Teacher:
School:
Essential
Question(s)
Grade/Subject:
K/ Science
Week of:
What is the relationship between animals and what they eat, and how does that determine where they live?
What features help plants and animals survive in different environments?
NGSS
Plants and animals can change their environment. (K- ESS2-2)
Living things need water, air, and resources from the land, and they live in places that have the things they need. Humans use natural resources for
everything they do. (K-ESS3-1)
Lesson
Objective
Opening/
Do Now
Description of Each
Instructional Component
I can
Create and
compare a
forest and
wetlands food
chain using
drawings scored
a task specific
rubric.
Circle Time
(5 min)
BrainPop
Foodchain
1.Mini- Lesson (I Do)Teacher introduces
“Wetlands Food Chain” and
“Forest Food Webs” by use
of a Power point. (Slides
67-77 and 141-146)
http://www.trenton.k12.nj.
us/files/_7PBtU_/e0952b3
a9da18aa63745a49013852
ec4/Unit_4__Plant__Animal_Environm
ents___Presentation_Slides.pdf
SWBAT
Compare models
of food chains.
https://jr.brain
pop.com/scienc
e/animals/food
chain/
Have students
draw an animal
and something
that it eats
Youtube Video
Food Chain
https://www.yo
utube.com/watc
h?v=ttpNGJcpJ6
8
Have students
draw an animal
and something
that it eats
The teacher will read over
slides, thinking aloud,
“What is a food chain? How
do living things receive
energy? Introducing key
words, food chain, energy,
predators
2. We Do- See Formative
Assessment 1
3.Forest and Wetland Food
Formative
Assessments:
Checks for
Understanding
1. PowerPoint
Questions (Slide
76,77,145,146)
2.Food Chain
Differentiation/
Modifications
Closing/
Reflection/
Assessment
Special Education
and or ELL*Pacing(provide
ample time for lab
task)
*Simple Language
*Create Vocabulary
cards with vocab
terms and pictures
*Teacher can create
a large font anchor
chart for the food
chains including
pictures and key
terms
*Anchor chart for
tools used during
lab
*Deliver minilesson in small
groups
*Group students
with partners to
complete lab
*Modify
assessment
Presentation of
Forest and
Wetland Food
Chain
Materials/
Resources
Used
Computer
Youtube
BrainPop
*How are the
food chains
similar?
*How are the
food chains
different?
Plants and
Animal
Environments
PowerPoint
Food Chain
Activity Sheet
Chain (You Do)
Students will draw a forest
and wetland food chain.
They will then share and
compare their food chains
with their small groups and
the class.
*Activity Sheets
http://www.trenton.k12.n
j.us/files/_7PBtf_/5e5f948
fe81a6c8e3745a49013852
ec4/Unit_4__Plant__Animal_Environm
ents__Optional_Activities.pdf
questions from lab.
*Create a semantic
map of foodchains
(eat-predators-etc)
*Model lab task
*Allow oral
responses to lab
assessment or
drawn responses
Visual- use printed
pictures to create
food chain
Bodily Kinestheticanimal vs predator
act out
Musical- Listen to
Youtube food
chains
InterpersonalGroup students
together with a
partner to create a
food chain
encouraging
students to discuss
their observations
through prompted
questions and turn
and talk
discussions.
IntrapersonalAllow student to
create food chain
independently with
moderate
prompting and
discussion.
Linguistic-Allowed
students watch a
video stating food
chain orders
Logical- Have
students give logic
behind different
food chains before
creating their own