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Ecology 5 weeks
Unit Tile: Duration (weeks):
(3 x 60 minutes
lessons / week)
5 9
Stage: Year:
What is an ecosystem?
Key Concepts
How do living things interact with their surroundings?
/ Big Ideas
What are biotic and abiotic factors of an ecosystem?
(Essential How do abiotic chemicals (Nitrogen, Phosphorous, Carbon/Oxygen, water cycles)
Question) move through the ecosystem?
How do living things move through the ecosystem? (Food webs/chains)
(LW2)- Conserving and maintaining the quality and sustainability of the environment requires
Unit Context:
scientific understanding of interactions within, the cycling of matter and the flow of energy
(Scope and through ecosystems.
Sequence
Information) a) recall that ecosystems consist of communities of interdependent organisms and abiotic
components of the environment
b) outline using examples how matter is cycled through ecosystems, such as nitrogen
c) describe how energy flows through ecosystems, including input and output through food
webs
d) analyse how changes in some biotic and abiotic components of an ecosystem affect
populations and/or communities
e) assess ways that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' cultural practices and
knowledge of the environment contribute to the conservation and management of sustainable
ecosystems
f) evaluate some examples in ecosystems, of strategies used to balance conserving, protecting
and maintaining the quality and sustainability of the environment with human activities and
needs
Literacy Focus Numeracy Focus ICT Focus Differentiation
General Capabilities
Intercultural • Numeracy
Critical Ethical • Information understanding • Literacy • Personal
and understanding and and social
creative communicatio capability
thinking n technology
capability
b. outline using e. reporting data and . Students work Questions Carbon Cycle
examples how information, evidence and through Padlet on given in Padlet
matter is cycled findings, with accuracy and the Carbon Cycle Padlet must
through honesty Nitrogen and
be answered
ecosystems such . Internet research Phosphorous
and uploaded
as nitrogen on the Water Cycle videos
(ACSSU176) in the padlet.
cycle and PowerPoint
Students will
. Videos and also use
summary padlet to ask
PowerPoint on questions if
the Nitrogen and required
Phosphorous
Student
cycles.
presentations
.Students will
present in groups
on one of the 4
major cycles of
matter
c. describe how c. selecting and using appropriate Videos and Question Question sheet
energy flows equipment, including digital Readings on sheet to help
through technologies, to systematically Core Science 5
Food Webs students
ecosystems, and accurately collect and textbook for
analyse their
including input and record data (ACSIS166, Fieldwork around readings or
school
output through ACSIS200) the school internet based
food webs ecosystem.
grounds. readings
(ACSSU176) Students will Student-
analyse the created
ecosystem of the poster
school grounds
or a local park
and create a food
web poster from
what they see
d. analyse how e. reporting data and PowerPoint on Questions in PowerPoint
changes in some information, evidence and several Powerpoint
biotic and abiotic findings, with accuracy and environmental
components of an honesty Student
issues including
ecosystem affect reports
c. selecting and using appropriate pesticides, fire,
populations and/or
communities
equipment, including digital flood extinction,
technologies, to systematically drought, pH,
and accurately collect and salinity
record data (ACSIS166,
ACSIS200) Internet research
on these issues.
Students will
choose one
environmental
issue and write a
report on its
effects on an
Australian
ecosystem
e. assess ways that Readings on the worksheet Core Science 5
Aboriginal and use of fire in readings or
Torres Strait aboriginal land internet based
Islander peoples' management readings
cultural practices
and knowledge of worksheet worksheet
the environment
contribute to the
conservation and
management of
sustainable
ecosystems
References:
Some suggested Teaching and Learning Strategies:
Thinking Skills Co-operative Learning Graphic Organisers
Higher Order Thinking Skills Think-pair-share Mind Maps or Concept Maps
Visual Representations Jigsaw Venn Diagrams
Think all possibilities (TAP) Brainstorming Five Ws
Predict, Explain, Observe Numbered heads PMI charts
Y Chart or W Chart Discussion T charts
Constructing Experiments Expert Groups Flow Charts
Analogies Round robin brainstorming Frayer diagram