Lesson Plans:
Pond
Life
Students will investigate familiar and unfamiliar ecosystems using Internet
resources; to explore how various organisms satisfy their needs within
their environments; to study the kinds of relationships that exist
between organisms within an environment.
Ecosystems
Students will
understand how species depend on one another and on the environment
for survival.
Part to Whole in an Ecosystem
Students will make a poster showing the
relationship between an individual of a species, a population of that
species, a community that includes that population, and the ecosystem
that includes the community and nonliving parts of the environment.
Pollination
Parties!
Students will understand how species depend on one another and on the
environment for survival.
Understanding
Oceans
Students will learn ways in
which humans can modify ecosystems and cause irreversible effects.
Body By design: Form and Function
Students will research the types of symbiotic relationships.
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Resources:
Temperate
Forest Biome Virtual Field Trip
The unique characteristics that
define the temperate forest biome and animals that live in the
temperate forest.
Neighborhoods
List of resources of ecosystems
The Sea
Resources and background information about the sea and the sky
Celebrate
the Year of the Ocean Eighteen
activities for students to practice their math, geography, science, and
language skills while learning about the world's oceans!
Gizmo Links to free five minute interactive resources for Earth and Space
Science Online A must see! Great site for links to
Blueprint
Skills,
Lesson Plans,
Topical Sites,
Interactive
Websites for Students and
Worksheets
Science Clips You will find an alphabetical list of science
interactive movie clips.
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Suggestions for English Language Learners (ELLs):
(E/B=Entering/Beginning, D=Developing,
E=Expanding)
(E/B):
Illustrate an animal in its habitat and label.
(E/B): Tell about an animal being described
and its habitat.
(E/B): Describe a food web using a pattern
sentence, such as The ________ eats _________.
(E/B): Match an animal and its habitat.
Explain orally and in writing those needs are met by
the animal's habitat.
(E/B): Identify and describe an ecosystem
using pictures.
(E/B): As a group, identify the aspects of
the environment, which are important to plants and
animals.
(E/B): Identify and describe an ecosystem
using pictures.
(E/B): As a group, identify the aspects of
the environment, which are important to plants and
animals.
(E/B):
Students will compare arctic and desert animals
and how they have adapted to their environment.
Students will choose four animals then make a book
with pictures and dictated sentences explaining each
animal's adaptations; (D) Students will do
research on 2 of the animals they have chosen and
write short descriptions explaining the adaptations;
(E) Students will research all 4 animals and
their adaptation and write a narrative comparing and
controlling their adaptations.
(E/B): Students will compare the interactions
of living and non-living things in a woodland and a
desert. Students will make a chart showing living
and non-living organisms in both habitats; (D)
Students will make a venn diagram comparing and
contrasting the habitats; (E) ...and will
make a diorama showing two habitats and then write a
report on what is found in each habitat.
(E/B): Students will make a food web through
studying the Atlantic Salmon. Students will draw and
label three animals that eat the salmon and three
animals the salmon eats; (D) ...and will
diagram and explain how a salmon is connected to ten
different animals in its environment; (E)
...and will write a short story, illustrating a day
in the life of a salmon.
(E/B): Students will create a model of the
external anatomy of an animal. Students will make
and label the model; (D): ...and will explain
functions of each part; (E) ...and as an
extension, students will write what kinds of
adaptations they would have to make to themselves to
become more like the animal.
(E/B): Students will read (or teacher will
read aloud) The Giving Tree and apply its
principles to everyday life. Students will make a
personalized version of the story by making a book;
(D): Students will make displays
demonstrating the products made from trees; (E):
Students will research and map forested areas of
the world.
(E/B): Students will listen as the teacher
reads the book The Giving Tree aloud.
Students will then use a graphic organizer to
diagram how each problem is solved and how each
solution creates new problems. Students will use
pictures in their diagrams, labeling each picture
with either "problem" or "solution"; (D):
...and will write simple sentences to go along with
their pictures; (E): ...and will write more
complex sentences to go along with their pictures.
(E/B):
Students will compare and contrast the growth of
plants in favorable and unfavorable conditions.
Students will compare plants by drawing and writing
simple sentences about their observations; (D):
...and will write and make a presentation about
their observations; (E): ...and will
elaborate on the differences and similarities in
their observations of plants.
(E/B): Students will diagram a food chain;
(D): ...and will then pick an animal and explain
its role in a food chain; (E): ...and will
explain two consequences of a disruption in the food
chain.
(D): Create a graphic organizer to show which
aspects of the environment is essential to plants
and animals.
(D): Match a sentence with the animal being
described.
(D): Create a graphic organizer to show which
aspects of the environment is essential to plants
and animals.
(D): Identify different types of body
structures or coverings and explain how they help an
animal to survive.
(E): Show the impact on organisms of changing
one aspect of the environment, such as, increased
temperature in a forest, rainfall in a rain forest
in a picture. Describe the impact in a paragraph.
(E): Show the impact on organisms of changing
one aspect of the environment, such as, increased
temperature in a forest, less rainfall in a rain
forest in a picture. Describe the impact in a
paragraph.
(E): Explain how an animal's coloration helps
it adapt to its environment.
(E): Explain what happens when a balanced
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Language Arts