Lesson Plan: B2.5.01


LESSON PLAN
Teacher Subject Period Date Year Ability LSA/Other Support
Science

Context and
Landmark
Assessment		 B2.5.01
Landmark Assessment: Progress Observation Opportunity
Remember to have high expectations
Lesson Title: Today we are learning about
What do organisms compete for in an ecosystem?
Remember to check for PROGRESS
Focus on Knowledge, Skills and Understanding
Success Criteria: You will show your learning by...
  1. Students should be able to describe different levels of organisation in an ecosystem from individual organisms to the whole ecosystem
  2. Students should be able to describe the importance of interdependence and competition in a community.
  3. Students should be able to, when provided with appropriate information suggest the factors for which organisms are competing in a given habitat
  4. An ecosystem is the interaction of a community of living organisms (biotic) with the non-living (abiotic) parts of their environment.
  5. To survive and reproduce, organisms require a supply of materials from their surroundings and from the other living organisms there.
  6. Plants in a community or habitat often compete with each other for light and space, and for water and mineral ions from the soil.
  7. Animals often compete with each other for food, mates and territory.
  8. Within a community each species depends on other species for food, shelter, pollination, seed dispersal etc. If one species is removed it can affect the whole community. This is called interdependence.
  9. A stable community is one where all the species and environmental factors are in balance so that population sizes remain fairly constant.
  10. Students should be able to extract and interpret information from charts, graphs and tables relating to the interaction of organisms within a community. Extract and interpret information from charts, graphs and tables.(MS)
Think about how you can match the needs of ALL students
Keywords:
    Links: Literacy, Numeracy, SMSC, British values
    Memory Anchor:

    AFL/Key Questions:
    1. What are the different levels of organisation in an ecosystem from individual organisms to the whole ecosystem?
      Individual, Population, Community, Ecosystem.
    2. What is the importance of interdependence and competition in a community?
      Interdependence - balance in population numbers of species, increased net productivity, predator prey cycles, mutualistic relationships. Competition - gives something natural selection to work for, separation of niches between species.
    3. What factors are organisms competing for in a given habitat?
      plants are competing for light, space, nutrients, water. Animals are competing for food, water, shelter, territory, mates.
    4. What is an ecosystem?
      An ecosystem is the interaction of a community of living organisms (biotic) with the non-living (abiotic) parts of their environment.
    5. What do organisms require to survive?
      To survive and reproduce, organisms require a supply of materials from their surroundings and from the other living organisms there.
    6. What do plants compete for?
      Plants in a community or habitat often compete with each other for light and space, and for water and mineral ions from the soil.
    7. What do animals compete for?
      Animals often compete with each other for food, mates and territory.
    8. What do species within a community depend on each other for?
      Within a community each species depends on other species for food, shelter, pollination, seed dispersal etc. If one species is removed it can affect the whole community. This is called interdependence.
    9. What is a stable community?
      A stable community is one where all the species and environmental factors are in balance so that population sizes remain fairly constant.
    Identify questions for high, middle, low and identify questioning techniques- Challenge questions

    Learning Phases/Episodes
    Think about how you can match the needs of ALL students
    Differentiation: AGT, SEND, LLL, Disadvantaged
    Remember to check for PROGRESS
    Starter Activity Differentiation and Challenge question/task
    • Students to copy and complete the keywords.
    • Teacher reveals missing letters; Students correct mistakes;
    • Discuss the scientific meanings of the words.
    • Students to write down the definitions of the most important / new keywords.
    • Discuss the 'Memory Anchor'.
      • What does it show?
      • How does it relate to the what we are learning about today (title)?
    Think about PACE – Develop, consolidate and deepen knowledge, skills and understanding
    Teacher or Student lead? Differentiation and Challenge question/task
    Progress Check Extension
    Remember to give time to apply knowledge, skills and understanding
    Teacher or Student lead? Differentiation and Challenge question/task
    Progress Check Extension

    Teacher or Student lead? Differentiation and Challenge question/task
    Progress Check Extension

    Teacher or Student lead? Differentiation and Challenge question/task
    Progress Check Extension


    Plenary Differentiation and Challenge question/task
    • Students to answer the 'Key Questions' with learning partners.
    Progress Check
    • Teacher to reveal and discuss the answers to the questions.
    		 Extension
    • What have learnt about the 'Big Ideas' today?

    Homework Differentiation and Challenge question/task