1. Energy flows through an environment. What are two main sources of food?
Why do organisms depend on food?
Who or what is the primary producer in a food web?
What do the arrows tell us about a food web?
How would a food web change if an organism were removed?
How can energy move through an environment?
2. Organisms and events cause environmental changes. How would an environment be affected by a change that harmed some hunted organisms but favored other hunted organisms?
What are some natural events that change environments?
How can living things change an environment?
How do environmental variations cause changes within an environment?
3. Environmental variations affect the survival of organisms. How might environmental conditions differ …show more content…
TTW assess the students’ prior knowledge by asking for examples of sources of food energy and why organism depend on food.
2. TSW share their responses.
3. TTW read the chapter aloud.
4. TSW read the vocabulary words aloud, repeating the teacher.
5. TSW share definitions of these words and TTW record responses on the board.
6. TTW divide students into small groups and have students create a food web.
7. TTW discuss how an environment could be affected when a new organism is introduced.
8. TTW explain to students that an energy pyramid shows the amount of energy that moves through a food web.
9. TTW provide an example of a food web from Internet Explorer
9. TTW ask students to review what makes environments different from one another.
10. TTW break students into small groups for an Inquiry Activity.
11. TSW be asked to share what they know about changes in environments.
11. TSW fill in a Cause and Effect graphic organizer as they read through the lesson.
12. TTW ask students if they have witnessed any natural events that caused a change to an environment near where they live (i.e. forest fires or flooding.)
13. TTW tell students that individuals of the same species can have variations among
Why do organisms depend on food?
Who or what is the primary producer in a food web?
What do the arrows tell us about a food web?
How would a food web change if an organism were removed?
How can energy move through an environment?
2. Organisms and events cause environmental changes. How would an environment be affected by a change that harmed some hunted organisms but favored other hunted organisms?
What are some natural events that change environments?
How can living things change an environment?
How do environmental variations cause changes within an environment?
3. Environmental variations affect the survival of organisms. How might environmental conditions differ …show more content…
TTW assess the students’ prior knowledge by asking for examples of sources of food energy and why organism depend on food.
2. TSW share their responses.
3. TTW read the chapter aloud.
4. TSW read the vocabulary words aloud, repeating the teacher.
5. TSW share definitions of these words and TTW record responses on the board.
6. TTW divide students into small groups and have students create a food web.
7. TTW discuss how an environment could be affected when a new organism is introduced.
8. TTW explain to students that an energy pyramid shows the amount of energy that moves through a food web.
9. TTW provide an example of a food web from Internet Explorer
9. TTW ask students to review what makes environments different from one another.
10. TTW break students into small groups for an Inquiry Activity.
11. TSW be asked to share what they know about changes in environments.
11. TSW fill in a Cause and Effect graphic organizer as they read through the lesson.
12. TTW ask students if they have witnessed any natural events that caused a change to an environment near where they live (i.e. forest fires or flooding.)
13. TTW tell students that individuals of the same species can have variations among