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Science Department 8 Core Intro Strand 1 Strand 2 Strand 3 Strand 4
Strand 8.3: Life systems store and transfer matter and energy
Living things use energy from their environment to rearrange matter to sustain life. Photosynthetic organisms are able to transfer light energy to chemical energy. Consumers can break down complex food molecules to utilize the stored energy and use the particles to form new, life-sustaining molecules. Ecosystems are examples of how energy can flow while matter cycles through the living and nonliving components of systems.
- Plan and conduct an investigation and use the evidence to construct an explanation of how photosynthetic organisms use energy to transform matter.
- Develop a model to describe how food is changed through chemical reactions to form new molecules that support growth and/or release energy as matter cycles through an organism.
- Ask questions to obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about how changes to an ecosystem affect the stability of cycling matter and the flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem.
Boreal Forests LB 577.3 MIL
pg 4 (2:05) Canada’s boreal forest
pg 6 (2:39) Why the boreal forest is important
pg 22 – website – threats to the boreal forest
pg 24 – website – tracking animals with radio collars
Bumblebees LB 595.79 BUM
pg 4 (1:19) Bees (no narration)
pg 8 (2:59) Bees are dying
pg 8 – website – types of bees
pg 12 (1:05) Bumble sounds (no narration)
Carnivorous Plants LB 575.7 WIL
pg 4 (1:57) Photosynthesis
pg 10 (3:12) Venus fly trap
pg 12 (:60) Carnivorous plants
Venus Fly Trap Works Like Your Brain
Coral Reefs LB 577.7 ROS
pg 4 (4:17) Why do we car about coral reefs
pg 18 (3:43) Protecting coral reefs
pg 20 (6:24) Coral reef species
Deciduous Forests LB 577.3 HUR
pg 4 (2:17) Need for forest ecosystem
pg 6 (1:50) Why leaves change color
pg 18 (1:24) Opossum
pg 20 – website – Acid Rain
Omnivores LB 599 HUD
pg 4 (3:13) Food chains
pg 6 (4:44) Sunbear eating coconut (no narration)
pg 12 (3:16) Singleback lizard
Producers LB 577 GOL
pg 4 (2:33) Food webs and energy transfer
pg 6 (6:00) Photosynthesis and respiration
pg 10 – website – Germinating 3200 year old seed
pg 12 (1:51) Venus Fly Trap eating
Tundras LB 577.3 BAN
pg 4 (3:20) The Tundra Biome
Pg 6 – website – World Biomes: Tundra
Pg 18 – website – Polar Bear
Pg 18 (1:32) The Tundra Biome by Rachel Robnet / images
Pg 20 (1:25) Fjords of Norway: Orcas
Pg 28 -website – Canadian Wildlife Federation
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