Summer ICE Program 2013

Environmental Elective

What is alive in your ecosystem?

An ecosystem is a community of living things and the non-living forces that affect this community. Whether you realize it or not, you are part of the ecosystem where you live. Your daily activities affect this ecosystem and the activities of other organisms and the non-living aspects (for example the weather and climate) affect your life. Instruction: Make several lists of all of the things you can think of that help make up your ecosystem. 1. What are the things that you need to survive?

2. What are the forces of nature that affect your life on a daily/monthly/seasonal basis?

3. What living things do you interact with?