To take a given organism and name its habitat, ecosystem, community, population, and what it must compete for. Students will be able to identify what a biosphere, ecosystem and succession are. Students will be able to identify the relationship between each is. Students will gain an understanding of how they are all connected. To prepare myself for this lesson I researched the internet and took information from Project Learning Tree.
Lab write up, organisms, color pencils, and mini-habitat.
To begin this lesson we will first discuss what a biosphere is by breaking down the word itself into its two components. Once we have defined each students will be asked t relate each to their own environment. As we discuss this students will color coded picture on their lab sheet with colored pencils provided. To give students a full understanding of succession I will discuss the pine barons in south jersey and how they were able to rebuild themselves. Students will work in groups to evaluate what the habitat, ecosystem, community, population, and competition for provided organisms.