Testing of the Students will play through their simulation to examine what Product effect the change in limiting factors will have on their (Prototype, environment. model or Artifact): Solution(s) Peer-Review Did the simulation include the appropriate limiting factors 6 the Questions: (food. Water, shelter, space, disease, parasitism, and predation)? Step Were the effects of the limiting factors accurate? If not, what Evaluate changes could be made to accurate reflect their effects? Were the random natural events effectively incorporated? If and not, how could they be? Test Project Students will present their research summary and simulation. Each group will describe the unique limiting factors present Summary: in their environment. the Groups will present their simulations and describe how it 7 works. Groups will describe the process they went through to get to Step their final simulation setup. Solution(s) Communicate Presentation of Students will present their simulations to their classmates. Final Solution: Re-designing Students should redesign their simulations into an app. of the Students must develop the app and explain how the app would work, the cost etc. Prototype 8 Each group of students should be assigned a specific Teacher Notes: environment (rain forest, Everglades, to coral reef…) Step simulate. Redesign Materials may need to be varied depending on the style of game (board game, card game, etc.) students develop
Step 6 Test and Evaluate the Solution(s) Testing of the Product (Prototype, model or Artifact): Students will play through their simulation to examine what effect the change in limiting factors will have on their environment. Peer-Review Questions: Did the simulation include the appropriate limiting factors (food. Water, shelter, space, disease, parasitism, and predation)? Were the effects of the limiting factors accurate? If not, what changes could be made to accurate reflect their effects? Were the random natural events effectively incorporated? If not, how could they be? Step 7 Communicate the Solution(s) Project Summary: Students will present their research summary and simulation. Each group will describe the unique limiting factors present in their environment. Groups will present their simulations and describe how it works. Groups will describe the process they went through to get to their final simulation setup. Presentation of Final Solution: Students will present their simulations to their classmates. Step 8 Redesign Re-designing of the Prototype Students should redesign their simulations into an app. Students must develop the app and explain how the app would work, the cost etc. Teacher Notes: Each group of students should be assigned a specific environment (rain forest, Everglades, coral reef…) to simulate. Materials may need to be varied depending on the style of game (board game, card game, etc.) students develop
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