| Subject:
Science |
| Topic
or Unit of Study: Current issues and
endangered species |
| Grade/Level: 6-9 |
Objective:
1. Students will describe what an endangered
specie is.
2. Students will define what causes endangered
species.
3. Students will research an endangered specie
and become an expert on it. |
Procedure:
Students will use the webquest to guide
them into creating an article about endangered
species. |
| Collaboration:
Students will work collaboratively.
Students will work in groups of 4. See process page for more
directions. |
| Time
Allotment: 10 class periods. 1 Hr per
class. |
| Resources: 1. The
number of computers required is 1 per 4 students.
2. Software titles required:
internet access and word processing program.
3. Non-Technology Resources Used:
Resource books on endangered species and
reference books (see list on resource page for ideas.)
4.
Internete sites are located on the resource page.
|
STANDARDS
& ASSESSMENT
Standards:
California K-12 Academic Content Standards
Subject : Science
• Grade : Grade Six
• Area : Focus on Earth Science
• Standard : Ecology (Life
Science)
• Concept 5: Organisms in
ecosystems exchange energy and nutrients among
themselves and with the environment. As a basis
for understanding this concept:
Benchmark or Example d: Students know
different kinds of organisms may play similar
ecological roles in similar biomes.Grade
: Grades Nine Through Twelve
Standards that all students are expected to
achieve in the course of their studies are
unmarked. Standards that all students should have
the opportunity to learn are marked with an
asterisk (*).
• Area : Biology/Life Sciences
• Standard : Ecology
• Concept 6: Stability in an
ecosystem is a balance between competing effects.
As a basis for understanding this concept:
Benchmark or Example a: Students know
biodiversity is the sum total of different kinds
of organisms and is affected by alterations of
habitats.
Benchmark or Example e: Students know
a vital part of an ecosystem is the stability of
its producers and decomposers.
Benchmark or Example f: Students know
at each link in a food web some energy is stored
in newly made structures but much energy is
dissipated into the environment as heat. This
dissipation may be represented in an energy
pyramid.
|
Rubrics:
Collaboration
Rubric and Endangered
Species Article Rubric |