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Ecosystems
Week # 1
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Pre-Assess
Using context clues
and knowledge of
prefixes, students will
answer the following
questions: What is an
ecosystem? What is a
biome? How are they
different?
Entry Event
Video on ecosystems
https://www.youtube.com/watch
?v=iRhdDs91aas
Investigate
Continue research of
ecosystems and biomes
Investigate
Students will use computers to
research and discover what an
ecosystem is and how it differs
from a biome.
Assess
Students will write about
ecosystems and biomes. This
will include a description of the
ecosystem of their choice.
Dates ___________________________
Thursday
Assess
Quiz on ecosystems.
Grouping
Teacher will pair up students
based on the ecosystem they
wrote about yesterday.
Create
Students will construct a
diorama of a ecosystem of
their choice
Journaling
The difference between
ecosystems and biomes
EL Strategies:
Work with a partner to
complete these tasks
EL Strategies:
Students can talk at their table
groups about their ideas before
they begin writing
EL Strategies:
Strategic pairing of students
Intervention:
Teacher will use quiz scores
and writing from yesterday to
determine comprehension of
ecosystems and biomes.
Reteach small groups as
needed.
Friday
Create
Continue working on
diorama
Journaling
Write about process of
constructing diorama.
Ecosystems
Week # 2
Tuesday
Wednesday
Investigation
Food chain video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=CDO_B1Bbjl8
Create
Students will create a food chain
for the organisms that live in their
ecosystem (the one in their
diorama).
Intervention:
Presentations will give
opportunity to reteach
concepts of biomes
and ecosystems.
Students can have the
opportunity to teach
their peers which
sometimes works
better than the teacher
reteaching
Dates ___________________________
Thursday
Friday
Presentation
Students will present their
food chains. All the food
chains will be displayed
together as a food web.
Investigation
Watch video on
decomposers.
https://www.youtube.co
m/watch?
v=uB61rfeeAsM
Assess
Quiz on food chains what
they are and how they
work.
Journaling
Where do
decomposers fit in the
food chain? Why are
they important?
EL Strategies:
Work with a partner
EL Strategies:
Work in partners.
Ecosystems
Week # 3
Monday
Tuesday
Investigate
Take a nature walk around the
school campus to find
evidence of decomposition.
Assess
Quiz on producers,
consumers, and
decomposers.
Journaling
Sketch and describe at least 3
different forms of
decomposition found on the
nature walk.
Research
Conduct research with a
partner about human impact
on ecosystems.
Data
Chart the progress of mold
growth
Journaling
Keep notes on research
findings.
Practice
Play the game
http://www.neok12.com/quiz/E
COSYS01
Data
Chart the progress of mold
growth
Wednesday
Data
Chart the progress of mold
growth
EL Strategies:
Create a T-chart or Venn
Diagram to keep track of the
different roles in the
ecosystem.
EL Strategies:
Work and discuss with a
partner. Tell partner what they
are going to write before they
write.
Dates ___________________________
Thursday
Research contd
Complete research
Presentation
Present findings to the
class.
Teacher will keep a
running list of what the
students present.
Journaling
What impacts can
humans have on their
ecosystems?
Friday
Investigate
Humans effect on
ecosystems
Material for each group:
Paper
Plastic animals
Blocks (for houses)
The paper represents the
ecosystem. Each group
will put ALL of the
animals on the paper.
They will then put ALL of
the blocks on the paper.
Journaling
Record observations of
the investigation
Data
Chart the progress of
mold growth
Data
Chart the progress of
mold growth
Ecosystems
Tuesday
Research
Using the diorama created
in Week One, research the
human impact to that
particular ecosystem.
Wednesday
Create
Add the human impact to
the original diorama
Dates ___________________________
Thursday
Create contd
Complete the additions to
the diorama.
Practice the presentation.
Friday
Final Presentations
Present the new diorama
to the class
Assessment
Test on ecosystems and the
processes involved in it.
This will include multiple
choice, fill-in, and a written
portion.
Journaling
Record observations of the
graph
Data
Chart the progress of mold
growth
EL Strategies:
Work with a partner to
create the graph.
Week # 4
EL Strategies:
Work with a partner, but
give specific tasks to focus
on.