Lesson: 8th Grade Lesson 1 extension (Finish) and Lesson 2

Objective: TLW… continue the objectives from yesterday for Lesson 1 extension.
TLW…demonstrate how living things obtain the energy needed to live.

Anticipatory Set: “Last night for dinner, your teacher had spaghetti and meatballs. Yum, yum! Where did the spaghetti noodles come from?” Students answer. “Where did the sauce come from?” Students answer. “Where did the meatballs come from?” Students answer. “Today we will be discussing how living things get the energy they need.”

Materials:
journals
15 feet of yarn per group
DNR posters
Scissors
Transparent tape
Sticky notes
(Materials from yesterday’s list to finish yesterday’s lesson)

Procedure:
1) Have students report to the group from yesterday that they were unable to
complete. Spend 15 minutes finishing this activity.
2) Bring class back together at their assigned seats. Collect the Scavenger Hunt
sheets and return the Riddle cards and dictionaries to their locations.
3) In their journals with the teacher modeling the traditional style of note taking,
the teacher will help to develop understanding of the sun as the source of all energy in the ecosystem.
4) The teacher will introduce the concepts of producer and consumer.
5) Hand out the DNR posters to each table. Have students identify producers and then consumers from the posters.
6) Teacher will then introduce the concept of decomposition. Students will continue to take notes. Students will then locate decomposers or scavengers from their posters.
Guided Practice:
Students will locate producers, consumers and decomposers from the DNR posters while the teacher observes.

Closure: “Tonight, think about what you have for dinner or what you ate for lunch and identify how the energy from that food came from the sun. We will continue this discussion tomorrow. Remember that your Vocabulary Word Boxes are due tomorrow and you will be having a quiz on them.”

Extension/Enrichment: In pictures, draw a path of what you eat for dinner and how it can be traced back to the sun.