Sharing+the+Planet

**Sharing the planet** An inquiry into rights and responsibilities in the struggle to share finite resources with other people and with other living things; communities and the relationships within and between them; access to equal opportunities; peace and conflict resolution.

Central ideas: Living organisms depend on one another and on their environment for survival.

 Lines of Inquiry: 
 * Understand how living and non-living things interact in an ecosystem
 * Understand how food chains work
 * Know how producers and consumers are related in a food chain

 Driving Questions:  [|COMPUTE YOUR ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT] Websites: http://www.geography4kids.com/files/land_foodchain.html [|www.qrg.northwestern.edu/projects/marssim/simhtml/info/whats-a-herbivore.html]
 * What are some specific things we can do to lesson our impact on the environment?
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How does the over use of natural resources affect the ecosystem?

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> Webquests: [|Food Chain] [|Food Chain in Motion] [|Habitats] [|Resource Conservation] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">[|Resource Conservation Webquest] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Videos: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">media type="file" key="OceansBlueCortez_F_256k.mov" width="300" height="300" <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">[|The Greens] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Project: