BHS Biology Guide

Population Ecology

Biology

Quarter 4

McGraw Hill Module 4

and human activities to be mitigated) and constraints (for example, cost, human needs, and environmental impacts) for the solution to the problem, along with the tradeoffs in the solution . Evaluating Potential Solutions ● Students evaluate the proposed solution for its impact on overall environmental stability and changes. ● Students evaluate the cost, safety, and reliability, as well as social, cultural, and environmental impacts, of the proposed solution for a select human activity that is harmful to an ecosystem. Refning and/or Optimizing the Design Solution ● Students refne the proposed solution by prioritizing the criteria and making tradeoffs as necessary to further reduce environmental impact and loss of biodiversity while addressing human needs. *When “describe” is referenced, any of the following descriptions could be used: written, oral, pictorial, and kinesthetic.

DIFFERENTIATION IN ACTION

Skill Building

STEM Unit Project- Have students apply what they learned in their module to their Unit Projects

Extension

Go Further: Do parasites affect the size of a host population? (p. 95)

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS

Standard 1.1 Standard 1.2 Standard 1.4 Standard 1.5

ELA CONNECTIONS ● Assess the extent to which the reasoning and evidence in a text support the author’s claim or a recommendation for solving a scientifc or technical problem. ● Cite specifc textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts, attending to important distinctions the author makes and to any gaps or inconsistencies in the account. ● Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g., quantitative data, video, multimedia) in order to address a question or solve a problem. ● Evaluate the hypotheses, data, analysis, and conclusions in a science or technical text, verifying the data when possible and corroborating or challenging conclusions with other sources of information. ● Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing what is most signifcant for a specifc purpose and audience.