Community Ecology: Feel the Love

• This video details how different species can live in the same habitat without directly competing with each other for space and nutrients.
• Students will learn about limiting factors, competitive exclusion, ecological niches, the research findings of prominent ecologists, and some of the relationships species have in an ecosystem. 

Positives

• This video is informative and engaging; it will give students a solid overview of the study of community ecology. 
• Many opportunities for discussion and extension are available from this resource and the video has many stopping points indicated. 

Additional Prerequisites

• Students should have some prior knowledge about ecology and heritable traits.
• This video moves fast; be prepared to pause or use subtitles. 

Differentiation

• This would be a great addition to any AP Environmental Science, AP Biology, genetics, evolution, or ecology class.
• Consider dividing up the class into six groups to view one of the six sections and then report what they learned to their fellow students in a jigsaw activity.
  
• Cross-curricular connections can be made in health classes by discussing how human relationships within communities or families compare to the interactions of animals within an ecosystem. 
• This resource would be an excellent introduction to community ecology, where students then choose an ecosystem or animal relationship to research and present on. 

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