Today I want each of you to design miniature children's books on ecology that you could share with 2nd grade classes. Your challenge is to take definitions that you learned in 7th grade (and I am providing for you) and change them so that a 2nd grader could understand it. You must add color to make it more interesting for a 2nd grader, unless you are super experienced with details and shading with a pencil.
First, take a blank piece of paper and fold it into fourths like this. Folded up, you see the front and back. Opening just one fold are pages 2 and 3.
Page 1
- The title of this book will be Ecology, then you need to put the definition into terms a 2nd grader could understand. I will do this one for you.
The definition from your notes says that ecology is "the study of interactions between organisms and their environment".
I would rewrite this to say, "the study of how living things work with the places where they live".
Now draw a picture that demonstrates a living thing interacting with its environment. For example a fish swimming in a pond would illustrate this.
Page 2
- Write the word Population, a kid friendly definition, and draw a picture to show a population on the top half of the page.
7th Grade Definition of Population - all the organisms of one species living in the same place at the same time
-Write the word Community, a kid friendly definition, and draw a picture to show a community on the bottom half of the page.
7th Grade Definition of Community - all of the organisms of all species living in the same place at the same time.
Page 3
- Write the word Ecosystem, a kid friendly definition, and draw a picture to show an ecosystem on the top half of the page.
7th Grade Definition of Community - all the biotic and abiotic factors together in the same place at the same time.
-Write the words Food Chain, a kid friendly definition, and draw a food chain with labeled pictures for each link.
7th Grade Definition of Food Chain - a series of organisms linked by a flow of energy as one organism eats another, always starting with a producer
Page 4
- Write the word Food Web, a kid friendly definition, and draw a food web that fills the rest of the page. Please draw pictures of the organisms in the web and label them.
7th Grade Definition of Food Web - a series of overlapping food chains that show the complex feeding relationships in an ecosystem
Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Sorry, sick again...Wednesday, December 17, 2014
I'm still home sick, so I have today's lesson here again. I'm going back to a bit of ecology and we will get back to mitosis and meiosis when I return. Please follow directions carefully!
On your own piece of paper, write your name and hour at the top. Make a list of the animals below, leaving several lines between each. As you watch the video, pause after each animal and write at least 3 COMPLETE SENTENCES explaining your opinion on the issue. Also add any ideas you may have to solve the problem that may not have been mentioned in the video. Please take your time and provide thoughtful responses. Turn your paper in to the substitute when you finish.
Prairie Dogs
Coyotes
Geese
Deer
Bear
Antelopes
Dangerous Crossroads video
If you finish, check out any of the videos on this page:
Additional Nick Videos
On your own piece of paper, write your name and hour at the top. Make a list of the animals below, leaving several lines between each. As you watch the video, pause after each animal and write at least 3 COMPLETE SENTENCES explaining your opinion on the issue. Also add any ideas you may have to solve the problem that may not have been mentioned in the video. Please take your time and provide thoughtful responses. Turn your paper in to the substitute when you finish.
Prairie Dogs
Coyotes
Geese
Deer
Bear
Antelopes
Dangerous Crossroads video
If you finish, check out any of the videos on this page:
Additional Nick Videos
Monday, December 15, 2014
Sorry guys, but I am home with the flu, so I'm going to post some links to videos that I would like you to watch. These will help you with the lesson when I get back. Hopefully I will be back tomorrow, but it might be Thursday before I return. - Mrs. Jenkins
Mitosis and Cancer - Part 1
Mitosis Video - Part 2
Meiosis Square Dance
Mr. Parr’s Meiosis Song
Meiosis Video
Any of the videos on this page are fun to watch if you happen to have time left.
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/videos/
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
After the Ecology Test you can check out any of these links.
Ecosystems, Habitats, Niches
Energy Flow
Competition
Predator/Prey
Symbiotic Relationships
Populations
Ecological Succession
Invasive Species
Biomes 1
Biomes 2
Monday, December 1, 2014
Ecology Assignment - December 4th, 2014
Please choose at least 3 of the following videos to watch and write down at least 5 things you learned or found interesting from each video. Your paper should look like this:
Video 1 ________________________
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Video 2 ________________________
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Video 3 ________________________
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBOsqmBQBQk
Crash Course #3 - Human Population Growth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8dkWQVFAoA
Crash Course #4 - Community Ecology
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxE1SSqbSn4
Crash Course #5 - Predators
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFDiiSqGB7M
Crash Course #6 - Ecological Succession: Change is Good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZKIHe2LDP8
Crash Course #7 - Links in the Chain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6ubvEJ3KGM
Crash Course #10 - Human Impact
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6ubvEJ3KGM
Please choose at least 3 of the following videos to watch and write down at least 5 things you learned or found interesting from each video. Your paper should look like this:
Video 1 ________________________
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Video 2 ________________________
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Video 3 ________________________
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Crash Courses by Hank
Crash Course #2 - Population Ecologyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBOsqmBQBQk
Crash Course #3 - Human Population Growth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8dkWQVFAoA
Crash Course #4 - Community Ecology
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxE1SSqbSn4
Crash Course #5 - Predators
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFDiiSqGB7M
Crash Course #6 - Ecological Succession: Change is Good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZKIHe2LDP8
Crash Course #7 - Links in the Chain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6ubvEJ3KGM
Crash Course #10 - Human Impact
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6ubvEJ3KGM
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)