Classification of Pond life

Title: Organic and nonorganic materials found at Morning Side Pond

Author: Carla Cota

Subject: Ecology

Grade: 6

Week:Nov. 24-on going

Unit/Lesson Plan #:

Unit theme:

  Pond ecology and bottle ecology 

Textbook references:

Learning objectives:

  To discover the living ecosytems of pond life and recreating a miniture version in a soda bottle

Key Questions, Concepts, or Themes:

 ecology

ecosytems

mini-environments 

Stage 1:

  Collect leaf litter and soil from park. 

Stage 2:

  Sort material using a chart labeled as Plant life, non-living, and living with detail descriptions of the material found. 

Stage 3: place the litter in plastic bags to be used for the bottle ecology lesson.

Homework: No homework in this class?

Assessments: (attach/link copies)

__ Group assessment

__ Observation of process/student work

__ Self-assessment by student

__ Teacher generated assignment

__ Written project

__ Test/Quiz

__ Other: ____________________________________