Spaceship Earth
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A lesson plan for Grades 6 and 9–12 Biology
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- Appropriate grades
- 6 and 9–12
- Subjects
- science (biology and life science)
- Provider
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
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In this lesson from Science NetLinks, students will develop an understanding of our planet as a system by designing a very-long-duration space mission in which the life-support system is patterned after that of Earth.
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
Science (2005)
Grade 6
- Goal 1: The learner will design and conduct investigations to demonstrate an understanding of scientific inquiry.
- Objective 1.05: Analyze evidence to:
- Explain observations.
- Make inferences and predictions.
- Develop the relationship between evidence and explanation.
- Objective 1.06: Use mathematics to gather, organize, and present quantitative data resulting from scientific investigations:
- Measurement.
- Analysis of data.
- Graphing.
- Prediction models.
- Objective 1.08: Use oral and written language to:
- Communicate findings.
- Defend conclusions of scientific investigations.
- Objective 1.09: Use technologies and information systems to:
- Research.
- Gather and analyze data
- Visualize data.
- Disseminate findings to others.
- Objective 1.10: Analyze and evaluate information from a scientifically literate viewpoint by reading, hearing, and/or viewing:
- Scientific text.
- Articles.
- Events in the popular press.
- Objective 1.05: Analyze evidence to:
- Goal 7: The learner will conduct investigations and use technologies and information systems to build an understanding of population dynamics.
- Objective 7.01: Describe ways in which organisms interact with each other and with non-living parts of the environment:
- Coexistence/Cooperation/Competition.
- Symbiosis.
- Mutual dependence.
- Objective 7.02: Investigate factors that determine the growth and survival of organisms including:
- Light.
- Temperature range.
- Mineral availability.
- Soil/rock type.
- Water.
- Energy.
- Objective 7.01: Describe ways in which organisms interact with each other and with non-living parts of the environment:
Grades 9–12 — Biology
- Goal 1: The learner will develop abilities necessary to do and understand scientific inquiry.
- Objective 1.03: Formulate and revise scientific explanations and models of biological phenomena using logic and evidence to:
- Explain observations.
- Make inferences and predictions.
- Explain the relationship between evidence and explanation.
- Objective 1.03: Formulate and revise scientific explanations and models of biological phenomena using logic and evidence to:
- Goal 5: The learner will develop an understanding of the ecological relationships among organisms.
- Objective 5.01: Investigate and analyze the interrelationships among organisms, populations, communities, and ecosystems.
- Techniques of field ecology.
- Abiotic and biotic factors.
- Carrying capacity.
- Objective 5.02: Analyze the flow of energy and the cycling of matter in the ecosystem.
- Relationship of the carbon cycle to photosynthesis and respiration.
- Trophic levels - direction and efficiency of energy transfer.
- Objective 5.01: Investigate and analyze the interrelationships among organisms, populations, communities, and ecosystems.
