MARTONEN- ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE LESSON PLANS- 9/4/17
MICHIGAN COURSE CONTENT STANDARDS ADDRESSED
MONDAY-
NO SCHOOL
TUESDAY-
1) Review macroinvertebrate procedure for Fumee Lake water quality study.
2) Late Monitoring Data Sheet- Partially complete and review sections to be completed at Fumee Lake.
3) Intro to GPS technology- students will learn about GPS technology, the major functional pages on Garmin GPS units, how to mark a way point, and how to go to a way point.
4) GPS practice- students will practice marking and going to waypoints on the school grounds.
WEDNESDAY-
1) Fumee Lake Water Quality Procedure- Students will be introduced to all paper work, equipment, and procedures for Friday’s field trip to Fumee Lake.
2) Ch 1 review sheet-due Friday
3) Ch2 review sheet- 9/24
THURSDAY-
1) Fumee Lake- 8am-noon- Students will meet in front of high school office at 8am and go to Fumee Lake to collect water quality information. Students will return at noon.
FRIDAY-
1) Students will exchange and complete all data sheets from yesterday’s field trip.
2) Students will perform 10 chemical water tests on water that has been brought back from the Fumee Lakes.
3) Students will use water quality handbook to determine what each water test result they obtain means for water quality. Students will record this information as well as what a “bad” result would be for each water test on a data sheet which is to be included in their final lab report.
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-
NO SCHOOL
TUESDAY-
1) Review macroinvertebrate procedure for Fumee Lake water quality study.
2) Late Monitoring Data Sheet- Partially complete and review sections to be completed at Fumee Lake.
3) Intro to GPS technology- students will learn about GPS technology, the major functional pages on Garmin GPS units, how to mark a way point, and how to go to a way point.
4) GPS practice- students will practice marking and going to waypoints on the school grounds.
WEDNESDAY-
1) Fumee Lake Water Quality Procedure- Students will be introduced to all paper work, equipment, and procedures for Friday’s field trip to Fumee Lake.
2) Ch 1 review sheet-due Friday
3) Ch2 review sheet- 9/24
THURSDAY-
1) Fumee Lake- 8am-noon- Students will meet in front of high school office at 8am and go to Fumee Lake to collect water quality information. Students will return at noon.
FRIDAY-
1) Students will exchange and complete all data sheets from yesterday’s field trip.
2) Students will perform 10 chemical water tests on water that has been brought back from the Fumee Lakes.
3) Students will use water quality handbook to determine what each water test result they obtain means for water quality. Students will record this information as well as what a “bad” result would be for each water test on a data sheet which is to be included in their final lab report.