Time to learn about protists! Kingdom Protista contains a collection of diverse and awesome organisms that are actually not considered animals… or plants… or fungi. Pretty cool stuff right? Protists are eukaryotic organisms that are typically unicellular… but some are multicellular. Our ecosystem benefits so much from protists because of they do so many astounding things. Protists can be producers that photosynthesize, keep bacterial populations in check by ingesting them, and can even form (positive or negative) symbiotic relationships with other organisms. Learn more about different protists in the Google Slides that Chloe, Annica, Lily, and I made!
Citations
Vidyasagar, Aparna. “What Are Protists?” LiveScience, Future US Inc, 31 Mar. 2016, http://www.livescience.com/54242-protists.html.
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Wow, how fast things have changed. I remember back in my high school years in the early 90s, we were only able to observe one kind but now, I didn’t know there are more (or maybe our school just managed to observe that much for learning). Out of those types thou, would you say only or two of them are really beneficial to our environment or all of them? I suggest maybe you can have a table grid for all kinds that will show in one graph how each of those kind benefits/harms others. Maybe further your study into such that will generate high level interest of study. For example, are any of these Protista is ideal for plastic recycling ideas and such? Just a thought. Its a good read though, thanks for sharing.
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