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Enduring Understandings: 

  • Earth is comprised of terrestrial biomes and aquatic communities that have similar, yet unique characteristics. 

  • Scientists examine cause and effect to see relationships between organisms, places, things, ideas, and events.

  • A biome is a natural interactive structure that influences and is influenced by living things, just like language and society.

  • Biomes vary in their rates of net primary production.

 

 

Essential Question(s): 

  • How are earth’s biomes differentiated by ecologists?

  • What abiotic and biotic factors characterize the world’s biomes?

  • How do life forms differ in each biome based on their structure?

  • How do humans positively and negatively impact a biome?

  • How do biomes influence living things?

  • How do different biomes affect human lifestyles and how do we affect the biomes?

  • How can examining cause and effect help us understand relationships between organisms, places, ideas, and events?

  • How do organisms interact with other organisms in the physical environment to obtain matter and energy?

 

 

Standards:

 

NGSS

  • MS-LS2-1. Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.

  • MS-LS2-2.  Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems.

  • MS-LS2-3. Develop a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem.

  • MS-LS2-4. Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations. 

 

 

CCSS ​

 

ELA/Literacy 

  • RST.6-8.1 Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts. 

  • RST.6-8.2 Determine the central ideas or conclusions of a text; provide an accurate summary of the text distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.

  • RST.6-8.4 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 togrades 6–8 texts and topics.

  • RST.6-8.7 Integrate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a text with a version of that information expressed visually (e.g., in a flowchart, diagram, model, graph, or table). 

  • RST.6-8.8  Distinguish among facts, reasoned judgment based on research findings, and speculation in a text. 

  • RI.8.8 Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient to support the claims. 

  • WHST.6-8.1 Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence. 

  • WHST.6-8.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content. 

  • WHST.6-8.9 Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research. 

  • SL.8.1 Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 8 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly. 

  • SL.8.4 Present claims and findings, emphasizing salient points in a focused, coherent manner with relevant evidence, sound valid reasoning, and well-chosen details; use appropriate eye contact, adequate volume, and clear pronunciation. 

  • SL.8.5 Include multimedia components and visual displays in presentations to clarify claims and findings and emphasize salient points. 

 

Mathematics 

  • MP.4 Model with mathematics. 

  • 6.RP.A.3 Use ratio and rate reasoning to solve real-world and mathematical problems. 

  • 6.EE.C.9 Use variables to represent two quantities in a real-world problem that change in relationship to one another; write an equation to express one quantity, thought of as the dependent variable, in terms of the other quantity, thought of as the independent variable. Analyze the relationship between the dependent and independent variables using graphs and tables, and relate these to the equation. 

  • 6.SP.B.5 Summarize numerical data sets in relation to their context. 

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