Learning Objectives
Intellectual Skill Objectives:
After completing this educational web adventure, students will be able to describe the diversity and interactions of Nova Scotia pond producers and consumers, by creating a food web diagram using Nova Scotia species.
During the process of using this educational web adventure, students will identify the roles of producers and consumers in a local ecosystem, by completing questions on the Student Activity Sheet.
Verbal Information Objective:
After completing this educational web adventure, students will summarize in their own words the flow of energy through a Nova Scotia Pond ecosystem, by writing a paragraph using proper terminology, a description of their food web.
Cognitive Strategy Objective:
After completing this educational web adventure, students will be able to devise a plan of how energy is supplied to and how it flows through a Nova Scotia pond food web, by creating an accurate food web diagram.
After completing this educational web adventure, students will be able to describe the diversity and interactions of Nova Scotia pond producers and consumers, by creating a food web diagram using Nova Scotia species.
During the process of using this educational web adventure, students will identify the roles of producers and consumers in a local ecosystem, by completing questions on the Student Activity Sheet.
Verbal Information Objective:
After completing this educational web adventure, students will summarize in their own words the flow of energy through a Nova Scotia Pond ecosystem, by writing a paragraph using proper terminology, a description of their food web.
Cognitive Strategy Objective:
After completing this educational web adventure, students will be able to devise a plan of how energy is supplied to and how it flows through a Nova Scotia pond food web, by creating an accurate food web diagram.
Instructions
You will notice as you go through this web adventure that the text is in different colours. Here is an explanation of the colours.
Black: This colour of text presents you with information that you will be able to use throughout this adventure.
Blue: This colour of text shows you navigational text such as titles and links to other pages.
Green: This colour text asks you questions. Be careful, sometimes you are asked to record your answers and other times you are just asked to think about it.
Purple: This colour text gives you some feedback about what you should have found or included in your answers to the questions.
Red: This colour text gives you instructions to do something. Follow these instructions carefully so that you don't miss anything.
If you are using Safari as your browser, make sure that it is set to open new pages in tabs instead of windows Automatically. This can be done by selecting the button at the far right of the url window and then choosing Preferences/Tabs.
As you work through this web adventure, record your answers on the Student Activity Sheet, use the Comments Blog to ask any questions or make comments about species you have seen, and ask your teacher for help if you get stuck. Always remember to follow the instructions located on the pages.
Click on the Home link below to start your adventure.
Black: This colour of text presents you with information that you will be able to use throughout this adventure.
Blue: This colour of text shows you navigational text such as titles and links to other pages.
Green: This colour text asks you questions. Be careful, sometimes you are asked to record your answers and other times you are just asked to think about it.
Purple: This colour text gives you some feedback about what you should have found or included in your answers to the questions.
Red: This colour text gives you instructions to do something. Follow these instructions carefully so that you don't miss anything.
If you are using Safari as your browser, make sure that it is set to open new pages in tabs instead of windows Automatically. This can be done by selecting the button at the far right of the url window and then choosing Preferences/Tabs.
As you work through this web adventure, record your answers on the Student Activity Sheet, use the Comments Blog to ask any questions or make comments about species you have seen, and ask your teacher for help if you get stuck. Always remember to follow the instructions located on the pages.
Click on the Home link below to start your adventure.