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Subject Area - 4:
Environment and Ecology
  • Standard Area - 4.2: Watersheds and Wetlands
  • Grade Level - 4.2.PK: GRADE PK
Standard - 4.2.PK.A

Identify various types of moving water in Pennsylvania.

Standard - 4.2.PK.B

Identify a wetland as an ecosystem in Pennsylvania.

Standard - 4.2.PK.C

Describe an aquatic (water) and terrestrial (land) habitat.

Materials & Resources
Standard - 4.2.PK.D

• Distinguish between scientific fact and opinion. • Ask questions about objects, organisms and events. • Understand that all scientific investigations involve asking and answering questions and comparing the answer with what is already known. • Plan and conduct a simple investigation and understand that different questions require different kinds of investigations. • Use simple equipment (tools and other technologies) to gather data and understand that this allows scientists to collect more information than relying only on their senses to gather information. • Use data/evidence to construct explanations and understand that scientists develop explanations based on their evidence and compare them with their current scientific knowledge. • Communicate procedures and explanations giving priority to evidence and understanding that scientists make their results public, describe their investigations so they can be reproduced and review and ask questions about the work of other scientists.

  • Standard Area - 4.2: Watersheds and Wetlands
  • Grade Level - 4.2.K: GRADE K
Standard - 4.2.K.A

Identify components of a water cycle.

Materials & Resources
Standard - 4.2.K.B

Differentiate between terrestrial, aquatic, and wetland ecosystems in Pennsylvania.

Materials & Resources
Standard - 4.2.K.C

Identify that there are living and nonliving components in an aquatic habitat.

Standard - 4.2.K.D

• Distinguish between scientific fact and opinion. • Ask questions about objects, organisms and events. • Understand that all scientific investigations involve asking and answering questions and comparing the answer with what is already known. • Plan and conduct a simple investigation and understand that different questions require different kinds of investigations. • Use simple equipment (tools and other technologies) to gather data and understand that this allows scientists to collect more information than relying only on their senses to gather information. • Use data/evidence to construct explanations and understand that scientists develop explanations based on their evidence and compare them with their current scientific knowledge. • Communicate procedures and explanations giving priority to evidence and understanding that scientists make their results public, describe their investigations so they can be reproduced and review and ask questions about the work of other scientists.

  • Standard Area - 4.2: Watersheds and Wetlands
  • Grade Level - 4.2.1: GRADE 1
Standard - 4.2.1.A

Explain the path water takes as it moves through the water cycle.

Standard - 4.2.1.D

• Distinguish between scientific fact and opinion. • Ask questions about objects, organisms and events. • Understand that all scientific investigations involve asking and answering questions and comparing the answer with what is already known. • Plan and conduct a simple investigation and understand that different questions require different kinds of investigations. • Use simple equipment (tools and other technologies) to gather data and understand that this allows scientists to collect more information than relying only on their senses to gather information. • Use data/evidence to construct explanations and understand that scientists develop explanations based on their evidence and compare them with their current scientific knowledge. • Communicate procedures and explanations giving priority to evidence and understanding that scientists make their results public, describe their investigations so they can be reproduced and review and ask questions about the work of other scientists.

  • Standard Area - 4.2: Watersheds and Wetlands
  • Grade Level - 4.2.2: GRADE 2
Standard - 4.2.2.C

Identify and describe the basic needs of plants and animals in an aquatic ecosystem.

Materials & Resources
Standard - 4.2.2.D

• Distinguish between scientific fact and opinion. • Ask questions about objects, organisms and events. • Understand that all scientific investigations involve asking and answering questions and comparing the answer with what is already known. • Plan and conduct a simple investigation and understand that different questions require different kinds of investigations. • Use simple equipment (tools and other technologies) to gather data and understand that this allows scientists to collect more information than relying only on their senses to gather information. • Use data/evidence to construct explanations and understand that scientists develop explanations based on their evidence and compare them with their current scientific knowledge. • Communicate procedures and explanations giving priority to evidence and understanding that scientists make their results public, describe their investigations so they can be reproduced and review and ask questions about the work of other scientists.

  • Standard Area - 4.2: Watersheds and Wetlands
  • Grade Level - 4.2.3: GRADE 3
Standard - 4.2.3.A

Define the term watershed.

  •  Identify the watersheds in which you reside.

Standard - 4.2.3.B

Identify plants and animals found in a wetland.

Standard - 4.2.3.C

Identify plants and animals that live in lakes, ponds, streams, and wetlands.

Standard - 4.2.3.D

  • Distinguish between scientific fact and opinion.
  • Ask questions about objects, organisms and events.
  • Understand that all scientific investigations involve asking and answering questions and comparing the answer with what is already known.
  • Plan and conduct a simple investigation and understand that different questions require different kinds of investigations.
  • Use simple equipment (tools and other technologies) to gather data and understand that this allows scientists to collect more information than relying only on their senses to gather information.
  • Use data/evidence to construct explanations and understand that scientists develop explanations based on their evidence and compare them with their current scientific knowledge.
  • Communicate procedures and explanations giving priority to evidence and understanding that scientists make their results public, describe their investigations so they can be reproduced and review and ask questions about the work of other scientists.

  • Standard Area - 4.2: Watersheds and Wetlands
  • Grade Level - 4.2.4: GRADE 4
Standard - 4.2.4.A

Describe the physical characteristics of a watershed. 

  • Identify and explain what determines the boundaries of a watershed.
  • Identify water systems and their components as either lotic or lentic.

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Standard - 4.2.4.B

Describe the characteristics of different types of wetlands.

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Standard - 4.2.4.C

Explain how freshwater organisms are adapted to their environment. 

  • Explain the life cycles of organisms in a freshwater environment

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Assessments
  • Standard Area - 4.2: Watersheds and Wetlands
  • Assessment Anchor - BIO.A.4:

    Homeostasis and Transport

    • Eligible Content - BIO.A.4.1.1 Describe how the structure of the plasma membrane allows it to function as a regulatory structure and/or protective barrier for a cell.
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    • Eligible Content - BIO.A.4.1.2 Compare and contrast the mechanisms that transport materials across the plasma membrane (i.e., passive transport -- diffusion, osmosis, facilitated diffusion; active transport -- pumps, endocytosis, exocytosis).
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    • Eligible Content - BIO.A.4.1.3 Describe how endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus, and other membrane-bound cellular organelles facilitate transport of materials within cells.
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    • Eligible Content - BIO.A.4.2.1 Explain how organisms maintain homeostasis (e.g., thermoregulation, water regulation, oxygen regulation).
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    Standard - 4.2.4.D

    • Distinguish between scientific fact and opinion.
    • Ask questions about objects, organisms and events.
    • Understand that all scientific investigations involve asking and answering questions and comparing the answer with what is already known.
    • Plan and conduct a simple investigation and understand that different questions require different kinds of investigations.
    • Use simple equipment (tools and other technologies) to gather data and understand that this allows scientists to collect more information than relying only on their senses to gather information.
    • Use data/evidence to construct explanations and understand that scientists develop explanations based on their evidence and compare them with their current scientific knowledge.
    • Communicate procedures and explanations giving priority to evidence and understanding that scientists make their results public, describe their investigations so they can be reproduced and review and ask questions about the work of other scientists.

  • Standard Area - 4.2: Watersheds and Wetlands
  • Grade Level - 4.2.5: GRADE 5
Standard - 4.2.5.A

Explain the water cycle.

Eligible Content:
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Assessments
  • Standard Area - 4.2: Watersheds and Wetlands
  • Assessment Anchor - BIO.B.4:

    Ecology

  • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.1.1 Describe the levels of ecological organization (i.e., organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere).
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  • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.1.2 Describe characteristic biotic and abiotic components of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.
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  • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.2.1 Describe how energy flows through an ecosystem (e.g., food chains, food webs, energy pyramids).
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    Continuum of Activities
  • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.2.2 Describe biotic interactions in an ecosystem (e.g., competition, predation, symbiosis).
    Assessments
    Continuum of Activities
  • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.2.3 Describe how matter recycles through an ecosystem (i.e., water cycle, carbon cycle, oxygen cycle, nitrogen cycle).
    Assessments
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  • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.2.4 Describe how ecosystems change in response to natural and human disturbances (e.g., climate changes, introduction of nonnative species, pollution, fires).
  • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.2.5 Describe the effects of limiting factors on population dynamics and potential species extinction.
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    Standard - 4.2.5.B

    Identify important wetlands in the United States

    Standard - 4.2.5.C

    Identify physical, chemical, and biological factors that affect water quality.

    Eligible Content:
    1 Total
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    • Standard Area - 4.2: Watersheds and Wetlands
    • Assessment Anchor - BIO.A.2:

      The Chemical Basis for Life

  • Eligible Content - BIO.A.2.1.1 Describe the unique properties of water and how these properties support life on Earth (e.g., freezing point, high specific heat, cohesion).
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  • Eligible Content - BIO.A.2.2.1 Explain how carbon is uniquely suited to form biological macromolecules.
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  • Eligible Content - BIO.A.2.2.2 Describe how biological macromolecules form from monomers.
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  • Eligible Content - BIO.A.2.2.3 Compare and contrast the structure and function of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids in organisms.
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  • Eligible Content - BIO.A.2.3.1 Describe the role of an enzyme as a catalyst in regulating a specific biochemical reaction.
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  • Eligible Content - BIO.A.2.3.2 Explain how factors such as pH, temperature, and concentration levels can affect enzyme function.
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    Standard - 4.2.5.D

    • Understand how theories are developed.
    • Identify questions that can be answered through scientific investigations and evaluate the appropriateness of questions.
    • Design and conduct a scientific investigation and understand that current scientific knowledge guides scientific investigations.
    • Describe relationships using inference and prediction.
    • Use appropriate tools and technologies to gather, analyze, and interpret data and understand that it enhances accuracy and allows scientists to analyze and quantify results of investigations.
    • Develop descriptions, explanations, and models using evidence and understand that these emphasize evidence, have logically consistent arguments and are based on scientific principles, models, and theories.
    • Analyze alternative explanations and understanding that science advances through legitimate skepticism.
    • Use mathematics in all aspects of scientific inquiry.
    • Understand that scientific investigations may result in new ideas for study, new methods or procedures for an investigation, or new technologies to improve data collection.

    • Standard Area - 4.2: Watersheds and Wetlands
    • Grade Level - 4.2.6: GRADE 6
    Standard - 4.2.6.A

    Identify the five major watersheds of Pennsylvania.

    Standard - 4.2.6.B

    Describe the characteristics of soils found in a wetland.

    Standard - 4.2.6.C

    Identify natural and human-made factors that affect water quality.

    Materials & Resources
    Standard - 4.2.6.D

    • Understand how theories are developed.
    • Identify questions that can be answered through scientific investigations and evaluate the appropriateness of questions.
    • Design and conduct a scientific investigation and understand that current scientific knowledge guides scientific investigations.
    • Describe relationships using inference and prediction.
    • Use appropriate tools and technologies to gather, analyze, and interpret data and understand that it enhances accuracy and allows scientists to analyze and quantify results of investigations.
    • Develop descriptions, explanations, and models using evidence and understand that these emphasize evidence, have logically consistent arguments and are based on scientific principles, models, and theories.
    • Analyze alternative explanations and understanding that science advances through legitimate skepticism.
    • Use mathematics in all aspects of scientific inquiry.
    • Understand that scientific investigations may result in new ideas for study, new methods or procedures for an investigation, or new technologies to improve data collection.

    • Standard Area - 4.2: Watersheds and Wetlands
    • Grade Level - 4.2.7: GRADE 7
    Standard - 4.2.7.A

    Explain how water enters, moves through, and leaves a watershed. 

    •  Explain the concept of stream order.
    •  Describe factors that affect the flow and water quality within a watershed

    Eligible Content:
    2 Total
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    • Standard Area - 4.2: Watersheds and Wetlands
    • Assessment Anchor - BIO.B.4:

      Ecology

  • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.1.1 Describe the levels of ecological organization (i.e., organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere).
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  • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.1.2 Describe characteristic biotic and abiotic components of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.
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  • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.2.1 Describe how energy flows through an ecosystem (e.g., food chains, food webs, energy pyramids).
    Assessments
    Continuum of Activities
  • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.2.2 Describe biotic interactions in an ecosystem (e.g., competition, predation, symbiosis).
    Assessments
    Continuum of Activities
  • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.2.3 Describe how matter recycles through an ecosystem (i.e., water cycle, carbon cycle, oxygen cycle, nitrogen cycle).
    Assessments
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  • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.2.4 Describe how ecosystems change in response to natural and human disturbances (e.g., climate changes, introduction of nonnative species, pollution, fires).
  • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.2.5 Describe the effects of limiting factors on population dynamics and potential species extinction.
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    Standard - 4.2.7.B

    Explain the primary functions of a wetland within a watershed. 

    •  Providing habitat, flood control, water purification.
    •  Serving as buffer zones, wildlife propagation areas, and food and fiber systems.

    Standard - 4.2.7.C

    Use appropriate tools and techniques to analyze a freshwater environment. 

    •  Interpret physical, chemical, and biological data as a means of assessing the environmental quality of a freshwater environment.

    Standard - 4.2.7.D

    •  Understand how theories are developed.
    •  Identify questions that can be answered through scientific investigations and evaluate the appropriateness of questions.
    •  Design and conduct a scientific investigation and understand that current scientific knowledge guides scientific investigations.
    •  Describe relationships using inference and prediction.
    •  Use appropriate tools and technologies to gather, analyze, and interpret data and understand that it enhances accuracy and allows scientists to analyze and quantify results of investigations.
    •  Develop descriptions, explanations, and models using evidence and understand that these emphasize evidence, have logically consistent arguments and are based on scientific principles, models, and theories.
    •  Analyze alternative explanations and understanding that science advances through legitimate skepticism.
    •  Use mathematics in all aspects of scientific inquiry.
    •  Understand that scientific investigations may result in new ideas for study, new methods or procedures for an investigation, or new technologies to improve data collection.

    • Standard Area - 4.2: Watersheds and Wetlands
    • Grade Level - 4.2.8: GRADE 8
    Standard - 4.2.8.A

    Describe factors that affect the quality of ground and surface waters.

    Eligible Content:
    2 Total
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    Materials & Resources
    • Standard Area - 4.2: Watersheds and Wetlands
    • Assessment Anchor - BIO.B.4:

      Ecology

  • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.1.1 Describe the levels of ecological organization (i.e., organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere).
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    Continuum of Activities
  • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.1.2 Describe characteristic biotic and abiotic components of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.
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    Continuum of Activities
  • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.2.1 Describe how energy flows through an ecosystem (e.g., food chains, food webs, energy pyramids).
    Assessments
    Continuum of Activities
  • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.2.2 Describe biotic interactions in an ecosystem (e.g., competition, predation, symbiosis).
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  • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.2.3 Describe how matter recycles through an ecosystem (i.e., water cycle, carbon cycle, oxygen cycle, nitrogen cycle).
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  • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.2.4 Describe how ecosystems change in response to natural and human disturbances (e.g., climate changes, introduction of nonnative species, pollution, fires).
  • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.2.5 Describe the effects of limiting factors on population dynamics and potential species extinction.
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    Standard - 4.2.8.B

    Explain the value of wetlands to other living things.

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    Standard - 4.2.8.C

    Describe how a diversity index is used to assess water quality.

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    Standard - 4.2.8.D

    • Compare and contrast scientific theories.
    • Know that both direct and indirect observations are used by scientists to study the natural world and universe.
    • Identify questions and concepts that guide scientific investigations.
    • Formulate and revise explanations and models using logic and evidence.
    • Recognize and analyze alternative explanations and models.

    • Standard Area - 4.2: Watersheds and Wetlands
    • Grade Level - 4.2.10: GRADE 10
    Standard - 4.2.10.A

    Examine the interactions between abiotic and biotic factors within a watershed. 

    • Describe how topography influences the flow of water in a watershed.
    • Describe how vegetation affects water runoff.
    • Investigate and analyze the effects of land use on the quality of water in a watershed.

    Eligible Content:
    3 Total
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    Materials & Resources
    • Standard Area - 4.2: Watersheds and Wetlands
    • Assessment Anchor - BIO.B.4:

      Ecology

  • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.1.1 Describe the levels of ecological organization (i.e., organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere).
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  • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.1.2 Describe characteristic biotic and abiotic components of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.
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  • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.2.1 Describe how energy flows through an ecosystem (e.g., food chains, food webs, energy pyramids).
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  • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.2.2 Describe biotic interactions in an ecosystem (e.g., competition, predation, symbiosis).
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  • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.2.3 Describe how matter recycles through an ecosystem (i.e., water cycle, carbon cycle, oxygen cycle, nitrogen cycle).
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  • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.2.4 Describe how ecosystems change in response to natural and human disturbances (e.g., climate changes, introduction of nonnative species, pollution, fires).
  • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.2.5 Describe the effects of limiting factors on population dynamics and potential species extinction.
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    Standard - 4.2.10.B

    Examine how human interactions impact wetlands and their surrounding environments. 

    • Describe how land use decisions affect wetlands

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    2 Total
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    Materials & Resources
    • Standard Area - 4.2: Watersheds and Wetlands
    • Assessment Anchor - BIO.B.4:

      Ecology

  • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.1.1 Describe the levels of ecological organization (i.e., organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere).
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  • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.1.2 Describe characteristic biotic and abiotic components of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.
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  • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.2.1 Describe how energy flows through an ecosystem (e.g., food chains, food webs, energy pyramids).
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    Continuum of Activities
  • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.2.2 Describe biotic interactions in an ecosystem (e.g., competition, predation, symbiosis).
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  • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.2.3 Describe how matter recycles through an ecosystem (i.e., water cycle, carbon cycle, oxygen cycle, nitrogen cycle).
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    Continuum of Activities
  • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.2.4 Describe how ecosystems change in response to natural and human disturbances (e.g., climate changes, introduction of nonnative species, pollution, fires).
  • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.2.5 Describe the effects of limiting factors on population dynamics and potential species extinction.
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    Standard - 4.2.10.C

    Explain the relationship between water quality and the diversity of life in a freshwater ecosystem. 

    • Explain how limiting factors affect the growth and reproduction of freshwater organisms.

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    Materials & Resources
    • Standard Area - 4.2: Watersheds and Wetlands
    • Assessment Anchor - BIO.B.4:

      Ecology

  • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.1.1 Describe the levels of ecological organization (i.e., organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere).
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    Continuum of Activities
  • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.1.2 Describe characteristic biotic and abiotic components of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.
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    Continuum of Activities
  • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.2.1 Describe how energy flows through an ecosystem (e.g., food chains, food webs, energy pyramids).
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    Continuum of Activities
  • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.2.2 Describe biotic interactions in an ecosystem (e.g., competition, predation, symbiosis).
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    Continuum of Activities
  • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.2.3 Describe how matter recycles through an ecosystem (i.e., water cycle, carbon cycle, oxygen cycle, nitrogen cycle).
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    Continuum of Activities
  • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.2.4 Describe how ecosystems change in response to natural and human disturbances (e.g., climate changes, introduction of nonnative species, pollution, fires).
  • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.2.5 Describe the effects of limiting factors on population dynamics and potential species extinction.
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    Continuum of Activities
    Standard - 4.2.10.D

    • Compare and contrast scientific theories.
    • Know that both direct and indirect observations are used by scientists to study the natural world and universe.
    • Identify questions and concepts that guide scientific investigations.
    • Formulate and revise explanations and models using logic and evidence.
    • Recognize and analyze alternative explanations and models.

    • Standard Area - 4.2: Watersheds and Wetlands
    • Grade Level - 4.2.12: GRADE 12
    Standard - 4.2.12.A

    Examine environmental laws related to land use management and its impact on the water quality and flow within a watershed.

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    Materials & Resources
    • Standard Area - 4.2: Watersheds and Wetlands
    • Assessment Anchor - BIO.B.4:

      Ecology

  • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.1.1 Describe the levels of ecological organization (i.e., organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere).
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    Continuum of Activities
  • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.1.2 Describe characteristic biotic and abiotic components of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.
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    Continuum of Activities
  • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.2.1 Describe how energy flows through an ecosystem (e.g., food chains, food webs, energy pyramids).
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    Continuum of Activities
  • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.2.2 Describe biotic interactions in an ecosystem (e.g., competition, predation, symbiosis).
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    Continuum of Activities
  • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.2.3 Describe how matter recycles through an ecosystem (i.e., water cycle, carbon cycle, oxygen cycle, nitrogen cycle).
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    Continuum of Activities
  • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.2.4 Describe how ecosystems change in response to natural and human disturbances (e.g., climate changes, introduction of nonnative species, pollution, fires).
  • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.2.5 Describe the effects of limiting factors on population dynamics and potential species extinction.
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    Standard - 4.2.12.B

    Analyze the effects of policies and regulations at various governmental levels on wetlands and their surrounding environments. 

    • Examine various public policies relating to wetlands.
    • Investigate the intended and unintended effects of public polices and regulations relating to wetlands.

    Eligible Content:
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    Materials & Resources
    • Standard Area - 4.2: Watersheds and Wetlands
    • Assessment Anchor - BIO.B.4:

      Ecology

  • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.1.1 Describe the levels of ecological organization (i.e., organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere).
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  • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.1.2 Describe characteristic biotic and abiotic components of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.
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    Continuum of Activities
  • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.2.1 Describe how energy flows through an ecosystem (e.g., food chains, food webs, energy pyramids).
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    Continuum of Activities
  • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.2.2 Describe biotic interactions in an ecosystem (e.g., competition, predation, symbiosis).
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    Continuum of Activities
  • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.2.3 Describe how matter recycles through an ecosystem (i.e., water cycle, carbon cycle, oxygen cycle, nitrogen cycle).
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    Continuum of Activities
  • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.2.4 Describe how ecosystems change in response to natural and human disturbances (e.g., climate changes, introduction of nonnative species, pollution, fires).
  • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.2.5 Describe the effects of limiting factors on population dynamics and potential species extinction.
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    Standard - 4.2.12.C

    Analyze the effects of policies and regulations at various governmental levels on water quality. 

    • Assess the intended and unintended effects of public polices and regulations relating to water quality.

    Eligible Content:
    1 Total
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    Materials & Resources
    • Standard Area - 4.2: Watersheds and Wetlands
    • Assessment Anchor - BIO.B.4:

      Ecology

  • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.1.1 Describe the levels of ecological organization (i.e., organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere).
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    Continuum of Activities
  • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.1.2 Describe characteristic biotic and abiotic components of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.
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    Continuum of Activities
  • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.2.1 Describe how energy flows through an ecosystem (e.g., food chains, food webs, energy pyramids).
    Assessments
    Continuum of Activities
  • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.2.2 Describe biotic interactions in an ecosystem (e.g., competition, predation, symbiosis).
    Assessments
    Continuum of Activities
  • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.2.3 Describe how matter recycles through an ecosystem (i.e., water cycle, carbon cycle, oxygen cycle, nitrogen cycle).
    Assessments
    Continuum of Activities
  • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.2.4 Describe how ecosystems change in response to natural and human disturbances (e.g., climate changes, introduction of nonnative species, pollution, fires).
  • Eligible Content - BIO.B.4.2.5 Describe the effects of limiting factors on population dynamics and potential species extinction.
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    Standard - 4.2.12.D

    • Examine the status of existing theories.
    • Evaluate experimental information for relevance and adherence to science processes.
    • Judge that conclusions are consistent and logical with experimental conditions.
    • Interpret results of experimental research to predict new information, propose additional investigable questions, or advance a solution.
    • Communicate and defend a scientific argument.

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