Lesson+Outline

Grade/Subject: 7th grade/Life Science
 * THE FLOW OF ENERGY **


 * Strategies:** KWL, anticipation guide, carousel brainstorming, metaphorical thinking, exit ticket, models, collaborative grouping,peer editing, cubing


 * Summary:** Students will be able to explain the primary source of energy and diagram the flow of energy within various ecosustems using a food web.

S7L4: Students will examine the dependence of other organisms within their environments.
 * Standards:**
 * (S7L4.a) Students will demonstrate in food webs that matter is transferred from one organism to another and can recycle between the organism and the environment.
 * (S7L4.b) Explain in a food web that sunlight is the source of energy and that this energy moves from organism to organism.
 * Assessments:**
 * K-W-L (formative assessment - constructed response)
 * Anticipation guide (formative assessment - constructed response, pre-assessment)
 * Exit Ticket (formative assessment-multiple choice; use for grouping hetergeneously)
 * Cubing Activity and rubric (constructed response - summative assessment)


 * Essential Question:**
 * Where does the energy in my food come from?


 * Flexible Grouping/Independent:**
 * Constructing a Model: Students will work in heterogeneous groups.
 * Peer Editing: Students will work in heterogeneous groups
 * Cubing Activity: Students will work independently for the rolled performance task.


 * Differentiation Plan for Gifted Learners**
 * Learning Styles: Cubing Activity


 * Higher Order Thinking Skills**
 * Comprehension: Through Carousel Learning Questions, describe various aspects of the flow of energy
 * Application: Design an Ocean Food Web
 * Analysis & Evalution: Peer Review of Food Web Models
 * Synthesis: Create a Product that demonstrates understanding of EQ


 * Lesson Plan:**


 * 5 min: Hook, KWL: Where does the energy in my food come from? Students will respond to the EQ using prior knowledge and then discuss responses as a class
 * __10 min:__ Anticipation Guide [|Food Chains and Webs Video Anticipation Guide.docx]
 * __22 min:__ Video [] Search: Food Chains and Webs "Come along on an expedition with Dr. Brian Jerome to examine how energy and matter are transferred through the environment. Students will learn about food chains and webs by studying the interactions of the various species of plants and animals."
 * __20 min:__ Carousel Brainstorming & Metophorical Questions:[|Food Webs Carousel Learning Questions.docx] At this time, have student add to their KWL a question they may still have.
 * __10 min:__ Exit ticket
 * __70 min__: Group heterogeneously, Design an Ocean Food Web [|Marine Food Web.docx]
 * __10 min:__ Peer Review: Analyze a food web design, determine level of accuracy, and recommend corrections.
 * __20 min:__ Post-Assessment: Cubing Writing Strategy (What have you learned?) [|Cube Food Webs.docx]
 * Each student will roll the die to determine determine the topic they are to wite about during their post assessment.