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Ecological Pyramid Lesson Week Two
Ecological Pyramid Lesson Week Two
Co-Teaching Strategies
N/A
DIFFERENTIATION
English Learners Striving Readers Students with Special Needs Advanced Students
The lesson relies primarily on The lesson relies primarily on The lesson relies primarily on
If students are demonstrate that
listening and speaking skills, listening and speaking skills, listening and speaking skills,
the concepts are within reach,
which engages ELs without which engages striving readers which engages SNs without
they can be challenged with
relying on decoding text. without relying on decoding text. relying on decoding text.
unknown ecosystem members to
Students will write short, even Students will write short, even Students will write short, even
consider for their food pyramid.
bullet-point responses as bullet-point responses as bullet-point responses as
evidence of thinking. ELs prepare evidence of thinking. evidence of thinking. Students
responses, practice with a prepare responses, practice with
partner, before sharing ideas a partner, before sharing ideas
with the class, reducing anxiety. with the class, reducing anxiety.
Teacher can observe students Working with partners can help
during paired conversations if scaffold students to
student is ready to share with the understanding. And Teacher can
class. observe students during
individual work and paired
conversations to guide students
with probing questions.
Teacher will present warm-up question on the front board and Students will write down the warm-up question into their
students will need to answer the question via Think-Pair-Share science notebooks and answer the question. Students will then
once prompted by the teacher. Teacher will instruct students to take turns sharing their answer with their neighbor.
individually answer the warm-up question in their science
5 min notebook and then share their answer with their neighbor.
Teacher will advise students to be prepared to be called on to
share their answer with the whole class.
Lesson Body
Time Teacher Does Student Does
Teacher will pass out the, Ecological Pyramids Virtual Lab Students will receive the Ecological Pyramids Virtual Lab
activity handout and have the students follow the link at the activity handout and get into their previous groups. They will
top of the handout. This link will lead them to a virtual lab in also each grab a chromebook to work on the virtual lab. Students
which they will learn how energy flows through an ecosystem. will listen to instructions and ask questions as needed. Students
They will placed in their previous groups to complete the will fill in the Data for Pyramid of Numbers and Data for
activity. Teacher will go over the handout once the students are Pyramid of Energy tables.
in their groups under the document camera. Teacher will
instruct students to place organisms in the correct trophic levels
to complete pyramids for 3 different ecosystems and fill in the
amount of energy used at each trophic level. They will have to
30 min
fill in the data for the tables of numbers and energy.
Teacher will give students 15 min to complete their data chart After 15 minutes students will use the data they collected from
and then have them do some calculations in which they the virtual lab app and calculate how well energy transfers from
calculate how well energy transfers from one trophic level to the one trophic level to the next. They will listen and ask any
next. Teacher will pick one of ecosystems data to use as an questions as the teacher goes over one of the ecosystem
example. The student will then complete the other two calculations. The student will be responsible for completing the
ecosystems with their group members. After a couple minutes other two ecosystems with their group. They will then complete
the teacher will have the students complete the flowchart of the flowchart of energy through trophic levels that is in their
energy through trophic levels that is in their handout. handout.
Lesson Closure
Time Teacher Does Student Does
Once the students are done collecting their data the teacher will Students will sit down with their groups and participate in a
have them sit down in their groups and facilitate a whole-class whole-class discussion. They may have one person from their
15 discussion resulting from their data. Teacher will allow students group respond for the rest of the group.
to choose one person to be the representative or speaker of the
group. The teacher would ask hypothetical questions like the
following, What would happen to an ecosystem pyramid if deer
were killed due to hunting and disease? How much energy
from a lower trophic level is available to the next level up?
Does population of organisms decrease or increase at higher
trophic levels?
Teacher will facilitate the discussion and ask follow-up questions
as needed.
Instructional Materials, Equipment, and Multimedia
Chromebook access, document camera
Link to Virtual Lab:http://glencoe.mheducation.com/sites/dl/free/0078802849/383926/BL_02.html
Link to handout:http://studylib.net/doc/8178495/ecological-pyramids-virtual-lab-activity
Co-Teaching Strategies
N/A
DIFFERENTIATION
English Learners Striving Readers Students with Special Needs Advanced Students
The lesson includes, reading,
The lesson includes, reading,
writing, and speaking in the
writing, and speaking in the
English language. The virtual lab
English language. The virtual lab
requires quite a lot of reading, it
requires quite a lot of reading, it
also gives students the option to
also gives students the option to
listen to the computer read out
listen to the computer read out
the information and also has
the information and also has Although the virtual lab requires
visuals that go along with the
visuals that go along with the quite a lot of reading, it also gives If students are demonstrate that
activity. This will help students
activity. The handout has tables students the option to listen to the concepts are within reach,
who have auditory or sensory
and graphic organizers that assist the computer read out the they can be challenged with
issues. The activity handout also
the student in organizing their information and also has visuals unknown ecosystem members
has tables and graphic organizers
data and working in a that go along with the activity. and more challenging follow-up
that assist the student in
heterogenous group allows the Students will also work in groups questions during the discussion.
organizing their data and working
student to work with other ELs or of students of varying levels.
in a heterogenous group allows
native English speakers. If
the student to work in groups of
necessary the teacher can help
students of varying levels. If
ELs prepare responses, practice
necessary the teacher can give
with a partner, before sharing
the student multiple ways to
ideas with the class, reducing
respond( i.e. written or oral)
anxiety.
depending on their special need.
REFLECTION: SUMMARY, RATIONALE, AND IMPLEMENTATION
Lesson Closure
Time Teacher Does Student Does
The teacher will display each lab groups poster that was Students will walk around the classroom and observe other lab
collected around the classroom where students will have easy groups food energy pyramid posters. Each lab group will start at
access to examining the posters. There are 10 groups of 4 in the a different station and take individual notes about the poster in
class, therefore each group will have 3 min to examine each their science lab notebooks. At their first station, groups will
poster and take notes before moving onto the next poster. The observe what is posted and record their groups responses,
30 min
teacher will monitor the stations while students participate in thoughts, and comments. After 3 min, the lab groups will rotate
the gallery walk. Teacher may need to clarify or provide hints if to the next station and repeat their recordings until they have
students dont understand or misinterpret what is posted at a visited all stations. At the end of class, students will have the
station. Teacher will conclude the gallery walk by discussing opportunity to participate and share their findings with the
student learning from the task as a whole class. The posters will whole class.
be graded using a rubric.
Instructional Materials, Equipment, and Multimedia
Smart Board, Projector, Construction Paper, Colored Sharpie Pens, Food Energy Pyramid Poster Rubric: Poster Rubric
Co-Teaching Strategies
N/A
DIFFERENTIATION
English Learners Striving Readers Students with Special Needs Advanced Students