High School Science

Biodiversity and Conservation

Biology

Quarter 1

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 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 used to conserve and restore biodiversity.

Bio 1.4 ​ - ​ 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 flood; and extreme changes, such as climate change, volcanic eruption, or sea level rise. (LS2.C)

● I can understand different

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

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