1. What is the difference between an ecosystem, habitat, and a niche?
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Thursday, January 15, 2015
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Thursday, January 15, 2015
Ecosystems
Ecosystems
Essential Question:
What is the difference between an ecosystem, habitat, and a niche?
Warm up:
Identify non-living factors within an ecosystem.
Bacteria Water
Water Worms
Grass Sunlight
Introduction to Ecosystems
1. Take a pre-assessment to see what you know
2. Now, view this youtube video and complete the handout.
3. READ YOUR NOTES TO MAKE SURE THEY MAKE SENSE!!!
4. Lastly, go to Discovery Ed
Unit: Interactions Among Organisms
Concept: Habitat and Niches
Use the “Interactive Glossary” to
Define
View an animation and write a sentence for each term on the word wheel
Homework:
9 Vocabulary words
Definition and sentences
Use DE Techbook
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2. Ecosystem Project Introduction
Friday, January 16, 2015
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Friday, January 16, 2015
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Ecosystem Project Introduction
Essential Question:
How do changes within an ecosystem lead to population shifts?
Food Chains and Webs
Parts of an Ecosystem
Niche Activity
Food Chains and Food Webs
Project Introduction
2. What is a primary role of decomposers in an ecosystem?
A. They eliminate matter by taking nitrogen from the ecosystem.
B. They eliminate matter by taking phosphorus from the ecosystem.
C. They cycle matter by returning carbon and other matter to the ecosystem.
D. They cycle matter by returning oxygen and other matter to the ecosystem
3. An ocean, a forest, and a grassy meadow are each examples of a complete ecosystem. Complete ecosystems contain only
animals.
rocks and water.
C. living and nonliving things.
D. populations of plants and animals
1. Which example shows a relationship between a living thing and a nonliving thing?
An insect is food for a salmon.
B. Water carries a rock downstream.
C. A tree removes a gas from the air.
D. A flower makes food for a butterfly.
Homework:
Ecosystem Project
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3. Sample