Lesson 1: Resources in Ecosystems
Duration of Days: 5
Lesson Objective
Students will analyze and interpret data to explore how organisms are dependent on their interactions with living and nonliving factors in their environment. They come to understand the effects of different limiting factors such as resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.
How do limited resources affect populations and communities?
Biosphere
Population
Species
Community
Limiting Factor
Biotic Potential
Carrying Capacity
Overpopulation
MS-LS2-1
ELA: RST.6-8.1, RST.6-8.7
Engage- DOK1
Explore/Explain- DOK2
Elaborate- DOK3
Evaluate- DOK1 & DOK4
STEM Module Project- DOK4
Phenomenon: Down at the watering hole video/resources for animals in national park.
STEM Module Project: The Fox and the Hare
Threatened and endangered species are the same thing.
Group work
Visuals
Sentence Starters
Graphic Organizers
Accessing Prior Knowledge
Formative/Summative Assessments:
Lesson Review
Lesson Check
Claim, Evidence, Reasoning
McGraw Hill online textbook/workbook.
Labs/Investigations:
- There's No Place Like Home
- Fishy Population Changes
- Pika Predicaments