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K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Fish and flowers

http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/sci_update.cfm?DocID=284

Provider: American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Appropriate grades
6
Subjects
science (environmental science), thinking skills (information literacy)
Provider
American Association for the Advancement of Science

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In this Science Update, students explore the relationship between the fish population and the flora around the pond. University of Florida ecologist Robert Hold studied a controlled environment to determine whether those ponds that were stocked with fish actually had more flowers and bees to pollinate them. Science NetLinks provides a link to the audio file, a written transcript, and questions to engage students in discussion about how fish influence pollination and how the loss of fish from water sources might affect the surrounding environment. The activity also contains links to a lesson that examine symbiotic relationships, a unit on ecology and biomes, and the National Geographic article, “Bats and Cecropias.”

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 1.01: Identify and create questions and hypotheses that can be answered through scientific investigations.
    • Objective 1.05: Analyze evidence to:
      • Explain observations.
      • Make inferences and predictions.
      • Develop the relationship between evidence and explanation.
    • 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.
  • 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 7.03: Explain how changes in habitat may affect organisms.
    • Objective 7.06: Investigate processes which, operating over long periods of time, have resulted in the diversity of plant and animal life present today:
      • Natural selection.
      • Adaptation.