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ecosystem in a jar - posted from Annapolis, MD

link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eRBwwuyA1o

How Wolves Changed the Rivers in Yellowstone - posted from Suffolk, VA

Great info on what happens when one part of the food web (that was eliminated) is reintroduced in Yellowstone.

link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysa5OBhXz-Q&t=9s

Aquarium Live Cam - posted from DAVENPORT, IA

If you can't go to an aquarium in person, Monterey Bay Aquarium has several live cams of fish, mammals, and birds. Also has live feedings with a narrator at specified times!

link: https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/live-cams

Ecosystems Songs - posted from Haysville, KS

YouTube Link - great vocabulary~

link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3G3CdlZMf0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3G3CdlZMf0

Day 2 Activity 5 - Prezi on Brazos Bend State Park, Texas re Ecosystem, Food chains/pyramids - posted from League City, TX

This project gave me an idea for the final project, looking forward. I don't love dioramas, so I was trying to think of an alternative. I'll be having my kids make a project on Prezi.

link: https://prezi.com/wb6timqlojfe/brazos-bend-state-park-project/

Day 2 Activity 4 - Live Cam Monterrey Bay Aquarium - posted from League City, TX

Soothing music, swimming fish and sharks. Good option instead of visiting a pet store.

link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNcwiMcbiWg

Ecosystems for Kids: Producers, Consumers, Decomposers - posted from Kennewick, WA

A good video that explains what Ecosystems are.

link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJEToQ49Yjc

https://youtu.be/bJEToQ49Yjc

Planet Ant - Life Inside The Colony - BBC - posted from Madison, IN

leaf cutter ants documentary

link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8n0SkIGARuo#t=163.267774857

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8n0SkIGARuo#t=163.267774857