Title
Arthropod Diversity
Grade Level
9-12
Protocol
Arthropods
Abstract
This web site incorporates the Ecology Explorers arthropod protocol
into a High School Biology and Environmental Biology Course. Incorporated
are various lessons and resources good for many grade levels. Objectives
for this project include:
- The student will (TSW) create a dichotomous key to differentiate
between different arthropods.
- TSW use a dichotomous key to classify organisms.
- TSW create a graph to display and interpret data.
- TSW compare data and draw conclusions based on trends.
- TSW create a research question and develop a method to answer
the question
Author
Jennifer Freed, Mountain Ridge High School
AZ Standards
- 1SC-P1: Propose solutions to practical and
theoretical problems by synthesizing and evaluating information
gained from scientific investigations
- 1SC-P2: Compare observations of the real world
to observations of a constructed model
- 1SC-P3: Analyze and evaluate reports of scientific
studies
- 1SC-P4: Create and defend a written plan of
action for scientific investigation
- 1SC-P5: Apply the concepts of equilibrium,
form and function to a variety of phenomena
- 1SC-P6: Identify and refine a researchable
question, conduct the experiment, collect and analyze data, share
and discuss findings
- 2SC-P3: Explain the impact on society of major
scientific developments
- 3SC-P1: Apply scientific thought processes
and procedures to personal and social issues
- 3SC-P4: Identify and describe the basic processes
of the natural ecosystem and how these affect and are affected
by humans
- 3SC-P5: Describe and explain factors that
affect population size and growth
- 4SC-P1: Use and construct a variety of classification
systems
- 4SC-P4: Describe and explain the cycling of
matter and the flow of energy through the ecosystems living and
non-living components
- 4SC-P6: Describe and explain how the environment
can affect the number of species and the diversity of species
in an environment
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