Lesson objectives Teacher notes

Colorado Grade Level Expectations ﴾GLE﴿s:Matter tends to be cycled within an ecosystem, while energy is transformed and eventually exits an ecosystem.

Ecology Notesv 1.1

Add NETs Standard﴾s﴿­Communication and Collaboration­Critical Thinking, Problem­Solving, and Decision­Making

Theresa Hemming

Add your indicator ﴾teaching targets﴿ here:Students should know the vocabulary associated with ecology such as abiotic, biotic, food chain and web, population, community, ecosystem, and biosphere.  They should understand how ecosystems are impacted.

Add the lesson Big Idea, how does the standard fit into real world or relevant experiences here:How does energy move through an ecosystem?How do we impact ecosystems?

Teacher notesLesson objectives

Honors Biology

Ecology

9th 

Lesson Notes:Learning Activities: Students will interact with the SMART board to identify important vocabulary words.  They will collaborate with one another at the determine abiotic and biotic factors that affect an ecosystem, the definitions of food chain and food web, and how they impact the ecosystem.

Assessment: Students should able to determine how energy moves through an ecosystem using the appropriate vocabulary and list ways in which they impact an ecosystem.

Additional Resources needed:None

Subject:

Topic:

Grade﴾s﴿:

What is Ecology?

Ecology: the study of the interactions between organisms and their environment

How do factors affect the ecosystem?

List biotic and abiotic factors that could affect this ecosystem.

Abiotic Biotic

What are the levels of organization?

_____________a group of organisms of the same type

___________when more than one population occupies an area

______________all populations and abiotic factors in an area

___________all of the Earth's ecosystems

biosphere ecosystem

populationcommunity

Directions

Food Chains and Food Webs

Food Chains

Definition:

Food Webs

Definition:

Pull

Pull

the deer are removed? P

ull

Pull

What will happen to the food web if...

Pull

Pull

Pull

Pullthe toads are

Pull

Pull

Where is the most energy found in an ecosystem?

Create an Energy Pyramid

Use the pictures and terms below to construct an energy pyramid.Di

rections

producerprimary consumer

secondary consumer

tertiary consumer

heat

How do you impact your environment?

Sources

http://www.world-builders.org/lessons/less/biomes/deciduous/decfor/dec-py.gif (energy pyramid)

http://www.champaignschools.org/science/images/foodweb.gif (food web)