TPACK Template

C Subject Science (Living Systems)

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Grade Level 3rd grade
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• 3.5  The student will investigate and
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understand relationships among organisms
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in aquatic and terrestrial food chains. Key
concepts include a)
producer, consumer, decomposer;
b)  herbivore, carnivore, omnivore; and
c)  predator and prey.

• 3.6  The student will investigate and

understand that ecosystems support a
diversity of plants and animals that share
limited resources. Key concepts include
a)  aquatic ecosystems;
b)  terrestrial ecosystems;
c)  populations and communities; and
d)  the human role in conserving limited
resources.
P Online Activity In this activity, students will learn about the relationships
e among organisms in aquatic and terrestrial food chains
d and the ecosystems that support a diversity of plants and
a animals by using prior knowledge on living systems.
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Prior to beginning this activity, the students should
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y already have knowledge about the different food chains
and ecosystems. This activity is meant to refresh the
students memory of the living systems and gain more
knowledge about the world that we live in.

The activity asks the students to imagine themselves as a

bumblebee living in its ecosystem. The goal of this activity
is to see if you can help the other bees find enough food
to save the hive that they live in. Bees use movement to
communicate, therefore, the students must do an action
to save the hive.

I will begin the online class by introducing the concept of

food chains and the importance of animals and their
ecosystem. I will then ask the students to write a short
paragraph about how different life would be if they were
an animal and the importance of food chains and
ecosystems (or discussing online, if technology allows).
This will give the students a better idea on the topic at
hand.

After this introduction, students can begin the online

stimulation. The students will learn about the different
types of bumblebees and and their role in their hive
(ecosystem). This is a great activity to help the students
explore life as a bumblebee. It allows the students to
determine where the best source of food is and also
perform a wiggle dance to let the other bumblebees know
where to go. This is a great way to teach students about
animals and how they survive in their ecosystems. The
website gives detailed instruction oh how to play the
game.
 Even though this is a great activity to help the students
gain more knowledge, the teacher is not able to assess if
the student has gained knowledge from this activity.
Therefore, the students must take a screenshot of their
completed work and send it to the teacher to be assessed.
The must also send a paragraph to the teacher on
explaining why it is important that bumblebees share
their ecosystem and how food is essential.
T Technology - “Honeybee Hive” on the Gizmo website.
e - https://www.explorelearning.com/index.cfm?
c method=cResource.dspDetail&ResourceID=1079
h - Computer and required accessories
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- Microphone for all students
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This assignment was completed by Lexi Dorfler