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Adonnica Blake

Don Mario Butler

Petergail Campbell

The Mico University College

Reflective Practicum 2A

Lesson Plan #1

Integrated Science

Mrs. McCarthy

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Teacher: Petergail Campbell, Adonnica Blake, Don Mario Butler

Grade: 8

Unit Title: Photosynthesis and Energy Chains

Subtopic: Food Web

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Date: October 10, 2018.

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.

 Understand the interrelatedness of plants and animals

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES:

At the end of the lessons, students should be able to correctly:

 Define the terms producer, consumer, carnivore, herbivore, omnivore, food chain and

habitat.

 Construct terrestrial and aquatic food chains using familiar organisms.

 Create food webs using the constructed food chains.

 Students will co-operate with their peers fluently during various activities given

throughout the lesson.

Methodology: Discussion, Cooperative learning.

KEY VOCABULARY:

 Consumers  Herbivores

 Producers  Omnivores

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 Energy  Prey

 Photosynthesis  Predator

 Carnivores  Tertiary consumers

 Primary consumers  Food chain

 Secondary consumers  Decomposers

RESOURCES:

 White board, markers

 Videos on food web/chain

PRIOR LEARNING:

Check that students have knowledge of/are able to:

Recall that organisms are dependent on each other for survival

SUMMARY OF CONTENT:

Producers, or autotrophs, make their own organic molecules. Consumers, or

heterotrophs, get organic molecules by eating other organisms. Together, they are linked in

both a food chain and a food web.

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

realistic representation of consumption relationships in ecosystems. Let's look at the parts of a

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

for food is called the prey.

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TEACHING/LEARNING ACTIVITY:

Phase 1: Engagement:

Duration 3-5 mins

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.

Learner activities Students will share previous knowledge on food chains.

Phase 2: Explore:

Duration 5 min 5 min 5 min 5 min

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

presentation. This video will understand activity understand understand activity

Teaching
reaffirm their understanding of activity
Strategies
food chains and introduce them

to the concept of food webs.

Students will be placed in

groups of 3, each group will

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receive a different activity with

instructions.

Students will Students will be

work with given various

teacher. pictures of different

Group 1 organisms, from

(Mix Abilities) which they will

create a food chain

and then from the

chain, a food web.

Students will Students will be

work with asked to state the

Learner Group 2
Whole class teacher. difference between a
Activities (Mix Abilities)
food chain and a

food web.

Students will A question will be

work with posed to students

teacher. which asks “If an

Group 3 organism or

(Mix Abilities) predator was absent

from the food chain,

what would the

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

the activity and provide explanation and clear up any misconceptions.

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

Students will be asked to go

Group 1
outside and list the different
(Mix
organisms that be used to
Abilities)
create a complete food chain.

Students will draw a table to

Group 2 differentiate among

Learner
Whole Class (Mix carnivore, omnivore and
Activities
Abilities) herbivore. Giving two (2)

examples of each.

Students should create a skit In the skit/song, students

Group 3
or song, which will explain must include at least 3 of
(Mix
what they have learnt. the key terms from the
Abilities)
key vocabulary.
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Phase 5: Evaluation 1:

Duration 15 minutes

Teaching Strategies Teacher will ask each group to

present to the class their

completed activities.

Learner Activities 1. Whole class analysis of the

presentations highlight key

points of learning and make

suggestions for improvement.

2. Students will randomly be

asked questions about the

entire lesson to see what they

have learned.
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EVALUATION 2:

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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

Sriddle8119. (2015). Study Jam: Food Web. Retrieved from YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtnJhm4B3XE