MARTONEN- ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE LESSON PLANS-9/21/15
MICHIGAN COURSE CONTENT STANDARDS ADDRESSED
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-
1) Students will finish water testing and data exchange.
2) Instructor will introduce the lab report assignment with the class for the Fumee Lake Water Quality Study
3) Students will use KHS water quality handbook to analyze test results for each water test.
TUESDAY-
1) Canopy assessment- students will learn how to classify a stand by performing a canopy estimate.
2) Fumee habitat study- procedure and background for Thursday’s field trip
3) Introduction to MIWILD for Thursday’s field trip.
4) Taxonomy- identification of trees for Thursday’s field trip.
5) Work on lab report for Fumee Lake water quality.
WEDNESDAY-
1) Students will finish water testing and data exchange.
2) Students will begin writing lab report assignment for the Fumee Lake Water Quality Study- due date will be 10/5
3) Students will use KHS water quality handbook to analyze test results for each water test.
4) Ch2 review sheet due Friday.
THURSDAY-
1) Field trip- 8am – noon- Fumee Lake- students will navigate to six pre-marked sites near Fumee Lake and conduct habitat surveys as well as wildlife surveys (scent stations and mammal tracks, snap traps). Students will record information on data sheets and use in school to validate Miwild computer program.
2) Ch3 review sheet- 10/31
FRIDAY-
1) Mobile- students will match 6 actual habitats to 6 habitats in theMIWILD computer program and print species lists for calculations for second major lab report.
2) Percent match. Omission, and commission calculations from printed sheets will be started following instruction sheets.
1) Students will finish water testing and data exchange.
2) Instructor will introduce the lab report assignment with the class for the Fumee Lake Water Quality Study
3) Students will use KHS water quality handbook to analyze test results for each water test.
TUESDAY-
1) Canopy assessment- students will learn how to classify a stand by performing a canopy estimate.
2) Fumee habitat study- procedure and background for Thursday’s field trip
3) Introduction to MIWILD for Thursday’s field trip.
4) Taxonomy- identification of trees for Thursday’s field trip.
5) Work on lab report for Fumee Lake water quality.
WEDNESDAY-
1) Students will finish water testing and data exchange.
2) Students will begin writing lab report assignment for the Fumee Lake Water Quality Study- due date will be 10/5
3) Students will use KHS water quality handbook to analyze test results for each water test.
4) Ch2 review sheet due Friday.
THURSDAY-
1) Field trip- 8am – noon- Fumee Lake- students will navigate to six pre-marked sites near Fumee Lake and conduct habitat surveys as well as wildlife surveys (scent stations and mammal tracks, snap traps). Students will record information on data sheets and use in school to validate Miwild computer program.
2) Ch3 review sheet- 10/31
FRIDAY-
1) Mobile- students will match 6 actual habitats to 6 habitats in theMIWILD computer program and print species lists for calculations for second major lab report.
2) Percent match. Omission, and commission calculations from printed sheets will be started following instruction sheets.