1. Tuesday, Mar. 24 th p. 224, 225

2. Tuesday, Mar. 24 th 224 3/24/15 Tues. L.T.: I can define and show how individual, population, and community relate to one another. DO NOW: Make a Venn diagram of: 1) individual, population, and community. (Make sure you draw your circles large enough to write in.) ……………………………….. Reflection: Did I make my DO NOW Venn Diagram using the ideas I had coming into class? Did I read the article and use info from it to fill in my right side chart? Did I then again make another Venn Diagram incorporating new ideas? 225 Title: Life in a Community Article taped in here New Venn Diagram: make another of the DO NOW Venn Diagram and use the info from our reading to fill in the similarities and differences vocabdefinitionexample Individual Population Community Ecosystem Abiotic factors

3. Helpful vocab Ecologist: a scientist who studies interactions between organisms and their environment Comprises: is made up of Organism: any living thing Decomposer: ?

4. Article Read 1. Mark the text: #ing paragraphs Circling new words ? next to confusing parts 2. Choral Read: all together, first page 3. Group Read: table groups, last page First 5 minutes, VL 0 As we are reading, stopping for discussion and filling in vocab chart on right side

5. 2 nd period Individual: one of a certain species Population: Part of environment. More than one animal that’s in a certain area Community: Populations of different organisms that interact …………….. Ecosystem: I give people paper and pencils and rulers Abiotic is non-living so it has to be dead.

6. 3 rd period definitions Individual: we’re our own community; we’re a place to live; population Community: means that we support more than 1-2 people; we help everyone. Food, fertilization, animals Population: travels in a pack and are in a community; prarie dog; travels in our own pack …………………………………………… Ecosystem: trees give oxygen to animals, animals give carbon dioxide to the trees, all are a part of nature Abiotic Factors: non-living, elements: for example, water, fire, clouds, lightning, rocks

7. 4 th period Individual: singular, loner, by yourself Population: plural; they are all multiple living things like: frogs, mushrooms, deer, etc. Community: We are multiple living things and there is multiple types of our living things like trees, flowers, bees, etc. …………………………………. Ecosystem: If any animals live in our habitats they could live there. Abiotic Factors: non-living

8. 5 th period Individual: has to be singular. By itself. Population: If there’s not enough mice, the things that it eats will over populate… I believe that chickadees are a part of population because there is a multiple of chickadees. Community: something with populations of animals and plants ……………………………………….. Ecosystem: butterflies, bees, and flowers; elodea and guppies; plants and animals; kind of make a home Abiotic factors: all affect an ecosystem, non-living

9. T/F: An individual can be a population. T T/F: A population, everyone is of the same species. T T/F: Populations make up a community. T T/F: A community is about a place. F T/F: Populations and communities have living and non-living parts. F