Week 5

 

Week 4

What did you learn this week?

One thing I learned this week is the importance of thinking about the order of learning experience when planning a lesson, and as a teacher, you should think about this when planning a unit lesson. I also learned that when it comes to the 5E's, both the student and the teachers have a role. That is the table we created in lab.  I also learned the meaning of Ecology, I didn't know that it was the study of the relationships between living organisms in an environment. From the lab, I also learned that dolphins use the non-living things around them, that being mud to create a net to provide a trap for their food. 

Which parts did you find clear and which were confusing?
The parts that are clear to me are that there are environments that have living and nonliving things in them and work together to be an ecosystem. But what confusing to me is biomes and habitats  So, a habitat is within a biome? Or can it be a habitat without being a biome? Also, an ecosystem is a biome and an ecosystem? I'm just a little confused about the connection between all of them. 

What are new or remaining questions? 
How do you help students not get a food chain and a food web confused as they are both showing connections of producers to consumers?


Lab this week:

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  1. Rachel SheridanMarch 3, 2025 at 9:05 AM

    Hi Annie,
    I also didn't know what the study of Ecology was until recently. Fascinating stuff! I am also a little confused on the differences between habitats and biomes, I am sure we will learn with time!

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