Lesson 9:
Lesson 9:
Ecological Succession
Ecological Succession
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EOU Exam on Thursday, May 1st
Learning Target
Students will be able to...
Design a comic book strip that demonstrates their knowledge of ecological succession.
Success Criteria
I am successful when I can...
1) Engage in a turn & talk.
2) Explore the different events that cause ecological succession
3) Explain by designing a comic book strip that portrays ecological succession.
4) Elaborate my knowledge of ecological succession to new situations.
Standard
HS-LS2-6: Evaluate the claims, evidence, and reasoning that the complex interactions in ecosystems maintain relatively consistent numbers and types of organisms in stable conditions, but changing conditions may result in a new ecosystem.
Reminders
Parent teacher conference Thursday night and Friday afternoon.
Tutoring Thursday from 2-4 pm in A-301.
Agenda
Activity 1) Warm-Up
Activity 2) Logging into Cengage
Activity 3) Engage: TN'T x 3
Activity 4) Active Reading
Activity 5) Ecological Succession Comic
Activity 6) Exit Ticket
Activity One
Warm-Up
(5 min)
Activity Two
Logging onto Cengage
(5 min)
Activity Three
TNT x 3
(10 min)
Round 1: Turn & Talk with your groups about these images.
1) What do you see ?
2) What do you think?
3) What do you wonder?
Round 2: Extend the conversation with a 2nd Turn & Talk response to that image using one or more of the following terms:
Multi-Subject
Tier 2 Words
Increase
Decrease
Stable
Barren
Years
Biology Specific
Tier 3 Words
Biodiversity
Ecosystem
Natural Disaster
Species
Round 3: Turn & Talk for a 3rd time creating a series of three statements using the following set of conjunctions:
“Because… But… So…”
Example: Mr. Pinho is tired BECAUSE he was up late making an awesome lesson for his students, BUT it's ok since they appreciate him SO it was worth it.
Activity #4
Active Reading and Questions
(20 min)
Directions:
Step #1) Actively read the passage making SEVEN (7) annotations as you read in the margins.
Step #2) Remember, annotations include:
a) Word Association Game (example: Cellular Respiration - energy, ATP, mitochondria, oxygen, glucose)
b) Making connections between the text and past lessons, your life, books read, movies, video games etc
c) Rewriting important information (key concepts) in your own words
‼️ Does Not Include Underlining or Highlighting ‼️
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Key Concept: Ecological succession occurs over a long period of time (hundreds of years). As the ecosystem recovers, biodiversity increases.
Activity Five
Ecological Comic Strip
(10 min)
Directions:
Create a comic strip that shows ecological succession after natural or artificial devastation of an ecosystem.
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