Understandings: Essential Questions: Students will understand that…….. How do organisms interact with other organisms in the physical environment to organisms and populations of organisms are obtain matter and energy? dependent on their environmental interactions both with other organisms and with nonliving factors. the limits of resources influence the growth of organisms and populations, which may result in competition for those limited resources. crosscutting concepts of matter and energy, systems and system models, and cause and effect are used to support understanding of the phenomena they study. Knowledge: Skills: Students will know…… Students will be able to….. predatory interactions may reduce the construct an explanation that predicts number of organisms or eliminate whole patterns of interactions among organisms populations of organisms. Mutually beneficial across multiple ecosystems. interactions, in contrast, may become so construct an explanation that predicts interdependent that each organism requires patterns of interactions among organisms the other for survival. Although the species across multiple ecosystems. involved in these competitive, predatory, and describe how one population of organisms mutually beneficial interactions vary across may affect other plants and/or animals in an ecosystems, the patterns of interactions of ecosystem. organisms with their environments, both predict the impact of humans altering biotic living and nonliving, are shared. (MS-LS2-2) and abiotic factors has on an ecosystem. biodiversity describes the variety of species model the effect of positive and negative found in Earth’s terrestrial and oceanic changes in population size on a symbiotic ecosystems. The completeness or integrity of pairing. an ecosystem’s biodiversity is often used as construct explanations for the interactions in a measure of its health. (MS-LS2-5) ecosystems and the scientific, economic, changes in biodiversity can influence political, and social justifications used in humans’ resources, such as food, energy, making decisions about maintaining and medicines, as well as ecosystem biodiversity in ecosystems. services that humans rely on—for example, use models, construct evidence-based water purification and recycling. explanations, and use argumentation from evidence. Stage 2- Assessment Evidence: Performance Tasks and other evidence: Summative Assessments RST- Research Simulation Task Quarterly Exam Marking Period 4 Associated Unit tests, quizzes, labs and engineering based projects Formative Assessments Graphic Organizers & Guided Note Taking Directed Reading Cooperative Group Learning
Understandings: Students will understand that…….. organisms and populations of organisms are dependent on their environmental interactions both with other organisms and with nonliving factors. the limits of resources influence the growth of organisms and populations, which may result in competition for those limited resources. crosscutting concepts of matter and energy, systems and system models, and cause and effect are used to support understanding of the phenomena they study. Essential Questions: How do organisms interact with other organisms in the physical environment to obtain matter and energy? Knowledge: Students will know…… predatory interactions may reduce the number of organisms or eliminate whole populations of organisms. Mutually beneficial interactions, in contrast, may become so interdependent that each organism requires the other for survival. Although the species involved in these competitive, predatory, and mutually beneficial interactions vary across ecosystems, the patterns of interactions of organisms with their environments, both living and nonliving, are shared. (MS-LS2-2) biodiversity describes the variety of species found in Earth’s terrestrial and oceanic ecosystems. The completeness or integrity of an ecosystem’s biodiversity is often used as a measure of its health. (MS-LS2-5) changes in biodiversity can influence humans’ resources, such as food, energy, and medicines, as well as ecosystem services that humans rely on—for example, water purification and recycling. Skills: Students will be able to….. construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems. construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems. describe how one population of organisms may affect other plants and/or animals in an ecosystem. predict the impact of humans altering biotic and abiotic factors has on an ecosystem. model the effect of positive and negative changes in population size on a symbiotic pairing. construct explanations for the interactions in ecosystems and the scientific, economic, political, and social justifications used in making decisions about maintaining biodiversity in ecosystems. use models, construct evidence-based explanations, and use argumentation from evidence. Stage 2- Assessment Evidence: Performance Tasks and other evidence: Summative Assessments RST- Research Simulation Task Quarterly Exam Marking Period 4 Associated Unit tests, quizzes, labs and engineering based projects Formative Assessments Graphic Organizers & Guided Note Taking Directed Reading Cooperative Group Learning