Elementary school students in 5th grade recently researched ecosystems during a science unit taught by faculty member Nadya Lorick and created colorful, hand-drawn posters illustrating the different ways animals can interact within those ecosystems.
The students used a cartoon strip-like format to tell the story of the way animals interact in one of three ecosystems — a savannah, the ocean, and a temperate forest.
The students worked in pairs during class from February 28 to March 4 to research their assigned ecosystem and identify its atmosphere, climate, vegetation, and animal life. The students also learned about three ways animals can interact — by predation, competition, and mutualism — and showed examples of each in their posters.
