Student will organize and Student will organize and Given organized data on interpret data to provide interpret data to describe a resource availability, student evidence for the effects of cause and effect will identify the effects on access to resources on relationship of resource organisms and/or populations organisms and/or availability on organisms in an ecosystem based on populations, in an and/or populations in an specific data (i.e., evidence). ecosystem. ecosystem. MS-LS2-1 Life Sciences-Ecosystems: Interactions, Middle School Energy, and Dynamics ACCESS POINT (More Complex): MS-LS2-1.M. Student will organize and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of access to resources on and/or , in an . PERFORMANCE TASK Requirements: Every performance task must have at least five unique items/questions. Task must include at least two of the following: Graph Chart Table The set of five items must include at least: One item specifying information from a graph, chart or table to support a cause and effect conclusion. One item related to cause and effect establishing a cause and effect relationship. One item must include evidence (e.g., specific part(s) of the data, graph, etc.) to support the claim or conclusion (e.g., an evidence based selected student’s response item). One item organizing data (e.g., from table to graph) to establish a cause and effect relationship. In a multiple-choice item, a minimum of three answer choices must be provided. Restrictions: None Example Items Item 1: Teacher Directions: When scientists studied salmon migrations, they notice that the salmon population is impacted by many factors. The table below summarizes the factors that scientists found to affect salmon migration. Migration Barriers Number of Occurrences Dams 6 Predators 2 Habitat Destruction 11
Student will organize and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of access to resources on organisms and/or populations, in an ecosystem. Student will organize and interpret data to describe a cause and effect relationship of resource availability on organisms and/or populations in an ecosystem. Given organized data on resource availability, student will identify the effects on organisms and/or populations in an ecosystem based on specific data (i.e., evidence). MS-LS2-1 Life Sciences-Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics Middle School ACCESS POINT (More Complex): MS-LS2-1.M. Student will organize and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of access to resources on and/or , in an . PERFORMANCE TASK Requirements: Every performance task must have at least five unique items/questions. Task must include at least two of the following: Graph Chart Table The set of five items must include at least: One item specifying information from a graph, chart or table to support a cause and effect conclusion. One item related to cause and effect establishing a cause and effect relationship. One item must include evidence (e.g., specific part(s) of the data, graph, etc.) to support the student’s claim or conclusion (e.g., an evidence based selected response item). One item organizing data (e.g., from table to graph) to establish a cause and effect relationship. In a multiple-choice item, a minimum of three answer choices must be provided. Restrictions: None Example Items Item 1: Teacher Directions: When scientists studied salmon migrations, they notice that the salmon population is impacted by many factors. The table below summarizes the factors that scientists found to affect salmon migration. Migration Barriers Number of Occurrences Dams 6 Predators 2 Habitat Destruction 11
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