Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems – #1
Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems – #1
Grade Level:
10
Scope & Sequence:
Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems
Goal:
Create or revise a simulation to test a solution to mitigate adverse impacts of human activity on biodiversity.
Objective:
Students will devise solutions for a proposed problem related to threatened or endangered species or genetic variation of organisms for multiple species within the Columbia River Watershed.
Background Knowledge / Cultural Concept
- Environmental toxins
- Climate shift
- Mono-agriculture effects on Columbia Basin Watershed
- Primary and Secondary sources
- Water Cycle Stages
- Stages of River Evolution
- Impact of dams on Columbia Basin Watershed
- Gas Bubble Disease
Spokane Tribal Values
- Land and environment
- Respect
- Relationships
- Home
- Community
- Honor
- Compassion
Vocabulary
- Interdependence – ntk̓ʷels
- Erosion
- Deposition
- Drainage
- Adaptation
- Biodiversity
- Extinction
- Speciation
- Population
- Deforestation
- Climate change
- Habitat
Lesson Plan
Teacher will instruct students what a watershed is and focus on the local Columbia River watersheds boundaries, tributaries and drainage basins.
Brainstorm with students a variety of physical changes in the local watershed environment.
Students will choose one of the physical changes in the local watershed environment and research the causes and effects: Expansion or decrease of species, emergence of a new species, adaptive divergence of a species through adaptation and natural selection, decline or ultimate extinction of a species, etc.
Teacher will provide a format and/or template for researching and creating a Vimeo (in template: add Environmental and cultural impacts)
Assessment:
- Vimeo Public Service Announcement Presentation
- Peer input
Enrichment:
- Present @ Community fair
- Submit PSA’s to Robin Kennedy, Tribe website, Wellpinit school district website, Wellpinit Facebook page
Materials Needed:
- List of physical disturbance for reference. (Midnite Mine, Sherwood Mine, Dams, Invasive Species, Fires, Canadian (Teck Cominco) water pollution, deforestation, European expansion into area, Columbia Basin River watershed pictures/maps)
- Vimeo
Activity:
- Brainstorm
- Research
- Seek out Family Elder/Tribal member to gather background knowledge
- Create Vimeo Project Public Service Announcement
- Presentation
- Invite Tribal members/DNR/Tribal Council to view presentations
- Submit Presentations to Robin Kennedy in planning, Tribe Website, Wellpinit School district website, Wellpinit Facebook page
Lesson Assigned To:
NGSS
- ESS3.C
- ETS1.B
- LS4.C
Common Core Standards
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.7.1.B
CCSS.ELALITERACY.SL.7.1
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.7.1.C
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.7.1.D
CCSS.ELALITERACY.SL.7.5
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.7.4
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.9-10.1
CCSS.ELALITERACY.RST.9-10.4
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.9-10.7
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.9-10.8