UOI- Biotic and Abiotic Factors

In the 5th Unit of Inquiry under the Trans-disciplinary Theme ‘ Sharing the Planet’, students constructed the central idea, used the dictionary to find out meanings of difficult words and noted down their understanding of the big idea. They reflected on a video on ecosystems and discussed terms like biotic and abiotic components in an ecosystem, interdependence, adaptations and how an ecosystem is just a small unit in a habitat. Natural and artificial habitats were discussed through a movie ‘ A Magic School Bus’. Children are looking at a biome in detail and have started researching on it keeping the climate, location, the physical features, flora, fauna, adaptation, interdependence between the biotic and abiotic factors and food chain in mind.