Name: Mary Jane Probola
Date: 09/29/2014
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 9/29
Day B
Date 9/30
Day A
Date 10/1
Day B
 Students will complete
 Complete study guide  Review for test
study guide using
chapter 17 pages 360374
 watch
producers/consumers
video
 Do it Now: After
 Vocabulary match
 Do it Now: Humans,
harvesting a field of corn,
interactive notebook
raccoons, and bears
a farmer could eithe
students will note the
are omnivores. What
rplow the cornstalks into
ones they
adaptive advantage
the field or haul them off
know/don't know
might this feeding
the field and burn the.
strategy provide these
Which option is best for
organisms?
sustainable agriculture?
Why?
Date 10/2
Day A
 Chapter 17 test
Date 10/3
Day B
 Biomes of the World:
Major Life Zones Video
and worksheet.
 Relax and do well.
 Do it Now: List as
many different biomes
that you can think of.
* Include Active Engagement, Explicit Instruction, Metacognition, Modeling, & Scaffolding