Lesson Plan
- Grade Level:
- Fifth Grade-Eighth Grade
- Subject:
- Aquatic Studies, Conservation, Marine Biology
- Duration:
- 45 mins
- Group Size:
- Up to 36
- Setting:
- indoors or outdoors
- National/State Standards:
- Next Generation Sunshine State Standards:
5th MA.5.A.4.2 SC.5.L.15
6th MA.6.A.3.6 SC.6.N.1.1
7th SC.7.E.6.6
National Science Standards grades 5-8:
Life Science: NS.5-8.3
Personal and Social Perspectives: NS.5-8.3 - Keywords:
- Exotic, native, food chain, predator, prey, ecosystem, Survival, Fish
Overview
Students will examine the effect of exotic species on an ecosystem by role-playing both a healthy food chain and one that has been impacted by Mayan cichlids. Students will also be able to discuss a basic food chain, define and give examples of exotic species, and discuss how exotic species can disrupt a food chain.Background
Our "Don't let it Loose" unit is broken into seven lesson plans, each taking 45 minutes to 4 classroom periods to complete, and targeted primarily at middle school students. A class needn't complete every lesson in the unit, though some lessons do refer to one another. However, each lesson comes with its own set of objectives and resources.
Additional Resources
www.nps.gov/ever/forteachers/dlil.htm
Vocabulary
exotic, native, food chain, predator, preyLast updated: April 14, 2015