ES-LS4.D-1

Good Fishing!

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COMBINED RATING

4.0 Stars

TEACHERS (45)

4.1

STUDENTS (30996)

3.9

LENGTH

16 Minutes

GRADES

CAPABILITIES

iPad Support

Spanish Language Support

Text-to-Speech Support

Saves Progress

Description

Embark on a fishing adventure where each cast impacts the lake ecosystem. Experience the challenge of maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem health as the environment evolves with your decisions. Engage with nature, manage resources wisely, and discover the intricate connections of aquatic life in this game.

Vocabulary Words

environment

ecosystem

endangered

species

population

overfishing

Instructions

Play through this interactive game to learn about Biodiversity and Humans. Suitable for Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5.

Main Concepts

An organism’s habitat provides food, water, shelter, and space.

The temperature of an environment can change over time.

The availability of resources in an environment can change over time.

Changes to an organism’s habitat can sometimes benefit it and sometimes harm it.

Some changes to an environment are caused by human activities.

When an environment changes, some organisms will survive and reproduce.

When an environment changes, some organisms will move to new locations.

A community is all of the populations that live together in the same space.

The introduction of an invasive species is a change to an environment caused by human activities.

Overfishing and overharvesting of resources is a change to an environment caused by human activities.

The physical characteristics of an environment can change over time.

A habitat is the place in which an animal or plant naturally lives.

When an environment changes, some new organisms will move into that environment.

Examples of living resources are plants and animals.

All organisms obtain living and nonliving resources from their environment.

Destruction or construction of a habitat is a change to an environment caused by human activities.

Pollution is an example of a change to an environment caused by human activities.

An ecosystem includes all of the living organisms and nonliving components in a shared environment.

Examples of nonliving resources are sunlight, air, water, temperature, and soil.

When an environment changes, some organisms will die.

Discussion Questions

Before the Game

What is an ecosystem? What happens when an ecosystem changes? How are the living organisms affected when an ecosystem changes? What is overfishing?

After the Game

How does overfishing effect an ecosystem? How does pollution of water effect an ecosystem? How did the various species react to the changes? How did you react to the changes?

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Game Details

Difficulty

Content Integration

Lexile Level

505

Description

Main Concepts