🌿 Part 1: Planning Your Ecosystem Model

1. What type of ecosystem will your group create? (e.g., forest, garden, pond)

2. List the living organisms you will include in your ecosystem model:

3. What non-living components will you include? (e.g., soil, water, rocks)

🔬 Part 2: Organism Roles

4. Categorise each organism in your ecosystem by ticking the correct role:

Organism 1: ________________

Producer

Consumer

Decomposer

Organism 2: ________________

Producer

Consumer

Decomposer

Organism 3: ________________

Producer

Consumer

Decomposer

5. Choose one organism from your model and explain its role in the ecosystem:

6. Describe how two organisms in your ecosystem depend on each other:

7. What would happen to your ecosystem if one of the organisms was removed?

8. How is whakapapa (family connections) like the relationships in an ecosystem? Explain your thinking:

9. Draw a simple diagram showing how three organisms in your ecosystem are connected: