NGSS Crosscutting Concepts. 4 – Systems and System Models. 3-5. Understand that a system is a group of related parts that make up a whole and can carry out functions its individual parts cannot.
model water absorption
NGSS Science and Engineering Practices. 2- Developing and Using Models. 3-5. Use a model to test cause and effect relationships or interactions concerning the functioning of a natural or designed system.
have students draw a living tree and a decomposing log, and show plants and animals that may be interacting with them
NGSS Crosscutting Concepts. 4 – Systems and System Models. 3-5. Understand that a system is a group of related parts that make up a whole and can carry out functions its individual parts cannot.
Have students measure themselves and then make a circle (using chalk or string) with a diameter equal to their height
NGSS Science and Engineering Practices. 5 – Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking. 3-5. Describe, measure, estimate, and/or graph quantities (e.g., area, volume, weight, time) to address scientific and engineering questions and problems.
digital pictures of what they see in and around trees
NGSS Science and Engineering Practices. 3 – Planning and Carrying Out Investigations. 3-5. Make observations and/or measurements to produce data to serve as the basis for evidence for an explanation of a phenomenon or test a design solution.
Students design a variation to the game that represents what a forester could do to help the entire population of trees
NGSS Science and Engineering Practices. 6 – Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions. 3-5. Use evidence (e.g., measurements, observations, patterns) to construct or support an explanation or design a solution to a problem.
It is a complex living system, or ecosystem
NGSS Crosscutting Concepts. 4 – Systems and System Models. 3-5. A system is an organized group of related objects or components; models can be used for understanding and predicting the behavior of systems.
How does the invasive species affect the ecosystem (including the flow of energy in the ecosystem)
NGSS Crosscutting Concepts. 2 – Cause and Effect. 3-5. Cause and effect relationships are routinely identified, tested, and used to explain change.
the transfer of energy from one organism to another
NGSS Crosscutting Concepts. 5 – Energy & Matter: Flows, Cycles & Conservation. 3-5. Energy can be transferred in various ways and between objects.
The Earth’s climate system is very complex. It is affected not only by what happens in the atmosphere (gaseous area surrounding Earth), but also in the oceans, the cryosphere (glaciers and ice caps), the geosphere (land areas), and the biosphere (area with living organisms).
NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas. MS-ESS2.D – Weather and Climate. Weather and climate are influenced by interactions involving sunlight, the ocean, the atmosphere, ice, landforms, and living things. These interactions vary with latitude, altitude, and local and regional geography, all of which can affect oceanic and atmospheric flow patterns.
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