BHS Biology Guide

Principles of Ecology

Biology

Quarter 4

McGraw Hill Module 2

Standard 2.3

ELA CONNECTIONS ● 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. ● Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events, scientifc procedures/ experiments, or technical processes. ● 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. ● Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, refection, and research. ● Make strategic use of digital media (e.g., textual, graphical, audio, visual, and interactive elements) in presentations to enhance understanding of fndings, reasoning, and evidence and to add interest.

MATH CONNECTIONS

● Reason abstractly and quantitatively. ● Model with mathematics.

● Use units as a way to understand problems and to guide the solution of multi-step problems; choose and interpret units consistently in formulas; choose and interpret the scale and the origin in graphs and data displays. ● Defne appropriate quantities for the purpose of descriptive modeling. ● Choose a level of accuracy appropriate to limitations on measurement when reporting quantities.

RECOMMENDED INSPIRE RESOURCES

PAGE MATERIALS NEEDED TIME

Unit 1 Phenomena

Encounter the phenomenon: What might happen to the plants that are covered by kudzu? (Modules 2-5)

21

Have the question on the board throughout the modules.

● Encounter the Phenomena Principles of

Phenomena Introduction

Module Launch: “Why would a bird build a nest in a tree with thorns?”

23

10min

Post the phenomena question in the room. Keep it up throughout the module. Each day revisit the phenomena question

Ecology (video length ~4 min)