BHS Biology Guide

Biodiversity and Conservation

Biology

Quarter 4

McGraw Hill Module 5

RESOURCES

PACING

● Module Launch: 45 min ● Lesson 1: 65 min ● Lesson 2: 45 min ● Lesson 3: 90 min ● Module Wrap-Up: 45 min

Module 5: Biodiversity and Conservation ● Phenomena: What happens to this ecosystem if the river is destroyed? ● Lesson 1: Biodiversity

● Lesson 2: Threats to Biodiversity ● Lesson 3: Conserving Biodiversity

STANDARD

LEARNING PROGRESSIONS

● I can understand different

Bio 1.1 - Plan and carry out an investigation to analyze and interpret data to determine how biotic and abiotic factors can affect the stability and change of a population. Emphasize stability and change in populations’ carrying capacities and an ecosystem’s biodiversity. (LS2.A, LS2.C)

types of biodiversity and why they are important.

● I understand threats to

biodiversity and how a loss of a species can affect an entire ecosystem. ● I know what resources are renewable, non renewable and sustainable. ● I can understand why the current extinction rate is unsustainable. ● I understand the methods used to conserve and restore biodiversity.

● I can understand different

Bio1.4 - Develop an argument from evidence for how ecosystems maintain relatively consistent numbers and types of organisms in stable conditions. Emphasize how changing conditions may result in changes to an ecosystem. Examples of changes in ecosystem conditions could include moderate biological or physical changes such as moderate hunting or a seasonal food; and extreme changes, such as climate change, volcanic eruption, or sea level rise. (LS2.C)

types of biodiversity and why it is important.

● I understand threats to

biodiversity and how a loss of a species can affect an entire ecosystem.

● I know what resources are renewable, non renewable and sustainable. ● I can understand why the current extinction rate is unsustainable. ● I understand the methods