Ecology and Ecosystems Complete Unit - Notes Activities Labs Projects & Tests
Mr Shark Tooth
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Grade Levels
6th - 8th
Subjects
Resource Type
Standards
NGSSMS-LS2-2
NGSSMS-LS2-3
NGSSMS-LS2-5
NGSSMS-LS2-4
NGSSMS-LS2-1
Formats Included
- Zip
Pages
350 Total Pages, 40+ Activities
Mr Shark Tooth
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Description
Are you preparing to teach ecology and ecosystems to your 6th grade, 7th grade, or 8th grade students but lacking materials? Do you wish you had a guided, complete unit that will address the standards? Do you want fun, meaningful, and challenging activities that will engage your students?
YOUR UNIT IS PLANNED with this complete ecology and ecosystems unit! This unit includes 25 days of material with bellringers, interactive guided notes, activities that reinforce the daily topic, and closures. It includes editable and PDF versions of each activity. This unit is aligned with standards MS-LS2-1, MS-LS2-2, MS-LS2-3, MS-LS2-4, and MS-LS2-5.
Topics Covered In This Unit:
- Levels of Organization in Ecosystems
- Biotic vs. Abiotic Factors
- The Carbon Cycle
- Symbiotic Relationships, Including Predation, Competition, Mutualism, Commensalism, and Parasitism
- Food Chains
- Food Webs
- Energy Pyramids
- Trophic Levels, Including Producer, Consumer (Carnivore, Herbivore, Omnivore), and Decomposer
- Value of Ecosystems
TRY THE FIRST THREE DAYS OF THIS UNIT FREE HERE!
Included In This Unit (25 days of materials):
- 25 Daily Plans: Everything you need to prep for each lesson!
- Over 40 Student Activities (With Answer Keys): Projects, labs, notes, quizzes, tests, and more activities!
- Over 350 Total Pages (including editable versions of the activities in both PowerPoint and Google Slides)
- PowerPoint with Guided Notes: Save time by using fill-in-the-blank notes!
- 25 Bellringers: Each starter is designed to get your students thinking!
- 25 Closures: Summarize the lesson to help students recall important information
- 4 Quizzes: Designed to help you see what your students know!
- 3 Projects: Engaging experiences for students to connect with the information
- 2 Tests: Summative assessments to see how your students have grown!
- 20 Early Finisher Task Cards: Fun critical thinking activities to help differentiate
- Bulletin Board Kit: Explore famous ecologists
Not sure? Try the first three days of the unit here for FREE!
➡️ Prep is fast and easy! Read the easy teacher directions, print the student pages, and you're ready for a fun and rewarding class period!
Why Your Students Will Love It:
- They will love the interactive guided notes!
- They will get to show what they know in different ways!
- They will enjoy the engaging activities!
Why You Will Love It:
- You can simply read the Daily Lesson Plan, follow the teacher guide, and print the materials! You are ready to go!
- You will see deep connections being made by students as they proceed through the unit.
- You will have more time to focus on your class instead of preparing materials.
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MS-LS2-1: Biomes Digital Escape Room
MS-LS2-2: Symbiosis Digital Escape Room
MS-LS2-3: Food Chain Escape Room
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Total Pages
350 Total Pages, 40+ Activities
Answer Key
Included
Teaching Duration
1 month
Last updated Oct 21st, 2021
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Standards
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NGSSMS-LS2-2
Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems. 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.
NGSSMS-LS2-3
Develop a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem. Emphasis is on describing the conservation of matter and flow of energy into and out of various ecosystems, and on defining the boundaries of the system. Assessment does not include the use of chemical reactions to describe the processes.
NGSSMS-LS2-5
Evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services. Examples of ecosystem services could include water purification, nutrient recycling, and prevention of soil erosion. Examples of design solution constraints could include scientific, economic, and social considerations.
NGSSMS-LS2-4
Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations. Emphasis is on recognizing patterns in data and making warranted inferences about changes in populations, and on evaluating empirical evidence supporting arguments about changes to ecosystems.
NGSSMS-LS2-1
Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem. 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.
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