Ecosystems

 

This week I learned something new! My group was assigned the “Helping Hands”, which was very fascinating to watch. It talked about relationships between different animals where both animals benefit from one another. These different groups were ones you would never have thought of! Birds help crocodiles out by cleaning their teeth! Other relationships discussed were tarantulas and frogs, and sharks and fish! These combinations were crazy to me because you think they would be predators and prey, but instead they come together to help each other out! The picture above is the group work we did over the marine biome! 

I can apply what I have learned to my future teaching by teaching my students these fascinating relationships as well. On top of that, we talked about different biomes, which is important to understand! Examples of biomes are- deserts, tundra, rainforests, and grasslands. It is essential to understand what type of biome you live in and what other biomes are out there! We also discussed food chains and food webs, which is necessary to know when it comes to understanding the world around you and how everything stays alive!

     New and remaining questions that I have is, can the type of biome that you live in change if global warming continues to occur? I wonder this because if our environment changes and continues to have drastic changes, will that affect the kind of biome that we are classified to be living in? These can also be related to what I have already known because I understand what the different biomes are, but I don't really know how much they can be affected or not! To the right, there is a picture of our plant and its growth!