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M/J COMPREHENSIVE SCIENCE 2 Course Code: 200207001

Pacing / Date(s)
Traditional / 10 Days / 02-24-17 to 03-09-17
Block / 5 Days / 02-24-17 to 03-09-17

BODY OF KNOWLEDGE: L: Life Science

TOPIC XII: Relationships in Ecosystems

ESSENTIAL CONTENT / OBJECTIVES / INSTRUCTIONAL TOOLS /
A.  Relationships
1. Mutualism
2. Parasitism
3. Commensalism
4. Predation
5. Competition
B.  Food Web
1. Producers
2. Consumers
a. Primary
b. Secondary
c.  Tertiary
3. Decomposers
4.  Energy Flow through food webs
C.  Limiting Factors
1. Food
2. Shelter
3. Water
4. Space
5. Disease
6. Parasitism
7. Predation
8. Nesting Sites / ·  Analyze food webs to determine the roles, relationships, and transfer of energy among organisms
·  Compare and contrast the relationships among organisms, including predation, parasitism, competition, commensalism, and mutualism
·  Explain and illustrate the relationships among decomposers, producers and consumers, in the process of energy transfer in an ecosystem including food webs
·  Explain the pathway of energy transfer through producers, and primary, secondary and tertiary level consumers
·  Analyze various limiting factors in an ecosystem and their impact on native populations
·  Investigate and write to explain the factors that affect population changes in an ecosystem (e.g., food, shelter, water, space, disease, parasitism, predation, and nesting sites) / Core Text Book: Pearson Interactive Science Florida Ch. 14
Vocabulary: decomposer, consumer, producer, symbiosis, herbivore, carnivore, omnivore, food web, food chain, food pyramid, mutualism, commensalism, parasitism, predation, ecosystem, primary consumer, secondary consumer, tertiary consumer, energy pyramid, competition, limiting factors, population, autotroph, heterotroph, niche
Technology:
1.  Pearson My Science Online
2.  BBC: Food Chains
3.  BrainPOP: Food Chains, Symbiosis, Coral,
4.  Study Jams: Food Webs, Food Chains, Ecosystems, Population Growth, Aquatic Ecosystems Symbiosis
5.  Other: Exploring the “Systems” in Ecosystems; Symbiotic Relationships, PBS: Ecological Relationships, Food Webs in different ecosystems, PBS: Volcanoes of the Deep, Create a Food Web, Ancient Farmers of the Amazon, Marine Food Webs-Galapagos; Pond Food Web; Oh Deer!, EcoKids Wildlife Games, Energy Transfer, Organisms Reacting to Abiotic Factors, Introduced Species

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M/J COMPREHENSIVE SCIENCE 2 Course Code: 200207001

SC.7.L.17.2
SC.7.L.17.1
SC.7.L.17.3 / Food Chain / Plants and Snails
Forest Ecosystem
Prairie Ecosystem
Rabbit Population by Season
Standard: SC.7.L.17.2 / Compare and contrast the relationships among organisms such as mutualism, predation, parasitism, competition, and commensalism. AA (Cognitive Complexity Level 2: Basic Application of Skills & Concepts)
Video / Benefits of Living Together
Small Creatures Helping Larger Creatures Stay Clean
Mutualistic Relationship between Bees and Fast Plants / Relationships in the Reef
The Carbon Cycle: Recycling Matter
Ecosystems: Balance within Food Chains and Energy Pyramids
Image / Symbiosis, definition
Science Content Collection / Prokaryotes
Protists
Plants / Animals
Fungi
Standard: SC.7.L.17.1 / Explain and illustrate the roles of and relationships among producers, consumers, and decomposers in the process of energy transfer in a food web.
Assessed as SC.7.L.17.2 (Cognitive Complexity Level 3: Strategic Thinking & Complex Reasoning)
Video / The Food Chain: Predators and Prey
Producers and Consumers
Consumers, Producers, Decomposers
Energy Transfer: Producers and Consumers / Deposit Feeders: Decomposers
Pyramids of Energy and Numbers: Consumer Levels
Food Chains and Food Webs
Energy Pyramids
Image / Polar food web (Antarctic)
Exploration / Who's for Dinner?
Interactive Glossary / decomposer
consumer / producer
Reading Passage / World Wide Web
Carbon cycle
Science Content Collection / Habitats and Niches
Standard: SC.7.L.17.3 / Describe and investigate various limiting factors in the local ecosystem and their impact on native populations, including food, shelter, water, space, disease, parasitism, predation, and nesting sites.
Assessed as SC.7.L.17.2 (Cognitive Complexity Level 3: Strategic Thinking & Complex Reasoning)
Video / Competition for Resources and Mates
Monkeys Compete for Figs
Fish and Amphibian Predation
Sea Lions at the Galapagos Islands / Deep Sea Nightly Migration
Predators of the Desolate Sea
New Zealand Waters
Image / Parasitism; brood-cowbird & dickcissel
Sandy shore food web
Gorilla Eating / Horses grazing (1)
Cows, dairy; grazing
Omnivore, definition
Interactive Glossary / predation (predator)
parasitism (parasite)
Science Content Collection / Pollution
Overpopulation
Habitat Destruction / Endangered Species
Resource Exploitation
All activities are hyperlinked.
Video / Struggling to Balance the Relationship Between Polar Bears and People
Melting Ice Threatens Polar Bear’s Survival
Where Have All the Moose Gone?
Puffins' Struggle May Be Nature's Warning
Sustainability: Water - Baltimore's Urban Streams
Sustainability: Water - Nutrient Loading in Lake Erie
Wild Horses: Endangered Animals or Menace?
Bee Shortage Threatens Farmland
Bringing Back the Swallows
Brutal Winter Makes for Spectacular Spring at Yosemite
Mississippi Floods Send Wild Animals Scrambling
Gulf Oil Spill Could Unravel Entire Food Web / Coral Reefs
Lake Temperatures
Yellowstone Recovers But Faces New Threats 20 Years After Major Fire
In 20th Century, Half of All Species on Earth May Become Extinct
Balancing the Resources of Yellowstone National Park
Indoor Rainforest Opens at The Bronx Zoo
That's Deep: Giant Clams, Crabs, Worms Live on Ocean Floor
Survival of Penguins at Stake as Antarctic Ice Disappears
Toxic Algae Kills Marine Life, Sardines to Whales, Off California Coast
Gulf Oil Spill Could Unravel Entire Food Web
Pacific Ocean Water Temp Rises; Threatens Coastal Marine Life

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