SESI Virtual Field Trip:
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Introduction:
Introduction:
This virtual field trip is designed to help students identify and interpret the different types of ecological symbiotic relationships by exploring the virtual UTEP Centennial Museum Exhibit: Tiny Tunnels, Big Connections.
*Teacher Lesson Plan can be found at the bottom of this page*
**Links work best when signed into a Google Account. Student worksheets are forced copied so students can work directly on the respective Google Documents**
Test your knowledge!
Test your knowledge!
Click the button to take the pre-questionnaire
Click the button to take the pre-questionnaire
*Students from Cathedral, Del Valle or Horizon HS use the correct link for your school*
Tiny Tunnels.mp4Tiny Tunnels, Big Connections: Ant Relationships Shape the World Exhibition Tour
Tiny Tunnels, Big Connections: Ant Relationships Shape the World Exhibition Tour
Students will be learning about the different types of relationships that organisms have with one another.
An organism can be negatively affected (-), positively affected (+) and not affected at all (0). In order to fill out this note template you will specifically be reading information about ants.
Go through the Tiny Tunnels, Big Connections exhibition to fill the different sections of the virtual exhibit note template (linked in the button below). The Tiny Tunnels Note Template will help guide you as you go through the virtual exhibit/informational tabs. It will have sections for the different types of relationships; it will also have additional information to help explain the relationships a bit better.
You can also Navigate the 360 Tour Below:
You can also Navigate the 360 Tour Below:
Interactive Activities
Interactive Activities
Below are different options for interactive activities. Your teacher will assign one to you depending on which one they deem will work best for your class. The icons are buttons that will lead you to the assignment. All of the buttons will lead you to a Google doc except for the Relationships Speed Round which is a link to Quizziz.com. Teachers will have to log in and access a code in order to allow you and your peers to play, and so that they have access to your scores.
Leafcutter Webcam
What Relationship Do You See?
Critter Cam
Speed Round of Relationships
Mix & Match
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Retest your knowledge!
Click the button to take the pre-questionnaire
Click the button to take the pre-questionnaire
*Students from Cathedral, Del Valle or Horizon HS use the correct link for school*
Teacher’s Guide for Interactive Activities
Teacher’s Guide for Interactive Activities
Below you will find a lesson plan that encompasses the components and objectives for this assignment in relation to the TEKS. This assignment offers various options when it comes to the 'explore lesson plan' of the assignment. In order to decide which assignment would work best for your classroom, please take a look at the activity descriptions and lesson plan that can be found below.
Tiny Tunnels Interactive Activities Teacher’s Guide
Mix and Match Cards
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remember, Understand, Apply
In this activity students will be matching different organismal relationship scenarios to their relationship type using flash cards. This can either be done in person or virtually. You as a teacher can then make sure that the student is able to connect the scenario with the relationship properly. It is recommended that this is done as a simple Checking for Understanding activity.
Speed Round of Relationships
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remember, Understand, Apply
In this activity students will log onto Quizezz.com and play the quiz game. You as a teacher will have to create a Quizezz.com account if you don’t already have one, look up the quiz and once you are ready for students to begin to do the quiz a code will be given. Students will use this code to log on and play. The quiz itself is 10 relationship descriptions along with pictures and students will then have 4 different relationships to choose from. The results can then be downloaded to an Excel spreadsheet.
Critter Cam with National Geographic
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remember, Understand, Apply, Analyze
In this activity students will view different organismal relationships (primarily those that take place in the ocean) through the Critter Cam courtesy of National Geographic. Students will watch 3 different videos and determine what relationships are present. Once they identify the relationships they will have to justify their answers by describing the relationship as well how each organism was affected (whether they benefited or were harmed during the interaction).
Leafcutter Ant Webcam
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remember, Understand, Apply, Analyze, Evaluate
In this activity students will visit the Leafcutter Ants virtually via the Houston Leafcutter At Webcam. This activity allows students to view interactions as if they were happening right in front of them, from anytime anywhere. As they watch they will observe the Leafcutter ants and try to name the relationships they may see amongst ants as well as relationships they infer occur with ants and other organisms.
What relationships do you see?
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Remember, Understand, Apply, Analyze, Evaluate
In this activity students will put to practice everything they have learned about organismal relationships. They will be given a sheet with eight different organisms. They will analyze the pictures and come up with relationships that they see in the picture or come up with a relationship they think is possible with the organism present, enabling their critical thinking skills. Students must write at least two types of relationships and justify their answers by writing with symbols (+,--,0) how the organisms are being affected.
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