Ecology
This unit teaches the roles of organisms and the flow of energy within an ecosystem. It also teaches the factors that affect the survival or extinction of organisms.
S4L1. Students will describe the roles of organisms and the flow of energy within an ecosystem.
a) Identify the roles of producers, consumers, and decomposers in a community.
b) Demonstrate the flow of energy through a food web/food chain beginning with sunlight and including producers,
consumers, and decomposers.
c) Predict how changes in the environment would affect a community (ecosystem) of organisms.
d) Predict effects on a population if some of the plants or animals in the community are scarce or if there are too many.
S 4L2. Students will identify factors that affect the survival or extinction of organisms such as adaptation, variation of behaviors (hibernation) and external features (camouflage and protection).
a) Identify external features of organisms that allow them to survive or reproduce better than organisms that do not have
these features. (e.g. camouflage, use of hibernation, protection, etc.)
b) Identify factors that may have lead to the extinction of some organisms. Storm Water i.e., Storm Water Control and
Management (CCSD)
S4L1. Students will describe the roles of organisms and the flow of energy within an ecosystem.
a) Identify the roles of producers, consumers, and decomposers in a community.
b) Demonstrate the flow of energy through a food web/food chain beginning with sunlight and including producers,
consumers, and decomposers.
c) Predict how changes in the environment would affect a community (ecosystem) of organisms.
d) Predict effects on a population if some of the plants or animals in the community are scarce or if there are too many.
S 4L2. Students will identify factors that affect the survival or extinction of organisms such as adaptation, variation of behaviors (hibernation) and external features (camouflage and protection).
a) Identify external features of organisms that allow them to survive or reproduce better than organisms that do not have
these features. (e.g. camouflage, use of hibernation, protection, etc.)
b) Identify factors that may have lead to the extinction of some organisms. Storm Water i.e., Storm Water Control and
Management (CCSD)