Invasive Species Activities - Disruptions In Ecosystems Ecology PBL Bundle

Launch your ecosystems unit through the lens of invasive species - engaging students in real-world phenomena and authentic, project-based learning tasks. This bundle is ideal for teachers who want to add relevancy and excitement to their ecology unit by integrating modern-day environmental issues and challenges.

How Can It Be Used?

• guide learning through a unit using a student-driven storyline format (begin with the phenomenon; assign the Invasive Species PBL Task; summatively assess with the CER)
• support independent extension projects and genius-hour learning tasks
• participate in a science seminar and argumentative writing task to explore other disruptions in ecosystems and cause-and-effect relationships
• assess student understanding of ecosystem dynamics through phenomenon-based learning tasks
• engage students in Science and Engineering Practices like Analyzing and Interpreting Data, Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions, and Engaging In Argument From Evidence

Is this NGSS-aligned?

This resource is part of a storyline designed to work toward the tagged Next Generation Science Standards. Because Performance Expectations are designed to assess learning by the end of the grade band, unit material may not fully assess every Performance Expectation tagged in the post.

• MS-LS2-1 Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.
• MS-LS2-2 Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems
• MS-LS2-4 Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.

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