Download Name Period Learning Menu Changes in an Ecosystem: Primary

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Changes in an Ecosystem: Primary and Secondary Succession
Directions: Enjoy a tasty meal about the scale of the universe. Get started by
nibbling on some small appetizers to introduce the topic, next fill up on
knowledge, and lastly conclude your meal with a dessert.
Record all your “eating” in your notebook. Make sure to be neat this assignment
will be collected.
Learning Menu Goal: By the end of the meal the student will be able to explain
the how and why of measuring the distance of the vast universe.
Check off the box when the item has been “eaten”
Appetizers –must order 2 items
Read “ My Planet Diary” on page 28 of workbook. Why must only professional
set prescribed fires?
Use each vocabulary word in an original sentence
Example: Lichen is a simple plant that grows on rock; it is one of the first
producers to grow in an ecosystem making it a pioneer species. (No, you cannot
use this sentence)
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Pioneer species
Succession
Climax Community
Primary Succession
Secondary Succession
Answer the following question in notebook using “Claim and Evidence” model:
Grass poking through the sidewalk is an example of secondary succession
Answer the following question in notebook using “Claim and Evidence” model:
Pioneer species prepare an ecosystem for the arrival of new species.
Entrée- Must order 2 items
A volcanic eruption is an
succession. How does soil form if
behind ash and rock?
example of primary
a volcano only leaves
Create a 5 questions quiz based on this lesson in your notebook. The questions
must display the “HOTS” or higher-order thinking.
Example: Create a series of sketches that illustrate primary succession in four
stages. (No you cannot use this question.)
Why are the changes during succession predictable?
Dessert – Must order 1 item
In your notebook design a lesson on how you would teach this topic to the 4th
graders at BG. Your lesson must include a learning target mini-lesson (script on
what you would teach), and activity.
Sketch an example of primary succession in 4 stages, include a caption will each
illustration. (Cite from page 29).
Sketch an example of secondary succession in 4 stages, include a caption will
each illustration. (Cite from page 30-31).
Analyze the simile, “Primary succession is like cooking a homemade dinner and
secondary succession is nuking leftover in the microwave for dinner.”