Day 2 - (2/5)
Ecology &
Organizing the Environment
Ecology &
Organizing the Environment
Write in Planner
#7 Ecology Drawings
#8 Ecology Worksheet and Presentation
#8 Ecology Worksheet and Presentation
Daily Warm-Up
Looking at the globe (Earth) and lamp (Sun) at the front of class answer the following:
- What season is it in the Northern Hemisphere?
- What do you think the climate is like in Alaska this time of year?
Class 1
Drawing: Your Wild Place
- Label the top of paper: Your Name and Period.
- Close eyes and think of a natural place that you are familiar with (a park you have visited, the river in the summer, etc.).
- Draw this place using the paper and your color pencils.
- Label where this place is.
Label these parts of your drawing.
- Abiotic (at least 3)
- Biotic (at least 3)
- Organism (circle, identify, and label at least 10)
- Population (circle and label)
- Community (circle and label)
- Ecosystem (circle and label)
Turn in your Drawings to the front of class (2 min timer).
Handout / Worksheet
Ecological Organization
Ecological Organization
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View my Ecological Organization Handout above or click on the PDF to your right to download and print a higher quality version. I have also provided student version with blank spaces to fill in during class.
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Teach 1
Ecology & The Organization of Life
Ecology & The Organization of Life
Class 2
Roxy Ann Poster
Discuss an ecological organization in our backyard.
Alaska - Buldir Island bird biologist - If additional time
(gallery of photos that we can look at and discuss ecological organization)
Roxy Ann Poster
Discuss an ecological organization in our backyard.
Alaska - Buldir Island bird biologist - If additional time
(gallery of photos that we can look at and discuss ecological organization)
Closer
3-2-1 on back of Ecology Worksheet.
Place in baseket at front of class when bell rings.
This will be checked off as a Complete or Fix.
Assignments Due
Assessments
Standards
Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) (based on May, 2012 draft)
MS.LS-IRE Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems.
LS2.A: Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems.
Oregon State Science Standards
6.2 The related parts within a system interact and change.
6.2L.2 Explain how individual organisms and populations in an ecosystem interact and how changes in populations are related to resources.
6.2L.2.1 Organisms interact as populations.
6.2L.2.2 Different populations interact as communities.
6.2L.2.3 Communities interact with the environment as ecosystems.
Links
3-2-1 on back of Ecology Worksheet.
- 3 Things you learned.
- 2 things you have questions about.
- 1 thing you want me, the instructor, to know...what went well, what did you like, what did you not enjoy, what would like to do more or less of - be respectful yet honest.
Place in baseket at front of class when bell rings.
This will be checked off as a Complete or Fix.
Assignments Due
- Your Wild Place Drawing
- Ecology 1 Handout / Worksheet
- 3-2-1 Exit Slip
Assessments
- Drawing - Pre-Assessment (Formative / Non-Graded)
- 3-2-1 Exit Slip - (Formative / Non-Graded)
Standards
Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) (based on May, 2012 draft)
MS.LS-IRE Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems.
LS2.A: Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems.
Oregon State Science Standards
6.2 The related parts within a system interact and change.
6.2L.2 Explain how individual organisms and populations in an ecosystem interact and how changes in populations are related to resources.
6.2L.2.1 Organisms interact as populations.
6.2L.2.2 Different populations interact as communities.
6.2L.2.3 Communities interact with the environment as ecosystems.
Links
- Ecological Organization - Mr. Sapora's online Ecology textbook
- Ecosystem Activity - Craters of the Moon National Park: http://www.nps.gov/crmo/forteachers/activity-4b.htm
