rotation 3 how living things are connected all living things share an ecosystem
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Day 1 - Monday
Key ConceptAcademic
VocabularyKey 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
Day 2 - Tuesday
Key ConceptAcademic
VocabularyKey Activities
Animals are consumers.
They eat other living things to get energy.
•herbivore•carnivore•omnivore•consumer•diet
Review •producer
•(animal)
1.Cloze sentence vocabulary review2.Venn Diagram: similarities and differences of plants and animals3.Meet an herbivore and omnivore4.Diet Discovery at Children’s Zoo5.What do you eat? Match food with type of consumer.
Day 3 - Wednesday
Key ConceptAcademic
VocabularyKey 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 1.Develop hypothesis about owl diet.3.Make a food chain illustrating owl, mouse, plant, sun
Day 4 - Thursday
Key ConceptAcademic
VocabularyKey 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 pictures2.Observe fungi and bacteria3. 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.
Day 5 - Friday
Key ConceptAcademic
VocabularyKey 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, recycle4.Review rotation 3 concepts5.Take post-test6. Zoo scrap book