TABLE OF CONTENTS - Lindbergh School District

Concept C: Interdependence of Organisms and their
Environment
Explain the mechanisms (e.g. global wind patterns, water cycle,
ocean currents) by which environmental changes (biological,
chemical, or physical) may have global impact. (4.1.C.b;
8.3.B)
Concept A: Biodiversity
Predict the impact (beneficial or harmful) a natural
environmental event (e.g. fire, flood, volcanic eruption,
avalanche) may have on the diversity of different species in an
ecosystem. (4.1.D.a)
Concept B: Biodiversity
Describe possible causes of extinction of a population (e.g.
rainforest destruction, habitat degradation or fragmentation)
(endangered v. threatened). (4.1.D.b; 8.3.A/B)
Concept A: Climate
Provide evidence (e.g. melting glaciers, fossils, desertification)
that supports theories of climate change due to natural
phenomena and/or human interactions (greenhouse effect).
(4.1.D.a; 8.1.A/B; 8.3.A/B)
Concept B: Climate
Explain how weather and climate patterns in a particular region
are affected by factors such as proximity to large bodies of
water or ice/ocean currents, latitude, altitude, prevailing wind
currents, and amount of solar radiation.(include biomes:
tropical rain forest, grasslands, temperate forest, and desert).
(4.1.D.b)
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Students will discuss the causes of global
warming.
(1.5, 1.6, 2.4, 3.1, 3.5, 3.6, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3,
SC5, SC8)
Students will travel to Mt. St. Helen’s and
observe the impact the volcanic eruption of
1980 had on the species in the ecosystem.
(1.2, 1.6, 3.1, 3.5, SC4)
Students will be given examples of
extinction and discuss the causes.
(1.5, 3.1, 3.5, 4.1, SC4, SC8)
Students will conduct Internet research to
provide a list of cause and effects of global
warming in the biosphere.
(1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.8, 2.1, 2.3, 3.5, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3,
4.5, SC5)
Students will discuss how various factors
such as proximity to water, mountainous
regions, and proximity to the equator affect
particular ecosystems.
(1.6, 4.1, SC4, SC5)
Students will read an article
discussing how global warming has
affected the Arctic and identify causes
and effects.
Students will predict the impact the
eruption of Yellowstone National
Park’s super volcano would have on
the ecosystem.
Students will choose an endangered
or extinct species and evaluate the
cause of their status.
Students will write a letter to the
United States administration
recommending 3 specific changes that
could be made to help reduce global
warming.
Students will describe and explain the
effect that a given factor will have on
a certain biome.
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