12/9-12/13

Goals for the Week

• Identify the carrying capacities of several species in the Alaskan Kelp Forest
• Determine what determines a species carrying capacity
• Roll out individual portion of Mid-Term
• Begin work on the group portion of the Mid-Term

SEPs

• Asking questions and defining problems
  Developing and using models
  Analyzing and interpreting data
  Constructing explanations and designing solutions
  Engaging in argument from evidence
  Obtaining, evaluating and communicating information

Monday

Finish carrying capacity group assignment

Roll out individual portion of the Mid-Term

• Rubric
• Need to Knows

Tuesday
Work on the individual portion of the project

Wednesday

Mrs. Trosin out of the building today

Rubric for group portion of the mid-term

• Focus on bullet point 3 today
• Due by the end of the hour for completion points - no late work accepted!
• You may enter this into a slide, draw a picture and upload, or use a whiteboard - or any other way that makes sense to your group.  Just please make sure you turn this in by the end of the hour!!

Thursday

Individual work time for Mid-Term

Please work on the individual portion of the mid-term - draft due December 20

Friday

Today we will begin an investigation that explores the question, How can environmental factors impact the growth and survival of organisms?

• What organism will be our model?
• How can we use this organism to answer our driving question?
• How will we design our experiment to test our driving question?

Google sheet for our class data - please follow the directions carefully