Name: Mary Jane Probola
Date: 09/15/2014
Content Area: Biology
Woodland Hills High School
Lesson Plans
Length of Lesson: 2 week
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Stage I – Desired Results
Big Ideas: Describe ecological levels of
organization in the biosphere.
Lesson Topic (Standard/Anchor): Bio.B.4.1
Student Objectives (Competencies/Outcomes):
Students will be able to: describe organism,
popuation, community, ecosystem, biotic, abiotic and
aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems
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Essential Questions:
Understanding Goals (Concepts): students
will understand how abiotic and biotic
organisms work and live in an ecosystem
Vocabulary: ecosystems, community, abiotic,
biotic, biodiversity, trophic level, producers,
primary consumes, secondary consumers,
tiertiary, quaternary, energy flow, 10% rule,
food chain, food web, evergy phyramids,
biomass pyramids, pyramids of numbers
Stage II – Assessment Evidence
Other Evidence:
Performance Task:
Stage III – Learning Plan
Materials & Resources: Biology books, binders, colored pencils,
projector, video
CONTENT AREA READING:
Biology
Formative Assessment(s):
#1. Think-Pair-Share
#2. Graphic Organizers
#3. Summarizing Main Ideas
Others:
Instructional Procedures*: (includes mini-lessons)
Scaffolding used:
#1. Guided Notes
#2 . Teacher Promping
Others:
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Active Engagements used:
#1. Note-Taking
#2. Cooperative Education
Others:
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Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Assignments
Date 9/15
Day A
 eschooltoday.com:
Carbon Cycle
 Read pages 372
 Students will draw the
Carbon Cycle using
terminology
 Do it Now:Think of your
dinner last night.
Describe what trophic
level each item came
from.
Date 9/16
Day B
 eschooltoday.com:
Nitrogen Cycle
 read page 373
 students will draw
the nitrogen cycle
using teminology
 Do it Now:Using page
376 Aquatic Food
Web, describe what
would happen if the
algae was eliminated.
Date 9/17
Day A
 students will complete
study guide using
chapter 17 pages 360374
Date 9/18
Day B
 students will complete
study guide
Date 9/19
Day A
 Chapter 17 test
 Do it Now: Take the
 Do it Now:Complete
graphic organizer and
the following
use the terms to
statement: Energy can
complete it.
never be ______ or
producers,herbivores,
________ but only
carnivores, omnivores,
______ from one form
detritivores
to another
 Do it Now:Relax and
do well
* Include Active Engagement, Explicit Instruction, Metacognition, Modeling, & Scaffolding