Ecology/Science and Socity
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Benchmark |
Performance Description |
Recommended Activities |
Recommends Assessments |
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Strand
I, Construct New Scientific Knowledge Content,
standard 1:4 |
The
learner will define environmental science and compare it with ecology |
readings and discussion
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All
assessments will be either tests, quizzes, worksheet
completion, lab reports, group evaluation, or project evaluation. In a few cases, subjective evaluation may
replace one or more of the above. |
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Strand I.1:4 |
The
learner will list the five major fields of study that contribute to
environmental science. |
notes, reading |
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Strand V.1:3 |
The
learner will distinguish between renewable and nonrenewable resources. |
charting, listing, discussion |
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Strand I.1:4 |
The
learner will classify environmental problems into three major categories. |
class
discussion, examples, hypothetical situations. |
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Benchmark |
Performance Description |
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Strand
I.1:4 |
The
learner will list three differences between developed and developing
countries. |
map usage, listing, notes.
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Strand II.1:3 |
The
learner will explain what sustainability is and describe why it is a goal of
environmental science. |
class discussion |
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Strand III.5:1 Strand III.5:2 |
The
learner will distinguish between biotic and abiotic
factors in an ecosystem. |
picture activity |
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Strand III.5:1 |
The
learner will differentiate between community, species, and ecosystem. |
worksheets,
reading. |
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Benchmark |
Performance Description |
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Recommends Assessments |
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Strand
III.5:1 |
The
learner will differentiate between habitat and niche. |
discussion, notes
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Strand III.5:4 Strand III.3:3 |
The
learner will explain evolution by natural selection, including the term
adaptation. |
discussion,
examples, notes, worksheets. |
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Strand III.5:4 |
The
learner will understand the method by which a population of insects can
become resistant to pesticides. |
examples,
discussion. |
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Strand III.2:1 |
The
learner will name the six kingdoms and identify characteristics and examples
of each. |
research,
worksheets. |
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Benchmark |
Performance Description |
Recommended Activities |
Recommends Assessments |
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Strand
III.5:5 |
The
learner will explain the importance of bacteria and fungi to the environment. |
discussion, notes.
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Strand III.5:2 |
The
learner will understand the flow of energy in ecosystems. |
diagrams,
examples, trophic level activity. |
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Strand III.5:1 |
The
learner will learn the three main niches in an ecosystem and their importance
to each other. |
notes,
worksheets, classroom discussion. |
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Strand III.5:5 |
The
learner will understand food webs and food chains and trophic
levels. |
comparison and contrast, food web
activity |
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Benchmark |
Performance Description |
Recommended Activities |
Recommends Assessments |
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Strand
IV.2:2 |
The
learner will understand the importance of the carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus
cycles to ecosystems. |
worksheets, discussion.
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Strand III.5:4 |
The
learner will understand the stages of primary and secondary succession |
examples,
discussion. |
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Strand III.5:2 Strand III.5:4 |
The
learner will understand the term biome and be able to list several
terrestrial and aquatic biomes. |
discussion,
posters, notes, worksheets. |
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Strand III.1:1 |
The
learner will explain how temperature and precipitation determine the types of
plants that will grow in an area. |
reading |
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Benchmark |
Performance Description |
Recommended Activities |
Recommends Assessments |
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Strand
III.1:1 |
The
learner will learn about tropical and temperate rainforests, and the
adaptations plants need to live in those biomes. |
research, discussion, worksheets.
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Strand III.4:2 |
The
learner will learn about the different types of forest biomes as well as the
adaptations necessary for the plants and animals that live there. |
reading,
notes, worksheets. |
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Strand III.5:6 |
The
learner will understand the threats to all biomes discussed. |
class
discussion, charting. |
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Strand III.4:2 Strand III.5:6 |
The
learner will learn the differences between the different types of grassland
biomes, the adaptations of plants and animals, and the threats to those
biomes. |
charting,
class discussion, reading. |
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Benchmark |
Performance Description |
Recommended Activities |
Recommends Assessments |
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Strand
III.5:1 |
The
learner will describe the factors that determine where an organism lives in
an aquatic ecosystem. |
reading
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Strand III.5:2 |
The
learner will describe the littoral and benthic zones of an aquatic biome. |
reading,
discussion, note taking. |
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Strand III.5:5 |
The
learner will describe the importance of wetlands. |
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Strand III.5:6 |
The
learner will learn the threats to aquatic biomes of all types. |
essay type questions |
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Benchmark |
Performance Description |
Recommended Activities |
Recommends Assessments |
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Strand
III.5:6 |
The
learner will describe and learn the importance of an estuary, coral reef and
threats to those marine ecosystems. |
essay questions.
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Strand I.1:3 Strand II.1:4 |
The
learner will describe exponential population growth. |
Ex. Growth worksheet, graphing,
prediction. population games (labs) |
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Strand III.5:3 |
The
learner will describe how the reproductive behavior of individuals can affect
the growth rate of their population. |
Discussion of the characteristics
that cause an organism to add more to the population. Activity of the women and their decendents. |
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Strand III.5:3 |
The
learner will understand carrying capacity, limiting factors and biotic
potential. |
worksheets. |
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Benchmark |
Performance Description |
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Recommends Assessments |
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Strand
III.5:1 |
The
learner will understand and provide examples of the different types of
symbiotic relationships within an ecosystem. |
examples, discussion
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Strand III.5:1 Strand III.5:3 |
The
learner will understand the dynamics of predator/prey relationships. |
Pred/Prey
worksheet. |
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Strand III.5:3 |
The
learner will learn how the concepts of population growth and management in
nature relate to those same things in the human species. |
Human pop. histograms,
per capita activity. |
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Strand III.2:5 |
The
learner will understand demographic transition. |
reading,
notes, discussion. |
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Benchmark |
Performance Description |
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Strand
II.1:6 |
The
learner will describe problems caused by rapid human population growth. |
resource use graphs, activity
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Strand II.1:7 |
The
learner will compare population growth between developed and developing
countries. |
Age histogram study. |
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Strand II.1:4 |
The
learner will analyze strategies countries may use to reduce their population
growth. |
research
and discussion. |
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Strand III.4:2 Strand III.5:6 |
The
learner will describe the diversity of species,
relate the differences between known and estimated numbers on earth. |
reading |
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Benchmark |
Performance Description |
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Strand
III.5:6 |
The
learner will explain why biodiversity is important to ecosystems and to
humans. |
class discussion, small group activities
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Strand III.5:6 |
The
learner will analyze the potential of a single species. |
class discussion, Conservation Today
activity |
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