B.3.1 Use mathematical Emphasis is on quantitative analysis Carrying capacity maximum population size of Systems and System – and/or computational and comparison of the relationships the species that the environment can sustain Models representation to explain why interdependent factors including indefinitely given the food, habitat, water, and the carrying capacity boundaries, resources, climate, and other necessities available in the environment ecosystems can support is competition. Examples of Recycle extracting and reusing useful – limited by the available energy, mathematical comparisons could substances from waste/other materials oxygen, and minerals and include graphs, charts, histograms, and by the ability of ecosystems to population changes gathered from recycle the remains of dead simulations or historical sets of data. organisms. B.3.2. Design, evaluate, and Examples of mathematical simplified representation of a Systems and System – refine a which shows how representations include finding the relationship. Scientific models can be material, Models human activities and natural average, determining trends, and using visual, mathematical, or computational and are phenomena can change the graphical comparisons of multiple sets often used in the construction of scientific flow of matter and energy in of data. theories. 1-, 2-, and 3-D graphics, physical 3-d, an ecosystem and how those map overlays, animations, image manipulation changes impact the and image analysis environment and biodiversity Biodiversity variety of life on or in a given – of populations in ecosystems sample/ecosystem of different scales, as well as how these human impacts can be reduced. B.3.3 Evaluate the claims, Examples of changes in ecosystem Non native species or animal species Systems and System – – evidence, and reasoning that conditions could include modest introduced into an area where they do not occur Models the complex interactions in biological or physical changes, such as naturally ecosystems maintain relatively moderate hunting or a seasonal flood, Stability and Change consistent numbers and types and extreme changes, such as volcanic of organisms in stable eruption or sea level rise. Examples of conditions, and identify the non native species and their impact – impact of changing conditions are used to examine relationships. or introducing non-native species into that ecosystem. Standard 4: Inheritance and Variation in Traits Indiana Academic Standard Clarifying Statement Highlighted Vocabulary Words from the Crosscutting Standard Defined Concept
B.3.1 Use mathematical and/or computational representation to explain why the carrying capacity ecosystems can support is limited by the available energy, oxygen, and minerals and by the ability of ecosystems to recycle the remains of dead organisms. Emphasis is on quantitative analysis and comparison of the relationships interdependent factors including boundaries, resources, climate, and competition. Examples of mathematical comparisons could include graphs, charts, histograms, and population changes gathered from simulations or historical sets of data. Carrying capacity – maximum population size of the species that the environment can sustain indefinitely given the food, habitat, water, and other necessities available in the environment Recycle – extracting and reusing useful substances from waste/other materials Systems and System Models B.3.2. Design, evaluate, and refine a which shows how human activities and natural phenomena can change the flow of matter and energy in an ecosystem and how those changes impact the environment and biodiversity of populations in ecosystems of different scales, as well as how these human impacts can be reduced. Examples of mathematical representations include finding the average, determining trends, and using graphical comparisons of multiple sets of data. – simplified representation of a relationship. Scientific models can be material, visual, mathematical, or computational and are often used in the construction of scientific theories. 1-, 2-, and 3-D graphics, physical 3-d, map overlays, animations, image manipulation and image analysis Biodiversity – variety of life on or in a given sample/ecosystem Systems and System Models B.3.3 Evaluate the claims, evidence, and reasoning that the complex interactions in ecosystems maintain relatively consistent numbers and types of organisms in stable conditions, and identify the impact of changing conditions or introducing non-native species into that ecosystem. Examples of changes in ecosystem conditions could include modest biological or physical changes, such as moderate hunting or a seasonal flood, and extreme changes, such as volcanic eruption or sea level rise. Examples of non – native species and their impact are used to examine relationships. Non – native species – or animal species introduced into an area where they do not occur naturally Systems and System Models Stability and Change Standard 4: Inheritance and Variation in Traits Indiana Academic Standard Clarifying Statement Highlighted Vocabulary Words from the Standard Defined Crosscutting Concept