Ecosystems

Unit 1 Assignments

Plate Tectonics
MS-ESS2-2, MS-ESS2-3

Earth's Resources
MS-ESS3-1

Ecosystems

Bundle 1 How important are our natural resources?

MS-LS2-1 Evidence Statement
Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.
Graded Packet
[Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on cause and effect relationships between resources and growth of individual organisms and the numbers of organisms in ecosystems during periods of abundant and scarce resources.]
MS-LS2-2 Evidence Statement
Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems.
Graded Packet
[Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on predicting consistent patterns of interactions in different ecosystems in terms of the relationships among and between organisms and abiotic components of ecosystems. Examples of types of interactions could include competitive, predatory, and mutually beneficial.]

The distribution of resources also connects to the idea that organisms, and populations of organisms, are dependent on their environmental interactions both with other living things and with nonliving factors. In any ecosystem, organisms and populations with similar requirements for food, water, oxygen, or other resources may compete with each other for limited resources, access to which consequently constrains their growth and reproduction. Growth of organisms and population increases are limited by access to resources (LS2.A as in MS-LS2-1).

The idea that population increases are limited by access to resources also connects to the concept that predatory interactions may reduce the number of organisms or eliminate whole populations of organisms. Mutually beneficial interactions, in contrast, may become so interdependent that each organism requires the other for survival. Although the species involved in these competitive, predatory, and mutually beneficial interactions vary across ecosystems, the patterns of interactions of organisms with their environments, both living and nonliving, are shared (LS2.A as in MS-LS2-2).

LS2-1 & LS2-2 Practice Quiz: Ecosystems & (Espanol)

Take every day before sleeping!

Vocabulary Review Activities

Quia Espanol Vocabulario, Hangman Espanol, Columnos

BrainPop Animations and Practice Quizes *

Folder 6th Grade Resources LS2-1

Folder 6th Grade Resources LS2-2

Vocabulary - Glossary

Environmental Science: Chapter 1 Section 1: Pages 16-22:
Living Things And The Environment

Leveled

Guided Rdg
Review
AdptdRdg - Espanol

Environmental Science: Chapter 1 Section 3: Pages 31-38:
Interactions Among Living Things

Leveled

Guided Rdg
Review
AdptdRdg -Espanol

Environmental Science: Chapter All Section All: Pages 0-28:

Textbook

AudioBk

Leveled

Espanol

Summary

AdptdRdg

Guided Rdg
Review

Reading Essentials Booklets

Science Skills Handbook
Appendix: Pages 202-214:
Process Skills Packet

Labs & Videos

Gizmos Forest Ecosystem	Gizmos Prairie Ecosystem	Gizmos Pond Ecosystem	Gizmos Food Chain
Gizmos Rabbit Population by Season	GizmosCoral Reefs- Abiotic Factors 1	GizmosCoral Reefs- Abiotic Factors 2	Gizmos Effects Of Environment
Rabbits and Foxes Game http://cashmancuneo.net/flash/fc44/foodchain.swf Worksheet & Espanol	Gizmos Plant Growth Experiment mass or height of plants Change Over Time - Generic Graph pdf Graphing 2 Populations & Example	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysa5OBhXz-Q How Wolves Change Rovers	Nye Schooltube Dinosaurs & quiz Insects & quiz Reptiles & quiz Plants & quiz Amphibians Fish Ocean Life spiders
Bill Nye Schooltube Biodiversity & Quiz Populations & quiz Wetlands & quiz Forests & quiz Deserts & quiz Lakes & Ponds & quiz Food Web & quiz Evolution & quiz Fossils & quiz Life Cycles & quiz	Alaskan Otters & Oil Spill Article Graphing 2 Populations & Example Cause Effect Data Over Time	Performance Assessment Performance Assessment - Analyze and explain the population interaction data. Practice assessment	Plants Enrichment Brainpop Seed Plants - also see related videos Study Jams - Plants With Seeds Textbook Chapter 5 page140 Guided Reading 5.1 5.2 Gymnosperms (evergreens) 5.3 Angiosperms (Flowers)

Engage

Discrepant Event

Explore

Research

Explain

Write-Up

Elaborate

New situations/applications

Evaluate

project to share

Reading & Math Work

Reading

Build-a-Book
Reading Activities
Graphic Organizers
Reading Strategies
Writing Reviser Tool

Math and Data

Data Games & Activities
Waves Math
Waves Graphing
Graphing with Smart PowerPoint / Excel Tools
Math Resources
Metric Steps

Projects by Learning Style and Media Type

Sensing-Thinking (Mastery) Facts Create a diagram that shows ecosystems and their parts.	Sensing-Feeling (Interpersonal) A time when you... Show how __________________are parts of an ecosystem.
Intuitive-Thinking (Understanding) Playing with facts Create a diagram that compares or contrasts different types of ecosystems.	Intuitive-Feeling (Self-Expressive) Creating new possibiliteis Show how new species might behave and describe their possible structure _______.

Video/Animation Make a video or animation of ecosystems (see options above.) Narrate, subtitle, or text page to show this week's concepts.	Presentation Create a PowerPoint, ToonDoo, or other graphic that shows one of the projects above.
Podcast Audio Make a radio show, podcast, or song about ecosystems (see options above.) Narrate, subtitle, or text page to show this week's concepts.	Live Presentation Project Make a poster, play, song or cartoon showing your understanding of ecosystems in their many forms.

Essential Vocabulary & Concepts

Picture	Core Knowledge or Concept
	Characteristics of Living Organisms (Life Processes): Get Energy (food) Use Energy (to move, eat, digest, reproduce, etc.) Grow Respond to changes in their environment Reproduce Get rid of waste
	Investigation
	Scientist
	Technology