12 13 Topic 3: ECOSYSTEMS A wonderful community „Ecosystems are great factories of life; if we influence their products, we lose quality of life. If we lose the ecosystems, we destroy ourselves!“ P. Juan Goicochea > Working paper on the film Describe in five sentences an ecosystem that is close to where you live. Try to name as many as possible animate and inanimate elements of this ecosystem FILM: What is an ecosystem? > Spiritual impulse Write a prayer to the Creator apologising for the destruction of ecosystems by humans. > > Tasks 1. Build an insect hotel 2. Consider: „What could a world without animals and/or plants look like?“ and draw a picture of it. 3. Make your own fertiliser (e.g. compost) 4. Take photos on a walk and then make a photo collage with the flowers and plants you have seen. 5. Build a small worm box, fill it with compost and observe the creatures that live in it 6. Get to know protected plants and animals 7. Write down five examples of how plants, animals and people are interconnected 8. Create your own ecosystem in a lockable jar 9. Build a dam at a brook near you and observe it for a few days, write short notes about it 10. Spend a day outdoors (e.g. on the balcony or in the garden) or organise a night walk to observe the wildlife
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