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

Disappearing fish

http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/sci_update.cfm?DocID=181

Provider: American Association for the Advancement of Science

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

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In this Science Update, student explore studies that confirm that the large fish population is quickly dwindling and that fish are actually getting smaller due to ocean ecosystems getting off balance. Science NetLinks provides a link to the audio file, a written transcript, and questions that engage students in a discussion about industrial fishing and fishing for sport and possible strategies for conserving large fish populations. This lesson also provides links to two related Science NetLinks lessons, a lesson from National Geographic, and The Seafood Choices Alliance, a non-profit group that connects those involved with environmentally sustainable fishing practices.

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 7.03: Explain how changes in habitat may affect organisms.
    • Objective 7.04: Evaluate data related to human population growth, along with problems and solutions:
      • Waste disposal.
      • Food supplies.
      • Resource availability.
      • Transportation.
      • Socio-economic patterns.
    • Objective 7.05: Examine evidence that overpopulation by any species impacts the environment.
    • 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.