Name of Instructor: Ben Taylor

Grade: 7 Activity: Science 7 Unit A Lesson Plan 12

Goals/Key questions (remove the italics with the required information)

Goals:
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GLEs/SLEs addressed:
-Investigate a variety of habitats, and describe and interpret distribution patterns of living things found
in those habitats (e.g., describe and compare two areas within the school
grounds - a relatively undisturbed site and a site that has been affected by
heavy use; describe and compare a wetland and a dryland area in a local
parkland)
-Investigate and interpret evidence of interaction and change (e.g., population fluctuations, changes in
weather, availability of food or introduction of new species into an ecosystem)

Pre lesson Considerations

Materials needed/preset up required/logistical considerations needed (seating arrangement):
For Labs/demos: Safety considerations/factors/equipment required:
Content:
What is the teacher doing? What are the students doing?

Introduction -Bill Nye Biodiversity Video: -Watching the Bill Nye Video
Time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65pqsW2EzU0
estimation
Body -Notes: -Taking notes
• Pioneer Species: the first species to arrive -Answering questions from the
to an ecosystem (lichen) teacher
• Succession: the gradual process by which
some species replace others in an
ecosystem. “a predictable pattern of
change in an ecosystem”
• Primary Succession: Gradual growth of
organisms in an area that was bare, such as
rock.(ferns and mosses growing on rocks)
• Climax Community: A stable community,
not easily replaced until altered.
Conclusion -Check and Reflect: page 64 -Working on their check and
-#’s 1,2,3,4,5,6 reflect
Assessment:

-Can students recognize the four key terms from this lesson

Accommodations/Modifications:

-N/A

Extension and extra time activity:

-Build a Beast

Reflection on how the lesson went: