All organisms need energy and matter to live and grow

1. grow a plant, keep a journal. You are a botanist.

2. ecological restoration specialist. Why is life not growing back? What is missing? Create a presentation/brochure. Incorperate growing a plant, keeping a journal?

3. Producers (plants) are related in food webs/food chains and may compete with each other for resources in the ecosystem.

3.1. You are a little (tree/plant) seedling looking for a place to settle down and call home in the (location/ecosystem). Make a poster/box diarama of your ideal home, include other producers that are related to you that may compete with you for resources to survive within your ecosystem.

4. Consumers (herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, and decomposers) are related in food chains/food webs and compete with each other for resources in the ecosystem.

4.1. You are a zoologist hired to create a new ecosystem enclosure. Create a model of your proposed idea.

5. Decomposers (fungi, insects, microorganisms ) recycle matter from dead plants and animals.

6. Plants are the primary source of matter entering most food chains.

6.1. You are an Environmental Specialist working in a state park who gives tours. You need to be sure that as you lead the tour, people understand the cycle of life/food web...   create a tangeable food web/food chain or powerpoint to illustrate that plants are the primary food source (3d fun one) that illustrates PLANT MATTER IS THE PRIMARY SOURCE

7. Plants are the primary source of energy entering most food chains.

7.1. You are a forest ranger working for the state of california. Create a brochure that illustrates that plants are the PRIMARY SOURCE OF ENERGY as they enter most food chains. Focus on invasive species and how bad they are, how they take away energy that should be primary for all.