Biodiversity: Ketchup Day
CW: Completed CER & Biodiversity Calculations
DN: What kind of biodiversity does this classroom have?
Reminders: Quiz on Wednesday
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CW: Completed CER & Biodiversity Calculations
DN: What kind of biodiversity does this classroom have?
Reminders: Quiz on Wednesday.
RESOURCES
LESSON OUTLINE
5min Students complete the Do Now by answering the question.
10min FINISH Level Up Presentations (Last Day)
5min Add paper cutouts to trays.
15min Biodiversity Calculations. Students calculate the biodiversity of two trays and record their findings on the handout. Students can also use Easy Biodiversity Calculations spreadsheet (via Schoology) to check their findings.
5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.
Biodiversity: Practice Calculations
CW: Completed Easy Biodiversity Calculations.
DN: What does 52/100 equal?
Reminders: Quiz on Wednesday.
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CW: Completed Easy Biodiversity Calculations.
DN: What does 52/100 equal?
Reminders: Quiz on Wednesday.
RESOURCES
LESSON OUTLINE
5min Students complete the Do Now.
5min Add paper cutouts to trays.
20min Level Up Project Presentations
15min Biodiversity Calculations. Students calculate the biodiversity of two trays and record their findings on the handout. Students can also use Easy Biodiversity Calculations spreadsheet (via Google Classroom) to check their findings.
5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.
Biodiversity: CER
CW: Completed CER on Bananas.
DN: Read the article on Bananas.
Reminders: Don’t forget to prepare for your presentations.
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CW: Completed CER on Bananas.
DN: Read the article on Bananas.
Reminders: Don’t forget to prepare for your presentations.
RESOURCES
LESSON OUTLINE
5min Students complete the Do Now by answering the question.
10min Level Up Presentations
10min Class read the and annotate Bananas Article (technically and edited excerpt from Never out of Season).
5min Watch Banana Videos.
5min> Students write the outline for the Claim using the ABC method.
5min> Students convert Claim outline into a full sentence. Students share claims.
5min> Students write outline for Evidence and find supporting text using the ABC method.
5min> Students convert Evidence outline into a full sentence. Students share evidence.
5min> Students write the outline for the Reasoning using the ABC method.
5min> Students convert Reasoning outline into a full sentence. Students share reasoning.
5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.
Biodiversity: Practice Problems
CW: Biodiversity Practice Problems.
DN: Name all the types of apples and bananas you know.
Reminders: Prepare for your presentations.
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CW: Biodiversity Practice Problems.
DN: Name all the types of apples and bananas you know.
Reminders: Prepare for your presentations.
RESOURCES
LESSON OUTLINE
5min Students complete the Do Now by answering the question.
10min Level Up Project Presentations.
10min Biodiversity Practice Problems. Students use examples (notebook p78-79) to calculate the biodiversity in different communities.
5min Review answers with class.
5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.
Biodiversity: Potatoes
CW: [1] Potato Video Notes p70 [2] Potato Biodiversity Calculations p72.
DN: What are three types of diversity?
Reminders: Presentations start this week.
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CW: [1] Potato Video Notes p70 [2] Potato Biodiversity Calculations p72.
DN: What are three types of diversity?
Reminders: Presentations start this week.
RESOURCES
LESSON OUTLINE
5min Students complete the Do Now by answering the question.
5min> Video 1. Student write down facts from the video p76.
5min> Video 2. Student write down facts from the video p76.
5min> Video 3. [First 5min Only] Student write down facts from the video p76.
5min Biodiversity Example Drawings and Calculations. Students calculate the biodiversity for a desert area (p78).
5min Potato Biodiversity Drawings and Calculations for Europe vs S. America. Students calculate the biodiversity for a potato farm in Europe and S. America during the Potato Famine caused by blight (p78). Why did blight destroy most of the potatoes in Europe but not South America?
5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.