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This unit plan is not only outlined with immense detail but the lessons are incredibly creative! The first lesson covers the following: Objectives: Students will divide into groups and select a biome to research. Students will choose individual group roles to complete. Outcomes: 1.Students will define the term biosphere. 2.Students will distinguish between populations, communities, and ecosystems. 3.Students will name the types of abiotic factors in an ecosystem. 4.Students will name three type

This student survey is designed to provide honest, thorough, and useful feedback. I have used this document to show administration feedback from my classroom. This became a valuable resource when the districts merit pay system accounted for student feedback. Not only does this survey present useful data to your administrators, this is a great tool to tweak/change lessons, management, even the physical set up of your classroom.

Essential Question: How do the biotic and abiotic factors interrelate in an ecosystem/biome? Includes rubric, self reflection guide and group reflection guide.

Split students into teams and have them compete in a jeopardy inspired review game!

This quiz utilizes multiple choice, short answer, and essay questions.

Power point and notes illustrate the differences between the levels of organization (Ecosystem, community, population, species) while defining ecology itself and distinguishing biotic from abiotic factors.

32 flash cards withe very vocabulary word and definition within the ecosystem unit.

Using this hand out and provided website, students will understand the relationship between species populations and natural selection.