Bog Study
Bog Study
Students will explore the Kanuga Mountain Bog and investigate the unique and adaptive features of the flora and fauna that live there. Key concepts/vocabulary: endangered, threatened, migration, wetland
- 3 hours
- Ideal for 3rd-8th graders
- Has been adapted successfully for older students
From the Tennessee Standard Course of Study
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| 4th Grade | TOP |
Science
Life Science
Interactions Between Living Things and Their Environment:
4.2.1 Investigate the relationships among organisms in a specific ecosystem.
* Examine and relate how plants and animals interact with each other and their environment.
4.2.2 Recognize that organisms are able to change their environment.
* Provide evidence and give examples of environmental changes caused by living things.
Food Production and Energy for Life:
4.3.1 Realize that plants and animals use food for energy.
* Explain that animals must obtain and use food for energy.
Biological Change:
4.6.2 Recognize that extinction has occurred in the past and continues today.
* Identify certain animal and plant populations as thriving, threatened, endangered, or extinct (e.g., elephants, sea turtles, dodo bird, dinosaur).
English
Reading
Content Standard: 1.0
The student will develop the reading and listening skills necessary for word recognition, comprehension, interpretation, analysis, evaluation, and appreciation of print and non-print text.
Accomplishment:
4.1.01 Continue to develop oral language and listening skills.
a. Listen attentively by facing the speaker, asking questions, and paraphrasing what is said.
b. Use established rules for conversation (e.g., do not interrupt, ask questions, provide appropriate feedback).
d. Formulate and respond to questions from teachers and other group members.
f. Summarize orally what has been learned or accomplished after completing an activity or assignment.
Math
Data Analysis and Probability
Content Standard 5.0 The student will understand and apply basic statistical and probability concepts as they, organize, and analyze data, and to make predictions and conjectures.
4.5.1 Formulate questions that can be addressed with data and collect, organize, and display relevant data to answer questions.
a. collect data using observations, surveys, and experiments;
c. represent data using tables, pictographs, line graphs, and bar graphs;
d. interpret data displayed in tables, pictographs, line graphs, and bar graphs;
4.5.3 Make and justify predictions based on data.
a. make predictions based on data;
4.5.4 Understand and apply basic concepts of probability.
a. describe the likelihood or chance of events as certain, possible, or impossible;
b. explain whether an event is likely or unlikely;
| 5th Grade | TOP |
Science
Life Science
Interactions Between Living Things and Their Environment:
5.2.1 Investigate the relationships among organisms in a specific ecosystem.
* Classify specific kinds of relationships among plants and animals within an ecosystem.
5.2.2 Recognize that organisms are able to change their environment.
* Predict the consequences of a human action on the environment
Food Production and Energy for Life:
5.3.1 Realize that plants and animals use food for energy.
* Explain how plants produce their own food.
5.3.2 Recognize the function of specific structures in organisms that allow them to obtain and use energy.
* Describe how various plant structures are associated with food production (i.e., stems, leaves, stomata).
Diversity and Adaptation Among Living Things:
5.5.2 Determine that adaptations help organisms to survive in their environments.
* Compare how plants are adapted to different environments (e.g., palm tree, fir tree, cactus).
English
Reading
Content Standard: 1.0
The student will develop the reading and listening skills necessary for word recognition, comprehension, interpretation, analysis, evaluation, and appreciation of print and non-print text.
Accomplishment:
5.1.01 Continue to develop oral language and listening skills.
a. Listen attentively by facing the speaker, asking questions, and paraphrasing what is said.
b. Use established rules for conversation (e.g., do not interrupt, ask questions, provide appropriate feedback).
d. Formulate and respond to questions from teachers and other group members.
f. Summarize orally what has been learned or accomplished after completing an activity or assignment.
j. Interpret and use a variety of non-verbal communication techniques (e.g., gestures, facial expression, posture).
Math
Data Analysis and Probability
Content Standard 5.0 The student will understand and apply basic statistical and probability concepts as they, organize, and analyze data, and to make predictions and conjectures.
5.5.1 Formulate questions that can be addressed with data and collect, organize, and display relevant data to answer questions.
a. collect data using observations, surveys, and experiments;
c. represent data using pictographs, bar graphs, tables, circle graphs, and line graphs;
d. interpret data displayed in pictographs, bar graphs, tables, circle graphs, and line graphs.
5.5.3 Develop and evaluate inferences and predictions that are based on data.
a. make predictions and justify conclusions based on data;
d. explain the importance of sample size in investigations.
5.5.4 Understand and apply basic concepts of probability.
a. describe the likelihood or chance of events as likely, unlikely, certain, equally likely, or impossible;
| 6th Grade | TOP |
Science
Life Science
Interactions Between Living Things and Their Environment:
6.2.2 Examine the competitive relationships among organisms within an ecosystem.
c. Interpret how humans impact ecosystems.
Food Production and Energy for Life:
6.3.1 Recognize relationships within food chains.
a. Classify organisms as producers, consumers, and decomposers.
b. Demonstrate interrelationships among organisms in a food chain or food web.
Diversity and Adaptation Among Living Things:
6.5.1 Understand how organisms are adapted for surviving in particular environments.
* Explain how the relationship between the form and function of an organism is associated with survival in a given environment.
Biological Change:
6.6.3 Reason how environmental changes are associated with the extinction of a species.
a. Predict how a specific environmental change might affect the survival of a plant or animal species.
b. Evaluate possible causes of extinction.
English
Reading
Content Standard: 1.0
The student will develop the reading and listening skills necessary for word recognition, comprehension, interpretation, analysis, evaluation, and appreciation of print and non-print text.
Accomplishment:
6.1.01 Continue to develop oral language and listening skills.
a. Model active listening in both formal and informal settings.
b. Know and use rules for conversations.
c. Continue to formulate and respond to questions from teachers and classmates.
d. Organize and share information, stories, experiences, ideas, and feelings with others in both formal and informal situations.
h. Continue to interpret and use a variety of non-verbal communication techniques to enhance meaning (e.g., posture, gestures, facial expressions, tone of voice, eye contact).
Math
Data Analysis and Probability
Content Standard 5.0
The student will understand and apply basic statistical and probability concepts as they, organize, and analyze data, and to make predictions and conjectures.
6.5.1 Formulate questions that can be addressed with data and collect, organize, and display relevant data to answer questions.
d. construct, interpret, and use single-bar and single-line graphs to answer questions and solve real-world problems.
6.5.3 Develop and evaluate inferences and predictions that are based on data.
a. make conjectures and predictions based on data;
| 7th Grade | TOP |
English
Reading
Content Standard: 1.0
The student will develop the reading and listening skills necessary for word recognition, comprehension, interpretation, analysis, evaluation, and appreciation of print and non-print text.
Accomplishment:
7.1.01 Continue to develop oral language and listening skills.
a. Continue to model active listening in both formal and informal settings.
b. Adhere to rules for public conversation.
c. Continue to formulate and respond to questions from teachers and classmates.
d. Continue to organize and share information, stories, experiences, ideas, and feelings with others in both formal and informal situations.
h. Continue to use a variety of non-verbal communication techniques to enhance meaning (e.g., posture, gestures, facial expressions, tone of voice, eye contact).
Math
Algebra
Content Standard 2.0 The student will understand and generalize patterns as they represent and analyze quantitative relationships and change in a variety of contexts and problems using graphs, tables, and equations.
7.2.1 Understand patterns, relations, and functions.
c. Use tables, graphs, and symbolic rules to generalize patterns in data;
Data Analysis and Probability
Content Standard 5.0
The student will understand and apply basic statistical and probability concepts as they, organize, and analyze data, and to make predictions and conjectures.
7.5.1 Formulate questions that can be addressed with data and collect, organize, and display relevant data to answer questions.
b. Construct, interpret, and use multiple-bar graphs, multiple-line graphs, and circle graphs displaying real-world data.
7.5.3 Develop and evaluate inferences and predictions that are based on data.
a. Make conjectures and predictions based on data;
| 8th Grade | TOP |
Science
Earth and Space Science
Earth Resources:
8.10.3 Investigate how human activities affect the earth's land, oceans, and atmosphere.
a. Analyze and evaluate the impact of man's use of earth's resources.
b. Research how technological advances have impacted the environment (e.g., the use of fertilizers, fossil fuels).
English
Reading
Content Standard: 1.0
The student will develop the reading and listening skills necessary for word recognition, comprehension, interpretation, analysis, evaluation, and appreciation of print and non-print text.
Accomplishment:
8.1.01 Continue to develop oral language and listening skills.
a. Continue to model active listening in both formal and informal settings.
b. Continue to adhere to rules for public conversations.
c. Continue to formulate and respond to questions from teachers and classmates.
d. Continue to organize and share information, stories, experiences, ideas, and feelings with others in both formal and informal situations.
h. Analyze a variety of non-verbal communication techniques and how they impact the audience and speaker.
Math
Algebra
Content Standard 2.0 The student will understand and generalize patterns as they represent and analyze quantitative relationships and change in a variety of contexts and problems using graphs, tables, and equations.
8.2.1 Understand patterns, relations, and functions.
a. Represent, analyze, and generalize a variety of patterns with tables, graphs, words, and when possible symbolic rules;
Data Analysis and Probability
Content Standard 5.0 The student will understand and apply basic statistical and probability concepts as they, organize, and analyze data, and to make predictions and conjectures.
8.5.3 Develop and evaluate inferences and predictions that are based on data.
a. Make conjectures and predictions based on data;
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