Time to Build! Using all of the blocks, build a shape that will connect all of the blocks to make a free-standing structure. Make sure each species is represented in your model. Building guidelines: Each of the five blocks must be touching at least one other block. The structure that you build must be free-standing - it will stand without anyone holding it up. You may tape down two blocks to the table to provide support. If you remove any block, the entire structure will fall. o Consider the following: Should the species shown on the blocks have any bearing on how you arrange them? Build & Analyze: 6. Draw a simple representation of your model here. 7. Did the species shown on the blocks help you decide how to arrange them? Explain. no because it fell apart and wouldn't stand Watch the EdPuzzle in google classroom (this is the rest of the video we watched last week to intro the unit) 8. What can you do to your model to represent what happened to the otters? 9. How did this affect the community? Performance assessment: 10. Using your building blocks, re-create your original model of your coastal community. Be prepared to explain to your teacher why you arranged the blocks the way you did, both shape and order. 11. How does your model illustrate the quote, "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." 12. With this new information from the video, use your model to show your teacher what happened to the at your table. community. What could happen to your model if the clams were removed? Consider all of the blocks you have 13. But why wouldn't the clam be considered a keystone species