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Succession Lesson- Teacher Notes
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Define equilibrium and succession on worksheet
Partner Reading of Chapter 21, Section 1 (p. 616-619)
Sequence succession cards (Prep by cutting cards and placing in plastic baggies)
Students take turns describing succession occurring in succession cards using succession terms on
worksheet. (Emphasize that students should use succession terms to describe the events occurring over
time in the pictures.)
As group, have student volunteers display their succession cards in order under Elmo and describe what
is occurring on the cards using succession terms. (Be sure to mention that cards represent passage over
time & which ones represent primary and secondary succession- such as the presence and absence of
soil.)
As a group, place succession terms in order to use as outline for succession journal entry. (Correct order
listed below.)
a. Succession
b. Primary Succession
c. Pioneer Species
d. Moss
e. Lichen
f. Soil
g. Secondary Succession
h. Wildflowers
i. Shrubs
j. Trees
k. Climax Community
l. Equilibrium
Succession Journal Entry
Succession Mini-Quiz
Teacher recommendations for mixed-ability classes:
1. Allow students to complete order of terms during reading.
2. Create a concept map to show flow of terms rather than an order (maybe use Inspiration as class).
3. Post-Test to be given following day to test retention.
4. Bring in rocks with lichen for identification/recognition.
5. Make succession flip books with pictures and terms for student product.
6. Movie Fantasia has a short clip of succession.
Succession
Define the following terms.
Equilibrium: _______________________________________________________________________________
Succession: ________________________________________________________________________________
Succession Terms
Place the following succession terms in order according to the Glencoe reading (Chapter 20, Section 1) pages
616-619.
_____ Equilibrium
_____ Succession
_____ Pioneer Species
_____ Moss
_____ Lichen
_____ Wildflowers
_____ Shrubs
_____ Trees
_____ Climax Community
_____ Soil
_____ Primary Succession
_____ Secondary Succession
Succession Journal Entry
Write a paragraph in complete sentences using the following prompt. Include all of the succession terms.
Underline each term in your paragraph.
Describe the sequence of events that occur in an ecosystem after a volcanic eruption.
Succession Terms
Equilibrium
Succession
Pioneer Species
Moss
Lichen
Wildflowers
Shrubs
Trees
Climax Community
Soil
Primary Succession
Secondary Succession
Succession quiz
1. What would be the best description of ecological succession?
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ways that consumers live together
pattern of energy flow in an environment
changes that an ecosystem goes through as it develops
relationships between living and non-living parts of an ecosystem
2. An ecosystem that has its biotic and abiotic components in balance is said to bea.
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Disturbed
In equilibrium
In primary succession
Endangered
3. Which of the answer selections below sequences (puts in order) the diagrams to show
the process of ecological succession happening in an ecosystem?
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Z, W, X, Y
Y, X, W, Z
X, Y, W, Z
W, Z, Y, X