Ecosystems: Puppet Show Interactions (Performance)

QUICK VIEW

• CW: Completed Puppet Species Interactions Worksheet.

• DN: Prep for puppet play performances.

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

• Reminder: Notebook check sometime next week.

RESOURCES

Puppet Species Interactions Worksheet (Not accessible online. Copies available in class.)

Lesson Outline

5min> Students complete the Do Now by prepping for their Puppet Interactions Play performances.

5min> Teacher explains how to complete the Puppet Species Interactions Worksheet.

25-35min 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> Quick class overview of the interactions of the different species pair presented.

5min> Notebook check reminder and a quick check for colors, margin questions, and summaries.

5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.

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