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Students research organisms living in NZ forests and learn how they interact with one another.

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to:

  • Explain 5 ways organisms interact with one another.
  • Explain the possible consequences of removal or addition of an organism from the environment.

Curriculum Connections

Science, Living World, Levels 3-6 (for details see: Lesson plan)

Vocabulary/concepts

commensalism, competition, cultivation, ecology, herbivore, herbivory, husbandry, mutualism, parasite, parasitism, pollination, predation, predator, symbiosis

Time

  • Introduction: 15-30 minutes
  • Research time: several hours, or could be done as homework
  • Reflection: 30-45 minutes

Materials

  • 1 copy of Forest Organisms sheet
  • 11 copies of Web of Life Worksheet (both sides)
  • library and internet resources
  • whiteboard or large piece of butcher paper

Resources