1. Ecology Lesson 2 What are the levels of ecological organization?

2. Do Now Think about the following words. Write what you think they mean. DO NOT look up the definition. population, community, and interact

3. Check your definition. 1.population- all the members of one species in a particular area. 2.community- all the different populations that live together in an area. 3.interact-of two or more people, things etc) to act, or have some effect, on each other.

4. Essential Question What are the levels of ecological organization?

5. Turn to page 11 in your text book. Match the following to the different groups in the book. all teachers and students a 6 th grade student 6 th, 7 th, and 8 th grade students one class of 6 th grade students

6. Assignment Turn to page 10. Complete question 3 a, b, and c.

7. Answer the essential question. What are the levels of ecological organization? –Organism- elephant –Population- herd of elephants –Community- elephants, giraffe, zebra, rhino, cheetah, lion –Ecosystem- Savannah

8. Summarization Give a comparable example of ecological organization found in the world today.