Do Now: Choose one word to describe a sea urchin and be ready to share.
From your seats, everyone share their word! DRIVING QUESTION: How will our changing climate and oceans affect sea urchins?
Exit Ticket: What is one thing that surprised you from your lesson today?
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Hour 7 - Collect last plant experiment data and write up your plant lab.
Do Now: What is the most interesting thing you have learned about sea urchins so far? Turn and talk.
Purpose:
Do Now: In your notebook: make a new date and
Materials: Computer, virtual urchin website and Virtual Urchin Handout Use the handout to guide you through the discovery of the parts and functions of a sea urchin. Class discuss: Which of your questions were answered? Which do you still wonder about? Exit ticket: Tell me one question that you still have about urchins. Do Now: On a whiteboard, brainstorm three ways the driving questions might relate to your life.
DRIVING QUESTIONs:
Game: Oh Dear! Discussion on carrying capacity and variations in population sizes Scientist Meeting: Share and discuss our answers on the Population Trends Graphs. After discussion, write your answer to the last question. Quizlet Live to practice vocabulary Do Now: Think about this question, then turn and talk to a seat partner about what you think: How many people can this planet support?
Every ecosystem has a limited capacity for the amount of a certain species it can support. We have learned about some of the biotic and abiotic factors that can affect the survival of a community (Orca, Otter, Urchin, Kelp). Today we are going to explore and analyze data about populations (a group of a single species in an area). Do Now: Please put the Organization level cards in order. Discuss with your group until everyone agrees.
Please open your Chromebook and play and learn using the Body Control Center simulation at PBS. Focus on figuring out what homeostasis is. Homeostasis carrying capacity Handout
Abiotic and biotic factors affecting different species in a Pacific Kelp Forest ecosystem.
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AuthorChris Campbell NGSS 3 DimensionsArchives
June 2023
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