Ecosystems Activity 4.1 Overview

Target Student Performance

Students describe the relationship between pools and fluxes in a physical model: changes in pool sizes depend on balance among fluxes.

Resources You Provide

  • Markers such as M&Ms or bingo chips – 10 per student (or pair of students)

Resources Provided

Setup

Open the 4.1 Tiny Pool and Flux Game PPT and project it. Prepare enough copies of the 4.1 Tiny Pool and Flux Worksheet for each student to have one. Prepare enough copies of the 4.1 Tiny Pool and Flux Game Placemat for each student or pair of students to have one.