BEATY BOX - MARINE LIFE
To better understand connections between all the life around us, let's first define a few things!
Within your group, see if you can tell:
Within your group, see if you can tell:
a. What is a food chain?
b. How does a food chain differ from a food web?
You have 3 minutes!
After writing answers on the board, let's watch the video below and see if we were right.
b. How does a food chain differ from a food web?
You have 3 minutes!
After writing answers on the board, let's watch the video below and see if we were right.
What are Trophic Levels?
Trophic levels are classified based on their diets!
1. Primary producers get their energy from the sun. This includes plants, seaweeds, and microalgae.
2. Primary consumers consume primary producers. This category is also known as “herbivores” and includes grazers, or organisms that eat plants such as some species of marine invertebrates.
Some organisms are difficult to classify into a single trophic level. The real world is complicated!
1. Primary producers get their energy from the sun. This includes plants, seaweeds, and microalgae.
2. Primary consumers consume primary producers. This category is also known as “herbivores” and includes grazers, or organisms that eat plants such as some species of marine invertebrates.
Some organisms are difficult to classify into a single trophic level. The real world is complicated!
Now we do it!
Look at your assigned creatures.
Are you able to define what trophic level do they belong to based on their identity flash cards?
Connect these specimens using a string and paper arrows. Can you connect all the specimens in the room?
Are you able to define what trophic level do they belong to based on their identity flash cards?
Connect these specimens using a string and paper arrows. Can you connect all the specimens in the room?
Climate Change
How can we tell that climate change is real?
What are some ways you think that climage change would impact the creatures in this room?
What are some ways you think that climage change would impact the creatures in this room?
"Ocean acidification is significantly impacting Canada's cold coastal waters, driven by increased atmospheric CO2 absorption, making them warmer, more acidic, and less oxygenated."
Besides climate change and acidification, what are other ways our actions have an impact on the ocean?
Looking back to the organisms and the webs they made in parts one and two, can you consider the impact of:
a. Attending or organizing a beach cleanup.
b. Reducing their consumption of plastics.
c. Understanding where their seafood comes from, and supporting more sustainable fisheries.
d. Learning more from Elders and community members about local area knowledge on traditional / sustainable harvesting practice.
e. Changing fishing regulations that allow the exploit of endangered species.
f. Designating more marine protected areas.
g. Sharing knowledge about ecosystem interactions and the importance of sustainable practices.
Besides climate change and acidification, what are other ways our actions have an impact on the ocean?
Looking back to the organisms and the webs they made in parts one and two, can you consider the impact of:
a. Attending or organizing a beach cleanup.
b. Reducing their consumption of plastics.
c. Understanding where their seafood comes from, and supporting more sustainable fisheries.
d. Learning more from Elders and community members about local area knowledge on traditional / sustainable harvesting practice.
e. Changing fishing regulations that allow the exploit of endangered species.
f. Designating more marine protected areas.
g. Sharing knowledge about ecosystem interactions and the importance of sustainable practices.
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