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Coastal Critter Communities

Students will learn to identify biotic and abiotic components of marine ecosystems and the role those components may play in an organism's niche. Students will understand and model interaction and interdependency in ecosystems using simplified food webs, as well as identify interactions between producers, consumers and decomposers within a food web.

Curriculum connections:
British Columbia Science Grade 7: Life Science; Ecosystems A1, A2 (in part), B1, B3, C2;
British Columbia Science Grade 10:
Alberta Science Grade 7: Unit A: Interactions and Ecosystems A1 (in part), A2 (in part).

Resources for Grade 7:

Pre-dive activity 1 (Word document)
Pre-dive activity 2 (Word document)
During-dive activity worksheet (Word document)
Post-dive activity 1 (Word document)
Post-dive activity 2 (Word document)
Post-dive activity 3 (Word document)
Lesson plan for teachers wishing to use these resources without participating in this Live Dive (Word document)
Field guide to Coastal Critters (PDF)

Resources for Grade 10:

Pre-dive activity 1 (Word document)
Pre-dive activity 2 (Word document)
During-dive activity worksheet (Word document)
Post-dive activity 1 (Word document)
Post-dive activity 2 (Word document)
Lesson plan for teachers wishing to use these resources without participating in this Live Dive (Word document)
Field guide to Coastal Critters (PDF)

Associated answer keys or teacher guides for the activities can be accessed through our Moodle site. For access to these resources, please email us either from your school/district email address, or with a letter on institutional letterhead indicating that you are a teacher. We will respond with instructions on how to access the materials.

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