2014
0210-0214
Science
Monday
Learning Target: I can
differentiate between
exponential and
logistic growth
Working in a large
group setting,
students will view a
website
http://www.otherwis
e.com/population/exp
onent.html on
exponential and
logistic growth. We
will read information
about exponential and
logistic growth and
will complete four
experiments on the
site to see how growth
of a population is
affected when birth
rate and carrying
capacity are
manipulated. Students
will sketch graphs in
their composition
books and describe
patterns that develop
and will be asked to
differentiate between
exponential and
logistic growth.
Tuesday
Learning Target: I can
construct a line graph
of human population
growth and can
analyze the data in
order to predict
future growth and
factors that might
affect it.
To begin class,
students will watch
the Population
Connection Video of
population growth
through time. Video
http://www.youtube
.comwatch?v=9_9Sut
NmfFk. After viewing
the video, the
students will create a
line graph of human
population growth
through time.
Students will then
use the graph to
make predictions
about future growth.
Students will also list
and explain factors
that can influence
population growth.
Formative
Wednesday
Learning Target: I can
define exponential and
logistic and the impact
they have on a
population.
Students will continue
sketching graphs of
exponential and logistic
growth to analyze.
Media/technology:
Website Otherwise
Exponential Growth
interactive
Formative Assessment:
Special Needs:
Literacy Strategy: Word
Wall – Add logistic and
exponential growth
Technology/Media:
otherwise exponential
growth
Standards
MS-LS2
Ecosystems:
Interactions, Energy,
and Dynamics
MS-LS2-4
: Construct an argument
supported by empirical
evidence that changes
to
physical or biological
Thursday
Learning Target: I can
determine my level of
mastery of learning
targets 1-6 based on my
performance on the
formative test.
Students will prep their
composition book for
the formative over
learning targets 1-6.
They will have a short
bell ringer to help them
get prepped for the
quiz. The quiz will be
given using the SMART
Response Clickers
Formative Assessment:
Clicker Quiz
Special Needs: Quiz will
be read orally
Literacy Strategy:
Review Word Wall
Technology/Media:
SMART Presentation
Standards
MS-LS2
Ecosystems:
Interactions, Energy, and
Dynamics
MS-LS2-4
: Construct an argument
Friday
Learning Target: I can
differentiate between
immigration and
emigration
Students will review
questions from the
formative assessment
from the day before. They
will write LT 7
Immigration and
Emigration in their
composition books. They
view a video clip from
National Geographic on
population called 7
Billion. There will be a
SMARTBOARD
presentation on death
rate and birthrate.
Formative Assessment:
graphs in comp book
Special Needs: No
assistance needed
Literacy Strategy: Adding
immigration and
emigration on vocabulary
sheet and word wall
Technology/Media:
national geographic video
clip on population
Standards
MS-LS2
Formative
Assessment: graphs in
comp book
Special Needs:
Students will work
with an aide in
constructing graphs.
Literacy Strategy:
Adding exponential
growth and logistic
growth on vocabulary
sheet and word wall
Technology/Media:
http://www.otherwis
e.com/population/exp
onent.html Standards
MS-LS2
Ecosystems:
Interactions, Energy,
and Dynamics
MS-LS2-4
: Construct an
argument supported
by empirical evidence
that changes to
physical or biological
components of an
ecosystem affect
populations.
MS-LS2-5
: Evaluate competing
design solutions for
maintaining
biodiversity and
Assessment: Line
graph (Students will
be asked to follow
the “TULIP” method
when constructing
their graph: title,
units, legend/labels,
intervals, and points)
Standards
MS-LS2
Ecosystems:
Interactions, Energy,
and Dynamics
MS-LS2-4
: Construct an
argument supported
by empirical
evidence that
changes to
physical or biological
components of an
ecosystem affect
populations.
MS-LS2-5
: Evaluate competing
design solutions for
maintaining
biodiversity and
ecosystems services.
Disciplinary Core
Ideas
LS2 C
: Ecosystem
components of an
ecosystem affect
populations.
MS-LS2-5
: Evaluate competing
design solutions for
maintaining
biodiversity and
ecosystems services.
Disciplinary Core Ideas
LS2 C
: Ecosystem Dynamics,
Functioning, and
Resilience
Ecosystems are
dynamic in nature; their
characteristics can vary
over time.
Disruptions to any
physical or biological
component of an
ecosystem can lead
to shifts in all its
populations (MS-LS2-4)

Biodiversity describes
the variety of species
found in Earth’s
terrestrial and
oceanic ecosystems.
The completeness or
integrity of an
ecosystem’s
biodiversity is often
supported by empirical
evidence that changes to
physical or biological
components of an
ecosystem affect
populations.
MS-LS2-5
: Evaluate competing
design solutions for
maintaining biodiversity
and
ecosystems services.
Disciplinary Core Ideas
LS2 C
: Ecosystem Dynamics,
Functioning, and
Resilience
Ecosystems are dynamic
in nature; their
characteristics can vary
over time.
Disruptions to any
physical or biological
component of an
ecosystem can lead
to shifts in all its
populations (MS-LS2-4)

Biodiversity describes
the variety of species
found in Earth’s
terrestrial and
oceanic ecosystems. The
completeness or
Ecosystems: Interactions,
Energy, and Dynamics
MS-LS2-4
: Construct an argument
supported by empirical
evidence that changes to
physical or biological
components of an
ecosystem affect
populations.
MS-LS2-5
: Evaluate competing
design solutions for
maintaining biodiversity
and
ecosystems services.
Disciplinary Core Ideas
LS2 C
: Ecosystem Dynamics,
Functioning, and
Resilience
Ecosystems are dynamic
in nature; their
characteristics can vary
over time.
Disruptions to any
physical or biological
component of an
ecosystem can lead
to shifts in all its
populations (MS-LS2-4)

Biodiversity describes the
variety of species found in
ecosystems services.
Disciplinary Core Ideas
LS2 C
: Ecosystem Dynamics,
Functioning, and
Resilience
Ecosystems are
dynamic in nature;
their characteristics
can vary over time.
Disruptions to any
physical or biological
component of an
ecosystem can lead
to shifts in all its
populations (MS-LS24)

Biodiversity describes
the variety of species
found in Earth’s
terrestrial and
oceanic ecosystems.
The completeness or
integrity of an
ecosystem’s
biodiversity is often
used as a measure of
its health (MS-LS2-5)
physical or biological
components of an
ecosystem affect
populations.
MS-LS2-5
Dynamics,
Functioning, and
Resilience
Ecosystems are
dynamic in nature;
their characteristics
can vary over time.
Disruptions to any
physical or biological
component of an
ecosystem can lead
to shifts in all its
populations (MS-LS24)

Biodiversity
describes the variety
of species found in
Earth’s terrestrial
and
oceanic ecosystems.
The completeness or
integrity of an
ecosystem’s
biodiversity is often
used as a measure of
its health (MS-LS2-5)
physical or biological
components of an
ecosystem affect
populations.
MS-LS2-5
: Evaluate competing
design solutions for
used as a measure of its
health (MS-LS2-5)
physical or biological
components of an
ecosystem affect
populations.
MS-LS2-5
: Evaluate competing
design solutions for
maintaining
biodiversity and
ecosystems services.
Disciplinary Core Ideas
LS2 C
: Ecosystem Dynamics,
Functioning, and
Resilience
Ecosystems are
dynamic in nature; their
characteristics can vary
over time.
Disruptions to any
physical or biological
component of an
ecosystem can lead
to shifts in all its
populations (MS-LS2-4)

Biodiversity describes
the variety of species
found in Earth’s
terrestrial and
oceanic ecosystems.
The completeness or
integrity of an
ecosystem’s
biodiversity is often used
as a measure of its
health (MS-LS2-5)
physical or biological
components of an
ecosystem affect
populations.
MS-LS2-5
: Evaluate competing
design solutions for
maintaining biodiversity
and
ecosystems services.
Disciplinary Core Ideas
LS2 C
: Ecosystem Dynamics,
Functioning, and
Resilience
Ecosystems are dynamic
in nature; their
characteristics can vary
over time.
Disruptions to any
physical or biological
component of an
ecosystem can lead
to shifts in all its
populations (MS-LS2-4)

Biodiversity describes
the variety of species
found in Earth’s
Earth’s terrestrial and
oceanic ecosystems. The
completeness or
integrity of an
ecosystem’s
biodiversity is often used
as a measure of its health
(MS-LS2-5)
physical or biological
components of an
ecosystem affect
populations.
MS-LS2-5
: Evaluate competing
design solutions for
maintaining biodiversity
and
ecosystems services.
Disciplinary Core Ideas
LS2 C
: Ecosystem Dynamics,
Functioning, and
Resilience
Ecosystems are dynamic
in nature; their
characteristics can vary
over time.
Disruptions to any
physical or biological
component of an
ecosystem can lead
to shifts in all its
populations (MS-LS2-4)

: Evaluate competing
design solutions for
maintaining
biodiversity and
ecosystems services.
Disciplinary Core Ideas
LS2 C
: Ecosystem Dynamics,
Functioning, and
Resilience
Ecosystems are
dynamic in nature;
their characteristics
can vary over time.
Disruptions to any
physical or biological
component of an
ecosystem can lead
to shifts in all its
populations (MS-LS24)

Biodiversity describes
the variety of species
found in Earth’s
terrestrial and
oceanic ecosystems.
The completeness or
integrity of an
ecosystem’s
biodiversity is often
used as a measure of
its health (MS-LS2-5)
maintaining
biodiversity and
ecosystems services.
Disciplinary Core
Ideas
LS2 C
: Ecosystem
Dynamics,
Functioning, and
Resilience
Ecosystems are
dynamic in nature;
their characteristics
can vary over time.
Disruptions to any
physical or biological
component of an
ecosystem can lead
to shifts in all its
populations (MS-LS24)

Biodiversity
describes the variety
of species found in
Earth’s terrestrial
and
oceanic ecosystems.
The completeness or
integrity of an
ecosystem’s
biodiversity is often
used as a measure of
its health (MS-LS2-5)
integrity of an
ecosystem’s
biodiversity is often
used as a measure of its
health (MS-LS2-5)
terrestrial and
oceanic ecosystems. The
completeness or
integrity of an
ecosystem’s
biodiversity is often used
as a measure of its
health (MS-LS2-5)
Biodiversity describes the
variety of species found in
Earth’s terrestrial and
oceanic ecosystems. The
completeness or
integrity of an
ecosystem’s
biodiversity is often used
as a measure of its health
(MS-LS2-5)