1. Rotation 3 How Living Things are Connected All living things share an ecosystem.

2. Day 1 - Monday Key Concept Academic Vocabulary Key Activities Plants are producers. They make food using a process called photosynthesis light energy producer oxygen chlorophyll carbon dioxide photosynthesis (plant, leaf, process) 1. Pre-test 2.Bridging Rotations 1 and 2, to Rotation 3 3.Chlorophyll Extraction 4. Elodea Observation 5. Leaf,Observational Drawing Drama 6. Children’s Zoo Investigation of Plants and Animals

3. Day 2 - Tuesday Key Concept Academic Vocabulary Key Activities Animals are consumers. They eat other living things to get energy. herbivore carnivore omnivore consumer diet Review producer (animal) 1.Cloze sentence vocabulary review 2.Venn Diagram: similarities and differences of plants and animals 3.Meet an herbivore and omnivore 4.Diet Discovery at Children’s Zoo 5.What do you eat? Match food with type of consumer.

4. Day 3 - Wednesday Key Concept Academic Vocabulary Key Activities A food chain shows the flow of food from one living thing to another. food chain predator prey Review producer consumer carnivore omnivore herbivore light energy diet (dissect, hypothesis) 1.Meeting an owl (carnivore) 2.Owl Pellet Inquiry Dissect pellet Sort and identify contents Develop hypothesis about owl diet. Make a food chain illustrating owl, mouse, plant, sun

5. Day 4 - Thursday Key Concept Academic Vocabulary Key Activities Decomposers are an important part of the food chain. They break down the waste of living things and return it to the environment in a useful way. decomposer fungi bacteria Review invertebrate producers consumers light energy predator prey (simulation) 1. Expand class food chain to include decomposers. Small groups correctly label food chain pictures 2.Observe fungi and bacteria 3. Field research - collect, observe and describe invertebrate decomposers. 4. Food chain simulation - outside in Zoo environment 5. Individuals match pictures with appropriate food chain labeling and sequencing.

6. Day 5 - Friday Key Concept Academic Vocabulary Key Activities Living things are connected. Humans are consumers in the food chain. What we use affects the world’s many habitats. endangered species habitat change conservation reduce reuse recycle 1.Take a zoo walk to investigate reasons some animal species are endangered. 2.Identify some human activities that can endanger animal species. 3. What can you do: reduce, reuse, recycle 4.Review rotation 3 concepts 5.Take post-test 6. Zoo scrap book