Today is Monday 12/2

Learning Target: I can define ecology.

Warmup: What was your favorite part of the weekend?

You will need:⊳ Warmup⊳ Pencil⊳ 2 sticky notes

Today’s Agenda1. Review expectations/rules2. Introduce Ecology3. What do you remember from last year?

Review Expectations/Rules

⊳ What do you pick up every Monday and turn in every Friday?

⊳ Where do you go if you are absent?⊳ If you have an assigned seat…You are expected to sit

in that seat.⊳ NO FOOD!!! - at this point, it will be thrown away

instead of me asking you to put it away.

Ecology

What is ecology?The study of the interaction between organisms and their environment.

What does every organism need to survive?

Living Things Need:FoodWaterShelter*Species also need reproduction so that the species can continue.

What do these things look like in different ecosystems?In the desert?In the rainforest?In the tundra?In a marsh?

1. Food

2. Water

3. Shelter

Let’s brainstorm the organisms that live in 2 different environments:

Desert Tundra (Antarctica)

What are some similarities between the organisms in the desert?

What are some similarities between the organisms in the tundra?

Why are the organisms that live in the desert different from the organisms in the tundra?

Why do you think organisms have similar features within their environment that are different from the organisms in other environments?

Come up with 2

possible answers and write each on a sticky

note.

Walk around the room and when the music stops find a partner close to you.Share your 2 sticky notes and listen to your partner share theirs. Then pick one to trade.

Ecology Intro

What is ecology?

What do we know about organisms and their environment after today?

What do you remember from last year about this subject?