How does the closed system of a chicken meat farm model the interactions, flow of energy and the cycling of matter through a natural ecosystem?
Chickens are fascinating animals and provide students with an interesting subject matter to discuss the many aspects of our living world, from the interactions between humans and animals, how we create food from animals, how scientific knowledge influences our living world, right through to understanding what a managed ecosystem looks like in the context of a broader natural ecosystem.
These ‘Chicken Farming in the Living World’ videos are part of curriculum content developed in 2020 within the ’Living World’ strands of the K-10 New South Wales Science syllabuses and is also aligned with the Biological science strand of the Australian curriculum.
This video explores the inquiry question: How does the closed system of a chicken meat farm model the interactions, flow of energy and the cycling of matter through a natural ecosystem?