Unit 5: What is Your Legacy?
Unit 5 is a study and exploration about biodiversity, sustainability and the human impact on our planet. Students will begin this unit by investigating competition for and dependence on biotic and abiotic factors in marine, freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems. Students will then investigate relationships between organisms in an ecosystem. Finally, students will create their own investigation into negative human impact on our oceans. This investigation will be the major assessment for this unit, covering MYP Science Criterions B and C.
Unit 5 Overview:
Inquiry Statement - Human relationships within systems can have long reaching global consequences.
Global Context: Globalization and Sustainability (Human Impact on the Environment)
Key Concept: Relationships Related Concept: Environment, Consequences
Learner Profile Trait - Caring
Global Context: Globalization and Sustainability (Human Impact on the Environment)
Key Concept: Relationships Related Concept: Environment, Consequences
Learner Profile Trait - Caring
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Lesson 1: What is an Ecosystem?
Class Presentation: Student Notes:
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Yellowstone Interactions - Video Class Handout:
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Lesson 2: What are the Types of Ecosystems?
Class Presentation: Student Notes:
Additional links:
Websites: World Biomes and more on World Biomes Aquatic Biomes Terrestrial Biomes Desert Biomes |
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HW: "One Pager " Assessment - Ecosystems
Note - due to the online nature of school now - your one pager assignments will be turned on via Managebac - click HERE to see the new instructions (scroll down the online learning page until you see the section that talks about the assignment). There is also a video :)
| one_pager_assessment_for_ecosystems_-_student_instructions.pdf |
Student examples from past years - these DO NOT have all of the same requirements!
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Resources for Ecosystem One Pager - You are not limited to these parks!!
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Lesson 3 - Environmental Changes
Class Presentation: Student Notes:
Learn more: Bajau People of Indonesia
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Human Impact Exploration:
Step 1: Reading and Questions Step 2: Human Impact Video Step 3: Anthropocene Interactive
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Lesson 4 - Humans and Oceans
Class Presentation: Student Notes and Research:
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If you want to write the notes as we usually do, open this pdf and print it.
If you want to type the notes, open this google doc and make a copy of it for your drive. Do not type on the original!!
Google doc link - Human Impact Notes | ||||
Videos and Links:
1. Ocean Acidification - video
2. 7 Things we Don't Know about the Ocean - video
3. Great garbage patch - video
4. Nurdles - video
5. Microfibers - video
6. Why the Ocean?
1. Ocean Acidification - video
2. 7 Things we Don't Know about the Ocean - video
3. Great garbage patch - video
4. Nurdles - video
5. Microfibers - video
6. Why the Ocean?
Mini Research - Human Impact Issues:
Lesson 5 - Human Impact - Ocean Oil Spills (Criterions B, C)
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Criterion B: Investigating Oil Spills
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Criterion C: Testing Clean Up of Oil Spills 1. present collected and transformed data 2. interpret data and describe results using scientific reasoning 3. discuss the validity of a hypothesis based on the outcome of the scientific investigation 4. discuss the validity of the method 5. describe improvements or extensions to the method |
If using a google doc - click on the link below and make a copy with your name.
Link to google PLANNING document:
Link to google LAB REPORT document:
PDF Versions:
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Understanding Oil Spills - Click on each image to learn more about oil spills
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Helpful Resources:
Your textbook has an excellent reference section!
p. R30-R33 gives information on hypothesis, data collection, procedures
p. R52-52 gives information on graphs
p. R30-R33 gives information on hypothesis, data collection, procedures
p. R52-52 gives information on graphs
Examples of past year's lab reports:
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Enrichment and Review:
Quizlet flashcards on Environmental Change
Quizlet set: Food Webs Terms and Practice
Quizlet set: Ecology terms
Quizlet set: Ecosystem Relationships
Quizlet set: Food Webs Terms and Practice
Quizlet set: Ecology terms
Quizlet set: Ecosystem Relationships
Other Ecology Information:
1. Climate Change
2. Ecology concepts (loads of information!)
3. The Biology Corner
1. Climate Change
2. Ecology concepts (loads of information!)
3. The Biology Corner