The Rules
What did the popcorn represent?
Energy
Baby deer
fawn
what could be done in the game to bring back more organisms?
To have Reproduction
What does the C mean?
Claim
Why couldn't popcorn be picked up off the ground in the game?
Because energy is lost as heat in the food chain
Break down matter
decomposer
What was the purpose of having the chalkboard?
To see how many organisms were left after each round
the "e" in CER means
evidence
Why did the teacher or decomposer fill up a plant cup with popcorn if an organism died near a plant cup?
because nutrients are brought back into the soil which will helps plants grow
grass, grasshopper, mouse, snake and hawk. which organisms is the tertiary consumer?
Snake
Describe how energy flows in and out of an ecosystem
light energy is brought in, it's converted into chemical energy by the plants, herbivores eat and use the energy to live, finally the energy flows out as heat energy
which part of the CER attempts to explain the "because" portion?
The Reasoning
Explain why fawn had to give their popcorn up when touched by a carnivore immediately without a game of ROCK/PAPER/SCISSORS?
In the wild fawn move slowly and are little with almost no chance of surviving a predator attack.
You need to have the most number of these in order to sustain a healthy food chain
producers
What would have made the game more dynamic? Explain it
Various answers
What is the most common mistakes when grade 7 students complete a CER.
They fail to connect their evidence to their claim in the reason.
What did fawn eating from adult deers represent in the wild?
fawn drinking their mothers milk
Eat both plants and meat
Omnivores
How did you determine which round was the healthiest ecosystem in the game?
Whichever had the most organisms alive (some popcorn) at the end of the round
Name the 2 "Tricks" to be good at reasoning
Define a word in the claim and add a new idea