https://padlet.com/bob_connelly/zr6xb4rtwwztokxs 5E Lessons for MS-LS2-3 en-us 2020-08-04 19:59:15 UTC 2025-08-04 20:13:33 UTC hello@padlet.com bob_connelly https://padlet.com/bob_connelly/zr6xb4rtwwztokxs/wish/669432623 2020-08-04 19:59:15 UTC https://padlet.com/bob_connelly/zr6xb4rtwwztokxs/wish/669432623 bob_connelly https://padlet.com/bob_connelly/zr6xb4rtwwztokxs/wish/669432624 This Concord.org simulator lesson provides an excellent opportunity for students to use an ecosystem simulator (model) to test relationships between living things within an ecosystem.]]> 2020-08-04 19:59:15 UTC https://padlet.com/bob_connelly/zr6xb4rtwwztokxs/wish/669432624 bob_connelly https://padlet.com/bob_connelly/zr6xb4rtwwztokxs/wish/669432626 Explore & Explain

1) Have students read, then discuss the Pre-read.
2) Post read questions should be done independently, and then discussed in small group. ]]> 2020-08-04 19:59:15 UTC https://padlet.com/bob_connelly/zr6xb4rtwwztokxs/wish/669432626 bob_connelly https://padlet.com/bob_connelly/zr6xb4rtwwztokxs/wish/669432627 Explain
After completing Population Explosion Part 11. Take the time to discuss all vocabulary words you find in the lesson ]]> 2020-08-04 19:59:15 UTC https://padlet.com/bob_connelly/zr6xb4rtwwztokxs/wish/669432627 bob_connelly https://padlet.com/bob_connelly/zr6xb4rtwwztokxs/wish/669432628 Engage & Explore
1)Engage - Part 1 of Word Doc provides a picture and engagement question to elicit what students currently think.
2) Explore - Provides an opportunity to use simulator
3) Metacognitive - Questions in italic are specifically designed to help students reflect prior to answering questions. 

]]> 2020-08-04 19:59:15 UTC https://padlet.com/bob_connelly/zr6xb4rtwwztokxs/wish/669432628 bob_connelly https://padlet.com/bob_connelly/zr6xb4rtwwztokxs/wish/669432629 Elaborate
Part 2 
Patr 2 of this document has students challenges students to create balance in the ecosystem. ]]> 2020-08-04 19:59:15 UTC https://padlet.com/bob_connelly/zr6xb4rtwwztokxs/wish/669432629 bob_connelly https://padlet.com/bob_connelly/zr6xb4rtwwztokxs/wish/669432631 Engage
This a Pre-read form for the main article.  This can be adjusted to readiness levels as well as discussed prior to reading.]]> 2020-08-04 19:59:15 UTC https://padlet.com/bob_connelly/zr6xb4rtwwztokxs/wish/669432631 bob_connelly https://padlet.com/bob_connelly/zr6xb4rtwwztokxs/wish/669432632 This ck-12 lesson provides some reading for Explore and Explain]]> 2020-08-04 19:59:15 UTC https://padlet.com/bob_connelly/zr6xb4rtwwztokxs/wish/669432632 bob_connelly https://padlet.com/bob_connelly/zr6xb4rtwwztokxs/wish/669432634 2020-08-04 19:59:15 UTC https://padlet.com/bob_connelly/zr6xb4rtwwztokxs/wish/669432634 bob_connelly https://padlet.com/bob_connelly/zr6xb4rtwwztokxs/wish/669432635 Explore and Explain too...
This is a screen grab; teachers in my district will have access to MS Forms and Newsela.  This is a great exploration for distance learning .]]> 2020-08-04 19:59:15 UTC https://padlet.com/bob_connelly/zr6xb4rtwwztokxs/wish/669432635 bob_connelly https://padlet.com/bob_connelly/zr6xb4rtwwztokxs/wish/669432638 1) Components of a model: A - To make sense of a given phenomenon, students develop a model in which they identify the relevant components 
2) Relationships: A-  Students describe relationships between components within the ecosystem
3) Connections: B - Students use the model to track energy transfer and matter cycling in the system based on consistent and measurable patterns]]> 2020-08-04 19:59:15 UTC https://padlet.com/bob_connelly/zr6xb4rtwwztokxs/wish/669432638 bob_connelly https://padlet.com/bob_connelly/zr6xb4rtwwztokxs/wish/669432639 1) Components of a model: a - To make sense of a given phenomenon, students develop a model in which they identify the relevant components 
2) Relationships: a, ii -  Energy transfer and matter cycling
3) Connections: a, i -When organisms consume other organisms, there is a transfer of energy and a cycling of atoms that were originally captured from the non living parts of the ecosystem by producers.]]> 2020-08-04 19:59:15 UTC https://padlet.com/bob_connelly/zr6xb4rtwwztokxs/wish/669432639 bob_connelly https://padlet.com/bob_connelly/zr6xb4rtwwztokxs/wish/669432641 Patterns, System Models, Energy and matter, Cause and effect, Stability and Change]]> 2020-08-04 19:59:15 UTC https://padlet.com/bob_connelly/zr6xb4rtwwztokxs/wish/669432641 bob_connelly https://padlet.com/bob_connelly/zr6xb4rtwwztokxs/wish/669432643 Energy and matter, System Models, Cause and effect, Stability and Change]]> 2020-08-04 19:59:15 UTC https://padlet.com/bob_connelly/zr6xb4rtwwztokxs/wish/669432643 bob_connelly https://padlet.com/bob_connelly/zr6xb4rtwwztokxs/wish/669432644 2020-08-04 19:59:15 UTC https://padlet.com/bob_connelly/zr6xb4rtwwztokxs/wish/669432644 bob_connelly https://padlet.com/bob_connelly/zr6xb4rtwwztokxs/wish/669432645 2020-08-04 19:59:15 UTC https://padlet.com/bob_connelly/zr6xb4rtwwztokxs/wish/669432645 bob_connelly https://padlet.com/bob_connelly/zr6xb4rtwwztokxs/wish/669432646 These concepts will help students draw connections between your current content and your students'current understanding about the world around theml.]]> 2020-08-04 19:59:15 UTC https://padlet.com/bob_connelly/zr6xb4rtwwztokxs/wish/669432646 bob_connelly https://padlet.com/bob_connelly/zr6xb4rtwwztokxs/wish/669432648 2020-08-04 19:59:15 UTC https://padlet.com/bob_connelly/zr6xb4rtwwztokxs/wish/669432648