6th - Public Schools of Robeson County

6 th grade ScienceTimeFrameClarifyingObjectivesKeyConceptsResourcesTechnology:Life Science 6.L.2 Understand the flow of energy through ecosystems and the responses of populations to the biotic and abiotic factorsin their environment.5 days 6.L.2.2• http://plantsinmotion.bio.indiana.edu/plantmotion/movementExplain how plants respond toexternal stimuli (includings/tropism/tropisms.htmldormancy and forms of tropism) toenhance survival in an• http://leavingbio.net/plant%20responses.htmenvironment.Essential Questions:• http://www.biology-online.org/6/3_abiotic_factors.htm1. How do plants adapt toenvironmental conditions?• http://sciencereviewgames.com/srg/games/hs.php?id=812. What are dormancy andtropism?10 days6.L.2.3Summarize how the abiotic factors(such as temperature,water, sunlight, and soil quality) ofbiomes (freshwater,marine, forest, grasslands, desert,Producer, consumer,herbivore, carnivore,omnivore, decomposerfood web, scavenger,food chain, energypyramid, transmission,absorption, reflection,photosynthesis, estuary,perennial, dormancy,bulbs, positive tropism,environment, stimulus,gravity, temperature,biome, canopy, desert,grassland, savanna,deciduous, coniferous,permafrost, biotic, abiotic,rainforest, tundra• http://jklsciencelab.weebly.com/biotic-and-abioticfactors.html• http://exchange.smarttech.com/search.html?q=%20abiotic%20factors.%20biotic%20factors• http://www.fi.edu/tfi/units/life/habitat/habitat.html