| Big Ideas: | Evolution / Matter and Energy / Interdependence in Nature | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Essential Questions: | What is natural selection? How can populations evolve to form new species? How do living and nonliving parts of the Earth interact and affect the survivial of organisms? How do biotic and abiotic factors shape ecosystems? How have human activites shaped ecology? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vocabulary: | Vocabulary: theory, natural selection, evolution, phylogenetics, kinship | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Month | Content | Skills | Asessment | Standards | Instructional Activities, Strat |
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| October | Evolution | Formative: | HS-LS1-1,2,3,4,5,6; HS-LS4-1,2,3 | Provide Topic Reading Assignments and Vocabulary List | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Spontaneous Generation, History, Principles, Examples, Evidence | Illustrate how species are related via common ancestry and how characteristics help to determine relationships | Deliver Information via Lecture, Discussion and Handouts | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simulate how natural selection and beneficial mutations help to drive evolution | Student Partipiation and Dialog | Use Technology (ie Simulations/Illustrations/Videos), Various Manipulatives and Word Play | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simulate the process of radioactive decay and half-life and create a graph that illustrates the process | Study Guide Assignments | Offer Review Opportunities (Study Guides and Study Sessions) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Find, identify, and apprecite the invertibrate 500 myo fossils during a field trip | Lab Practicles and/or Projects | Supplement Topic Discussion with Labs/Projects/Demonstrations | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chapter Quizzes | Field Trip to Search for Ancient Lifeforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ecology | Reading / Vocabulary Exam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ecological Interactions (Ecosystems, Biotic, Abiotic, and Energy) | Show what an exothermic (oxidation-reduction) reaction involves and yields | HS-LS1-2,3; HS-LS1-5,6,7; HS-LS2-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8; HS-LS4-4, 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy Flow (Food Chains and Food Webs) | Construct and utilize a food chain and food web using materials which include abiotic and biotic examples | Summative: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Flow of Matter (Biogeochemical Cycles) | Highlight a major contributor in the food web and in some biogeochemical cycles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Create 2-3 ecosystems and demonstrate how they all work together | Chapter Exam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Visit (www.rm118.com) for Further Details and Information with Regards to the Curriculum | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Visit (https://www.in.gov/doe/students/indiana-academic-standards/science-and-computer-science/) for Further Details and Information on Indiana Standards | |||||||||||||||||||||||||