Weekly Lesson Plans
11/26-11/30
Monday
NGSS: SC.912.L.17.9
Essential Question: How does energy flow through an ecosystem?
CCSS: Reading standard for literacy in science #4
Objective: I will be able to identify and distinguish between producers, consumers, and
decomposers by completing a word sort.
Agenda: RTW
 Food chain/Food Web notes
 Start word sort
o Organize different species into producers, consumers, and decomposers
Assessment: Word Sort (Formative)
Materials: paper, scissors, glue, colored pencils
Notes: Article Summaries due Friday.
Tuesday
NGSS: SC.912.L.17.9
Essential Question: How does energy flow through an ecosystem?
CCSS: Reading standard for literacy in science #4
Objective: I will be able to I will be able to understand the interactions between producers,
consumers, and decomposers through the trophic levels by completing a word sort.
Agenda: RTW
 Finish Food chain/Food Web notes
 Finish word sort (second set of words)
o Add a new set of words and organize according to their meanings and
relationships
Assessment: Word Sort (Formative)
Materials: paper, scissors, glue, colored pencils
Notes: Article Summaries due Friday.
Wednesday
NGSS: SC.912.L.17.9
Essential Question: How does energy flow through an ecosystem?
CCSS: Writing standard for literacy in science #7
Objective: I will be able to identify and distinguish between producers, consumers, and
decomposers by researching two of each type from the list of multiple species assigned to me by
my group.
Agenda: RTW
 Introduce Project
 Assign new groups
 Start Part One (research portion)
Assessment: Six cards of research information (summative)
Materials: species list, iPads, scissors, scrap paper
Notes: Article summaries due Friday.
Thursday
NGSS: SC.912.L.17.9
Essential Question: How does energy flow through an ecosystem?
CCSS: Writing standard for literacy in science #7
Objective: I will be able to identify and distinguish between producers, consumers, and
decomposers by researching two of each type from the list of multiple species assigned to me by
my group.
Agenda: RTW
 Introduce Part Two of the Project (organize the group’s cards into food chains)
 Finish Part One (research portion)
 Some groups may start Part Two
Assessment: Six cards of research information (summative); six food chains (summative)
Materials: species list, iPads, scissors, scrap paper
Notes: Article summaries due Friday.
Friday
NGSS: SC.912.L.17.9
Essential Question: How does energy flow through an ecosystem?
Objective: I will be able to understand the interactions between producers, consumers, and
decomposers through the trophic levels by arranging the species I researched into food chains.
Agenda: RTW
 Introduce Part Three of the Project (Create a Prezi of the food chains)
 Start Part Two (organize the group’s cards into food chains)
 Some groups may start Part Three
Assessment: Six food chains (summative); Prezi (summative)
Materials: species list, iPads, scissors, scrap paper
Notes: Article summaries due today.