ES-LS2.A-1b
Invasive Frogs
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COMBINED RATING
4.1 Stars
TEACHERS (31)
4.3
STUDENTS (23798)
3.9
LENGTH
9 Minutes
GRADES
3
4
5
CAPABILITIES
iPad Support
ES
Spanish Language Support
Text-to-Speech Support
Saves Progress
Description
Help Fox and Rook restore ecosystem stability by recreating natural mechanisms destroyed by Invasive Frogs in a world full of life. The story guides the player through interactive tasks located in the 3D world. This game teaches ecosystem stability concepts.
Vocabulary Words
habitat
food web
carnivore
herbivore
omnivore
resources
decomposer
producers
consumers
prey
predator
invasive,
Instructions
Play through this interactive game to learn about Ecosystem Stability. Suitable for Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5.
Main Concepts
A food web shows how matter and energy move in an ecosystem.
Extinction occurs when all of the members of a species die.(ES)
Organisms in an ecosystem compete when they need the same resources.
A healthy ecosystem has a balance of producers, consumers, and decomposers.
Some examples of decomposers are fungi and bacteria.
The introduction of an invasive species can threaten the balance of an ecosystem.
Examples of nonliving resources are sunlight, air, water, temperature, and soil.
Examples of living resources are plants and animals.
All organisms obtain living and nonliving resources from their environment.
A prey is an animal that can be hunted by another animal for food.
Small changes in the numbers of populations in a healthy ecosystem are normal.
The introduction of an invasive species is a change to an environment caused by human activities.
A community is all of the populations that live together in the same space.
A carnivore is an animal that consumes only other animals.
An herbivore is an animal that consumes only plants.
An organism’s habitat provides food, water, shelter, and space.
Examples of aquatic ecosystems include ponds, marshes, swamps, streams, rivers, and oceans.
An ecosystem includes all of the living organisms and nonliving components in a shared environment.
Significant changes to populations in an ecosystem can affect other populations within the ecosystem and cause it to become unstable.
Decomposers are organisms that break down dead plant and animal remains.
Animals need energy to perform their life processes.
A producer is an organism that can produce its own food to obtain energy.
An omnivore is an animal that consumes both plants and animals.
A predator is an animal that hunts other animals for food.
The resources in any ecosystem are limited.
A healthy ecosystem has a variety of species.
An aquatic ecosystem includes bodies of fresh water or salt water.
Consumers are animals that eat other organisms to obtain energy.
A healthy ecosystem is stable and can meet the needs of many different organisms.
Examples of producers are plants and phytoplankton.
Discussion Questions
Before the Game
How are living things connected? What is a producer? What is a consumer? What habitat do we live in?
After the Game
What is a food web? How does an ecosystem work? How can an invasive species hurt an ecosystem?
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Game Details
Difficulty
Content Integration
Lexile Level
505