Investigation Sequence
Title
Communities Robert D. Sweetland Date 1981Focus Questions
How do plants and animals interact?
Concepts
Content: Earth, Physical, & Life
Vocabulary
Seed, cotyledon, seed coat, embryo, leaf, root, living, community, environmental factor, light, heat, temperature, moisture, shelter, soil, nutrients, gravity, air, photosynthesis, terrarium, animal consumer, plant consumer, decomposer, mold, bateria, yeast, organism, food chain, food web, energy transfer, biome
Concepts
Cross cutting concepts
Science Practice
Personal, Social, Technology, Nature of Science, History
Background information
Activity Sequence
Exploration Activity
KWHL chart:
What are environmental factors?
What affect do they have on plants and animals?
What is a community?
Do plants and animals live in a community?
What would a plant and animal community be?
How do you get energy to live?
How do plants and animals get energy to live?
Invention Activities
Disect beans
Experiment to find parts of beans that grow
Review environmental factors
Grow plants in the dark and light
Grow plants without cotyledons
Build a terrarium
Find what crickets eat
Make energy triangle
Find how much a salamander eats
Make and energy triangle
Make food chains
Make community interaction model
Burial vial
Banana decomposition
Chart other biomes as community interaction models
Expansion Activity
Is there a Sim Garden?