Lesson Plan
Campus /Teacher:
Sierra/Berge
Course /
Grade:
Science/7th
Date:
8/31/15
Standard
Strand/Concept:
Strand 4: Life Science
Concept 3: Populations of Organisms in an Ecosystem
Performance
Objective:
PO 2: Explain how organisms obtain and use resources to develop and thrive in niches and
predator prey relationships.
Students list abiotic and biotic factors and review past ecology terms.
Language
Objective
ecosystem, abiotic, biotic
Vocabulary
WICOR
Strategies
Collaboration at tables. Inquiry based review questions.
Instructional Delivery for Rigor and Relevance
Anticipatory Set
Contrast the desert and forest.
I
Do
We
Do
You
Do
Performance Task,
Direct Instruction,
Modeling, Lesson
Sequence, Technology,
Routines
Guided Practice/
Independent
Practice
Closure/
Check for
Understanding
Assessment (
Formative /
Summative)
Use Discovery Ed Search mechanism to find definitions, images and videos.
Complete Ecology Intro assignment.
Page 1 completed.
Intro assignment assessed for prior knowledge.
Differentiation
Variety of tasks including using technology, drawing, making connection with visual pictures.
Homework
NA
Lesson Plan
Campus /Teacher:
Sierra/Berge
Course /
Grade:
Science/7th
Date:
9/1/15
Standard
Strand/Concept:
Strand 4: Life Science
Concept 3: Populations of Organisms in an Ecosystem
Performance
Objective:
PO 2: Explain how organisms obtain and use resources to develop and thrive in niches and
predator prey relationships.
Students list abiotic and biotic factors and review past ecology terms.
Language
Objective
ecosystem, abiotic, biotic
Vocabulary
WICOR
Strategies
Collaboration at tables. Inquiry based review questions.
Instructional Delivery for Rigor and Relevance
Anticipatory Set
Contrast desert and forest.
I
Do
We
Do
You
Do
Performance Task,
Direct Instruction,
Modeling, Lesson
Sequence, Technology,
Routines
Guided Practice/
Independent
Practice
Closure/
Check for
Understanding
Assessment (
Formative /
Summative)
Use Discovery Ed Search mechanism to find definitions, images and videos.
Complete Ecology Intro assignment.
Page 2 completed.
Intro assignment assessed for prior knowledge.
Differentiation
Variety of tasks including using technology, drawing, making connection with visual pictures.
Homework
Lesson Plan
Campus /Teacher:
Sierra/Berge
Course /
Grade:
Science/7th
Date:
9/2/15
Standard
Strand/Concept:
Strand 4: Life Science
Concept 3: Populations of Organisms in an Ecosystem
Performance
Objective:
PO 2: Explain how organisms obtain and use resources to develop and thrive in niches and
predator prey relationships.
Students list abiotic and biotic factors and review past ecology terms.
Language
Objective
ecosystem, abiotic, biotic
Vocabulary
WICOR
Strategies
Collaboration at tables. Inquiry based review questions.
Instructional Delivery for Rigor and Relevance
Anticipatory Set
List 5 abiotic things found in the desert.
I
Do
Create a Venn diagram between 2 students on construction paper.
We
Do
Performance Task,
Direct Instruction,
Modeling, Lesson
Sequence, Technology,
Routines
Title
Biome: An area defined by rainfall and temperature.
Desert and Rain Forest
Students fill in what they already know – each choosing a color.
Show DE videos of Biomes: Desert and Biomes: Rain Forest.
You
Do
Guided Practice/
Independent
Practice
Student on left fill in desert section and student on right fill in Rain Forest.
Closure/
Check for
Understanding
Assessment (
Formative /
Summative)
What similarities do they share?
In class assessment
Differentiation
Work in pairs
Homework
NA
Lesson Plan
Campus /Teacher:
Sierra/Berge
Course /
Grade:
Science/7th
Date:
9/3/15
Standard
Strand/Concept:
Strand 4: Life Science
Concept 3: Populations of Organisms in an Ecosystem
Performance
Objective:
PO 2: Explain how organisms obtain and use resources to develop and thrive in niches and
predator prey relationships.
Students list abiotic and biotic factors and review past ecology terms.
Language
Objective
ecosystem, abiotic, biotic
Vocabulary
WICOR
Strategies
Collaboration at tables. Inquiry based review questions.
Instructional Delivery for Rigor and Relevance
Anticipatory Set
List 5 biotic organisms found in the desert.
I
Do
Learn Mid-Term Ecology Quiz – using notebooks
We
Do
Performance Task,
Direct Instruction,
Modeling, Lesson
Sequence, Technology,
Routines
i-Ready Math
Guided Practice/
Independent
Practice
You
Do
Closure/
Check for
Understanding
Assessment (
Formative /
Summative)
Check lessons and grade levels in i-Ready
Assess progress in i-Ready Math Spreadsheet
Differentiation
Quiz is low points but shows what concepts we need to review.
Homework
NA
Lesson Plan
Campus /Teacher:
Sierra/Berge
Course /
Grade:
Science/7th
Date:
9/4/15
Standard
Strand/Concept:
Strand 4: Life Science
Concept 3: Populations of Organisms in an Ecosystem
Performance
Objective:
PO 2: Explain how organisms obtain and use resources to develop and thrive in niches and
predator prey relationships.
Students list abiotic and biotic factors and review past ecology terms.
Language
Objective
ecosystem, abiotic, biotic
Vocabulary
WICOR
Strategies
Collaboration at tables. Inquiry based review questions.
Instructional Delivery for Rigor and Relevance
Anticipatory Set
I
Do
Compare and contrast the animals that live in the desert and the forest.
We
Do
Performance Task,
Direct Instruction,
Modeling, Lesson
Sequence, Technology,
Routines
You
Do
Guided Practice/
Independent
Practice
Closure/
Check for
Understanding
Assessment (
Formative /
Summative)
Each table assigned a biome. Work in pairs.
Name the drawing: Biome Period X
1. Grassland
2. Desert
3. Deciduous forest
4. Rain forest
5. Marine Ocean
6. Freshwater
7. Tundra
8. Antarctica
Create a Google Drawing including definition, 2 pictures and 1 minute or less video
link.
Share Drawing with devinb@students.susd12.org
Google Drawing assessed through presentation.
Differentiation
Work in pairs for differentiation.
Homework
NA