Living in Balance - - Ms. Hutchison, 6th Grade Science
What are the features of a stable and well-balanced ecosystem? |
Wonder . . .Guiding Questions:
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Investigate & Synthesize . . .
Use the following research tools IN ORDER to answer the guiding questions above.
Tool #1: Encyclopedia Britannica (http://www.school.eb.com/comptons)
Tool #2: UXL Encyclopedia of Biomes eBook (http://www.ncwiseowl.org/zones/resources/ebooks.htm)
Tool #3: A print book from the Media Center collection
Find evidence to support your essential question by using a science encyclopedia or book on biomes in the media center collection. Use Destiny to help you find a book on the shelf.
Tool #4: EPA Surf Your Environment (http://www.epa.gov/epahome/commsearch.htm) AND Surf your Watershed (http://cfpub.epa.gov/surf/locate/index.cfm)
Find information specifically about the ecosystem in which you live.
Tool #5: Bill Moyers Reports - Earth on Edge - Ecosystems (http://www.pbs.org/earthonedge/ecosystems/)
Stop and Reflect - - Looking at your notes, does the evidence you've found directly support your essential question? What makes your ecosystem stable and well-balanced?
After completing this exercise, what do you need more evidence on? What pieces of information are missing? Search for your own quality research source to help you fill in the gaps. You must find a source that's from a reliable author or organization (no wikis, ask.com, ehow.com, etc.). You may use a book or search for a website.
Tool #6: Researcher's choice
What do you need more information on? Choose the quality research tool of your choice to gather the rest of your evidence to support the guiding and essential questions. This can be a book in the media center or a scholarly website you find by doing a Google search.
Tool #1: Encyclopedia Britannica (http://www.school.eb.com/comptons)
Tool #2: UXL Encyclopedia of Biomes eBook (http://www.ncwiseowl.org/zones/resources/ebooks.htm)
Tool #3: A print book from the Media Center collection
Find evidence to support your essential question by using a science encyclopedia or book on biomes in the media center collection. Use Destiny to help you find a book on the shelf.
Tool #4: EPA Surf Your Environment (http://www.epa.gov/epahome/commsearch.htm) AND Surf your Watershed (http://cfpub.epa.gov/surf/locate/index.cfm)
Find information specifically about the ecosystem in which you live.
Tool #5: Bill Moyers Reports - Earth on Edge - Ecosystems (http://www.pbs.org/earthonedge/ecosystems/)
Stop and Reflect - - Looking at your notes, does the evidence you've found directly support your essential question? What makes your ecosystem stable and well-balanced?
After completing this exercise, what do you need more evidence on? What pieces of information are missing? Search for your own quality research source to help you fill in the gaps. You must find a source that's from a reliable author or organization (no wikis, ask.com, ehow.com, etc.). You may use a book or search for a website.
Tool #6: Researcher's choice
What do you need more information on? Choose the quality research tool of your choice to gather the rest of your evidence to support the guiding and essential questions. This can be a book in the media center or a scholarly website you find by doing a Google search.
Express . . .
You will express the results of your research in a Public Service Announcement (PSA) using either Voicethread for a radio commercial or a Flip Video Camera for a television commercial. You MUST include the answers to your guiding questions and your essential question in your PSA. Use the graphic organizer to help you organize your thoughts.
Examples of Public Service Announcements:
Pollution Prevention PSA
Student-created PSA on the environment
Examples of Public Service Announcements:
Pollution Prevention PSA
Student-created PSA on the environment