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Science 14
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Students will:
1. Analyze a local ecosystem in terms of its biotic and abiotic components, and
describe factors of the equilibrium
Students will:
1. Explain how various factors influence the size of populations; i.e.,
immigration and emigration, birth and death rates, food supply, predation,
disease, reproductive rate, number of offspring produced, and climate
change
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Students will:
1. Analyze and investigate factors that influence populations and use this knowledge to
complete population studies of their own
Informative PowerPoint
Computer w/ access to projector
Population Exercises
Textbook
PROCEDURE
Prior to lesson:
Attention Grabber:
Advance
Organizer/Agenda:
Transition to Body:
Learning Activity
#1:
Learning Activity
#2:
Teacher Notes:
Learning Activity
#3:
5 Minutes
Time
10
Minutes
20
Minutes
Teacher Notes:
Time
25
Minutes
Sponge
Activity/Activities:
Reflections from
the lesson:
Students were the most interactive Ive ever had them so far
during the introductory samples of populations, everyone wanted
to guess which country had the largest population, where Canada
ranked, and how many people there are in the world need more
of this technology for class!
Chunking the class into small sections worked well today, students
were never overwhelmed with material, and had a good amount of
time to work on their projects
Tough balance sometimes to provide enough material for students
on the higher academic end of the spectrum in this class while
those a little lower are definitely being challenged
Fun morning, being able to see the relationship with the class build