LESSON PLANS for 12/14/09 - 12/18/09
SCIENCE
12/14/09 - Describe interactions that occur within an ecosystem, analyze
adaptive characteristics that result in an organism's unique niche in an
ecosystem, and identify factors that limit the number and type of organisms in
an ecosystem; Activity - WB75
12/15/09 - Identify the roles of producers, consumers, and decomposers in an
ecosystem, describe how energy flows from one organism to another in food
chains and food webs, and recognize that because energy is lost as heat at
each level of consumption, ecosystems must have more producers than consumers;
Activity - Meat, Salad and Casseroles WS/Energy Pyramid
12/16/09 - Identify ways in which organisms are adapted to compete for natural
resources, describe some mutually beneficial interactions that occur within
ecosystems, and compare instinctive behaviors with learned ones; Activity -
Survival/Best Foot Forward
12/17/09 - Identify trends in resource use, describe some natural and human
causes of extinction, and identify ways in which humans can work to prevent
the extinction of endangered species; Activity - Extinction WS
12/18/09 - Early Dismissal/Christmas Party
SOCIAL STUDIES
12/14/09 - Work collaboratively to create a billboard to promote the favorable
aspects of a colony; Activity - Colonial Billboard
12/15/09 - Work collaboratively to create a billboard to promote the favorable
aspects of a colony; Activity - Colonial Billboard
12/16/09 - Review for the Ch. 7 Test; Activity - Trash Basketball
12/17/09 - Demonstrate mastery of concepts presented in Ch. 7; Activity - Ch.
7 Test