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What We're Learning
Interactions within Ocean Systems
Interactions within Ocean Systems
Students will complete a variety of activities that explore the diversity and classification of living things in the ocean system. Students will explore organization of ecosystems and biodiversity during this topic of study.
Wise Use of Natural Resources
Wise Use of Natural Resources
Students will analyze how human choices about obtaining, distributing and transforming resources impact the environment.
Ocean Systems: Biodiversity
Ocean Systems: Biodiversity
Enduring Understandings
Diversity is determined by the interactions between biotic and abiotic factors.
Matter and energy interact within the ocean.
Energy from the sun moves through organisms.
Recognize human impacts on ocean ecosystems.
Essential Questions
How is biodiversity connected to sustainability?
How have humans impacted ocean ecosystems?
How do biotic and abiotic factors interact within the environment?
How might we justify protecting every single organism within the ocean ecosystem?
Why does the classification of organisms matter?
What will my student know and be skilled at?
What will my student know and be skilled at?
Knowledge
Similarities and differences between biotic and abiotic factors in the ocean
The importance of biodiversity in an ecosystem
The flow if energy in an ecosystem
Skills
Using data to construct a graph
Observing and making scientific drawings
Comparing and contrasting fish and cetaceans
Using a dichotomous key
Creating food chains and food webs
Into the Deep Blue Sea Performance Assessment
Into the Deep Blue Sea Performance Assessment
Wise Use of Natural Resources
Wise Use of Natural Resources
Enduring Understandings
Careful use of water resources is necessary to sustain life.
The use of energy is driven by its availability and efficiency.
A sustainable community is based on wise use of energy resources which impacts the quality of life.
Essential Questions
Why should my generation be concerned about natural resources?
What are the energy choices available for my family?
How does energy change from one form to another?
How might we prove energy transformations exist?
What products are the best for the environment?
What will my student know and be skilled at?
What will my student know and be skilled at?
Knowledge
Forms and sources of energy
Advantages/disadvantages of energy sources including renewability
Fuel efficiency of vehicles
The similarities and differences between gas, hybrid and electric vehicles
The importance of water and resource conservation
Electricity is produced at various types of power plants
The Law of Conservation of Energy states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transform
Skills
Creating hypothesis
Constructing a model of efficient use of insulation
Investigate home water use
Demonstrating thermal energy transfer
Demonstrating energy transformations
The Powerton Problem Performance Assessment
The Powerton Problem Performance Assessment
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