Water's Edge Service Project
Lesson Plan Process My partner Aleksandra and I created a scavenger hunt following TEKS 3.9B; to identify and describe the flow of energy in a food chain; predict how changes in a food chain affect the ecosystem, such as the removal of frogs from a pound or bees from a field. With a scavenger hunt, we created a hero's journey story following the plot of a hawk and how the removal of its prey affected himself and other characters around him. Using adobe sparks we were able to create a story structure that includes a setting, characters, problem, resolution, and plot. After reading the story students will gain a better understanding of food chains. In the story there is a problem, the hawk needs to save the ecosystem with help from the students. Following the clues (QR codes) students will connect the flow of a food chain using the Leo AR app. With the app, they can create their own virtual ecosystem, similar to the story, and share it with us or others about what the...