Students investigate decomposers and the role of decomposers in maintaining the flow of nutrients in an environment. Students also learn how engineers use decomposers to help clean up wastes in a process known as bioremediation. This lesson concludes a series of six lessons in which students use their growing understanding of various environments and the engineering design process, to design and create their own model biodome ecosystems.

Concepts

bioremediation, decomposers, engineering, stem

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Additional Tags

biodome ecosystems, use of decomposers, integrated teaching and learning program and laboratory, teachengineering, environmental engineering, hazardous waste disposal

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)