Biology - EC: BIO.B.4.1.1
Biology - EC: BIO.B.4.1.1
Continuum of Activities
The list below represents a continuum of activities: resources categorized by Standard/Eligible Content that teachers may use to move students toward proficiency. Using LEA curriculum and available materials and resources, teachers can customize the activity statements/questions for classroom use.
This continuum of activities offers:
- Instructional activities designed to be integrated into planned lessons
- Questions/activities that grow in complexity
- Opportunities for differentiation for each student’s level of performance
Related Academic Standards / Eligible Content
Activities
- Many individuals of one species is known as a ____________.
- Many individuals in many species are known as a ____________.
- A scientist is counting the number of small green tree frogs of one species in a forest. This scientist is studying what part of an ecosystem?
- A student is studying the number of brown squirrels, black squirrels, and moles in Central Park. This student is studying what part of an ecosystem?
- Put the following in order from smallest to largest: biosphere, biome, community, ecosystem, organism, and population.
- Many people commonly confuse the terms population and community. Explain the difference between the two terms.
- Explain the importance of many populations in an ecosystem.
- In a town park a child notices some swing sets, a slide, 3 squirrels, 5 children, 7 oak trees, 5 maple trees, and a small dog. This park and the organisms all together represent what part of a biosphere? Explain your answer.
Answer Key/Rubric
- Population
- Community
- A population
- A community
- Organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere
- Acceptable answers include, but are not limited to:
- Population represents the number of individuals in ONE species.
- Community represents the number of individuals in MANY species.
- Acceptable answers include, but are not limited to:
- An ecosystem consisting of many populations will have more stability than an ecosystem with a few populations.
- Acceptable answers include, but are not limited to:
- They are all part of an ecosystem because it has many living and nonliving parts all within one area.
