Name: Mary Jane Probola
Date: 10/6/2014
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: 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:
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Active Engagements used:
#1. Note-Taking
#2. Cooperative Education
Others:
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Assignments
Date 10/5
Day A
Date 10/6
Day B
 read pages 382-384 and
 Read pages 385-387
watch video on
and take notes on
predation and parasitism
important facts
:Show 23 Community
 students will
Ecology
complete Data Lab
page 387
 students will list
examples of predation,
parasitism,
commensalism,
mutualism
 Do it Now: Page 383 Data  Do it now: In Japan,
Lab
native hoenybees
have evolved an
effective defense
strategy against giant
Japanese hornets.
Imported European
honeybees are
unable to defend
themselves.
Explainthis in terms
of coevoution.
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
Date 10/8
Day B
 Read pages 391-395
 students will complete
the Biome cards using
information from the
book or the internet
 Do it Now: Describe in
5 sentences a
competition that you
were in and how you
had prepared before
hand to do your best
 Do it Now: using
 Do it now: Finally
yesterday's paragraph,
Friday Describe how
describe how your
next week will be the
readiness compares to
best week so far in
an animal in the wild
school. What will you
learning to care for
do to make it the
itself.
best?
* Include Active Engagement, Explicit Instruction, Metacognition, Modeling, & Scaffolding
Date 10/9
Day A
 Complete Biome cards