Lesson Plans      2-15-10

Objectives:

6.24  Describe energy flow in living systems including food chains and food webs. (TEKS/SE)(6.8C)

6.2E   Construct graphs, tables, maps, and charts using tools including computers to organize, examine, and evaluate data. 6.1A   Demonstrate safe practices during field and laboratory investigations. 6.2B   Collect data by observing and measuring.

6.2C   Analyze and interpret information to construct reasonable explanations from direct and indirect evidence.

Monday-No students  (teacher inservice) 

Tuesday/Wednesday-

1)     Go over homework for understanding  (WB 93-95)

2)      Students will create a foldable for Levels of environment. Using unit vocabulary, meaning, diagram.

·         Organism

·         Population

·         Community

·          Ecosystem

·         Biosphere

3)      Practice measuring in metric system using rulers to create 1cm header,  5.5 cm sections on foldable for levels

Thursday/Friday-

1)     Complete foldable that was started during previous class

2)     Go over differences within each  level created on foldable

·         Biotic factors

·         Abiotic factors

3)     Turn in foldable for grade

4)     Complete worksheet based on Food chains.

·         Describe parts of food chain (producer, consumer, decomposer

·         Understand  difference between first order consumers and second order consumers

·         Understand what organisms qualify as decomposers

Lesson Plans  2-22-10

Objectives:
6.24  Describe energy flow in living systems including food chains and food webs. (TEKS/SE)(6.8C)

6.2E   Construct graphs, tables, maps, and charts using tools including computers to organize, examine, and evaluate data. 6.1A   Demonstrate safe practices during field and laboratory investigations. 6.2B   Collect data by observing and measuring.

6.2C   Analyze and interpret information to construct reasonable explanations from direct and indirect evidence.
 

Monday (A) /Tuesday (B)-

1)     Assignment book- document homework for the week

·         WB pages 96-100- due Friday 2-26 or Monday 3-1

2)      Complete worksheet based on foodwebs.

·         Understand how components intertwine

·         Understand effects based on birthrate and deathrate

·         Compare environment foldable to parts of foodweb

3)      View video based on Rainforest Biome

4)      Create small foodweb based on video

Wednesday (A) /Thursday (B)-

1)     Begin project based on Ecology

·         Counts as test grade

·         Due 3-4-10 (A) or 3-5-10 (B)

2)      Project components.

·         2 producers

·         5- 1^st consumers

·         6- 2^nd consumers

·         2 -decomposers

·         Each part labeled

·         Path of energy

·         3 abiotic factors

·         Effects of birth rate

·         Effects of death rate

·         Effects of immigration

·         Effects of emigration

Friday (A)-  Work on Project