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Unit Title:
Science
CURRICULUM/STANDARDS
List all appropriate national, state or district curriculum or standards that align to this unit:
Arizona Science Standards:
PO 1. Explain how an organisms behavior allows it to survive in an environment.
PO 2. Describe how an organism can maintain a stable internal environment while living in a constantly changing
external environment.
PO 3. Determine characteristics of organisms that could change over several generations.
PO 4. Compare the symbiotic and competitive relationships in organisms within an ecosystem (e.g., lichen,
mistletoe/tree, clownfish/sea anemone, native/non-native species).
PO 5.
PO 6.
Describe the following factors that allow for the survival of living organisms:
protective coloration
beak design
seed dispersal
pollination
KEY THEMES/QUESTIONS
List the key themes/questions that are guiding this unit:
Students will be able to explain how an organisms behavior allows it to survive in an environment
Students will be able to explain how natural selection occurs and why this happens to better suit animal fitness
Students will be able to explain what hibernation, migration and dormancy is and why it is important for plants
and animals for survival
Students will be able to perform in lab and demonstrate how non native species can harm and effect native
species in an environment
ASSESSMENT
List the assessments that will be used to gauge student learning. This may include traditional quizzes or
exams, as well as major learning activities such as simulations, labs, etc.
HW: Online home work called study island will help the students learn about the material and then have a quiz
over the material. The homework is worth 25 points.
Quiz: The quiz will be over the home work assignment and power point presentation on adaptation. This is a 10
question multiple choice quiz worth 100 points.
Lab: The lab is over food webs and how an introduced or exotic species can affect native species and the
environment. This lab is worth 50 points.
Research paper on diversity: The students will turn in a 2-4 page typed research paper worth 100 points.
Test: The test is at the end of the unit over the topics of diversity, behavior, and adaptation. This test is worth
100 points and is 20 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions
RESOURCES/MATERIALS
List all resources (copyrighted or otherwise) that you will need to teach this unit. This should be a
comprehensive list of all resources you will need to create or borrow (including textbook chapters, additional
readings, videos, power points and teaching notes, handouts, assessments, etc.)
Activity:
Pictures of birds and foods they eat. The students must match the bird beak with the appropriate food choice
through logic and reasoning in a group of four.
Power Point:
Adaptation(handout, graphic organizer)
Diversity (handout, graphic organizer)
Behavior (handout, graphic organizer)
Unit Calendar
(For each class period, list the topic of the day, as well as main learning activities. You may list standards if you
choose.)
(Insert or delete days of the week as appropriate for your school district calendar. Add or delete weeks depending
on the length of your unit.)
MONDAY
November 17th
Activity: To start the
class students will be
put into groups of four
and given pictures of
birds and pictures of
TUESDAY
November 18th
Power point
presentation on
adaptation
HW: study island
(online HW) due by
WEDNESDAY
November 19th
THURSDAY
November 20th
FRIDAY
November 21st
Power point
presentation on
behavior
(graphic organizer
given to help students
December 1st
November 25th
November 26th
December 2nd
Students will have a
The Diversity research test over the topics:
paper is due and is
Diversity, adaptation,
worth 100 points
and behavior. This
Review game to get
test will be worth 100
students prepared for points (25 questions,
the test on the unit
multiple choice, and
Thanksgiving No
School
choice
No School
diversity, behavior,
and adaptation
short answer)