Overview: Living Resources of the Ocean
In this unit, students are initially introduced to seafood sold in Hawai‘i. They consult newspaper seafood advertisements to define and identify the different types of seafood consumed by islanders. Students review the role of decomposers in marine ecosystems, and construct diagrams linking decomposers to producers and consumers in food chains and webs, noting that decomposers help recycle the energy that is available in ecosystems. Students investigate what happens to the cycle of matter and flow of energy when humans are introduced into the food chain. They also consult United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) dietary guidelines to investigate the benefi ts and potential hazards of eating seafood.
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Hawaii State Standards:
- Hawaii Content and Performance Standards III
- 5th Grade
- SC.5.1.2 Formulate and defend conclusions based on evidence
- SC.5.2.1 Use models and/or simulations to represent and investigate features of objects, events, and processes in the real world
- SC.5.3.1 Describe the cycle of energy among producers, consumers, and decomposers
- SC.5.3.2 Describe the interdependent relationships among producers, consumers, and decomposers in an ecosystem in terms of the cycles of matter
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Keywords:
capture, consumption, consumer, cycle of matter, decomposer, fisheries, food chains, food web, marine, producer, recapture, recycle, resources, water pollution
