Description

Teaching ecological succession, primary vs secondary succession, and looking for a way to teach it effectively or looking for a different way to review? I got you! This is a fun and engaging lesson with embedded activities to help your students learn and REMEMBER! This will ultimately help your students understand the content better and retain it in their long-term memory!

Ecological succession is the process by which natural communities of organisms replace (or “succeed”) one another over time in a specific area after a disturbance.

This package includes a link for a Google slides version of the lesson and practice as well as a PowerPoint version. In addition, a paper version and guided notes are included!

✅ Download the preview and check out the sneak peek inside! Don’t forget to view the video preview as well.

This primary vs secondary succession lesson covers:

Ecosystems
Levels of organization in an ecosystem
Primary and secondary succession
Competition
Pioneer species
Climax communities
And more!

Interactive activities include:

Drag-and-drop
Vocabulary matching
Answering questions in the text-box
Organizing the stages of ecological succession
And more!

There are 32 slides in all and an answer key is included!

When you purchase this product, you will be given access to a link that will allow you to open the file in Google Slides. You will then be able to share this with your students. If you’d like, there is a PPT version as well!

**This will support NC’s standard LS.8.2.1.

**This lesson is a great supportive lesson for NGSS standard MS-LS2-4 and MS-LS2-5.

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Interactive lessons can be used for virtual learning, individual learning, partners and small groups, direct instruction, science stations/centers, tutoring and enrichment, and more!

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