Environmental Interactions
Students create interaction "webs"Copyright https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR8kpNleDUuRiDG4LH_5wG3CLKRfbQU-N47P4i7VE6G77N4VupT
In this activity, students create a "web" to identify and demonstrate the interactions among the living and non-living parts of an environment. Students use this information to better understand what an environment is and to also consider how engineers use teamwork to solve problems.
Environmental engineers are part of teams that work at universities, private consulting firms, government agencies, testing laboratories and private industries, among others. Teamwork helps environmental engineers solve some of the most challenging environmental problems, and as a result, ultimately helps make our lives better.
After this activity, students should be able to:
- Describe cause and effect relationships in an environment.
- Classify parts of the environment as either biotic or abiotic.
- Understand how engineers use teamwork to solve problems.