Learning Objective:
1. The student will observe the way organisms live and survive in their ecosystem by interacting with the living and non-living elements.
1. The student will observe the way organisms live and survive in their ecosystem by interacting with the living and non-living elements.
This lesson is for the students to observe that there are ecosystems in
varying sizes everywhere on earth, and it teaches how living elements called
biotic, and non-living elements called abotic, interact with organisms to create
these ecosystems.
varying sizes everywhere on earth, and it teaches how living elements called
biotic, and non-living elements called abotic, interact with organisms to create
these ecosystems.
The students will watch a short video which explains just what the title suggest, "What Is An Ecosystem?" The
video will help them remember and use their background knowledge from prior grades in understanding that organisms share space, food, and nesting sites. The teacher will prompt the students to listen and think while they are
watching the video by asking the question "how do organisms survive in an ecosystem?"
video will help them remember and use their background knowledge from prior grades in understanding that organisms share space, food, and nesting sites. The teacher will prompt the students to listen and think while they are
watching the video by asking the question "how do organisms survive in an ecosystem?"
Using the classroom computer or the students’ I-pads, the class will look at this image of an ecosystem which has many organisms, and elements in it. The students will discuss and name all the different living and non-living elements
they see in the picture. As a class they will examine how vital the role of the elements are to the survival of an ecosystem. How the plants and animals depend on each other for that survival.
they see in the picture. As a class they will examine how vital the role of the elements are to the survival of an ecosystem. How the plants and animals depend on each other for that survival.
This is an example of a bountiful diorama that the students can construct using a shoebox. The teacher and students can make it as complex or as simple as they want using small organism/animal items, and small living and non-living elements items. The students will build a likeness of an open ecosystem to represent where the organism lives. This activity will allow the students to work hands on with the project, and to observe the other habitats and ecosystems of their peers.
Using a rubric, the teacher will assess that the students constructed their diorama showing a full understanding of the interaction of an organism with the living and non-living elements. Evaluating whether the students used the props creatively, listened, supported their partner, and used appropriate vocabulary.