Larissa Dodd

High school
SPED (1st grade
level)
3.26.2017

EARTHS
ECOSYSTEMS
HOW DO ANIMALS AND PLANTS
SURVIVE?
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THIS LESSON
Use the next slide and previous slide buttons found in the bottom corners of each slide
to advance through the lesson
The menu slide (slide 3) has links to each section (ecosystems, human and animal
needs, plant needs, posttest, and exit)
Go through the lesson until you feel as though you know all about ecosystems!
Take the quiz at the end

WHY THIS?
This power point covers the common core essential standard 1.L.1 for 1 st grade
science (ecosystems)
MENU/HOME
I N ST RU C T ION S F OR TH I S LE SSO N
ECOSYSTEMS
HUMAN AND ANIMAL NEEDS
PLANT NEEDS
HUMAN VS PLANT NEEDS
PRESERVING OUR ECOSYSTEMS
POSTTEST
EXIT
 WHAT IS AN ECOSYSTEM?
An ecosystem is a community of
organisms living together and the
environment they live in.
What do you see in this
ecosystem?
IN AN ECOSYSTEM, THERE ARE LIVING
AND NONLIVING PARTS
LIVING N O NL I VI N G

Animals & humans Plants, rocks, trees, water, dirt

 IN THIS
ECOSYSTEM, I
SEE

LIVIN
G Frog
s

Racco Dee
on r

Tree
s
Wate
r

NONLIVING
Lilypa
KidsGeo.com (more in depth information about ecosystems) ds
WHAT DO HUMANS AND
ANIMALS NEED TO SURVIVE?
AIR
WAT E R
FOOD
S H E LT E R
S PA C E
WHAT DO PLANTS
NEED TO SURVIVE?

Air
Soil
Water
Sunlight
Nutrients
HUMANS NEEDS VS. PLANT NEEDS

H U MA N S A N D AN I MA L S P L A NT S

Air Air
Water Water
Food Food
Space Soil
Shelter Sunlight

What needs do humans, animals and plants have in common?

What is different?
HOW CAN WE HELP PRESERVE
ECOSYSTEMS?
Humans can reduce, reuse and recycle to help preserve our ecosystems!
3Rs song
QUIZ
TIME!
Q1. AN ECOSYSTEM IS A COMMUNITY
OF ORGANISMS AND

The way they look

Their parents
The environment they live in
INCORRECT

Click to go back
CORRECT!

Click to go to the next question

Q2. WHAT ARE THE FIVE THINGS HUMANS
AND ANIMALS NEED TO SURVIVE?
Air, water, food, shelter, and space
Sunlight, air, space, nutrients and soil
INCORRECT

Click to go back
CORRECT

Click to go to the next question

Q3. WHAT ARE THE FIVE THINGS
PLANTS NEED TO SURVIVE?
Air, water, food, shelter, and space
Air, water, soil, sunlight, and nutrients
INCORRECT

Click to go back
CORRECT

Click to go back
 THATS IT!

Click here to retake the quiz Click here to return to the menu page