TIDEPOOL Ecology Lesson Sources

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TIDEPOOL EcologyLesson Sources Resources
Collaborative Lesson Mrs. Ortega, Teacher
Librarian, Ms. Seekins, 6th Grade Math/Science,
Marina Science Teacher, Ms. Castaneda, 7th Grade
Science/Marina Science Teacher, California Parks
PORTS Program. Marina del Rey Middle School,
Marine Science Academy, November 2009
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Lesson Standards

• Grade 6 Science California Content Standards
• Standard Set 5 Ecology (Life Sciences)
• 5. Organisms in ecosystems exchange energy and
  nutrients among themselves and with the
  environment. As a basis for understanding this
  concept
• a. Students know energy entering
  ecosystems as sunlight is transferred by
  producers into chemical energy through
  photosynthesis and then from organism to organism
  through food webs.
• c. Students know populations of organisms
  can be categorized by the functions they serve in
  an ecosystem.
• e. Students know the number and types of
  organisms an ecosystem can support depends on the
  resources available and on abiotic factors, such
  as quantities of light and water, a range of
  temperatures and soil composition.
• California Standards and Guidelines for Strong
  School Libraries California School Library
  Association. Sacramento. 2004.
• Standards for School Library Media Teachers
• Collaborative Teacher, Standard 4 The Library
  Media Teacher collaborates with other teachers to
  teach information literacy,
• Instructional Partner, Standard 5 The Library
  Media Teacher collaborates with other teachers to
  integrate the best uses of information and
  communication technologies into curriculum and
  instruction.

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Tidepool Lesson Concepts and Objectives

• Key ConceptThis lesson identifies the biotic and
  abiotic components found in a tidepool
  ecosystem.ObjectivesStudents will be able to
  describe what a tidepool is.Students will know
  what biotic and abiotic components make
  up a tidepool.
• Key ConceptThe unique appearance of plants and
  animals in the tidepool are a direct result of
  their adaptations for survival in a harsh
  environment.ObjectivesStudents will be able to
  recognize adaptations for survival in a
  tidepool.Students will be able to classify
  invertebrates found in a tidepool by observing
  their appearance and characteristics.
• Key ConceptTidepools are facing new challenges
  from unexpected sources, including humans and
  pollution.  ObjectivesStudents will know one
  "good tidepooling rule."Students will understand
  that California State Parks and other agencies
  are taking an active role in helping to preserve
  tidepool ecosystems.

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Technology and Video ConferencingTidepool Lesson
Concept and Objectives

• Key ConceptThe student who is information
  literate uses information accurately and
  creatively. Objectives
• Students will use digital resources (Macbooks)
  to access information.
• Students understand that note taking is a tool
  for information processing (remembering,
  comparing, analyzing and sequencing).
• Students will be able to select relevant
  information during the research process.
• Key Concept
• The student who contributes positively to
  the learning community is information literate
  and practices ethical behavior in regard to
  information and information technology
• Objectives
• Students understand the reasons and methods for
  citing sources.
• Students follow school requirements regarding
  responsible use of information and communication
  technologies.
• Key Concept
• The student who is introduced to new
  communication technologies (Video Conferencing)
  contributes collaboratively in the pursuit and
  generation of knowledge and information.
• Objective
• Students extend the research process by
  participating in the Crystal Cove Tidepool
  Ecology Video Conference (the culminating event
  of instruction).

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Lesson Resources and Credits

• Tidepool Ecology
• Lessons, worksheets, power points, movies are
  adapted from
• PORTS (Parks Online Resource for Teachers and
  Students) California State Parks
  http//www.ports.parks.ca.gov/?page_id23863
• Over three miles of beachfront borders the
  western edge of Crystal Cove State Park.  On
  certain areas of the beach where the ocean meets
  the rocky shore you can find an amazing ecosystem
  full of life.  This ecosystem is called the
  intertidal zone, or tidepools.  At low tide this
  world is exposed.The tidepool lesson will
  prepare students to take a virtual field trip via
  videoconference technology to Crystal Cove State
  Park.  Park Rangers will be live at the ocean's
  edge and will talk directly to students about the
  constant struggle that plants and animals in the
  tidepool face every day.

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Lesson Resources and Credits

• Online resources adapted from
• http//library.thinkquest.org/J001418/index.ht
  ml
• ThinkQuest Library (Oracle Education
  Foundation)
• Life on the Rocky Shore is about ocean
  tidepools. There are many fun activities for
  students to explore on the ThinkQuest (Tidepools)
  web site. One of the interactive activities give
  students the opportunity to identify tidepool
  animals (Tidepool Taxonomy) by phylum,
  characteristics, similar species and tide level.
• When you think that you can identify tidepool
  animals, try these interactives Tidepool
  Challenge http//library.thinkquest.org/J002608/T
  idepool_Challenge.html
• or What Am I? http//library.thinkquest.
  org/J001418/what.html