Course: Eighth Grade Designated Six Weeks: Fifth Six Weeks Days to Teach: Life Science -16 Days Unit: Life Science/STAAR Boot Camp STAAR Boot Camp 10 Days TEKS Guiding Questions/ Assessment Vocabulary Instructional Resources/ Specificity Strategies Weblinks Exemplar Lesson Science Spot Unit Subtopic: Biotic and Abiotic Factors Days to Teach: 4 Days 8.11(B) Guiding Question: investigate how Organism Which organisms in the food Exemplar Lesson organisms and Identify limiting factors in an and web shown above compete for “Organisms populations in an ecosystem. the same food source in this Population Environment” ecosystem depend environment? TEKS 8.11B on and may What are some limiting factors Grasshoppers and Biotic compete for biotic snakes influenced by people? Exemplar Lesson and abiotic factors Hawks and Frogs Abiotic “Interdependence” such as quantity of TEKS 8.11B Frogs and Snakes light, water, range Decomposers and Population Lab Limiting factor of temperatures, or grasses Specificity: soil composition Community ELPS Student Expectations: EOC 1E: Learning Logs READINESS Word Knowledge 4F: Graphic Organizers 2D: Cornell Notes Unit Subtopic: STAAR Boot Camp Days to Teach: 10 Days All Readiness and Category Quizzes Supporting TEKS
Course: Eighth Grade Designated Six Weeks: Fifth Six Weeks Unit: Life Science/STAAR Boot Camp Days to Teach: Life Science -16 Days STAAR Boot Camp 10 Days TEKS Guiding Questions/ Specificity Assessment Vocabulary Instructional Strategies Resources/ Weblinks Exemplar Lesson Science Spot Unit Subtopic: Biotic and Abiotic Factors Days to Teach: 4 Days 8.11(B) investigate how organisms and populations in an ecosystem depend on and may compete for biotic and abiotic factors such as quantity of light, water, range of temperatures, or soil composition EOC READINESS Guiding Question: Identify limiting factors in an ecosystem. What are some limiting factors influenced by people? Which organisms in the food web shown above compete for the same food source in this environment? Grasshoppers and snakes Hawks and Frogs Frogs and Snakes Decomposers and grasses Organism Population Biotic Abiotic Limiting factor Community Exemplar Lesson “Organisms and Environment” TEKS 8.11B Exemplar Lesson “Interdependence” TEKS 8.11B Population Lab Specificity: ELPS Student Expectations: 1E: Learning Logs Word Knowledge 4F: Graphic Organizers 2D: Cornell Notes Unit Subtopic: STAAR Boot Camp Days to Teach: 10 Days All Readiness and Supporting TEKS Category Quizzes
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