This Ecological Succession CER Worksheet uses real-world examples to help students practice Claim-Evidence-Reasoning while learning about primary and secondary succession, plus key terms such as pioneer species and climax community. Students will analyze four fascinating TRUE case studies to determine whether each scenario represents primary or secondary succession.
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In this activity, students will:
- READ: Read a real-world case study about an example of primary or secondary succession.
- ANSWER CERs: Students will decide if each scenario describes an example of primary or secondary succession and support their answer with evidence from the provided text.
Teacher Notes:
- Answer keys are always provided.
- This lesson also includes a digital Google Slides option to assign!
- There are 4 true-life scenarios included, so students will write 4 CERs.
- This ecological succession CER worksheet is NOT editable.
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Related Standards:
- NGSSMS-LS2-2: Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems. Emphasis is on predicting consistent patterns of interactions in different ecosystems in terms of the relationships among and between organisms and abiotic components of ecosystems.
- NGSSMS-LS2-4: Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.
