What happens when an ecosystem gets out of balance? This is the focus of a video that explains the importance of each organism's role in an ecosystem.

Concepts

habitats, decomposers, food webs, food chains, food energy, energy flow, living things, ecosystems

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Provide examples of both food webs and food chains to show the difference between each

Classroom Considerations

• The ninth in a series of 13 videos that discuss ecosystems and the flow of energy
• Concepts from the previous videos are reviewed at the beginning of the episode
• An investigation shows what happens when an ecosystem loses a species

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Designed for Next Generation Science Standards

Cons

• None