Ecosystems: The Chuck-Ken Food Web

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• HW: Start on your Ecosystem Vocabulary Video project. (Due: Tuesday 10/7 for GROUPS & Tuesday 10/17 for INDIVIDUALS)

• CW: Completed Chuck-Ken Food Web Poster.

• DN: Take back notebooks, grab a handout (one per pair), cut out tiles, and add color.

• Reminders: You must sign-up to work in pairs for the Ecosystem Video Project. Last day to sign up is Wednesday (10/1).

RESOURCES

Chuck-Ken Food Web Poster Handout

Ecosystems Vocabulary Video Project Rubric

LESSON OUTLINE

10min Students complete the Do Now by taking handout, cutting out tiles, and coloring animals and plants.

5min Teacher outlines instructions for Chuck-Ken Food Web Poster.

10min< Students, working in pairs, assemble food web and add arrows, title, and names.

10min< Students add additional labels (primary, secondary, etc.) and identify the keystone species.

10min Teacher outlines project rubric and provides details.

5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.

Notebook Check

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• CW: Checked Notebook.

• DN: Write your name at the top of p21 of your notebook and then glue the table underneath your name.

• Reminder: Safety & Policy Quiz Retakes during Friday Tutorial.

LESSON OUTLINE

5min> Students complete the Do Now.

5min Students exchange notebooks.

10min 1st Check. Students check notebooks and record scores.

10min 2nd Check. Students add an additional table. Students trade notebooks again, check notebooks, and record scores.

10min Last of the puppet presentations.

5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.

Quiz: Ecosystem Intro. + Species Interactions

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• DN: Are shells biotic or abiotic?

• Reminder: [1] Late Wheel Projects are due Thursday (9/25) . Test your design at lunch or snack. [2] Safety & Policy Quiz scores retakes on Friday during tutorial. [3] Notebook check this week. Make sure your notebook is updated before the notebook check. (p1 Safety Contract, p3 Trends in Data, p4-5 Science 101, p6 CER, p10 Do Nows, p16 Diagram, p17 Notes [+3 Margin Qs and Paragraph Summary], p18 Interactions Table, and p19 Notes [+3 Margin Qs and Paragraph Summary]

LESSON OUTLINE

5min> Students complete the Do Now by answering the question.

5min> Teacher reminds students how to fill out their bubble sheets.

5min Teacher goes over how to complete the quiz.

20-25min Students take quiz.

5-10min Ketchup Time.

AIM: Identify interactions between species as either competitive, mutual, parasitic, or commensal interaction between species and provide reasoning.

Ecosystems: INGO

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• CW/HW: Finish 16 flashcards.

• DN: Create INGO sheet then fill in by randomly selecting 16 words. (Ecosystems, Individual, Mutual, Symbiotic, Biotic, Abiotic, Producer, Habitat, Community, Decomposer, Predator/Prey, Competitive, Commensal, Parasitic, Independent & Dependent variable)

• Reminder: [1] Late Wheel Projects are due Thursday (9/25) . Test your design at lunch or snack. [2] Safety & Policy Quiz scores retakes on Friday during tutorial. [3] Notebook check this week. Make sure your notebook is updated before the notebook check. (p1 Safety Contract, p3 Trends in Data, p4-5 Science 101, p6 CER, p10 Do Nows, p16 Diagram, p17 Notes [+3 Margin Qs and Paragraph Summary], p18 Interactions Table, and p19 Notes [+3 Margin Qs and Paragraph Summary]

RESOURCES

LESSON OUTLINE

5min> Students complete the Do Now by making INGO sheet.

10min INGO review. AFTER students write definitions on the backs and cut out to make flashcards.

25min Students perform plays they started on Wednesday that show the interactions of: Barnacle & Whales; Caterpillar & Wasps; Shark & Remora; Ants & Acacia; Bees & Flowering Plants; Cordyceps & Ants: Cheetah & Lions; Bunny & Plant; Bunny & Deer; and Hermit Crab and Sea Snails. Students fill out Puppet Species Interactions Worksheet.

5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.

AIM: Identify interactions between species as either competitive, mutual, parasitic, or commensal interaction between species and provide reasoning.

TN: Modified schedule due to PD and testing cutting into class time. Restore to original when possible.

Ecosystems: Puppet Show Interactions (Practice)

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• CW: Check the Puppet Project Handout from yesterday, make edits, and updated scripts. Turn in backdrop slides via schoology. (Can we get Google Classroom back?) You must present to get credit. If you are not here, you’ll likely have to work on a separate presentation.

• DN: What’s the difference between predation and parasitism?

• EQ: How do members of different species interact with each other?

• Reminders: [1] Late Wheel Projects are due Thursday (9/25) . Test your design at lunch or snack. [2] Safety & Policy Quiz scores retakes on Friday during tutorial. [3] Notebook check this week.

RESOURCES

Species Interactions Puppet Project Handout

LESSON OUTLINE

5min> Students complete the Do Now by answering question in notebook (p10).

5min Teacher checks completion of agreed upon tasks by students. Students that did not complete the task were placed in a new group or work individually.

10-15min Students make modifications to scripts, backgrounds, and make additional props or puppets.

10-15min Students practice plays, troubleshooting any issues and making additional changes as need.

5min> Students submit updated scripts and backdrops via Goggle Classroom.

5-10min Volunteer groups present first.

5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.

AIM: Create a puppet show that models a competitive, mutual, parasitic, or commensal interaction between species.