134 young and avoids danger. Performance task: Allow students to The importance of niches imagine that they are molecules of pg. 135 water. Create a story about how they Plant growth requirements travel and what they will encounter pg.138 as they go through one complete cycle of the water cycle. Labs: Performance task: Explore the – Investigate the interdependence of school grounds outdoors. Have students work in groups to describe living systems and environment, as the different levels of organization well as competition for resources. found on the grounds. They should describe an organism, a population, - To observe and identify the the community of populations, and components of an ecosystem. the abiotic elements of the ecosystem. - To investigate diversity in a pond water ecosystem. Performance task: Write and describe the ecosystems where they – Students will explain how used to live. Encourage the students adaptations help organisms survive in to explain why the ecosystem is different environments. important to the people in that area. Show the locations of these areas on - Explore the factors influencing the a map after students describe and present them to the class. size of Dall sheep populations Performance task: - Design a travel Informational text: brochure to convince their audience to visit there. – Student reading on populations Performance task: – Article – “Life in a community” explaining how energy moves through the ecosystem. Use this Lessons: article to identify the claims, evidence, and reasoning of how - Over the course of four days, organisms obtain energy. students will be introduced to the topic of “invasive species” and watch video Performance task: Using a graphic clips showcasing some well-known
134 The importance of niches pg. 135 Plant growth requirements pg.138 Labs: – Investigate the interdependence of living systems and environment, as well as competition for resources. - To observe and identify the components of an ecosystem. - To investigate diversity in a pond water ecosystem. – Students will explain how adaptations help organisms survive in different environments. - Explore the factors influencing the size of Dall sheep populations Informational text: – Student reading on populations – “Life in a community” Lessons: - Over the course of four days, students will be introduced to the topic of “invasive species” and watch video clips showcasing some well-known young and avoids danger. Performance task: Allow students to imagine that they are molecules of water. Create a story about how they travel and what they will encounter as they go through one complete cycle of the water cycle. Performance task: Explore the school grounds outdoors. Have students work in groups to describe the different levels of organization found on the grounds. They should describe an organism, a population, the community of populations, and the abiotic elements of the ecosystem. Performance task: Write and describe the ecosystems where they used to live. Encourage the students to explain why the ecosystem is important to the people in that area. Show the locations of these areas on a map after students describe and present them to the class. Performance task: - Design a travel brochure to convince their audience to visit there. Performance task: – Article explaining how energy moves through the ecosystem. Use this article to identify the claims, evidence, and reasoning of how organisms obtain energy. Performance task: Using a graphic
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