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Unit: Ecosystems
Essential Questions:
What do you need to live?
How are living and nonliving things affected by their surroundings?
Learning
Targets:
I can use data to
show the effects
of resources on
populations (28)
-Use data to
explain the
effects of
resource
availability on
organisms.
Activities:
Energy Flow Powerpoint with guided notes
(TN)
Gazelle computer game x2 (ST)
Outdoor ecology games
www.hyria.fi/files/4679/ecological_outdoor_g
ames2011.pdf
Energy Pyramid (TN)
BrainPop – Energy Pyramid
Energy Pyramid Model (ST)
I can predict
patterns of
interactions
among species
in multiple
ecosystems (29)
- Identify
ecosystems
Habitat “lap sit” (trigger)
(Project Wild)
“Graphananimal” Lab
(Project Wild)
“Who fits here?” game
(Project Wild)
Finding Nemo – species interactions (TN)
SelfAssess
Check
1
Chec
k2
Chec
k3
- Describe how
living things
interact with
their
surroundings
(both biotic and
abiotic factors).
- Explain how
living things
interact within
and across
multiple ecosyst
ems.
“Good Buddies” activity
(Project Wild)
Ecosystem reading (TN)
Ecosystem Graphing (TPT)
Ecosystems guided notes with PowerPoint
(TN)
Organization of an ecosystem cards (ST)
I can model the
Finding Nemo – food web (TN)
cycling of matter
and flow of
Bill Nye: Food Webs (TN)
energy within an
ecosystem (30)
Food Web Model Construction (TN)
- Identify the
characteristics
and purposes of
models
Owl Pellet (Project Wild, TPT)
- Model how
energy and
matter cycle
through an
ecosystem.
BrainPop – food webs
Extra lessons if
needed:
Word Wall Builder (TN)
Food Web Card Game (TN)
“I have, who has?” review game (TN)
Food Chain game (TPT)
0= No idea at all
1= I know a little
2= I know quite a bit
3= I would pass the test
4= I could teach this
Bill Nye Food Webs (TN)
Food Web Construction Activity (TN)
Energy flow guided notes with PowerPoint (TN)
Computer Games (x2) (student teacher)
Project wild?
Ecosystem Pyramid (TN) trigger
Ecosystems graphing (TPT)
Owl pellet? (TPT)
Outdoor ecology games
www.hyria.fi/files/4679/ecological_outdoor_games2011.pdf
Ecosystems guided notes with PowerPoint (TN)
“Nemo” Biotic and Abiotic (TN)
Ecosystem reading activity (TN)
Food Web “War” Game (TN)
“Nemo” Food Web (TN)
“Nemo” species interactions (TN)
Review – “I have, who has?” Game (TN)
Word Wall Builder (TN)