Part to Whole in an Ecosystem Science Lesson Plan, Thematic Unit, Activity, Worksheet, or Biology or Chemistry Teaching Idea

A SPECIAL INVITATION FOR TEACHERS...

LessonPlansPage.com would like to take a moment to let you know about Concordia University's new Master’s Degrees in Education that you can complete online in just one year!

Available Master's Degrees in Education include:

Curriculum & Instruction: Reading
Curriculum & Instruction: Methods & Curriculum
Curriculum & Instruction: English to Speakers
of Other Languages
Educational Leadership

These programs can help you:

Open the door to a variety of school leadership career opportunities like higher education teaching, department chair, ELL consultant, literacy coach, or curriculum coordinator
Complete your degree in one year, on your schedule,
from the comfort of your home
A Master's Degree could mean an automatic salary increase in your school district!

A national university system with 10 campuses throughout the United States, Concordia was founded more than 100 years ago and is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities.

Conceptual Objective:
Students will be able to distinguish between the characteristics that make up an individual, a population, an community, and an ecosystem.

Process Objective:
Students will make a poster showing the relationship between an individual of a species, a population of that species, a community that includes that population, and the ecosystem that includes the community and nonliving parts of the environment.

Materials
* magazines
* poster boards (3 ft x 2 ft)
* markers
* scissors
* glue
* chalkboard

Procedure
1. Make four columns on the chalkboard with the headings: Individual, Population, Community, and Ecosystem.
2. Re-introduce these terms to the class and have students give examples of each.
3. Explain to the class how individuals make up populations, which make up communities, which make up ecosystems. Tell students to think of an individual thing they'd like to follow through these relationships.
4. Pass out supplies and have children draw or use magazine cut-outs to illustrate the relationships starting with an individual and finishing with an ecosystem. They can do this any way they want, but it might be easiest to draw arrows from one to the next.
5. Allow working time for children to complete posters.
6. Announce clean-up time for students to clean their work areas.
7. Have each child stand up and explain his/her ecosystem.

Evaluation
1. Did student make good use of his/her time? Assess the completeness and neatness of poster.
2. Did the student categorize correctly on the poster? Assess the accuracy of the poster.

Troubleshooting
1. Students may have trouble finding what they want in magazines, and they might not be able to draw it. Teacher should advise children to portray it as best as they can, and to write what it is underneath.

LessonPlansPage.com would like to take a moment to let you know about Concordia University's new Master’s Degrees in Education that you can complete online in just one year!

Find Out More!