April 18: Interactions of Living Things

Today We worked through the key terms of the next section in the text (1.3).  We got through that and I introduced the question from yesterday: “What would life be like if there were no money?”  This question is very open-ended and intended to spur connections between competition, resources, needs, predators, prey, niches and so forth.  I assigned a short writing response and then we talked about the results.  The kids asked some very poignant questions about this issue and I think it might have been one of the best teaching days I’ve ever had.  I also gave out the guided reading for homework.  We will have a quiz on Friday as usual over sections 1.2 and 1.3.