Science Rundown
Despite the serious side of learning there has still been time to participate in a couple of fun experiments such as understanding how climate factors such as precipitation affects the rate of erosion for different land types. When the water (rain) was poured over the bare soil the students saw lots of soil being taken with the power of the rain into the collection container but there was significantly less soil collected for the soil and leaves and even less for the soil with the plants. The leaves protect the soil from being moved and the plants allowed even less erosion as they bind the soil together.
easy experiment was done
where vinegar was dropped onto a piece of chalk and students could see the ‘weathering’ occur as it started to disintegrate.
Food webs show the relationship between living things in an ecosystem.
Students had a fun, hands-on experience using coloured Jenga blocks that showed the effect human impacts can have on the health of the food web.
Although students tried valiantly to save the animals in each trophic level, it was in vain as the blocks became unbalanced and toppled with each additional human intervention.
Fun science facts: Food websThe concept of food webs was introduced by Charles Elton in 1927 who was an animal ecologist.
The sun is the ultimate source of energy for all food webs.
Marine food webs are usually longer than terrestrial food webs.