Calhoun – 5E Lesson Plan
Teacher: James Vivian and James Hall
Date: 02/18-22/2013
Timeline: CABC-day
Subject area /7th Grade Science: 4.5 Organism Behavior & Survival
Materials: PPT; PDF; Lab Journal; BrainPop; Doceri; Thinking Maps; White Board; Computer Lab
TEKS: Objectives/TEKS 1A, 2C, D, E, 3B, 11C
PROCESS SKILLS
 1A – demonstrate safe practices during laboratory and field investigations as outlined in the Texas Safety
Standards.
 2C – collect and record data using the International System of Units (SI) and qualitative means such as
labeled drawings, writing, and graphic organizers.
 2D – construct tables and graphs, using repeated trials and means, to organize data and identify patterns.
 2E – analyze data to formulate reasonable explanations, communicate valid conclusions supported by the
data, and predict trends.
 3B – use models to represent aspects of the natural world such as human body systems and plant and animal
cells.
Content
11B – Explain variation within a population or species by comparing external features, behaviors, or physiology of
organisms that enhance their survival such as migration, hibernation, or storage of food in a bulb.
Targeted ELPs:
Learning Strategies: C1D
Listening:C2D, C2G, C2H, C2I
Speaking: C3D, C3E, C3H
Reading:C4D, C4G
Writing: C5B, C5G
IB Unit Lesson Objective(s):
Variation within a population allows nature to select organisms that are the most fit to pass on their traits.
Discuss Purpose (Life Connection)
Examine genetic characteristics.
Area of Interaction
Environments
Learner Profile Connection
Inquirers, Thinkers
Differentiation strategies to meet diverse learner needs:
Naturalist; Logical/Mathematical; Interpersonal; Verbal; Kinesthetic; Visual; Rhythmic; Intrapersonal
ENGAGE / Bell Work: RUBRIC A,B
 What would you do to survive?
 How can we as a team survive?
EXPLORATION: RUBRIC A,C,E,F
 HOTS: Students will take away an understanding that changes in populations occur over several generations.
Lab Activities:
http://www.flyingwild.org/documents/167-170.pdf
Survival is just a roll of the dice
EXPLANATION/The student will know: ABC
 Brain Pop: Biomes
 Explain how an organism’s traits and behaviors help it survive in its habitat.
 Explain why different populations within the same species have different traits and behaviors.
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Calhoun – 5E Lesson Plan
Academic Vocabulary:
Language of Instruction: hibernation, migration, physiology, variation, population
ELABORATION RUBRIC D
 Compare physiology, external features, and behaviors that aids in the survival of a changing habitat.
SWBAT:
 Identify changes that species have undergone and what environmental condition caused those changes.
EVALUATION / Exit Ticket: RUBRIC C
 I can explain how an organism’s traits and behavior help it survive.
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