G5_UnderstandingOurEnvironment_22-23

mpact balance ● How is an ecosystem balanced? ● How do ecosystems become unbalanced and what is the impact? ● How do we restore balance in an ecosystem? ● How do human choices and geography impact each other? ● Why do humans make choices? Questions to Ask your Child Home Learning Suggested Home Extensions Key Vocabulary Watch documentaries produced by naturalists that explain how ecosystems work and discuss ways in which those ecosystems may affect your family directly and indirectly. We recommend BBC programs such as Planet Earth, Our Planet and similar series. Research and discover together the biology and uniqueness of the plants we eat at home. Grow something as a family. Research what it needs to thrive, and work to give it the best environment possible. Spend time in natural settings observing the living organisms around them. Make an effort to contribute meaningfully as a family to a reforestation or animal conservation program Research and design a sustainable micro-ecosystem for your room Ecosystem, population, organism, produce(rs), consume(rs), food web, food chain, herbivore, carnivore, omnivore, water cycle, habitat, niche, adaptation, symbiosis, predator, prey, species, alien species, native (or endemic) species, endangered, threatened, extinct, human impact, deforestation, interaction, balance, conservation, rehabilitation, biome, trophic cascade, sustainability