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Lesson Information
Date: Class/Group: Time: 12:35-13:35pm
23/5/17 Year 9 (Miss Hannah Beccarelli) Room: Sci C
Topic: Relationships and interactions between organisms in an ecosystem
Main science idea: All living things are part of a food chain and food web, and the interactions or
relationships between these organisms can be classified as being: predation, parasitism, competition,
mutualism, and commensalism.
1. Understand that there are five (5) main types of relationships/interactions between organisms
2. Describe predator/prey relationship
3. Give examples of predator/prey relationships
4. Describe and give examples of symbiotic relationships (mutualism, parasitism, commensalism)
5. Describe and give examples of a competitive interaction
It is expected that students will achieve the following during the lesson:
1. Show respect for themselves, other students, the teacher, the equipment, any organisms
handled, and the lesson topic
2. Work effectively as part of a pair/group in a discussion context
3. Work effectively as part of a group in a planning and performance context
4. Ask appropriate and relevant questions
5. Contribute effectively and positively to the lesson discussions
Prior Learning:
Materials/Resources:
- Locate this lesson within the context of everything the class has
learned in the past few lessons
- Yesterday looked at food chains today looking at different
names for the relationships between organisms in a chain
- Students charades competition at end of lesson
DO: after time is up, ask students what they wrote and discuss
answers
b. ASK: who can just refresh the class on what the term
consumer means? What about secondary consumer?
(consumers are organisms that consumer producers or other
consumers; secondary consumers consume primary consumers)
SAY: you will need your notebooks to write down a few notes- not a Literacy
lot today though
(15 min) c. For each group- tell them they can move to their nearest side
bench area to perform (1 min per group to perform)
~2 mins 5. Conclusion
a. Thank everyone for working so well and for their creativity, and
award the winning groups with prizes (pencils)
b. SAY: for tomorrow, I would like you to have a think about the
source of all of the energy in a food chain- is it really the
producers?
Student Assessment
Informal assessment
1. Student participation in note-taking during lesson
2. Observe students participating in planning of performance
3. Student willingness to cooperate in groups for performance