Student Learning Map for Unit: The Foundation of Life in the Ocean (5.1)
Key Learning(s):
The theory of evolution is connected to the origins of energy and matter. Life began on Earth once the conditions became suitable.
Life has the ability to adapt to many different conditions and stresses. There are some basic parameters that scientists use to separate
life from non-life. Primary producers are the most important part of any food web. Our classification system is flexible enough to
account for exceptions. There is a great diversity of life in the oceans and we are continuing to find new species.
Unit Essential Question(s):
How did ‘everything’ come into being?
Where did life begin?
How do we classify the zones of the ocean?
What are the characteristics of life?
How is energy required for life?
How does the processes of photosynthesis and chemosynthesis relate to the concept of primary production?
How are animals classified or organized and why is it necessary for humans to classify things?
Concept:
Concept:
Concept:
Concept:
The Universe, Solar System,
and Earth
The Origins of Life
Ocean Zones and
Lifestyles
The Nature of Life
Lesson Essential Question(s):
Lesson Essential Question(s):
Lesson Essential Question(s):
Lesson Essential Question(s):
What is the Big Bang? (A)
How do scientists theorize that
the first stars and heavy
elements formed? (A)
What is the Nebular Theory?
(A)
How did the Earth and the
Moon form? (A)
How did the oceans form? (A)
How are the atmosphere and
oceans linked to the formation
of life? (ET)
What aspect of fossil evidence
supports the theory that life
began in the oceans? (A)
How did the first molecular
building blocks of life
originate? (A)
How do marine scientists
classify marine environments?
(A)
What are plankton, nekton, and
benthos? (A)
What is neuston? (A)
What are epifauna, epiflora,
and infauna? (ET)
What makes something
“alive”? (A)
Why is energy required for
life? (A)
How does the Second Law of
Thermodynamics relate to the
process of life? (ET)
What is the common theory
about how the early
atmosphere formed? (A)
KEY:
(A) – Acquisition Lesson
(ET) – Extended Thinking
Vocabulary:
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Accretion
Astrology
Astronomy
Atmosphere
Density stratification
Nebular
Star
What are heterotrophs and
autotrophs? (A)
Why is oxygen important to
life? (A)
What is the Theory of
Evolution? (A)
How does evolution explain the
origin of the different
organisms that exist today? (A)
Vocabulary:
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Abiogenesis
Atmosphere
Autotroph
Heterotrophy
Hypothesis
Photosynthesis
Model from Learning-Focused Strategies. Thompson, M., Thompson, J. (2008)
Vocabulary:
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Abyssalpelagic
Bathypelagic
Benthic
Epifauna
Epiflora
Epipelagic
Hadalpelagic
Littoral
Mesopelagic
Nekton
Neritic
Pelagic
Plankton
Supralittoral
Vocabulary:
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Cells
Element
Energy
Entropy
Machine
Matter
Thermodynamics