Risley Middle School
LFS Lesson Plan
Teacher: Moore/Horton
Grade/Subject:
7th/Science
Dates:
September 2nd-6th
Unit Topic:
Ecology
GPS/CCGPS (Write out):
S7L4. Students will examine the dependence of organisms on one another and their environments.
a. Demonstrate in a food web that matter is transferred from one organism to another and can recycle between organisms and their
environments.
b. Explain in a food web that sunlight is the source of energy and that this energy moves from organism to organism.
c. Recognize that changes in environmental conditions can affect the survival of both individuals and entire species.
d. Categorize relationships between organisms that are competitive or mutually beneficial.
Literacy Standards.
L6-8RST9: Compare and contrast the information gained from experiments, simulations, video or multimedia sources with that gained
from reading a text on the same topic.
L6-8RST3: Follow precisely a multistep procedure when carrying out experiments, taking measurements, or performing technical tasks.
L6-8RST7: Integrate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a text with a version of that information expressed
visually (e.g., in a flowchart, diagram, model, graph, or table).
L6-8WHST10: Write routinely over extended time frames (time for reflection and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a
day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.
L6-8WHST4: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and
audience.
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Essential Question: How do organisms depend on one another and their environment in order to survive?
KQ: How do
KQ:
KQ: How can I
KQ: What is a niche and how KQ: How do limiting
do organisms fill them?
factors and carrying
organisms interact
How can I differentiate differentiate between
How are an organism’s capacity affect a
with each other and
between predators
the three symbiotic
niche and habitat
population?
their environment?
and prey?
relationships?
related?
What are the three
(commensalism,
types of interactions
mutualism, and
amongst organisms?
parasitism)
Activating/Acceleration:
(Some ideas: KWL, Pre-reading, Think Pair Share, Thinking Maps, Vocabulary Overview, Word Splash, Survey,)
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LFS Lesson Plan
Vocabulary Overview
Students will define all of
their vocabulary words
for the week.
Thinking map:
Use a bubble map or
any other thinking
map to describe,
define, and show what
you know about
populations.
For any species,
Make a List of
Picture of symbiotic
population growth
Predators that are
relationship amongst
is:
also prey.
organisms. Students
• A. limited by a
will be asked to
available food
describe what they
and space
see and from their
• B. always
observation make an
increasing
inference.
• C. not limited
 D. always
decreasing
Cognitive Teaching Strategies: include time for distributed practice or summarizing
(Some ideas: Lecture/Question, Read/Discuss, TIMS, Hands on Activity, Thinking Map, Pictograph, Research, Vocabulary,
Diagrams/Graphs, Comprehension)
Read/Discuss pages
Mini Lesson with
Mini Lesson
Mini Lesson over
442-443 in HOLT.
Lecture and notes on
Predators and Prey
population.
Summarizing Strategies: (Some ideas: Ticket Out the Door, 3-2-1, The Important Thing, One Word, Learning Logs)
The important thing to
What is it called when 3-interactions
Which relationship
3- Symbiotic
remember that separates food, water, and other between organisms
below is an example relationships
a niche from a habitat
resources are few in
2-organisms involved of a predator-prey
2-organisms involved
is….
number?
in predation
relationship?
in parasitism
1-symbiotic
• A coyote eats 1-symbiotic
relationship where
a hen
relationship where
both organisms are
• B. a pet fish
one organism benefits
benefitted`
eats fish food and the other does
• C. a giraffe
not.
eats the
leaves from
tall trees
• D. a rabbit
eats grasses
Extending/Refining Activity: This is for all students. After they acquire the necessary skills, take them up a notch with
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LFS Lesson Plan
thinking skills/writing prompts.(Some ideas: Cause/Effect, Compare/Contrast, Write, Classify, Analyze, Evaluate, Inductive,
Deductive)
COMPARE/CONTRAST: CAUSE/EFFECT:
ANALYZE:
EVALUATE: the
CLASSIFY:
Distinguish between an
Think about some
Students will analyze
organisms and decide Symbiotic Pyramid:
organism’s habitat and
places around your
the population of
which two animals are Students will work
its niche using the prairie environment of our
ecosystems and
most likely to have a
along with teacher to
dog as an example.
country. Which places compare the
predator-prey
design a pyramid that
pay more attention to
population numbers to relationship:
shows the different
carrying capacity?
the carrying capacity
symbiotic
What factors in these
and limiting factors.
Human and mosquito relationships hey will
places are being
Spider and fly
include the name of
limited due to
Cat and tapeworm
the relationship, give a
population?
Shark and remora
description, and
include pictures.
Assignment and/or Assessment: A variety of informal, performance, constructed response, selected response
CONSTRUCTED
RESPONSE:
Is your attendance at
school a characteristic of
your habitat or your
niche?
Discussion:
Lynx and the hare.
HOLT book with four
questions.
Informal Classwork:
Students will have to
make selected and
constructed
responses on the
Ecology Practice.
Cooperative Learning:
Students will work in
groups and they will
act as predator and
prey. One sub group
of a group will be prey
and the other
predators. Predators
will have to name a
prey animal and the
adaptation it uses to
catch its prey.
Selected Response
Vocabulary Practice
Group Work:
Ecosystems Menu
Projects 15 minutes
Vocabulary Practice
Group Work:
Ecosystems Menu
Projects 15 minutes
Brain Pop Quiz:
Symbiosis using CPS
Remotes
Differentiation: For all learners
Allow all students to
share their viewpoints
of the Assignment.
Write sentences
using all of your
Vocabulary words.
Accommodations: (Sped, 504, SST) Include Initials of students and what is being done for each.
Risley Middle School
LFS Lesson Plan
Accommodations: (Sped, 504, SST) Include Initials of students and what is being done for each.
 Extended Time (M.J., L.T., C.S., K.R., K. S., )
 Chunked lessons and assignments (K.R., K. S., )
 Repetition of Directions(C.S., K.R., K. S., )
 Read A-loud (C.S., T.M., K.R., K. S., )
 Small Groups with Para Mrs. Cole (C.S., T.M., K.R., M. G., )
 Pre-filled notes, concept maps, vocabulary, and other handouts visuals (L.T., M.J., M. G.,)