Name: Mary Jane Probola Date: 10/14/2014 Content Area: Biology Woodland Hills High School Lesson Plans Length of Lesson: 2 week Edline was updated this week: My class website was updated this week: 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 Essential Questions: Understanding Goals (Concepts): students will understand how abiotic and biotic organisms work and live in an ecosystem Vocabulary: coevolution, parasitism, secondary compounds, symbosis, mutualism, commensalism, competition,niche, realized niche, fundamental niche,competitive exclusion biodiversity, climate, biomes, littoral zone, limnetic zone, profundal zone Stage II – Assessment Evidence Performance Task: interactive notebook, project on coevolution Other Evidence: quizzes, tests, worksheets 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: Describe usage: Describe usage: P r o c e d u r e s Active Engagements used: #1. Note-Taking #2. Cooperative Education Others: Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Date 10/13 In-service Assignments Day Date 10/14 Day B Read pages 385-387 and take notes on important facts students will complete Data Lab page 387 Period 2: Computer lab: choose a biome, show commensulism, mutualism, parasitism and coevolution with pictures and explanantions Do it Now: Name one country that is located in each biome on page 392 Date 10/7 Day A Read page 388-390 and take notes on important facts students will view Relationships in Ecosystems and determine what the relationship is between 17 different examples Period 2: complete cards or project Date 10/8 Day B Read pages 391-395 students will complete the Biome cards using information from the book or the internet Period 2: complete page 400 #1-10 Do it Now: A scientist finds no evidence that species in a community are competing and concludes that competition never played a role in the developmentof this community. Is this conclusion valid? Justify your answer Do it Now: Finally Friday Do it Now: If you could create a nemonic choose a biome to live sentence to remember in, what would it be the 7 biomes of the and why? What drew earth. you to live there? * Include Active Engagement, Explicit Instruction, Metacognition, Modeling, & Scaffolding Date 10/9 Day A Watch Children of the Tundra: write 2 paragraphs or make a Venn Diagram how life is different in the tundra than life here