Know: Understand: Do: 4.1.12.A.a -- Essential Analyze the significance of biological diversity in an ecosystem. How living things interact with each other and the non-living components of the environment. S11.A.1.3.2 -- Essential Describe or interpret dynamic changes to stable systems (e.g., chemical reactions, human body, food webs, tectonics, homeostasis). 4.1.12.A.b -- Essential Explain how species adapt to limiting factors in an ecosystem. S11.A.1.1.5 -- Essential Analyze or compare the use of both direct and indirect observation as means to study the world and the universe (e.g., behavior of atoms, functions of cells, birth of stars). S11.A.1.2.2 -- Compact Use case studies (e.g., Wright brothers' flying machine, Tacoma Narrows Bridge, Henry Petroski's Design Paradigms to propose possible solutions and analyze economic and environmental implications of solutions for real-world problems. S11.A.3.1.2 -- Important Analyze and predict the effect of making a change in one part of a system on the system as a whole. S11.B.1.1.2 -- Essential Compare and contrast the structural and functional similarities and differences among living things (e.g., classify organisms into existing classification groups, compare systems). S11.B.3.1.2 -- Essential Explain the biotic (i.e., plant, animal, and microbial communities) and abiotic (i.e., soil, air, temperature, and water) components of an ecosystem and their interaction. S11.B.3.1.3 -- Essential Describe how living organisms affect the survival of one another. 4.1.12.B. -- Compact Research solutions to problems caused by interrupting natural cycles. S11.A.1.3.2 -- Essential Describe or interpret dynamic changes to stable systems (e.g., chemical reactions, human body, food webs, tectonics, homeostasis). S11.A.3.1.2 -- Important Analyze and predict the effect of making a change in one part of a system on the system as a whole. Page 1 of 6
Know: Understand: Do: S11.B.1.1.2 -- Essential Compare and contrast the structural and functional similarities and differences among living things (e.g., classify organisms into existing classification groups, compare systems). S11.B.2.1.1 -- Essential Explain the theory of evolution by interpreting data from fossil records, similarities in anatomy and physiology, embryological studies, or DNA studies that are relevant to the theory of evolution. S11.B.2.1.2 -- Essential Explain the role of mutations, differential reproduction, and gene recombination in changing the genetic makeup of a population. S11.B.2.1.4 -- Essential Explain why natural selection can act only on inherited traits. S11.B.2.2.3 -- Essential Explain how different patterns of inheritance affect population variability. (i.e., multiple alleles, co-dominance, dominance, recessiveness, and sexinfluenced traits). S11.B.3.1.1 -- Essential Explain the significance of diversity in ecosystems. Page 2 of 6
Know: Understand: Do: S11.B.3.1.2 -- Essential Explain the biotic (i.e., plant, animal, and microbial communities) and abiotic (i.e., soil, air, temperature, and water) components of an ecosystem and their interaction. S11.B.3.1.3 -- Essential Describe how living organisms affect the survival of one another. 4.1.12.A.c -- Essential Analyze the differences between natural causes and human causes of extinction. 4.1.12.A.d -- Important Research wildlife management laws and their effects on biodiversity. 4.1.12.C.a -- Important Research how humans affect energy flow within an ecosystem. 4.1.12.C.b -- Important Describe the impact of industrial, agricultural, and commercial enterprises on an ecosystem. 4.1.12.E. -- Essential Research solutions addressing human impacts on ecosystems over time. Page 3 of 6
Know: Understand: Do: 4.5.12.D.b -- Important Evaluate the impact of laws and regulations on reducing the number of threatened and endangered species. Page 4 of 6
Which standards are students learning in this unit? 4.1.12.A.a -- Essential Analyze the significance of biological diversity in an ecosystem. 4.1.12.A.b -- Essential Explain how species adapt to limiting factors in an ecosystem. S11.A.1.1.5 -- Essential Analyze or compare the use of both direct and indirect observation as means to study the world and the universe (e.g., behavior of atoms, functions of cells, birth of stars). S11.A.1.2.2 -- Compact Use case studies (e.g., Wright brothers' flying machine, Tacoma Narrows Bridge, Henry Petroski's Design Paradigms to propose possible solutions and analyze economic and environmental implications of solutions for real-world problems. S11.A.1.3.2 -- Essential Describe or interpret dynamic changes to stable systems (e.g., chemical reactions, human body, food webs, tectonics, homeostasis). S11.A.3.1.2 -- Important Analyze and predict the effect of making a change in one part of a system on the system as a whole. S11.B.1.1.2 -- Essential Compare and contrast the structural and functional similarities and differences among living things (e.g., classify organisms into existing classification groups, compare systems). S11.B.2.1.1 -- Essential Explain the theory of evolution by interpreting data from fossil records, similarities in anatomy and physiology, embryological studies, or DNA studies that are relevant to the theory of evolution. S11.B.2.1.2 -- Essential Explain the role of mutations, differential reproduction, and gene recombination in changing the genetic makeup of a population. S11.B.2.1.4 -- Essential Explain why natural selection can act only on inherited traits. S11.B.2.2.3 -- Essential Explain how different patterns of inheritance affect population variability. (i.e., multiple alleles, co-dominance, dominance, recessiveness, and sex-influenced traits). S11.B.3.1.1 -- Essential Explain the significance of diversity in ecosystems. Page 5 of 6
S11.B.3.1.2 -- Essential Explain the biotic (i.e., plant, animal, and microbial communities) and abiotic (i.e., soil, air, temperature, and water) components of an ecosystem and their interaction. S11.B.3.1.3 -- Essential Describe how living organisms affect the survival of one another. 4.1.12.A.c -- Essential Analyze the differences between natural causes and human causes of extinction. 4.1.12.A.d -- Important Research wildlife management laws and their effects on biodiversity. 4.1.12.B. -- Compact Research solutions to problems caused by interrupting natural cycles. 4.1.12.C.a -- Important Research how humans affect energy flow within an ecosystem. 4.1.12.C.b -- Important Describe the impact of industrial, agricultural, and commercial enterprises on an ecosystem. 4.1.12.E. -- Essential Research solutions addressing human impacts on ecosystems over time. 4.5.12.D.b -- Important Evaluate the impact of laws and regulations on reducing the number of threatened and endangered species. Page 6 of 6
Key Learning: How organisms interact with each other and the nonliving environment. The classification of organisms by their common characteristics, numbers, energy flow and location. Unit Essential Question(s): In what way are all things on Earth interconnected? Concept: Concept: Concept: Organization of Life 4.1.12.A.a, 4.1.12.A.b, S11.A.1.1.5, S11.A.3.1.2 SWBAT identify the important characteristics and interconnectivity of a healthy ecosystem. Ecosystem Characteristics S11.B.3.1.3, S11.B.1.1.2, S11.A.1.3.2, S11.A.3.1.2, S11.B.3.1.2, 4.1.12.B. SWBAT describe the flow of energy and matter in an ecosystem. Biomes and Ecosystems of the World S11.B.3.1.4, S11.B.3.1.2, S11.B.1.1.2, S11.A.1.2.1, S11.D.1.3.1, S11.D.1.3.2 SWBAT how the major biomes in the world support healthy ecosystems. Lesson Essential Question(s): What are the components of a healthy Lesson Essential Question(s): How does energy flow in an ecosystem? (5.1) Lesson Essential Question(s): What are the characteristics of the major land ecosystem? (4.1) (A) (A) biomes of the world? (Ch. 6) (A) 4.1.12.A.a, 4.1.12.A.b, S11.A.1.1.5, S11.A.3.1.2 Why is diversity important in a healthy ecosystem? (4.3) (A) How does species interaction cause "natural selection"? (4.2) (A) S11.B.3.1.3, S11.B.1.1.2, S11.A.1.3.2 How does matter flow in an ecosystem? (5.2) (A) S11.A.1.3.2, S11.A.3.1.2, S11.B.1.1.2, S11.B.3.1.2, S11.B. 3.1.3, 4.1.12.B. How do Ecosystems change? (5.3) (A) S11.B.3.1.4, S11.B.3.1.2, S11.B.1.1.2, S11.A.1.2.1 What are the major aquatic ecosystems? (Ch. 7) (A) S11.D.1.3.1, S11.D.1.3.2, S11.B.3.1.2, S11.B.1.1.2, S11.A. 1.2.1 Vocabulary: predator, prey, competition, parasite, host, natural selection, artificial selection, Kingdom, Archeobacteria, Eubacteria, Fungi, Plants, Animals, Protista Vocabulary: cellular respiration, photosynthesis, water cycle, nitrogen cycle, carbon-oxygen cycle Vocabulary: biome, tropical rain forest, temperate rain forest, taiga, savanna, temperate grassland, chaparral, tundra, desert, temperate deciduous forest, weland, eutriphication, estuary, salt marsh, mangrove, coral reef Additional Information: Attached Document(s): Page 1 of 1
Vocab Report for Concept: Organization of Life predator - prey - competition - parasite - host - natural selection - artificial selection - Kingdom - Archeobacteria - Eubacteria - Fungi - Plants - Animals - Protista - Concept: Ecosystem Characteristics cellular respiration - photosynthesis - water cycle - nitrogen cycle - carbon-oxygen cycle - Concept: Biomes and Ecosystems of the World biome - tropical rain forest - temperate rain forest - taiga - savanna - temperate grassland - chaparral - tundra - desert - temperate deciduous forest - weland - eutriphication - estuary - salt marsh - mangrove - coral reef - Page 1 of 1