Grade 3 - Ecosystems and Beyond

Ecosystems are communities of organisms that interact with their environment. Biodiversity is important in a healthy ecosystem. Food chains and food webs are models that demonstrate how organisms in an ecosystem rely on each other for food. Within an ecosystem, there are producers, consumers, and decomposers who all contribute to a healthy ecosystem. Some organisms will be herbivores, carnivores, or omnivores.

Learning Standards

The following BC Curriculum learning standards are covered in this course:

● Biodiversity: the variety of different types of living things in an ecosystem

● Characteristics of local plants, animals, and fungi

● The interconnection between living and non-living things in the local environment

● Our shared responsibility to care for the local environment (i.e., stewardship)

● Information shared from the local First Peoples community and Elders