Ecosystems: The Chuck-Ken Food Web
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HW: (Required for the Quiz Retake.) Make 12 flashcards based on the vocabulary of Ecosystem and Species Interaction notes - with vocabulary word on the front and definition and examples on the back.
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CW: Completed Chuck-Ken Food Web Poster
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DN: Cut out the tiles and color the animals and plants (working in pairs).
RESOURCES
Chuck-Ken Food Web Poster Handout (Not accessible online. Copies available in class.)
Lesson Outline
5min> Students complete the Do Now by taking handout, cutting out tiles, and coloring animals and plants.
10min 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.
5min Teacher explains requirement task (flashcards) for quiz retake.
5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.
Ecosystems: Review
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HW: Make sure your notebook is updated before the notebook check. (p2 Haiku, p3 Trends in Data, p4-5 Science 101, p6 CER, p10 Do Nows, p16 Diagram, p17 Notes [+3 Margin Qs and Paragraph Summary], p18 Biotic & Abiotic Drawing, p20 Interactions Table, and p21 Notes [+3 Margin Qs and Paragraph Summary]
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CW: Review Games
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DN: What is an ecosystem?
Lesson Outline
5min> Students complete the Do Now by answering the question.
5min Quick Q&A about the quiz and the notebook check.
5min Teacher explains the rules to the 1st Review Game and places students into groups of three or four.
10-15min Groups compete against others, group members of the same group support each other.
5min Teacher explains the rules to the 2nd Review Game and places students into new groups.
10-15min Groups compete against others, group members of the same group support each other.
5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.
AIM: Review for the upcoming quiz.
Ecosystems: Species Interaction Matchmaker
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HW: Make sure your notebook is updated before the notebook check. (p2 Haiku, p3 Trends in Data, p4-5 Science 101, p6 CER, p10 Do Nows, p16 Diagram, p17 Notes [+3 Margin Qs and Paragraph Summary], p18 Biotic & Abiotic Drawing, p20 Interactions Table, and p21 Notes [+3 Margin Qs and Paragraph Summary]
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CW: [1] Species Interaction Matchmaker Activity Handout completed. [2] Multiple Choice Qs on Ecosystem notes.
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DN: What are two examples of a producer and a decomposer?
RESOURCES
Species Interaction Matchmaker Activity Handouts (Not accessible online. Copies available in class.)
Lesson Outline
5min> Students complete the Do Now by answering the question.
5min Teacher explains the Species Interaction Matchmaker activity and distributes handouts.
10min Students work in pairs and cut out and form matches between species by reading each organism’s personal.
5min Students identify the interaction and add +, -, or = to each organism.
5min Quick class overview of the pairs and interactions.
5min (Review) Students write 2 multiple-choice questions from ecosystem notes.
5min (Review) Students trade questions.
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.
Ecosystems: Puppet Show Interactions (Performance)
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CW: Completed Puppet Species Interactions Worksheet.
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DN: Prep for puppet play performances.
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EQ: How do members of different species interact with each other?
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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.
Ecosystems: Puppet Show Interactions (Practice)
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CW: Check the Puppet Project Handout from yesterday, make edits, and resubmit updated scripts and backdrop slides via Google Classroom.
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DN: Name 1 abiotic and 1 biotic factor that affects each of your species.
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EQ: How do members of different species interact with each other?
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Reminder: Notebook check sometime next week.
Lesson Outline
5min> Students complete the Do Now by answering questions.
5min Teacher checks completion of agreed upon tasks by students. Students that did not complete the task were placed in a new group or worked individually.
15min Students make modifications to scripts, backgrounds, and make additional props or puppets.
15min Students practice plays, troubleshooting any issues and making additional changes as need.
5min Students resubmit updated scripts and backdrops via Goggle Classroom.
5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.
AIM: Create a puppet show that models a competitive, mutual, parasitic, or commensal interaction between species.
Ecosystems: Puppet Show Interactions (Planning)
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CW/HW: Finish scripts and puppets for Symbiotic Puppet Show. Turn in scripts and backdrop slides via Google Classroom. Everything is due at the start of tomorrow’s class.
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DN: Name 1 abiotic and 1 biotic factor that affects butterflies.
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EQ: How do members of different species interact with each other?
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Reminder: Notebook check sometime next week.
RESOURCES
Species Interactions Puppet Project Handout
Lesson Outline
5min> Students complete the Do Now by answering questions.
5min Teacher outlines the rubric for the Puppet Show and provides hints and tips for better outcomes.
5min Teacher assigns each group a species pair from a competitive, mutual, parasitic, or commensal interaction.
20min Students research species pair, identify biotic and abiotic factors, create puppets, make props, create a backdrop slideshow, and write a script for their puppet show which addresses the points in the rubric.
5min Students sign their group contract for what they well finish before the start of the next class.
5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.
AIM: Create a puppet show that models a competitive, mutual, parasitic, or commensal interaction between species.
MiniLab: Bounce Height
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HW: Complete Interaction Notes (see previous post) by finishing table, adding margin questions, and a paragraph summary.
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CW: Complete the Muscle Endurance MiniLab write up. (Chart/Trendline, Identify the variables & constants, Analysis, Prediction, and Hypothesis.)
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DN: What’s the difference between independent and dependent variables?
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Reminders: Notebook check any day next week.
RESOURCES
Example Data for Bounce Height Lab
LESSON OUTLINE
5min Students complete the Do Now by answering questions.
5min New seating arrangements.
5min Teacher outlines the procedures for the MiniLab and distributes materials (bouncy ball).
10-15min Working in pairs, students complete Trials 1-4 and record data. Students also label chart, identify variables, develop their hypothesis, and enter numbers into a spreadsheet to determine averages.
10min Students plot the data and add a trendline. Students discuss the significance of the trendline. Students make a prediction for the bounce height if the ball was dropped from 120cm.
5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.
AIM: Students perform an experiment to collect, analyze, and interpret the data.
Ecosystems: Interactions Intro
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CW/HW: Complete table, margin questions and paragraph summary (in notebook).
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DN: What does the chart tell you?
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EQ: How do members of different species interact with each other?
Resources
Species Interactions Notebook Handout
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Lesson Outline
5min> Students complete the Do Now by answering questions in their notebooks (page 10).
5min> Glue notebook handout to page 20 and prep page 21 for notes by creating a wide margin space for margin questions.
15min< Completion of Ecosystem: Interaction notes.
15min> Watch videos and discuss the type of interactions and completing the table.
10min Students complete notes by writing 3 margin questions and a paragraph summary.
5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.