Activity 3: Revisiting Predictions about Change in Species Abundance Over Time Key Question: How will the population of the target species change in the future? What should, if anything should be done? By the end of this activity I will be able to… MS LS 2-2 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Construct an Use my Support my Represent my Form additional explanation that observations to claim with prediction accurately questions that I predicts patterns make a prediction evidence from on a line graph and want to of interactions about how the my investigation explain any patterns investigate in among abundance of the or research that in changes in species order to be more organisms across target species will I have abundance that confident in my multiple change over time. conducted. helped me make my prediction. ecosystems prediction. Based on what you researched about your target species, data that you gathered on Vital Signs, and what you have seen from your field observations, make a prediction about how the abundance of your species will change in the next five years. Fill in the graph below so that shows your prediction. Explain the reasons why your graph looks the way it does. What is your evidence and reasoning for this prediction? Go back to the graph that you drew in Part I Activity 3. Add your initial (first) prediction to your graph. Make sure to label which was your initial prediction and your last prediction so that you can tell them apart. Did your prediction change? Why or why not? What new information that you gathered over the course of your investigation changed or confirmed your initial prediction?
Activity 3: Revisiting Predictions about Change in Species Abundance Over Time Key Question: How will the population of the target species change in the future? What should, if anything should be done? By the end of this activity I will be able to… MS LS 2-2 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems Use my observations to make a prediction about how the abundance of the target species will change over time. Support my claim with evidence from my investigation or research that I have conducted. Represent my prediction accurately on a line graph and explain any patterns in changes in species abundance that helped me make my prediction. Form additional questions that I want to investigate in order to be more confident in my prediction. Based on what you researched about your target species, data that you gathered on Vital Signs, and what you have seen from your field observations, make a prediction about how the abundance of your species will change in the next five years. Fill in the graph below so that shows your prediction. Explain the reasons why your graph looks the way it does. What is your evidence and reasoning for this prediction? Go back to the graph that you drew in Part I Activity 3. Add your initial (first) prediction to your graph. Make sure to label which was your initial prediction and your last prediction so that you can tell them apart. Did your prediction change? Why or why not? What new information that you gathered over the course of your investigation changed or confirmed your initial prediction?
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