While doing your research on the university of your choice, there are a couple of things that we would like you to look for:

1. University Name – Do not write the letters, write the whole name –
SFA = Stephen F. Austin State University
UCLA = University of California, Los Angeles

2. Address – Make sure you write down the entire address. Number, street, city and zip code.

3. Mascot – Ex. SFA is the Lumberjacks, UCLA is the Bruins.

4. Find at least one degree program offered at the school. Example: Bachelor of Science in Education.

5. What date was the university established.

Use the link below to research different universities. The universities are broken down by state. Find the state you are interested in, then find the university.

Good Luck and Happy hunting.

Universities

Which animals and plants live in a desert? How about a pond or the ocean? What is a deciduous forest? What animals and plants live in a deciduous forest? How do the plants and animals in each ecosystem interact with each other in order to survive?

You are about to find out the answers to these questions. Happy hunting and have fun!

YOUR TASK

You will be working with your partner to complete this project.

* Your first task is to research one of the following ecosystems to determine what types of plants and animals call these places home. (The ecosytems you will research are: the desert, the pond, the ocean, and the deciduous forest.)

* Next, you will create a PowerPoint presentation to present your findings.

* Then you and your partner will create your ecosystem, from paper materials, using the information you have collected.

* Finally, using the PowerPoint you will illustrate and label an example of an environment, ecosystem, population, community, and habitat. (You can use your book to remind you what each of those words mean.)

Process

Part 1 Researching You are to research these sites to find the following information.

1. You must find at least 2 plants and 4 animals that live in each ecosystem.
2. Where in the ecosystem can each plant or animal be found? What is its habitat?
3. What does each animal eat? Do they eat any of the other plants or animals that you have included in your ecosystem? Which ones?

Click on the following links to find the information.

Desert Food Web
Make It A Habitat
Enchanted Learning Habitats
Food Chains in Different Ecosystems

Good Luck!

If you have any questions write it in the comments section and we will respond to them.

(Mission Control in Houston)

Step 4- Back at mission control

Submit your flight data collection paper to mission control. (Copy it from the word document into the comments section.) I will read over it and post any comments or corrections.

While you wait for that, begin to work on your PowerPoint Storyboard. This must be completed and checked off BEFORE you actually begin working on your PowerPoint.

PowerPoint presentation should include the following:

1. Title page with all crew members’ names and planet name, with a picture.

2. Slide two and three should summarize all the data you collected in a table format. (File >; Table >; Insert Table, there should be 2 columns and 13 rows.) Look at the table here for an example. Yours will look different, this just shows you what a table should look like.

3. Slide four should contain any information that you think should be included to help the scientists make their final decision about our next home planet.

4. Slide 5 should include some additional pictures you gathered during your exploration.

(European Mission Control)

Remember always keep in contact with Mission Control. Post any questions or comments in the comments section. Make sure to read the comments occasionally, because you never know what might be in there. (Hint, Hint)

After you have looked around visit the NASA kids site. See you on Monday.

-Keep in close contact with your crew and mission control. (We wouldn’t want anyone to get abducted by space creatures.)
- Complete Flight Data Collection Form

Use the following links to locate the information for the Flight Data Collection Form.

Table of planets

The Planets for Kids

Star Child

Arty the Part-Time Astronaut

AstroKids

Each person of your crew is responsible for completing the Flight Data Form – it is always important in space travel and research to have back-ups of your back-ups. You never know what might happen. (Hint, Hint)

Remember to submit any questions to Mission Control through the comments section.