1. Wednesday September 26, 2018
Science Starter: Pick up new workbook (Unit 3) and add the “learning target/success criteria” pg. 1
Learning Target:
I will learn that there is a relationship between the organisms present in an ecosystem and the resources available in the ecosystem.
Success Criteria:
I know how to identify the abiotic factors in an ecosystem such as water and sunlight, and I can describe how these resources influence the organisms that live in a microhabitat.
Agenda:
10/4—Review Quiz
10/8-10/9—No school
10/10—Vocabulary Quizzizz
10/11—Unit 3 DCA (Microhabitats, Biomes and Biodiversity)

2. Agenda 1. Good Things/Rater Check in
2. TEKS Analysis (7.10 A—Microhabitats) pg. 3
3. Vocabulary (pgs. 4-5)
pg. 4 biodiversity, biome
pg. 5 equilibrium, microhabitat
pg. 6 sustainability
4. In the Forest of S.T.Shrew (pgs. 7-8)
5. Microhabitat—Story Analysis
6. Launch

3. You will need a highlighter and pencil!
The Forest of S.T. Shrew
You will need a
highlighter and pencil!

5. squirrel

6. Shrew

7. In the Ground

8. Earth worm

9. beetles

10. Grub worm

11. Many other organisms

12. Carrion beetle

13. On the surface

14. Brown spider

15. centipede

16. Moss growing on log

17. Orange fungi

18. Red capped lichen

19. millipede

20. Wood roach

21. termites

22. Pill bug

23. Black Beetle

24. centipede

25. salamander

26. Black capped bird

27. grasshopper

28. bugs

29. wasp

30. fly

31. caterpillar

32. ants

33. spiders

34. moth

35. Lichen and moss

36. What’s a Habitat? Examples: pond, ocean, forest, prairie
The place where an organism lives; (habitat = home)
A habitat must include all characteristics that support living things: food, water, shelter.
Examples: pond, ocean, forest, prairie

37. What is a Microhabitat?
A microhabitat is a small habitat within a larger habitat.
-The temperature, humidity, light and soil may be different from the surrounding habitat.
-Examples: under rocks, soil, anthill, underground burrows, rotting log
-Non-examples: Forest, Ocean, Desert
Micro = Small
Habitat = Home
Microhabitat = small home

38. How do microhabitats support a variety of organisms?
Microhabitats have different abiotic factors: temperature, water, and sunlight
For example: Organisms that are found under rocks might not be found on a tree . (Although they could be) because the abiotic factor are different.

39. This is your exit ticket On a piece of lined paper….
Reflect on the story of S.T. Shrew:
List 3 microhabitats visited
List the organisms found there
List the factors present to support them
Microhabitat
Organisms
Supporting abiotic factors

40. Extend your thinking…
Identify as many microhabitats that you can think of. List the types of organisms you would expect to find there and the supporting abiotic factors.
How could the loss of particular microhabitats effect the larger habitat?

41. Launch
Do the Right Thing
Even When
No One is Looking!!!