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Plans and Peer Reviews

Unit Plan: Cycles: From Rot to RadishesLesson: 2 Time: Session 1 (40 min) and Session 2 (40 min) Setting: Classroom
3-5, 6-8Schoolyard Ecology
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Objectives

Students work in groups to design a fair test that will yield information for GROW, then review each others plans and decide on a final design.

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Students will be able to: design a fair test to answer a research question, give constructive feedback on experimental design to their peers, have ideas about what indicators of plant health could be useful to measure and observe

Materials

Session 1 and 2

For the class:

  • Samples of experiment materials:

packet of radish seeds
4 6-oz. clear plastic cups
bag of vermiculite
2 plant pot markers
measuring cup
2 dropping pipettes

  • large sheet of newsprint

For each student:

  • copy of  "Research Proposal"

See Lesson Resources below for further details.

Lesson Files

pdf
Plans and Peer Reviews
pdf
Contains "Research Proposal"

Benchmarks for Science Literacy

1B Scientific Inquiry

NYS Standards

MST 4- Physical setting, living environment and nature of science, MST 7- Problem solving using mathematics, science, and technology (working effectively, process and analyze information, presenting results)
Next Generation Science Standards

Science and Engineering Practices

Planning and carrying out investigations

Cross Cutting Concepts

Patterns, Cause and effect

Disciplinary Core Ideas

LS1C: Organization for Matter and Energy Flow in Organisms
New York State Science Learning Standards

Performance Expectations

MS-LS2-1. Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem., MS-LS2-2. Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms in a variety of ecosystems.

Hogan, Kathleen. Eco-Inquiry: A Guide to Ecological Learning Experiences for the Upper Elementary/Middle Grades. Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, PO Box 1840, 4050 Westmark Drive, Dubuque, IA 52004-1840., 1994.