Lesson 1: What is an Ecosystem?

Reflect & Synthesize:
Answer the following questions in your blog post. Remember to have at least one follow-up sentence for each question, when possible.

1. What do living things get from their ecosystems?
2. What evidence do you have to support your answer to Question 1?
3. What does the term ecosystem mean, based on your experience in this lesson? (Don't use the definition from the BIG IDEA here. Put it into your own words.)
4. Brainstorm at least one question you have about Ecosystems that you hope you learn from this unit.
5. Look at the image below that shows a portion of a forest ecosystem. Name at least five components (living or non-living things) of the ecosystem that you can either observe directly or infer.
6. What are three (or more) interactions that might occur in this portion of the forest ecosystem?

Answers:
1. Living things get food, water, air, a nice place to live (home) from their ecosystems. They get some other living things to interact with other them and a cool place to explore and create a home.
2. I have evidence from my experience when the whole class went outside and looked at the ecosystem outside of the school. We looked at our ecosystem and saw cool things.
3. They term of ecosystem means that a group of living organisms that interact with other non living things that are in there homes. 
4. I hope to learn what the difference between a habitat and an ecosystem.
5. Ducks, Trees, Fish, Weeds, Plants
6. Ducks are communicating with each other, Ducks are playing with each other, and fish that are looking for food.