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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| Week
1 |
Pre-Assessment: Misconception/Preconception
Show
Anchor Video
Introduce
Ecosystems: What
is an ecosystem? What
makes up an ecosystem? |
Introduce
6-week project.
Continue
ecosystems:
Introduce
interdependence of species through game |
Symbiosis: Commensalism, Parasitism, and Mutualism
Play
web game on internet |
Introduce
Coral Reefs: Why
is it an ecosystem?
What
makes up a coral reef?
Introduce
Oceanography Ð discuss where reefs are and different types |
Continue
Coral Reefs: What makes up a coral reef |
| Week 2 |
Introduce
plankton Ð what is it? What
are the different types of plankton?
Why do coral reefs need plankton?
Lab:
Counting plankton from coral reef and make histogram |
Pre-Assessment: Memory Matrix
Continue
Plankton: Food Chain
Ð why do coral reefs need plankton?
Play
Food chain web game |
Pre-Assessment: Categorizing Grid
Introduce
species of fish
Web
Activity |
Introduce
species of fish. Explain
why the fish are important.
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Introduce
species of fish
Lab:
Make dichotomous key |
| Week 3 |
Introduce
species of fish
Lab: Finish Dichotomous keys
Post-Assessment:
Categorizing
Fish |
Explain
why fish are important Ð food chain
Play
game to emphasize importance of food chain |
Conservation
Ecology: Uses of
coral reefs |
Conservation
Ecology: Why coral
reefs are depleting? (give students basic facts about depletion
of reefs) |
Conservation
Ecology: What can
we do about the problem? |
| Week 4 |
Come
up with a way of preserving coral reefs Ð class comes up with
a list of ways why reefs are depleting
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Students
start to do research on reasons why coral reefs are depleting |
Students
continue to do research on depletion of coral reefs |
Students
continue to research on depletion of coral reefs |
Students
start to write 3 page paper on depletion of coral reefs and finish
for homework
(Weekend
trip to Dallas World Aquarium) |
| Week 5 |
Conservation
of reefs Ð define conservation |
Discuss
why conservation is important |
Students
come up with a way to save Nemo and write analytic memo |
Students
continue to try to save Nemo Ð students rewrite analytic memo |
Students
turn in Analytic Memo
Debate
on Conservation |
| Week 6 |
Present
projects |
Present
projects |
Present
projects |
Present
projects |
Present
projects |
