Name: ______________________________ Date: _____________ My Vital Signs Biodiversity Investigation Student Notebook Part I: Understanding the Research Question Lesson 1: Preparing for Future Learning: Essential Questions: What is important in an ecosystem? What do I already know? What do I want to find out? Key Vocabulary: ecosystem, biodiversity, habitat*, population*, community*,organism*, species* Do Now: Draw a sketch of an ecosystem that has biodiversity. If you don’t know what that looks like, take a guess! There are no wrong answers. Label the different parts of your drawing. After completing this this activity, I will be able to… MS LS 2-2 Level 1 Level 2: all of Level 3: all of Level 4: all of level 1 and… level 2 and… level 3 and… Construct an Give an Describe or Explain why Generate explanation that example of show an biodiversity is questions that predicts patterns species ecosystem with important in an will help me learn of interactions among that affect its living and ecosystem. more about organisms across each other. non-living parts. ecosystems. multiple ecosystems Once you have completed the activity, circle the highest level that you achieved. “Graffiti Wall” Debrief:
Name: ______________________________ Date: _____________ My Vital Signs Biodiversity Investigation Student Notebook Part I: Understanding the Research Question Lesson 1: Preparing for Future Learning: Essential Questions: What is important in an ecosystem? What do I already know? What do I want to find out? Key Vocabulary: ecosystem, biodiversity, habitat*, population*, community*,organism*, species* Do Now: Draw a sketch of an ecosystem that has biodiversity. If you don’t know what that looks like, take a guess! There are no wrong answers. Label the different parts of your drawing. After completing this this activity, I will be able to… MS LS 2-2 Level 1 Level 2: all of level 1 and… Level 3: all of level 2 and… Level 4: all of level 3 and… Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems Give an example of species that affect each other. Describe or show an ecosystem with its living and non-living parts. Explain why biodiversity is important in an ecosystem. Generate questions that will help me learn more about ecosystems. Once you have completed the activity, circle the highest level that you achieved. “Graffiti Wall” Debrief:
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