Lecture 3 - Populations and ecosystems. During this unit, Student Teachers will: investigate the interdependence of living things (including humans) in an ecosystem, investigate how changes in environments affect plants and animals (including humans), explain how adaptive characteristics of a species affect its chance for survival or possible extinction,. | Lecture # 3 SCIENCE 1 ASSOCIATE DEGREE IN EDUCATION POPULATIONS AND ECOSYSTEMS OBJECTIVES OF THE LECTURE To engage Student Teachers in experiencing inquiry science first-hand To make them comfortable with the discipline To eliminate any concerns or fears they may have about science. WHAT’S IN THE LECTURE study of life science using a macroscopic approach explore ecosystems and get a sense of how unity and diversity carry through all of biology examine the basic needs of living things and their interdependencies. In addition, you will learn to explain how some species thrive and populations grow but others become extinct. how organisms are interconnected with each other in an ecosystem and also with the nonliving components in their environment. factors that affect population size and how populations change over time. identify the effects of human activities and naturally occurring changes to ecosystems, as well as the results of those changes LECTURE OUTCOME Student Teachers should be able to: investigate the interdependence of living things (including humans) in an ecosystem investigate how changes in environments affect plants and animals (including humans) explain how adaptive characteristics of a species affect its chance for survival or possible extinction describe factors that limit or support the growth of populations within an ecosystem analyze data collected over time and explain how disruption in one part of an ecosystem can repeat throughout an ecosystem begin to identify the unit’s underlying core science concepts for children in elementary grades and design age-appropriate, inquiry-based activities and learning outcomes. VOCABULARY biotic and abiotic factors, interdependency, biological niches, ecosystems, biomes, species, population, population growth survival and extinction, food chains/webs, dynamic equilibrium BASIC NEEDS OF LIVING THINGS AND INTERDEPENDENCIES IN ECOSYSTEMS Student Teachers examine how organisms in an ecosystem are . | Lecture # 3 SCIENCE 1 ASSOCIATE DEGREE IN EDUCATION POPULATIONS AND ECOSYSTEMS OBJECTIVES OF THE LECTURE To engage Student Teachers in experiencing inquiry science first-hand To make them comfortable with the discipline To eliminate any concerns or fears they may have about science. WHAT’S IN THE LECTURE study of life science using a macroscopic approach explore ecosystems and get a sense of how unity and diversity carry through all of biology examine the basic needs of living things and their interdependencies. In addition, you will learn to explain how some species thrive and populations grow but others become extinct. how organisms are interconnected with each other in an ecosystem and also with the nonliving components in their environment. factors that affect population size and how populations change over time. identify the effects of human activities and naturally occurring changes to ecosystems, as well as the results of those changes LECTURE OUTCOME Student Teachers should
