TEKS:
(5.9) Organisms and environments. The student knows that there are relationships, systems, and cycles within environments. The student is expected to: (A) observe the way organisms live and survive in their ecosystem by interacting with the living and non-living elements; (B) describe how the flow of energy derived from the Sun, used by producers to create their own food, is transferred through a food chain and food web to consumers and decomposers; (C) predict the effects of changes in ecosystems caused by living organisms, including humans, such as the overpopulation of grazers or the building of highways; |
Objective:
1. The student will observe the way organisms live and survive in their ecosystem by interacting with the living and non-living elements. 2. The student will describe and compare how the flow of energy derived from the Sun, used by producers to create their own food, is transferred through a food chain and food web to consumers and decomposers. 3. The student will predict the effects of changes in ecosystems caused by living organisms, including humans, such as the overpopulation of grazers or the building of highways. |
CONTEXTUAL FACTORS
WILLIE E. WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS A TITLE I CAMPUS IN MAGNOLIA, TEXAS. WILLIAM'S ELEMENTARY IS A MEMBER OF THE "NO EXCUSES UNIVERSITY NETWORK" AND SERVES 704 STUDENTS IN GRADES PK-5 WITH AN AVERAGE CLASS SIZE OF 15.7%. THE CLASSROOM HAS THREE DESKTOP COMPUTERS, I-PADS FOR EACH STUDENT;ALSO CAN BRING ANY TECHNOLOGY FROM HOME. THE TEACHER'S COMPUTER IS EQUIPPED TO WORK WITH THE PROJECTOR, AND A SMART BOARD.
WILLIE E. WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS A TITLE I CAMPUS IN MAGNOLIA, TEXAS. WILLIAM'S ELEMENTARY IS A MEMBER OF THE "NO EXCUSES UNIVERSITY NETWORK" AND SERVES 704 STUDENTS IN GRADES PK-5 WITH AN AVERAGE CLASS SIZE OF 15.7%. THE CLASSROOM HAS THREE DESKTOP COMPUTERS, I-PADS FOR EACH STUDENT;ALSO CAN BRING ANY TECHNOLOGY FROM HOME. THE TEACHER'S COMPUTER IS EQUIPPED TO WORK WITH THE PROJECTOR, AND A SMART BOARD.