Bsc 307 Clinical Assessment Commentary

What were the objectives of this lesson? How well do you think your students understood the overall purpose and relevance of the lesson? (APS 4.A–C)

Each step in a food chain is a “trophic level” because of the energy transfer between them which can be shown in energy pyramids. All of the energy that passes on originally comes from the sun before moving through the order of the trophic levels, which is from producers to primary consumers to secondary consumers, then eventually to tertiary consumers. Although, as one lifeform eats another for energy, only 10% transfers to the next level because that 90% is used to “carry out the functions of living, such as producing new cells, regulating body temperature, and moving,” or for other necessary tasks. These transfers through eating are important since they help maintain ecosystems like the Everglades Hardwood Hammock. (Arms,

My “1 student with a score of 0” received a one because he did not pay attention during the lesson. I might have been able to help if I had stood next to him and kept him on task. I believe he knows the information because he said things during the experiment that leads me to believe he can do better. His diagram actually reflects our experiment not our lesson and that in itself is interesting. My “1 student with a score of 1” was one that asked questions. I tried to provide different examples so make it easier but in hindsight I should have SHOWN an example by providing a visual. (I will be doing this in class tomorrow)

1. The rationale and history for the existence of such policies and guidance documents (Ref. 1.3, 1.4)

Month The diagram shows the relationship between the biomass of the phytoplankton and the biomass of the zooplankton for one of the months during this investigation.

What were the learning outcomes for the lesson? How did the learning outcomes meet the needs of individual students?

Writing the teaching objectives and the learning outcomes, what the pupils will be able to do at the end of the lesson.

This in turn would lead to more consumption at the top of the food chain, eliminating the predators to creatures at the lower end

Another ecosystem that I use each day is the nitrogen cycle. This is the process that consist of three

What evidence will you gather at the beginning of the lesson, during the lesson, and/or at the end of the lesson that will show the extent to which the students have made progress toward the academic learning objective(s)? Attach rubric or scoring guide as appropriate.

What is the purpose of initial assessment and what kind of methods could be used? Evaluate these methods with reference to the ways they can help in the overall objective of achieving learning goals. How can you ensure learners are kept motivated and working towards these goals?

Use the following three-point rubric to evaluate students ' work during this lesson. * Three points: Students were highly engaged in class and group discussions; enthusiastically participated in the scavenger hunt; followed the rules of the scavenger hunt without needing

number of animals in an area surpasses the available food supply? More often than not, the

Food webs are a very important throughout our everyday lives. We may not notice it, but we are in a food web ourselves. A food web shows how an ecosystem transfers energy throughout the different plants and animals. This is important because it shows the transfer of carbon throughout the ecosystem as well. Knowing how energy and matter is transferred throughout the ecosystem is important because it helps us understand and study the world that we live in. In a food web you have three types of organisms’ producers, consumers, and decomposers, each of them have a specific job in the food web. Producers are at the start of the food web, they create food through photosynthesis. Consumers are at the middle of the web, they eat producers and use the producer as energy, and

In this case we have a saddle point where if both species use the resources in the same proportions, they can coexist but any small change to the system, which in reality is perfectly normal, will push the point to either side and allow one species to overtake the other, and this saddle point is also represented by the point at: