MARTONEN- ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE LESSON PLANS-12/19/16
MICHIGAN COURSE CONTENT STANDARDS ADDRESSED
MONDAY-
TUESDAY-
WEDNESDAY-
1. Finish group teach presentations- chapter 4-6- and take notes
2.Finish Lab 6- benefits of producers- research 10 facts on benefits of producers after reading story
THURSDAY
FRIDAY-
MICHIGAN COURSE CONTENT STANDARDS ADDRESSED
- B1.1A Generate new questions that can be investigated in the laboratory or field
- B1.1B Evaluate the uncertainties or validity of scientific conclusions using an understanding of sources of measurement error, the challenges of controlling variables, accuracy of data analysis, logic of argument, logic of experimental design, and/or the dependence on underlying assumptions
- B1.1C Conduct scientific investigations using appropriate tools and techniques (e.g., selecting an instrument that measures the desired quantity with the appropriate level of precision)
- B1.1f Predict what would happen if the variables, methods, or timing of an investigation were changed
- B3.2A Identify how energy is stored in an ecosystem
- B3.2B Describe energy transfer through an ecosystem, accounting for energy lost to the environment as heat
- B3.2C Draw the flow of energy through an ecosystem. Predict changes in the food web when one or more organisms is removed
- B3.3A Use a food web to identify and distinguish producers, consumers, and decomposers and explain the transfer of energy through trophic levels
- B3.3b Describe environmental processes (e.g., the carbon and nitrogen cycles) and their role in processing matter crucial for sustaining life
- B3.4A Describe ecosystem stability. Understand that if a disaster such as flood or fire occurs, the damaged ecosystem is likely to recover in states of succession that eventually result in a system similar to the original one
- B3.4B Recognize and describe that a great diversity of species increases the chance that at least some living organisms will survive in the face of cataclysmic changes in the environment
- B1.2A Critique whether or not specific questions can be answered through scientific investigations
- B1.2C Develop an understanding of a scientific concept by accessing information from multiple sources. Evaluate the scientific accuracy and significance of the information.
- B1.2E Evaluate the future career and occupational prospects of science fields
- B1.2k Analyze how science and society interact from a historical, political, economic, or social perspective
- B1.2i Explain the progression of ideas and explanations that leads to science theories that are part of the current scientific consensus or core knowledge
- B1.2D Evaluate scientific explanations in a peer review process or discussion format
- B1.2B Identify and critique arguments about personal or societal issues based on scientific evidence
MONDAY-
- Ecosystem jar project- observation FINAL CHEMICAL TESTINGS- students will perform procedure in project booklet and complete ALL base line chemical tests that they did on their jar 10 weeks ago, research results, and begin to focus on parameters that changed for major lab reports. Also, this time will be used or complete final microscopic trophic level assessments and sketches.
- Ch6 review-due Thursday
TUESDAY-
- Ecosystem jar project- observation FINAL CHEMICAL TESTINGS- students will perform procedure in project booklet and complete ALL base line chemical tests that they did on their jar 10 weeks ago, research results, and begin to focus on parameters that changed for major lab reports. Also, this time will be used or complete final microscopic trophic level assessments and sketches.
- Ch6 review-due Thursday
- ECOSYSTEM JAR REPORT- Due in one week
WEDNESDAY-
1. Finish group teach presentations- chapter 4-6- and take notes
2.Finish Lab 6- benefits of producers- research 10 facts on benefits of producers after reading story
THURSDAY
- Lab- roles of organisms in ecosystems- Lab 46 and 47 sheets
- Review labs and demonstrate with actual food chain data- demo 55 and 58
- Ch5 review- due tomorrow
FRIDAY-
- Lab 48- abiotic cycles
- Game 47- food web game- students will simulate and actual food web interactions and pass energy units through the web as organisms perform their niche- lab will include follow up and analysis questions on simulation.