MS-LS2-1 - Performance Expectation

Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.

Middle School · Next Generation Science Standards · NGSS Lead States 2013

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Vocabulary
dataresource availabilityorganismspopulationsecosystemevidenceeffects
Skills
  • analyze (data on resource availability and populations) #dok2
  • interpret (data on resource availability and its effects on organisms and populations) #dok2
  • provide evidence (for effects of resource availability in an ecosystem) #dok2
  • identify (changes in organisms and populations related to resource availability) #dok1
Learning Targets
  • I can identify data sets showing resource availability in an ecosystem. #dok1
  • I can recognize changes in organism and population numbers related to resources. #dok1
  • I can analyze data to determine how resource availability affects populations in an ecosystem. #dok2
  • I can interpret data to provide evidence of how changes in resources impact organisms and populations. #dok2
  • I can explain patterns in population changes by linking them to resource availability. #dok2
  • I can support claims about population fluctuations with evidence from data analysis. #dok3
Big Ideas
  • Resource availability in ecosystems significantly impacts the survival and size of organisms and populations.
  • Analyzing and interpreting data helps us understand relationships between environmental resources and living populations.
Essential Questions
  • How does the availability of resources affect organisms and their populations in an ecosystem?
  • What evidence from data can show the relationship between resource availability and population changes?
  • Why might some populations increase or decrease when resources become more or less available?
  • How can we use data to make predictions about future changes in ecosystems?
  • What other factors could influence populations in addition to resource availability?