Performance I can describe I can use techniques I can improve upon our I can anticipate descriptors: a plan to learned from our class class investigation to limitations in the monitor the investigation to devise devise a monitoring plan data that I will be abundance of a practical monitoring that will answer a able to collect and my target plan that will gather statistical question about explain how these species over data from a sample of the change in abundance limitations should be the next five a population in order of my target species by taken into account. years to answer a statistical using enough data from question about random samples to draw changes in the inferences about the abundance of my species population. target species in the next 5 years. Elements of All of 1 and… All of 1 and 2 and… All of 1, 2, and 3 each level - includes how - incorporates skills - improves upon class and… of to collect used during the whole investigation in terms of - identifies potential proficiency: data on class investigation accuracy of data errors in data species - acknowledges need collection, randomness collection, gaps in abundance. to use a sample to of sampling, or amount data, sampling bias, - accounts for represent the whole of data collected or other possible five years of population -uses appropriate random challenges or sources data - begins with a sampling techniques of error collection. statistical question -details frequency and -makes suggestions - details what data is duration of data for how to interpret to be collected collection data despite - is practical for - will generate enough limitations students to implement data to be able to draw inferences on changes in abundance APPENDIX E SAMPLE RUBRIC: Summary of Findings Choose two to three of the strands below on which to assess your students. Choose the performance indicators that best reflect the work done through your class investigation. Standard Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 I can use my I can interpret I can use a graph or chart to I can communicate observations to data in a graph or provide evidence to show multiple possible MS-LS identify a a chart to identify relationships between explanations of the 2-1 relationship relationships resource availability and data, including between between resource species abundance in an limitations in the data. available availability and ecosystem and predict how I can pose additional resources and species abundance changes in resource questions for future abundance of an ecosystem availability might impact study to help me species in an abundance. investigate further. ecosystem
Performance descriptors: I can describe a plan to monitor the abundance of my target species over the next five years I can use techniques learned from our class investigation to devise a practical monitoring plan that will gather data from a sample of a population in order to answer a statistical question about changes in the abundance of my target species in the next 5 years. I can improve upon our class investigation to devise a monitoring plan that will answer a statistical question about the change in abundance of my target species by using enough data from random samples to draw inferences about the species population. I can anticipate limitations in the data that I will be able to collect and explain how these limitations should be taken into account. Elements of each level of proficiency: - includes how to collect data on species abundance. - accounts for five years of data collection. All of 1 and… - incorporates skills used during the whole class investigation - acknowledges need to use a sample to represent the whole population - begins with a statistical question - details what data is to be collected - is practical for students to implement All of 1 and 2 and… - improves upon class investigation in terms of accuracy of data collection, randomness of sampling, or amount of data collected -uses appropriate random sampling techniques -details frequency and duration of data collection - will generate enough data to be able to draw inferences on changes in abundance All of 1, 2, and 3 and… - identifies potential errors in data collection, gaps in data, sampling bias, or other possible challenges or sources of error -makes suggestions for how to interpret data despite limitations APPENDIX E SAMPLE RUBRIC: Summary of Findings Choose two to three of the strands below on which to assess your students. Choose the performance indicators that best reflect the work done through your class investigation. Standard Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 MS-LS 2-1 I can use my observations to identify a relationship between available resources and abundance of species in an ecosystem I can interpret data in a graph or a chart to identify relationships between resource availability and species abundance an ecosystem I can use a graph or chart to provide evidence to show relationships between resource availability and species abundance in an ecosystem and predict how changes in resource availability might impact abundance. I can communicate multiple possible explanations of the data, including limitations in the data. I can pose additional questions for future study to help me investigate further.
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