PTT:
Think up answers to the following questions:
Give an example of an organism and an adaptation that helps it survive in its environment. Explain how that adaptation helps it survive.
Task 1:
1) Turn to p. 114 in your science notebook.
2) Record the date and title the page: Ecosystem Card Sort
3) Record the Goal Question: What is the difference between a population, a community, and an ecosystem?
4) Get the Ecosystem Card Sort worksheet from the basket.
Task 2:
1) Discuss what you think the following terms mean: individual, population, community, ecosystem, abiotic
2) After the discussion, watch this video:
3) Based on the video, record a definition in your own words for each term on p. 114.
The terms: individual, population, community, ecosystem
Task 3:
1) Get a set of ecosystem cards for you and your partner.
2) Watch this video for directions:
Complete the ecosystem card sort by sorting the cards into piles with the following categories: individual, population, community, ecosystem, abiotic
3) Once you've sorted everything and made sure you both agree on your categorizations, put an "x" or checkmark on the worksheet for the correct category for each card. Have Ms. Davis check your answers if she is there.
The worksheet looks like this:
4) Once your answers have been checked, record your evidence and reasoning for each one.
5) Put cards away when you are done.
Closure:
1) On the bottom of the worksheet page, rate your understanding as "totally got it," "I'm getting there," or "don't get it." Plan to check in with Ms. Davis if you are not in the "totally got it" category.
Homework:
Complete the "Ecosystem Vocab Homework" that has been shared with you in your folder on Google Drive. This will be graded. You can find it in your folder or just search drive for the document by that name.
Week 28, Day 2
PTT:
1) Turn to p. 115 in your science notebook
2) Record the date and title the page: Ecosystem Vocab Story
3) The goal question is the same as yesterday: What is the difference between a population, a community, and an ecosystem?
Task 1:
You have 10 minutes to write a story like the one in the homework assignment from yesterday. Your story must include individuals, populations, communities, an ecosystem, and abiotic factors.
NOTE: Leave room to write underneath. When you are done, you will trade your notebook with someone else and they will write below the story the individuals, populations, communities, an ecosystem, and abiotic factors involved in your story.
Task 2:
Trade notebooks with someone. Below their story, identify the individuals, populations, communities, an ecosystem, and abiotic factors involved in the story.
Task 3:
1) Turn to p. 116 in your notebook.
2) Record the date and title the page: Niches in an Ecosystem
3) Record the goal question: What is a niche, and what are some examples of them in an ecosystem?
4) Take notes about niches as Ms. Davis explains them. The following video might be helpful:
5) Watch this video as a class:
6) Record a definition for each of these specific examples in your notebook
NOTE:
For those of you at ASOMEX or GIN, these were the notes we created as a class:
Task 4:
1) Title page 117: Ecosystem Diagrams
2) Record the date
3) In a manner of your choice, use some sort of visuals to represent what you understand about the following ecological terms: individual, population, community, ecosystem, biotic, abiotic, niche, producer, consumer, decomposer
HINT: This could be one big scene labeled with the terms, multiple smaller images labeled with terms, a mind map, or any other possibility you can think of that visually represents the ecological terms we have learned.
Closure:
Answer the goal question at the bottom of p. 117: What is a niche, and what are some examples of them in an ecosystem?
Week 28, Day 3
NOTE: This lesson is only for periods 1 and 7.
PTT:
Take a few minutes as needed to complete the Ecosystem Diagrams on p. 117
Task 1:
1) Get the Planet Earth Ecosystem Assignment worksheet
2) Choose as a class which Planet Earth episode we want to watch: Mountains, Fresh Water, Caves, Shallow Seas
Task 2:
Take notes while we watch the video
Closure:
Complete the closure question that is included on the worksheet
Week 28, Day 1
Table of Contents
Think up answers to the following questions:
Give an example of an organism and an adaptation that helps it survive in its environment. Explain how that adaptation helps it survive.
Task 1:
1) Turn to p. 114 in your science notebook.
2) Record the date and title the page: Ecosystem Card Sort
3) Record the Goal Question: What is the difference between a population, a community, and an ecosystem?
4) Get the Ecosystem Card Sort worksheet from the basket.
Task 2:
1) Discuss what you think the following terms mean: individual, population, community, ecosystem, abiotic
2) After the discussion, watch this video:
3) Based on the video, record a definition in your own words for each term on p. 114.
The terms: individual, population, community, ecosystem
Task 3:
1) Get a set of ecosystem cards for you and your partner.
2) Watch this video for directions:
Complete the ecosystem card sort by sorting the cards into piles with the following categories: individual, population, community, ecosystem, abiotic
3) Once you've sorted everything and made sure you both agree on your categorizations, put an "x" or checkmark on the worksheet for the correct category for each card. Have Ms. Davis check your answers if she is there.
The worksheet looks like this:
4) Once your answers have been checked, record your evidence and reasoning for each one.
5) Put cards away when you are done.
Closure:
1) On the bottom of the worksheet page, rate your understanding as "totally got it," "I'm getting there," or "don't get it." Plan to check in with Ms. Davis if you are not in the "totally got it" category.
Homework:
Complete the "Ecosystem Vocab Homework" that has been shared with you in your folder on Google Drive. This will be graded. You can find it in your folder or just search drive for the document by that name.
Week 28, Day 2
PTT:
1) Turn to p. 115 in your science notebook
2) Record the date and title the page: Ecosystem Vocab Story
3) The goal question is the same as yesterday: What is the difference between a population, a community, and an ecosystem?
Task 1:
You have 10 minutes to write a story like the one in the homework assignment from yesterday. Your story must include individuals, populations, communities, an ecosystem, and abiotic factors.
NOTE: Leave room to write underneath. When you are done, you will trade your notebook with someone else and they will write below the story the individuals, populations, communities, an ecosystem, and abiotic factors involved in your story.
Task 2:
Trade notebooks with someone. Below their story, identify the individuals, populations, communities, an ecosystem, and abiotic factors involved in the story.
Task 3:
1) Turn to p. 116 in your notebook.
2) Record the date and title the page: Niches in an Ecosystem
3) Record the goal question: What is a niche, and what are some examples of them in an ecosystem?
4) Take notes about niches as Ms. Davis explains them. The following video might be helpful:
5) Watch this video as a class:
6) Record a definition for each of these specific examples in your notebook
NOTE:
For those of you at ASOMEX or GIN, these were the notes we created as a class:
Task 4:
1) Title page 117: Ecosystem Diagrams
2) Record the date
3) In a manner of your choice, use some sort of visuals to represent what you understand about the following ecological terms: individual, population, community, ecosystem, biotic, abiotic, niche, producer, consumer, decomposer
HINT: This could be one big scene labeled with the terms, multiple smaller images labeled with terms, a mind map, or any other possibility you can think of that visually represents the ecological terms we have learned.
Closure:
Answer the goal question at the bottom of p. 117:
What is a niche, and what are some examples of them in an ecosystem?
Week 28, Day 3
NOTE: This lesson is only for periods 1 and 7.
PTT:
Take a few minutes as needed to complete the Ecosystem Diagrams on p. 117
Task 1:
1) Get the Planet Earth Ecosystem Assignment worksheet
2) Choose as a class which Planet Earth episode we want to watch: Mountains, Fresh Water, Caves, Shallow Seas
Task 2:
Take notes while we watch the video
Closure:
Complete the closure question that is included on the worksheet