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Lesson Plan

National Geographic: Marine Ecosystems and Biodiversity

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In this unit students explore major marine ecosystems by locating them on maps. Students use marine examples to learn about energy transfer through food chains and food webs and then they discuss how food webs can illustrate the health and resilience of an ecosystem.

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Concepts
abiotic factors, biodiversity, ecosystems, food chains, marine ecosystems, trophic levels
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Additional Tags
biomass pyramids, food pyramids, marine ecosystems and biodiversity, marine ecosystem
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional
NGSS
HS-LS2-2