Unit
Biome Business--LAB
Local Objective
At the end of this lab, students will be able to...
a. Interpret data in a climatograph.
b. Identify the biome for each climatograph.
Objective used to evaluate students
Yes
Assessment Activity
Informal Evaluations--Teacher will observe during class discussion and questioning of climatograph and biomes.
Independent Practice--Students will answer questions as their independent practice.
Assessment--A final assessment can be made when students answer their analyzing results questions and drawing conclusions questions.
Level of Expectation
95%
List of concepts and Evaluation Types
| Concept | Evaluation Type |
| Questions | CR |
Learning Activity
The students will:
a. Look at each climatograph provided on textbook page 98.
b. Use the climatographs to determine the climate patterns for each biome.
c. Use the climatographs to answer analyzing results and drawing conclusions questions.
Instructional Method
The teacher will:
a. Help students as they look at sample climatographs to help them identify important parts of each graph.
b. Guide students as they use climatographs to determine the climate patterns for each biome.
c. Guide students as they use the climatographs to answer analyzing result and drawing conclusions questions.
Content Standards
SC 7, SC 4, SC 8, SC 3, MA 3
Process Standards
2.3, 3.5, 1.2, 1.5, 1.4
Equity/Workplace Readiness
| MSIP Code | MSIP Indicator |
| R/I | Research/Information Skills |
Resources
Holt Science & Technology "Weather and Climate" (I)
Correction Exercise
Trial and Error
Special Needs
Peer Assistance
GLEs v1.0
| GLE Code | Discipline | Strand | Big Idea | Concept | Grade Level/Course | GLE |
| SC/7IN/1/B/07/b | Science | Scientific Inquiry | Science understanding is developed through the use of science process skills, scientific knowledge, scientific investigation, reasoning, and critical thinking | Scientific inquiry relies upon gathering evidence from qualitative and quantitative observations | Grade 7 | Scope and Sequence - All Units
Determine the appropriate tools and techniques to collect data
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| SC/7IN/1/C/07/a | Science | Scientific Inquiry | Science understanding is developed through the use of science process skills, scientific knowledge, scientific investigation, reasoning, and critical thinking | Evidence is used to formulate explanations | Grade 7 | Scope and Sequence - All Units
Use quantitative and qualitative data as support for reasonable explanations (conclusions)
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| SC/7IN/1/D/07/a | Science | Scientific Inquiry | Science understanding is developed through the use of science process skills, scientific knowledge, scientific investigation, reasoning, and critical thinking | Scientific inquiry includes evaluation of explanations (hypotheses, laws, theories) in light of scientific principles (understandings) | Grade 7 | Scope and Sequence - All Units
Evaluate the reasonableness of an explanation (conclusion)
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| SC/7IN/1/D/07/b | Science | Scientific Inquiry | Science understanding is developed through the use of science process skills, scientific knowledge, scientific investigation, reasoning, and critical thinking | Scientific inquiry includes evaluation of explanations (hypotheses, laws, theories) in light of scientific principles (understandings) | Grade 7 | Scope and Sequence - All Units
Analyze whether evidence (data) and scientific principles support proposed explanations (hypotheses, laws, theories)
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| SC/7IN/1/E/07/a | Science | Scientific Inquiry | Science understanding is developed through the use of science process skills, scientific knowledge, scientific investigation, reasoning, and critical thinking | The nature of science relies upon communication of results and justification of explanations | Grade 7 | Scope and Sequence - All Units
Communicate the procedures and results of investigations and explanations through:
-oral presentations
-drawings and maps
-data tables (allowing for the recording and analysis of data relevant to the experiment, such as independent and dependent variables, --multiple trials, beginning and ending times or temperatures, derived quantities)
-graphs (bar, single line, pictograph)
-equations and writings
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Objective Notes/Essential Questions
| Date | Note/Question |
| 6/18/2007 10:56:03 AM | What is a biome? What is climate? How does climate change in the United States? What would a climatograph show? |