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Objective: How could buying candy affect orangutan populations in the wild?

Standards:

MS-LS2-1: Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem. 

MS-LS2-4: Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations. 

MS-LS2-2: Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems. 

MS-LS2-5: Evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services. 

MS-ESS3-3: Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing a human impact on the environment. 

MS-ETS1-1: Define the criteria and constraints of a design problem with sufficient precision to ensure a successful solution, taking into account relevant scientific principles and potential impacts on people and the natural environment that may limit possible solutions.

Warm-Up: 

Follow up on Palm Oil Scavenger Hunt [L]

To Do List:

1.Follow up on Palm Oil Scavenger Hunt [L]

2. Decide what to call the places where Palm Oil is grown. [M]

3. Gather Additional Information Through a Short Reading [N]

4. Identify What We Need to Include In Our Models [O]

Homework:

None