem?

    Image of a Douglas fir tree silhouette

    Set #1 of a three-part series, this presentation and related learning materials include the following activities:

    • Learners discuss possible understandings of ‘ecosystem’ and ecosystem attributes.
    • Learners identify images that reflect the three attributes of an ecosystem.
    • Learners identify the differences between ecosystems and habitats.
    • Learners use the attributes to judge whether the various environments are ecosystems.

     

    Key learning outcomes:
    • understand the attributes of ecosystems
    • understand the importance of studying ecosystems

    Intended audience: grades 7 to 12 social studies, geography, science, biology, and environmental education classes; and introductory post-secondary

     

    These PowerPoint presentations and corresponding teacher notes and activities accompany and support the learning activities for “What is an ecosystem?” and the Statistics Canada publication, Human Activity and the Environment 2013: Measuring ecosystem goods and services in Canada
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    References

    kjay, 2014, Douglas Fir Tree Silhouette, http://us.fotolia.com/id/5470456 (accessed May 28, 2014).

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