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Lesson 1 Begin Unit

Objective:
TLWBAT explain what makes up a system.
TLWBAT describe the basic characteristics of an
ecosystem. Ch.3 L.1

Standard - 3.1.4.A1
Classify plants and animals according to the physical
characteristics that they share.

Activity
The students will be introduced to chapter 3, and the
unit on Ecosystems. The students will learn the new
chapter vocabulary. The students will watch a series of
ecosystem videos to introduce the lesson. The students
will read the Ch. 3 L.1 chapter summary as a follow-up
to the videos.

Lesson 3 Objective
TLWBAT explain what makes up a system.
TLWBAT describe the basic characteristics of an
ecosystem. Ch.3 L. 1

Standard - 3.1.4.A1
Classify plants and animals according to the physical
characteristics that they share.

Activity
The students will complete the questions from the
chapter summary as a class, individually, and in groups
of 2. Then, they will do an activity where they recognize
the differences between ecosystems, communities,
populations, and niches.
Ch.3 L.1

Lesson 3 Begin Lesson 2

Objectives:
TLWBAT understand the relationship among organisms
in aquatic and terrestrial food chains.
TLWBAT understand the need for nutrients and
minerals for living organisms.
TLWBAT understand a pattern of interdependence in
ecological systems.

Standard - 3.1.4.A2
Describe the different resources that plants and animals
need to live.

Standard - 3.1.4.A5
Describe common functions living things share to help
them function in a specific environment.
 Activity:
We will review the chapter vocabulary before beginning
the second lesson. The students will read the lesson
summary for lesson 2 as a class, and individually. After
reading and highlighting information in the text, the
students will answer the questions on the back of the
lesson summary individually and with partners.

Lesson 4 Unit Centers

Objectives:
TLWBAT know that most living things use energy from
the sun to live and grow.

TLWBAT understand the relationship among organisms

in aquatic and terrestrial food chains.

TLWBAT understand the patterns of interdependency in

ecological systems.

Standard - 3.1.4.A2
Describe the different resources that plants and animals
need to live.

Standard - 3.1.4.A5
Describe common functions living things share to help
them function in a specific environment.

Activities:
The students will work through 4 different centers based
on the content in lesson 2 of the science unit. Due to
COVID-19, the centers are individual-based
assignments but the students will still move around in
groups of 3 or 4.

The first center is a herbivore, carnivore, omnivore

definition sort that the students will work on individually
on their chromebooks.
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The second center is a quick research-based activity

about herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores. This will
also be completed on chromebooks.
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The third center is a food chain paper plate activity

where the students will each make their own food chain
of an animal with a paper plate to represent the “chain”.
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The fourth center is a video response activity, where the

students will watch a short video about food webs, and
then answer some questions about the video.
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Each center should take about 8-10 minutes, and the

students should be able to get through them all in one
class period. If not, we will begin Wednesday in science
with finishing the centers.

Lesson 5 Objectives
TLWBAT understand the relationship among organisms
in aquatic and terrestrial food chains.
TLWBAT understand the need for nutrients and
minerals for living organisms.
TLWBAT understand a pattern of interdependence in
ecological systems.

Standard - 3.1.4.A2
Describe the different resources that plants and animals
need to live.

Standard - 3.1.4.A5
Describe common functions living things share to help
them function in a specific environment.

Activity
The students will review the chapter vocabulary very
quickly before beginning lesson 3. The students will
read the lesson 3 summary as a class, as well as
independently. The students will answer the chapter
questions on the back of the summary page. Then, the
students will do the virtual field trip activity, where they
can watch different animals around the world on a
livestream. They will answer questions about what they
watched after viewing the livestreams.

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Lesson 6 Objectives:
TLWBAT review the information they have learned in
lesson 1, 2 and 3 to complete their study guide.

Standards:
Standard - 3.1.4.A2
Describe the different resources that plants and animals
need to live.

Standard - 3.1.4.A5
Describe common functions living things share to help
them function in a specific environment.

Standard - 3.1.4.B5
PATTERNS

Identify observable patterns in the physical

characteristics of plants or groups of animals.
 Activity:
We will review the chapter vocabulary as a class before
beginning the study guide. The students will work in
small groups to complete the study guide in preparation
for the test.

Lesson 7 Objectives:
TLWBAT use what they have learned in lesson 1, 2, and
3 of chapter 10 to complete the study guide in class.

Standards:
3.1.4.A1
Classify plants and animals according to the physical
characteristics that they share.

Standard - 3.1.4.A2
Describe the different resources that plants and animals
need to live.

Standard - 3.1.4.A5
Describe common functions living things share to help
them function in a specific environment.

Standard - 3.1.4.A2
Describe the different resources that plants and animals
need to live.

Standard - 3.1.4.A5
Describe common functions living things share to help
them function in a specific environment.

Activity:
The students will work in groups or with partners to
complete the study guide in preparation for the chapter
test on Thursday.

Lesson 8 Objective
TLWBAT use what they have learned about ecosystems
to complete the chapter 3 project.

TLWBAT understand the basics of google slides enough

to create a small powerpoint presentation about one
specific animal.

Standards:
Standard - 3.1.4.A2
Describe the different resources that plants and animals
need to live.

Standard - 3.1.4.A5
Describe common functions living things share to help
them function in a specific environment.

Activity:
Students will be introduced to
their project for this chapter. They will begin researching
their animal of choice. They will also go through the
directions and the rubric with me, so they have an
understanding of what they are supposed to be doing.
The students will get the entire class period to work on
 the beginning of this project

Lesson 9 Objectives:
TLWBAT use what they have learned about ecosystems
to complete the chapter 3 project.

TLWBAT understand the basics of google slides enough

to create a small powerpoint presentation about one
specific animal.

Standards:
Standard - 3.1.4.A2
Describe the different resources that plants and animals
need to live.

Standard - 3.1.4.A5
Describe common functions living things share to help
them function in a specific environment.

Activity:
Students will continue working on the rest of their
project. They will continue to check off criteria on their
rubric and make sure they are setting up their google
slides correctly. When the projects are completed, we
will play a review game as a class to review for the test
on Thursday.

Lesson 10 Students will take their chapter 3 test.

Culminating Experience Objectives:

TLWBAT know that the size of a population is
dependent upon the available resources within it’s
community.

Standards
Standard - 3.1.4.A2
Describe the different resources that plants and animals
need to live.

Activity
Students will present a few of their presentations at
the beginning of class!

The students will be introduced to lesson 1 of chapter 4

for science. The students will read the review the
chapter vocabulary as a class. Then the students will
popcorn read the lesson summary. The students will
work on the questions with a partner and with the class.