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Week of September 23, 2013 Day Teacher Objective Mon. All students will be able to compare Weather and Climate and list the 5 factors that affect climate. Tues. All students will be able to describe 3 types of community interactions and list and describe the 3 types of symbiosis. Wed All students will be able to list and describe the 3 types of symbiosis and identify examples of symbiotic relationships. Thurs All students will be able to list and describe the 10 major biomes. Fri Act 80 Kristine Amentler Course Bio IB (honors and reg.) Strategies for this lesson Teacher Inquiry/ Q and A Modeling/Demonstrating (Teacher will introduce chapter 4 by explaining the difference between weather and climate and showing with a globe, how climate is influenced.) Teacher Led Discussion and Pair/Share Teacher will review climate, then introduce the concept of community interactions using notes and discussion. Students will start a symbiosis activity.) Pair/Share (Teacher will review the types of symbiosis, then students will regroup and finish the symbiosis activity.) Independent Work (Students will go to the library and research the major biomes so they can create a project depicting the information learned.) Assessment FormativeRandom response and discussion. FormativeThumbs Up/Down, Pair/Share, Categorizing and Sorting FormativeThumbs Up/Down, Pair/Share, Categorizing and Sorting FormativeWriting Week of September 23, 2013 Teacher Day Kristine Amentler Objective Mon. All students will be able to connect how the physical laws of nature govern energy flow and chemical cycling in ecosystems. Tues. All students will be able to illustrate 5 examples of how human activities now dominate most chemical cycles on Earth. Wed All students will be able to recall and apply basic ecology concepts learned throughout the past 3 weeks and score a 90 or better on a formal test. Thurs All students will be able to recall and apply basic ecology concepts learned throughout the past 3 weeks and score a 90 or better on a formal test. Fri Act 80 Course AP Bio Strategies for this lesson Assessment I Direct Instruction Discovery Learning (Teacher will give notes and explain the concepts of energy flow and chemical cycling. Students will then perform an activity involving analyzing a case study on nutrient cycling in the Hubbard Brook experimental forest.) Teacher Inquiry/Q and A Flex Grouping (Students will be paired off and each group given a specific environmental issue such as Acid Rain, Global Warming, etc… Each group must illustrate the problem, cause, result, and possible solutions to their issue. Each group will give presentations to the whole class Independent Work (This is part 2 of an Ecology Unit (5 chapter) test. This test focuses entirely of applications of concepts and involves critical thinking and higher level skills.) FormativeRandom Response, Journaling Independent Work (This is the conclusion of an Ecology Unit (5 chapter) test. Students must complete part 2 and also do essays on specific topics.) Summative Formal Test FormativeGroup Work and Think/Pair/Share Summative Formal Test