Monday 9/2/19 No school happy labor day
Tuesday 9/3/19 and Wednesday 9/4/19
In this phase students transfer their understanding to a science related scenario. Students use a decision matrix to choose the best method to manage purple loosestrife, an invasive species that is out competing native species in Michigan wetland ecosystems. The students are given a community role, such as township trustee or preserve manager. The role that students play in the community determine how to assign Importance Values to each of the criterion to indicate which are most important to them as they complete the decision matrix. Later the class conducts a town hall meeting. Groups prepare a presentation and share their recommendations for how to best address the purple loosestrife problem. Students vote as community members for the solution they believe is best for the nature preserve. They argue using evidence and reasoning for the solution they have chosen.
Thursday 9/5/19
Students will present their projects to the class.
Friday 9/6/19
We will begin our lessons on models and model systems.
A system model is a tool used to visualize and understand the system. A system model should show all the parts, or components, of the system and show how these parts are related to one another. Additionally, the system model must clearly show the boundaries of the system. Finally, the model should show inputs (things that enter the system), outputs (things that leave the system), and how energy and matter flow through the system.
