Bio2.1-Ecosystems

Bio.2.1.1 Analyze the flow of energy and cycling of matter (such as water, carbon, nitrogen and oxygen) through ecosystems relating the significance of each to maintaining the health and sustainability of an ecosystem. Bio.2.1.2 Analyze the survival and reproductive success of organisms in terms of behavioral, structural, and reproductive adaptations. Bio 2.1.3 Explain various ways organisms interact with each other (including predation, competition, parasitism, mutualism) and with their environments resulting in stability within ecosystems. Bio.2.1.4 Explain why ecosystems can be relatively stable over hundreds or thousands of years, even though populations may fluctuate (emphasizing availability of food, availability of shelter, number of predators and disease). || ===‍‍‍**Literacy Standard/Mathematical Practice(s)**===
 * ===**Essential Standard/Clarifying Objective(s)**===
 * Bio.2.1 Analyze the interdependence of living organisms within their environments. **
 * RST.9-10.4. Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context relevant to //grades 9–10 texts and topics//.
 * RST.9-10.5. Analyze the structure of the relationships among concepts in a text, including relationships among key terms
 * RST.9-10.7. Translate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a text into visual form (e.g., a table or chart) and translate information expressed visually or mathematically (e.g., in an equation) into words.
 * Mathematical**
 * **Makes sense of problems and persevere in solving them**
 * **Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others**
 * **Look for and make use of structure**
 * **Model with mathematics**
 * **Use appropriate tools strategically**
 * **Attend to precision** ||
 * ===‍‍‍**Information Technology Standard**=== || ===‍‍‍**Revised Bloom's Level of thinking**=== ||

Bio2.1.1

 * Deconstruct the carbon cycle as it relates to photosynthesis, cellular respiration, decomposition, and climate change.
 * Summarize the nitrogen cycle and its importance to synthesis of proteins and DNA.
 * Identify factors that influence climate. (Greenhouse Effect)
 * Explain the recycling of matter within ecosystems in a tendency toward a more disorganized state.
 * Analyze energy pyramids for direction and efficiency of energy transfer.

Bio2.1.2

 * Analyze how various organisms accomplish life functions through adaptations within particular environments and that these adaptations have evolved to ensure survival and reproductive success.
 * Analyze behavioral adaptations that help accomplish basic life functions.

Bio2.1.3

 * Identify and describe symbiotic relationships such as mutualism and parasitism.
 * Exemplify various forms of communication and territorial defense.
 * Explain patterns in predator prey and competition relationships and how the patterns help maintain stability within an ecosystem.

Bio2.1.4

 * Generalize that although some populations have the capacity for exponential growth there are limited resources that create specific carrying capacity and population sizes are in a dynamic equilibrium with these factors.
 * Interpret various types of population graphs.
 * Explain how disease can disrupt ecosystem balance.

‍‍‍**Essential Vocabulary**
evaporation, excretion, respiration, carbon cycle, nitrogen cycle, water cycle, condensation, precipitation, symbiosis, parasitism, commensalism, mutualism, predation, prey, ecosystem, exponential growth, carrying capacity, density-dependent, density-independent, producer, consumer(primary,secondary, tertiary), autotroph, heterotroph, omnivore, food chains, food webs, abiotic, biotic, limiting factor, succession, primary succession, secondary succession, climax community, pioneer species, lichens, biomass, energy pyramid, community, population, species, biosphere, trophic levels, s-curve, j-curve

Labs and Activities:
- create food chains/webs -create nutrient cycles -mark/ recapture lab (random sampling) -symbiosis drawings activity -deer lab -behavior lab; operant conditioning; training -earthworm lab -HIV transmission lab

‍‍‍**Sample Assessments**
Wordsplash Brainstorm Peer check Vocabulary flash cards Bell ringers Ticket out door Teacher observation of group activity <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Lab performance <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Lab report <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Rubrics <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Independent practice <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">One sentence summary <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Chain Notes <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Quizzes <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Portfolio <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Multiple choice tests

‍‍‍**Differentiation**
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Peer tutoring <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Frayer model <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">KWL organizer <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Graphic organizers <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Vocabulary flash cards <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Crossword puzzle <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Concept maps <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Draw advertisement <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mnemonic device

‍‍‍**Intervention:**
Symbiosis Video Clip:[] Symbiosis Video Clip: [] Ecosystem Video: [] Fish Carrying Capacity Assignment

‍‍‍**Enrichment:**
Seminar - "The Sneetches" by Dr. Seuss Energy and Cycling of Matter Foldable (Carbon, Nitrogen, Water) Alternate higher level assignment <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Termite/pill bug lab <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Carrying Capacity Lab Frayer model KWL organizer

‍‍‍**Instructional Resources**
Common Core Standards DPI Curriculum Support Materials Text: software, supplemental materials Computer lab Discovery Education Videos: Supplemental texts Activity books Media center <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Materials for labs <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">worksheets <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">analogies <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">puzzles <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">guided notes <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Power points