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7th Grade Lessons

Matter & Energy in Ecosystems

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  • Essential Questions

    To better understand Matter & Energy in Ecosystems

  • How are chemical reactions vital to life and ecosystems?

  • How do the different components of ecosystems work together?

  • How do matter and energy move within an ecosystem?

  • What happens to the food we eat?

  • What would the world be like without any plants?

  • How can I use a model to represent abstract things or interactions between components of a system?

  • How can I use evidence to modify or refine a model?

Priority Standards & Supporting Standards

LS2-3: Ecosystem Energy and Matter Model

LS1-6: Photosynthesis Explanation

LS1-7: How Food is Used Model

ESS3-4: Human Impact Argument

Priority SEPs and Supporting SEPs

  • Develop a model (MOD)

  • Construct an evidence-based explanation (EVI)

  • Develop a model (MOD)Construct an evidence-based argument (EVI)

Priority CCCs and Supporting CCCs

  • Energy and Matter

  • Cause and effect