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Reflective Practicum 2A
Lesson Plan #1
Integrated Science
Mrs. McCarthy
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Running head: Integrated Science Differentiated Lesson Plan
Grade: 8
FOCUS QUESTION: What is the feeding relationship between plants and animals?
GENERAL OBJECTIVES:
Develop students understanding and awareness of the food chain and its role in
society.
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES:
Define the terms producer, consumer, carnivore, herbivore, omnivore, food chain and
habitat.
Students will co-operate with their peers fluently during various activities given
KEY VOCABULARY:
Consumers Herbivores
Producers Omnivores
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Energy Prey
Photosynthesis Predator
RESOURCES:
PRIOR LEARNING:
SUMMARY OF CONTENT:
heterotrophs, get organic molecules by eating other organisms. Together, they are linked in
A food chain is a linear sequence of organisms through which nutrients and energy pass as one
organism eats another. A food web consists of many interconnected food chains and are more
typical food chain, starting from the bottom—the producers—and moving upward.
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At the base of the food chain lie the primary producers. The primary producers are
autotrophs and are most often photosynthetic organisms such as plants, algae, or cyanobacteria.
The organisms that eat the primary producers are called primary consumers. Primary
consumers are usually herbivores, plant-eaters, though they may be algae eaters or bacteria
eaters as well. The organisms that eat the primary consumers are called secondary consumers.
Secondary consumers are generally carnivores or meat-eaters. The organisms that eat the
secondary consumers are called tertiary consumers; these are carnivores that eat other
carnivores, such as eagles or big fish. In food webs, arrows point from an organism that is eaten
to the organism that consumes it. A predator is an organism that primarily obtains food by
the killing and consuming of other organisms, whilst an organism that is eaten by a predator
TEACHING/LEARNING ACTIVITY:
Phase 1: Engagement:
Teaching Strategies Facilitator will group students in a semi-circle to play a game of “catch the ball”
to ask questions that will activate their prior knowledge. The facilitator will
have the ball and she will throw it to random students within the circle in order
for the students to tell what they know about food chains. Students are allowed
a “lifeline”, in the form of their peers to assist them with questions they are
uncertain about.
Phase 2: Explore:
Teacher will introduce the Teacher will spend Will spend time Will spend time with
concept of food chains and food time with group with group two, group three, to
webs through a video one, to ensure they to ensure they ensure they
instructions.
food web.
Group 3 organism or
impact be?”
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Phase 3: Explain:
Duration 15 minutes
Teaching Strategies Facilitator will invite all group levels to share what they have learnt with the class from
Learner Activities Each group will share their understanding/interpretation from the completed activities.
(Whole class)
Phase 4: Elaborate:
Duration 15 minutes
Teaching Teacher will give students an opportunity to apply the concept of food chains and food webs.
Strategies
examples of each.
Phase 5: Evaluation 1:
Duration 15 minutes
completed activities.
have learned.
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EVALUATION 2:
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Organisms
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References
Khan Academy. (2018). Food chains and food webs. Retrieved from Khan Academy:
https://www.khanacademy.org/science/biology/ecology/intro-to-ecosystems/a/food-chains-
food-webs