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SCIENCE MAY 7TH AND MAY 8TH
Grab your chromebook and return to your seat
WARM UP
LABEL THE FOLLOWING ORGANISMS AS PRODUCERS, CONSUMERS, DECOMPOSERS
MUSHROOMSSUNFLOWERSWORMSSHARKSELEPHANTSCORN
VOLUNTEERS….
DID YOU GET THESE RIGHT?
MUSHROOMS - DECOMPOSERSSUNFLOWERS - PRODUCERSWORMS - DECOMPOSERSSHARKS - CONSUMERSELEPHANTS - CONSUMERSCORN - PRODUCERS
WORKSHEET
You will be recording information on this worksheet
Make sure your name is on your paper
Today’s focus: 6.L.2.3 Biomes
AGENDAToday we will be learning about
ecosystems and biomes along with the various terms scientists use to describe the different levels
WRITE IN NOTEBOOK: Ecology: study of how organisms
interact with their environment and one another
Ecologists: study animals and their environments at different levels Ecologist Jane Goodall: Studied
chimpanzees in Africa for over 50 years
WRITE IN NOTEBOOK: Ecosystems = all the organisms
living in the same area AND their nonliving environment.
WRITE IN NOTEBOOKAbiotic Factors = all nonliving factorsTemperature Amount of sunlightWater (fresh or salty) Climate (rain,
weather)Soil (rocky, sandy, fertile)
WRITE IN NOTEBOOKBiotic Factors: all living factorsPlants (producers)Animals (consumers)
BRAIN POP VIDEO – ECOSYTEMS
You will be watching the video to answer the following questions:
1. How are ecosystems categorized? 2. What is a population? 3. What is a habitat?
Now let’s review our answers….
DID YOU KNOW? Scientists group living things based on similar
characteristics Scientists use an Ecosystem Pyramid to show
these relationships
TURN YOUR HANDOUT OVER
We will work to complete An Ecosystem Organization Pyramid
WRITE ON HANDOUT Individual organism: 1 specific type of
organism
DRAW ON HANDOUT Individual organism: pick 1 specific type
of organism and draw it in the top triangle
WRITE ON WORKSHEET Population: groups of the same organism
living in the same area; able to produce offspring
DRAW ON WORKSHEET Population: think of the organism you drew
in the top triangle and draw 4 of those same organisms now
WRITE ON HANDOUT
Community: Many differentpopulations interacting with each other
DRAW ON HANDOUT
Community: think of differentPopulations that can live togetherDraw them now!
WRITE ON HANDOUTEcosystem: the community of living organisms along with their nonliving environments
WRITE ON HANDOUTEcosystem: think of all the nonliving things within the community you drew before
Draw that now
WRITE ON HANDOUTBiomes: areas of similar climates
with similar plants and animalsfound in specific regions around
the Earth
ADD THESE BIOME NAMES NOW TO HANDOUT
WRITE ON HANDOUTBiosphere: Is EVERYTHING…
DRAW ON HANDOUTBiosphere: Is EVERYTHING… draw Earth
BRAINPOP: LAND BIOMES http://www.brainpop.com/
We are watching and listening to the video to answer the following questions on your worksheet
BRAINPOP: LAND BIOMES http://www.brainpop.com/
1. What is a biome?2. What factors determine
the plants and animals found in biomes?
3. List the 6 main biomes found on Earth?
HOW DID WE DO?
1. What is a biome?2. What factors determine
the plants and animals found in biomes?
3. List the 6 main biomes found on Earth?
DID YOU GET THESE? Rainforest Grassland Temperate Forest Desert Tiaga Tundra
DIFFERENT BIOMES… Biomes have unique plants and
animals They also have unique climates
(rainfall, temperatures, amounts and intensity of sunlight)
For instance: A tropical rainforest has lots of rain, is humid and hot. Plants grow thick and deep in the rainforest; animals have adapted to this unique environment in order to survive
VIDEO ON BIOMES – A VISUAL JOURNEY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIy0ZlyPPDg
LIMITING FACTORS:
Factors that limit the population sizes of plants and animals found in a particular ecosystem.
Factors can include: Amount of sunlight Temperature Amount of organic matter in soil Availability of water Number of Predators Number of competors Availability of shelter / space
TIME TO GERMINATE SEEDS!!!
TIME TO GERMINATE SEEDS!!!
We will take time to discuss our next unit…
We will be germinating seeds over the weekend to use next week in class
We will be investigating seeds and tropism next week
Today we will be working with bean seeds!
IF TIME PERMITS…VIDEO
http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=video+on+biomes+and+ecosystems&FORM=VIRE2#view=detail&mid=204953D846E2BA122B84204953D846E2BA122B84
ACTIVITY Now close your eyes… Imagine you are in a rainforest
Sounds of the rainforest.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg3W11G4In0
CLOSE YOUR EYES!
Imagine an animal you could find in the rainforest — now think of something you know about this animals.Think about your animal alone as an
individual species. What does it look like? How does it move? How does it obtain food?
CLOSE YOUR EYES! Now imagine this animal interacting
with others of its kind. Does your animal live alone or in
a group? How does it take care of its
young? How does it interact with other
adults?
CLOSE YOUR EYES! Next think of other types of living
things your animal might interact with. What does it eat? What eats it? Does it depend on grasses or
trees for shelter or making a nest? Does it compete with other types
of animals for food?
CLOSE YOUR EYES!
Next think of the non-living things that your animal interacts with. Where does it make its home? Where does it find water? What type of soil does it live
on? What is the weather like where
it lives?
CLOSE YOUR EYES! Finally, think about your organism in
relationship to the whole planet Earth. Imagine a picture of the Earth from
space. Where on the planet does your animal
live? How does its life affect the lives around
it? Does its life affect you?
NOW OPEN YOUR EYES…. In this activity, we ZOOMED out
from 1 INDIVIDUAL species to the WHOLE planet known as the biosphere.
IN YOUR NOTEBOOK… Write down all the things you need to make the BEST
ice cream sundae EVER!
Add at least ten things. Be detailed!
Best ice cream sundae creator gets CANDY!
WORKSHEET Read “Biomes and Ecosystems” in pairs. You have 6 minutes.
WORKSHEET Read “Earth’s Biomes” silently and answer
the questions You have 10 minutes.
THINK-PAIR-SHARE
Think of the MOST important THREE things you learned
Now share with your neighbor.
Now talk as a class.
BILL NYE EXPLAINS IT BEST…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFeRFmqFChQ