13-2 What is an ecosystem?
Unit: Populations and Ecosystems
Essential Question: How are all parts of an ecosystem interdependent?
Aim: How can we identify the parts of an ecosystem?
SWBAT: Sort cards into categories by using characteristics of each one.
Vocabulary:
organism – any living thing
individual – one single organism
population – more than one individual – all the individuals of one kind in an area
community – more than one population in an area
biotic – living organism and products of organisms
abiotic – non-living
ecosystem – community and abiotic factors interacting
Materials/Resources:
• haasscience.weebly.com
• ecosystem card sort cards and activity page
• Jane Goodall Film – FOSS
• FOSS Worksheet – Among the Wild Chimpanzees (workbook p13)
• FOSS p71-80 TE and p11 workbook• http://www.brainpop.com/search/search.weml?keyword=Ecology
http://www.brainpop.com/science/ecologyandbehavior/ecosystems/
https://www.google.com/search?q=ecosystems&es_sm=122&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=-Q5wU-DMMtTNsASRmYDYBQ&ved=0CLkBEIke&biw=1024&bih=649
H.O.T. Questions:
1. What is the relationship between each of the categories listed?
2. Based on what we learned about ecosystems what can you generalize about how they are interdependent?
What is an ecosystem? It is a group of communities interacting with each other and non-living parts of their environment. There are many types of ecosystems. They can be as large as a desert or as small as a rotting log. An ecosystem is a self-supporting unit which produces energy, transfers energy, breaks down materials, recycles materials. There are five members of an ecosystem: individual, population, community, biotic, abiotic.
Guided Practice:
Can anyone give us some examples of each member?
Ie: individual-one single organism, population-racoons of Sheepshead Bay Brooklyn, community-racoons and seagulls fighting for scraps, biotic-trees, plants, animals, bacteria, abiotic-nonliving rocks clouds.
Group Practice:
Students conduct the card sort activity
Evaluation: Review group work and T-P-S H.O.T. Questions from above
Determine whether groups were able to successfully sort the cards into their respective groups.
Homework:
• Complete the “Ecosystem Card Sort” worksheet. Also students will choose five additional card titles (one from each category – individual, population, community, ecosystem, abiotic) and discuss how each is interdependent upon one another.
• Populations and Ecosystems small green book - p6-7
Essential Question: How are all parts of an ecosystem interdependent?
Aim: How can we identify the parts of an ecosystem?
SWBAT: Sort cards into categories by using characteristics of each one.
Vocabulary:
organism – any living thing
individual – one single organism
population – more than one individual – all the individuals of one kind in an area
community – more than one population in an area
biotic – living organism and products of organisms
abiotic – non-living
ecosystem – community and abiotic factors interacting
Materials/Resources:
• haasscience.weebly.com
• ecosystem card sort cards and activity page
• Jane Goodall Film – FOSS
• FOSS Worksheet – Among the Wild Chimpanzees (workbook p13)
• FOSS p71-80 TE and p11 workbook• http://www.brainpop.com/search/search.weml?keyword=Ecology
http://www.brainpop.com/science/ecologyandbehavior/ecosystems/
https://www.google.com/search?q=ecosystems&es_sm=122&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=-Q5wU-DMMtTNsASRmYDYBQ&ved=0CLkBEIke&biw=1024&bih=649
H.O.T. Questions:
1. What is the relationship between each of the categories listed?
2. Based on what we learned about ecosystems what can you generalize about how they are interdependent?
- What have you learned from this resource? What can you infer from this resource? What do they tell you about interdependence?
- Using the cards from the activity, choose five card titles (one from each category – individual, population, community, ecosystem, abiotic) and discuss how each is interdependent upon one another. How do you think each title is affected given a particular area?
- What is the difference between a population and a community?
- Why is a pond considered an ecosystem?
- Can a lion and a gazelle be part of the same population?
- What is the difference between a biotic and abiotic element?
- Predict what might happen to a population if there was a severe drought?
What is an ecosystem? It is a group of communities interacting with each other and non-living parts of their environment. There are many types of ecosystems. They can be as large as a desert or as small as a rotting log. An ecosystem is a self-supporting unit which produces energy, transfers energy, breaks down materials, recycles materials. There are five members of an ecosystem: individual, population, community, biotic, abiotic.
Guided Practice:
Can anyone give us some examples of each member?
Ie: individual-one single organism, population-racoons of Sheepshead Bay Brooklyn, community-racoons and seagulls fighting for scraps, biotic-trees, plants, animals, bacteria, abiotic-nonliving rocks clouds.
Group Practice:
Students conduct the card sort activity
Evaluation: Review group work and T-P-S H.O.T. Questions from above
Determine whether groups were able to successfully sort the cards into their respective groups.
Homework:
• Complete the “Ecosystem Card Sort” worksheet. Also students will choose five additional card titles (one from each category – individual, population, community, ecosystem, abiotic) and discuss how each is interdependent upon one another.
• Populations and Ecosystems small green book - p6-7