ESSENTIAL QUESTION: How do interactions among organisms impact the changing environment?
BENCHMARKS: SC.912.L.17.5
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Students will be able to:
-Identify the different roles of organisms in any ecosystem.
-Explain that different types of organisms exist within aquatic systems due to chemistry, geography, light, depth, salinity, and/or temperature.
-Investigate the chemical factors (pH, oxygen, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, phosphorous, and salinity) in aquatic systems.
-Explain how succession changes ecosystems over time.
-Recognize the potential changes to an ecosystem resulting from seasonal variations, climate changes,
and/or succession.
-Take the topic 1 exam in Biology
-Bubble in answer sheets from pre-test
BELL RINGER- Study period/review
VOCABULARY: commensalism, ecosystem, global warming, greenhouse effect, invasive species, mutualism, parasitism, predation, primary succession, secondary succession, succession, symbiosis, abiotic, biome, biotic, biodiversity, climate, producer, consumer, decomposer, aquatic
HOME LEARNING: notebook update
AGENDA
WHOLE GROUP
Today, students took the Topic 1 Exam in biology. We used the first 20 minutes of class time to review and ask questions.
Students then took the assessment.
Students then were asked to bubble in their bubble sheets for the previously completed pre test in biology.
After all students completed testing, students interacted with the Growing Beyond Earth project. No measurements were made, but students observed and noted growth in their assigned plants.
We also worked on writing up the seed germination experiment in our lab journal.
