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?
RESOURCES
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
See Previous Posts
LESSON OUTLINE
See Previous Posts
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
Visualizing Interactions Using Stop Motion Animation - Planning
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- HW: Bring Your Own Technology (BYOT) + Stop Motion Studio App
- CW: Complete Storyboard for Stop Motion Animation
- DN: Provide examples of Commensal, Competitive, and Mutual Interactions between individuals at a school.
- EQ: How do members of different species interact with each other across ecosystems?
RESOURCES
Stop Motion Studio App (free version)
[youtube=://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuO7vl4M7ms&w=854&h=480]
LESSON OUTLINE
5min< Students complete the Do Now and are encouraged to explain their answers in detail. Take attendance.
10min< Students provide examples (from DN). Students debate. Teacher provides additional examples and students identify the interaction type and provide supporting argument.
5min Overview of Stop Motion Animation
10min Prep of storyboard outlines. (Titles, Animation Sections, Number of Pictures, etc.)
10min< Students plan, delegate tasks, complete storyboards and prep materials for stop motion animations.
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