1. Ecosystems in Balance: Vocabulary
Warm-up:
October 29-November 2

2. Monday, October 29, 2012 Ecosystem Community Habitat
Get specific
examples for
each word
from Science
Expert A.
Community
Habitat
Physical place where
organism can find food, shelter, and other things it needs to survive
Populations in the
Ecosystem - LIVING
Living/Nonliving parts
in the environment

3. Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Fill out the Frayer Model for the vocabulary word: niche (whole class).
Feeding habits, living location, growing when resources are abundant, companionship.
Special role that an organism
plays in an ecosystem.
niche
Chairs, desks, busses,
rocks, currents
Student – to study and learn
Teacher – to expand knowledge
Bus Driver – get students to school

4. Wednesday, October 31, 2012 keystone species
Fill out the Frayer Model for the vocabulary word: keystone species (with shoulder partner).
keystone
species

5. Thursday, November 1, 2012
Fill out Frayer Models for the vocabulary words: Food chain and food web (with your face-face partner).

6. Friday, November 2, 2012
While watching Study Jams about food chains, fill in the following notes. 6

7. Monday, November 5, 2012
While watching Study Jams about food chains, fill in the following notes. 7

8. Tuesday, November 7, 2012
Fill out Frayer Models for the vocabulary words: predator and prey (with a partner of your choice). 8

9. Wednesday, November 7, 2012 All class consensus:
At your table, discuss how a species survives. Using all-write consensus, write down three ways a species survives.
All class consensus:
Physical and behavioral adaptations to changes in the environment
Population only survives if the number of births is equal to or greater than the number of deaths over time

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