Ecosystems Unit 1 By npier00 Oct 5, 2015 Guidelines for a Safe Learning Environment are reviewed 5 minutes: Review Internet Safety Guidelines Oct 5, 2015 Technology in the Classroom 5 min. - Review - Using technology in the classroom helps us exercise our brains. Oct 5, 2015 Lesson 1: How Does Energy Flow in an Ecosystem? 45 min - After completing this lesson, students will be able to provide a definition of the word ecosystem, identify the sun as the main source of energy in ecosystems, and define the terms producer, consumer, herbivore, carnivore, omnivore, and decomposer in the context of ecosystems. Period: Oct 5, 2015 to Oct 9, 2015 Ecosystems Unit 1 Implementation Ecosystems Unit 1 will span five instructional days including 4 days of instruction and 1 day for the unit test Oct 6, 2015 Lesson 2: Food Chains and Food Webs 30 min. - After completing this lesson, students will be able to provide a definition of food chains and food webs, and describe the roles of producers, primary consumers and secondary consumers, with at least one example of each. Oct 7, 2015 Lesson 3: Decomposers 30 min. - After completing this lesson, students will be able to describe the roles of decomposers (at the end of food chains, eating organic waste and dead material while returning nutrients to the environment that return to the beginning of the food chain) and provide at least three examples. Oct 8, 2015 Lesson 4: Microorganisms 60 min. - After completing this lesson, students will be able to provide a definition of the word microorganism, describe the role of microorganisms in ecosystems, name at least three examples of microorganisms, and list at least three benefits of microorganisms. Oct 9, 2015 Ecosystem Unit 1 Test 20 min. - Summative assessment of level of mastery of material specified in 4th grade California Science Standards for ecosystems.
