Description

Engage students in nature documentaries (Our Planet full episodes available on Youtube) by having them make observations about living and non-living things through the different lenses of ecological study. Students will make observations throughout the episode (you can choose, have class vote, or have students choose individually) about individual organisms, populations, communities, and ecosystems. This helps students practice identifying and providing examples of these terms in actions.

No prep needed! Video link provided in the document.

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Ecosystems Observations

Name: Ecosystems Observations
Brand: Sciencesmith
SKU: 9224924
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4 (1 reviews)

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Grades

6th - 10th, Adult Education

Subjects

Biology, Science

Standards

NGSSMS-LS2-2

NGSSMS-LS2-4

NGSSMS-LS2-1

Description

No prep needed! Video link provided in the document.

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Rated 4 out of 5

April 23, 2024

Used for a shorten class period. Students were confused about how to pick what to describe because there were many options.

Celeste V.

9 reviews

Grades taught: 7th

Response from

Sciencesmith

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Feb 18, 2025

Thanks for the feedback. I always stress with students that we are using the video for observation practice. I tell them they can use the narrator for help or make observations on their own. Instruction on the meaning/examples of the ecological levels of organization is necessary before using this resource.

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Standards

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NGSSMS-LS2-2

Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems. Emphasis is on predicting consistent patterns of interactions in different ecosystems in terms of the relationships among and between organisms and abiotic components of ecosystems. Examples of types of interactions could include competitive, predatory, and mutually beneficial.

NGSSMS-LS2-4

Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations. Emphasis is on recognizing patterns in data and making warranted inferences about changes in populations, and on evaluating empirical evidence supporting arguments about changes to ecosystems.

NGSSMS-LS2-1

Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem. Emphasis is on cause and effect relationships between resources and growth of individual organisms and the numbers of organisms in ecosystems during periods of abundant and scarce resources.