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Teacher: Ms. Cowden
2013-2014 WEEKLY LESSON “SNAPSHOT”
Week 0f: October 21th-25th
Course:Biology
Period: 3rd,4th,5th
Unit/ Lesson/Learning Targets
(related to KCAS/CC 4.1):
Briefly outline daily lesson activities/agenda:
Unit/Lesson:_ Scientific Method/ Introduction to
Earth Sciences
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Define Community
List some community interactions.
Describe ecological succession.
Compare and contrast tesstrial and aquatic
biomes.
Explain emigration and immigration.
Resource ,Competitive exclusion principle,
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Predation ,Symbiosis ,Mutualism,
Commensalism, Parasitism, Ecological
succession, Secondary succession, Pioneer Formative:
species, Biome, Immigration, Emigration,
Quizzes, Bell Ringers, Lab Reports, Classroom
Exponential growth, Logistic growth, Carrying questioning, Graphic organizers
capacity, Limiting factor, Density dependent ,
Density independent, Predator-prey
relationships, Demography, Biodiversity,
Species diversity, Genetic diversity,
Endangered species, Global warming
I can…
I can explain how organisms cooperate and
compete in ecosystems and how
interrelationships and interdependence of
organisms may generate ecosystems that are
stable for thousands of years.
I can describe examples of competition,
symbiosis and predation..
I can explain the concept of carrying capacity.
I can describe the growth of populations,
including exponential and logistic growth.
Please post completed form on teacher blog for each course you teach weekly. (Updated 7/11/11)
BEST PRACTICE INSTRUCTIONAL
STRATEGIES:
Check all that apply this week:
x Chunking content/lesson
x Personal relevant connections
x Interacting with or previewing new knowledge
x Processing/elaborating on new information
x Recording and representing knowledge (notetaking, summarization)
x Reflecting on learning
x Reviewing content
x Using and reviewing homework
x Examining similarities & differences
x Examining errors in reasoning
x Practicing skills, strategies, processes
x Engaging students in cognitively complex tasks;
(higher-level thinking, hypothesis, etc.)
x Using cooperative learning, managing response
rate, and using movement
x Using academic games
x Using questioning techniques, probing incorrect
answers; high expectations for all
x Differentiating instruction
x Checking for student understanding
INCORPORATING the following:
x Student technology use
x Assessment – pre/form/sum/ ACT-like
x Live-Scoring
x Reading & writing to learn strategies
x Writing to demonstrate learning
x Writing for publication
x Rubrics
x Graphic organizers
x Bell ringers
x Exit slips
x RtI/tutorials
2013-2014 WEEKLY LESSON “SNAPSHOT”
I can explain the process of ecological
succession and describe the different
communities that result..
I can read and describe current journal articles
relating to environmental concerns (e.g. loss of
biodiversity, habitat loss pollution).
I can discuss and evaluate the significance of
human interference with major ecosystems (e.g.
loss of genetic diversity in cloned crops or
animals).
I can recall and apply my knowledge over
Ecology to prepare for my Unit test..
I can recall and apply my knowledge over
Ecology on my unit test.
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Please post completed form on teacher blog for each course you teach weekly. (Updated 7/11/11)
2013-2014 WEEKLY LESSON “SNAPSHOT”
Unit/Lesson:_____________________________
Vocab: _________________________________
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I can…__________________________________
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Formative:
Please post completed form on teacher blog for each course you teach weekly. (Updated 7/11/11)