Grisham Middle School

Middle Years Programme School

Lesson Plan

Title of Unit: Ecosystems

Length of Unit:  2 weeks

MYP Area of Interaction:

Environments

Unit Question: What is the price of progress?

TEKS taught in unit: 6.10 A, B, and C

Plans subject to change

Date

Content

Homework

Assessment

Mon

Nov 30

·        Work in Computer Lab, taking notes on Rainforest project

Notes

Tues

Dec 1

·        Work in Computer Lab, taking notes on Rainforest project

Notes

Wed

Dec 2

·        Work on computers, taking notes on Rainforest project

Notes

Thurs

Dec 3

·        Work on computers, taking notes on Rainforest project

Projects now due Jan 8, 2010

Notes

Fri

Dec 4

·        Work on computers, taking notes on Rainforest project

Projects now due Jan 8, 2010

Notes

Mon

Dec 7

·        Food Webs and Food Chains: how to make yours

·        Computers, if time

Food Web due Thursday

Note packet due complete on Friday

Notes

Tues

Dec 8

·        Work on project on computers

Food Web due Thursday

Note packet due complete on Friday

Notes

Wed

Dec 9

·        Biotic & Abiotic factors

·        Computers, if time

Food Web due tomorrow

Note packet due complete on Friday

Notes

Thurs

Dec 10

·        Coyote & Roadrunner Lab (limiting factors)

Food Web due today

Note packet due complete tomorrow

Notes

Fri

Dec 11

·        Graphing data from Roadrunner and coyote lab

·        Making generalizations about limiting factors

Note packet due complete today

Notes