Trophic Levels: Energy in the System II
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- HW: Create your own Wildlife Preserve for Lions (Google Classroom).
- CW: Gachuzee Island Energy Pyramids
- DN: Why is a traditional pyramid a poor representation of trophic levels?
- EQ: How do you determine the number of organisms at each trophic level?
RESOURCES
Gachuzee Island Energy Pyramids
Trophic Levels: Energy in the System
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- CW: Energy Pyramids
- DN: Why in an energy pyramid are tertiary consumers the smallest trophic level?
- EQ: How do you determine the number of organisms at each trophic level?
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Trophic Levels: Changes from the Top
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- HW: Draw a food chain from any ecosystem (swamp, desert, forest, etc.). Label the producer, primary, secondary, and tertiary consumer.
- CW: Video Notes + Paragraph
- DN: How do food chains differ from food webs?
- EQ: How do changes to one species population change the population of other species?
RESOURCES
[youtube=://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysa5OBhXz-Q&w=854&h=480]
Trophic Levels: Food Chains + Webs
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- HW: Draw a food chain from any ecosystem (swamp, desert, forest, etc.). Due 10/18.
- CW: Paragraph summary (notebook).
- DN: Why do consumers have to eat?
- EQ: Where does Energy go as it moves up Trophic Levels?
RESOURCES
[youtube=://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sp8j4hvgVto&w=854&h=480]
Why Do We Need to Eat?
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- CW: Why do we need to Eat? Worksheet
- DN: Examine the nutrition labels. How are they the same and how do they differ?
- EQ: Why do consumers have to eat?
Who has a Quiz Today?
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- CW: Complete Peer-Made Crosswords
- DN: Take a Handout & Bubble Sheet. Fill out bubble sheet and start on the crosswords.
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Review: It's more than just staring at your notes.
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- HW: (1) Turn In Stop Motion Animation Video (via Google Classroom) - Today. (2) Ecosystem Interactions Haiku Booklet. A haiku that describes each interaction and an illustration that show species members that have that relationship.
- CW: 10 Vocab. Word Crossword Puzzle with corresponding clues (mix of definitions and examples).
- DN: Give an example of a mutual interaction.
- EQ: What are some study techniques that are more effective than staring at your notes?
- Note: Quiz on Wednesday 10/11
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Species Matchmaking: Finding the Relationship/Interaction Between Species
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- HW: Complete Ecosystem Interactions Stop Motion Animation. Turn in via Google Classroom (10/6).
- CW: Interaction Classification & Reasoning Statements
- DN: How do predator/prey and parasitic interactions differ?
- EQ: How do members of the provided species interact with each other based on their behavior and activities?
RESOURCES
[youtube=://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMG-LWyNcAs&w=640&h=480]
LESSON OUTLINE
5min> Students complete the Do Now. Attendance is taken.
5min> Q&A for clarification/troubleshooting of Ecosystem Interactions SMA assignment.
5min> Watch video. Students discuss type of interaction. Class discussion on parasitism.
10min< Introduce Species Matchmaker Activity. Provide two examples (solo + together) for clarification.
15min< Students in pairs complete Species Matchmaker Activity and write down their classifications & explanations.
5min < Students share their classification and explanations.
5min< Collect classwork. Clean up. Wrap up.
AIM: Students will pair species, based on their activities, into the corresponding relationship/interaction and provide supporting evidence.
NGSS: MS-LS2-2
Visualizing Interactions Using Stop Motion Animation - Filming (Continued)
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- HW: Complete Stop Motion Animation. Turn in via Google Classroom (10/6).
- DN: Clear tables of everything except materials for Stop Motion Animation.
- EQ: How do members of different species interact with each other across ecosystems?
RESOURCES
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LESSON OUTLINE
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Visualizing Interactions Using Stop Motion Animation - Filming
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- HW: Bring Your Own Technology (BYOT) + Stop Motion Studio App
- DN: Clear tables of everything except materials for Stop Motion Animation.
- EQ: How do members of different species interact with each other across ecosystems?
RESOURCES
See Previous Post
LESSON OUTLINE
5min> Students complete the Do Now. Attendance is taken.
5min> Teacher checks storyboards. Students delegate work.
30min< Students work on Stop Motion Animation. Teacher troubleshoots technical issues.
5min< Clean up. Wrap up.
AIM: Students will model the different interactions between species across all ecosystems in a stop motion animation.
NGSS: MS-LS2-2