2014-2015 7th Grade Science (UDL Design Model)
Week 4: August 25 to 29
Monday 8/25
Focus: Competition & Symbiosis
Common Assessment # :
Tuesday 8/26
Content:
Energy Flow, Competition
Content:
Essential Question:
How organism relationships affect
energy flow?
Essential Question:
How organism relationships affect
energy flow?
Competition
Wednesday 8/27
Content:
Symbiosis
Essential Question:
How organism relationships affect
energy flow?
Thursday 8/28
Content:
Symbiosis
Friday 8/29
Content:
Symbiosis
Essential Question:
. How organism relationships
affect energy flow?
Essential Question:
How organism relationships affect
energy flow?
AKS Standards:
11c1 - define and apply examples
of relationships between
organisms including predation,
mutualism, parasitism, and
commensalism
Material/Resources:
AKS Standards:
11c1 - define and apply examples
of relationships between
organisms including predation,
mutualism, parasitism, and
commensalism
Material/Resources:
AKS Standards:
11c1 - define and apply examples
of relationships between
organisms including predation,
mutualism, parasitism, and
commensalism
Material/Resources:
Science Lab Termite Symbiosis
Vocabulary: Symbiosis, Commensalism, Parasitism, Mutually beneficial
AKS Standards:
11c1 - define and apply examples
of relationships between
organisms including competition
AKS Standards:
11c1 - define and apply examples
of relationships between
organisms including competition
Material/Resources:
Material/Resources:
Symbiosis Sort
Refer to LOR for additional
materials click HERE
Warm-up:
Review questions from energy
flow & scientific method.
Refer to LOR for additional
materials click HERE
Warm-up:
Review questions from previous
lesson. Discuss questions
regarding take home celery
experiment.
Anticipatory Set:
Brainpop Video: Symbiosis
Have students copy chart on
Symbiosis relationships
Refer to LOR for additional
materials click HERE
Warm-up:
Review questions from previous
symbiosis lesson
Refer to LOR for additional
materials click HERE
Warm-up:
Review questions from previous
symbiosis lesson
Refer to LOR for additional
materials click HERE
Warm-up:
Anticipatory Set:
Anticipatory Set:
Anticipatory Set:
Group worksheet handout.
Classifying organisms into
relationships
Science Consumable. Pg. 301308. Read together & answer
questions individually with
discussion
Introduction to Termite Symbiosis
Lab
Mini-lesson:
Mini-lesson:
Mini-lesson:
Mini-lesson:
Show video clips
Have student pairs come up with
PAQ2: relationships plus
To expel the mutually beneficial
Anticipatory Set:
Finish up Food Web activity with
partner.
Mini-lesson:
Dissect word- symbiosis
Introduction to Relationships
Will be in Science Lab
2014-2015 7th Grade Science (UDL Design Model)
Week 4: August 25 to 29
Focus: Competition & Symbiosis
Common Assessment # :
(Predation& Competition)
Symbiosis notes
What is each one an example of?
Video 1:
http://safeshare.tv/w/kKLXoYutVq
Video 2: this one is kinda hard to
see. The bird is eating insects
that have been disturbed by the
cow. The bird gets food, nad the
cow doesn’t notice.
http://safeshare.tv/w/aoaXgrOHD
A
Video 3:
http://videos.howstuffworks.com/a
nimal-planet/38991-top-ten-oddcouples-tarantula-and-frogvideo.html
a relationship not mentioned in
class that they will share with
class and classify.
previous.
bacteria from the termites
Student Tasks:
Student Tasks:
Student Tasks:
Student Tasks:
Student Tasks:
Students must be able to classify
organisms by relationships
Show videos of different
relationships and have students
classify
Students must be able to classify
organisms by relationships
Students must be able to classify
organisms by relationships
Students must be able to classify
organisms by relationship
Students will perform the Termite
symbiosis science lab according
to procedures.
Closure:
Closure:
Closure:
Closure:
Closure:
Check for understanding using
food webs as competition and
predation
Check for understanding mutually
beneficial, commensalism,
parasitism
Check for understanding mutually
beneficial,
commensalism,
parasitism
Show videos regarding tomorrows
lab
- Rhizobium labhttp://www.nexusresearchgroup.c
om/microbiology/rhizobiumisolation.htm
-Termite labhttp://science.dadeschools.net/do
cuments/ETO%20Science%20Re
sources/High%20School/APES/Bi
odiversity/Termite%20Symbiosis
%20Lab.pdf
Review content and what was
learned regarding symbiosis
2014-2015 7th Grade Science (UDL Design Model)
Week 4: August 25 to 29
Focus: Competition & Symbiosis
Common Assessment # :
SWBAT:
SWBAT:
SWBAT:
SWBAT:
SWBAT:
To identify competition &
predation.
To identify all relationships of
organisms.
To identify the different types of
symbiosis
To identify the different types of
symbiosis
To identify the type of symbiosis
seen today in the science
experiment
*Plans may change to meet the needs of all students.
Daily Lesson Format:
Warm-up
Anticipatory Set
Mini-lesson
Student Tasks
Closure
**SWD/ELL Modifications: per IEP and/or WIDA standards, identified students will be given differentiated instruction to meet individual learner needs.
Learning Barrier
Possible Solutions
Resources
Student cannot read at grade level
Preview text
*eClass Learning Objective Repository
Student has difficulty comprehending the
material
Post and review objectives for
daily/modeling/thinking map/minlesson/small groups/summarize
*Brain Pop
Student has difficulty mastering the
vocabulary
Pre-teach vocabulary/pictures, symbol, &
definitions charts
Student have limited prior knowledge of
content being presented
Preview material by placing in classroom
website
*County SOCC site
*Teacher’s websites
*Discovery Education
*Bill Nye the Science Guy
2014-2015 7th Grade Science (UDL Design Model)
Week 4: August 25 to 29
Focus: Competition & Symbiosis
Common Assessment # :
Student has difficulty understanding what
is expected
Checklist/rubric
Student has difficulty expressing or
discussing what he/she learned
Audio/video demonstration with teacher
checklist or rubric
Student has difficulty with transition and
transitioning to new concept
Use a timer or music
*Resources from text
*Textbook consumable resources
*Professional journals