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Equilibrium within Ecoregions
Equilibrium within Ecoregions
Activities in this unit focus on factors that impact the equilibrium of an ecosystem such as the Blackland Prairies of Texas.
The First Nine Weeks will focus on Ecoregions of Texas. Students will get to perform a Bottle Biology Lab, analyze how ecosystems maintain equilibrium and the physical properties used to classify rocks and minerals.
Ecoregions of Texas
Ecoregions of Texas
Enduring Understandings
Balance within systems is regulated by the interactions between biotic and abiotic factors.
Comparative and descriptive investigations are designed and implemented by making observations.
Essential Questions
How are biotic and abiotic factors connected to equilibrium in an ecosystem?
How might you justify that a microhabitat is an ecosystem?
What stores can rocks tell?
What would the history of Texas look like from a rock's point of view?
What will my student know and be skilled at?
What will my student know and be skilled at?
Knowledge
Biotic and abiotic factors that affect environments
Characteristics of a biome
Environments support organisms
Organization exists within a biosphere
Ecoregions in Texas are different
Physical properties of rocks and minerals
Chemical properties of rocks and minerals
Types of weathering
Erosion and Deposition
Rock Cycle
Evidence of chemical reactions
Skills
Recording and graphing quantitative and qualitative data
Use scientific measurement tools to make observations and collect data
Researching components of an ecoregion
Testing physical and chemical properties of rocks and minerals
Classifying rocks by the process of their formation and physical properties
Analyzing the effects of weathering, erosion and deposition
Recognize evidence of chemical reactions
Lone Star Style Fixer Upper Performance Assessment
Lone Star Style Fixer Upper Performance Assessment
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