Course Syllabus
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Course Description / Overview:
Explore the incredibly beautiful, diverse and amazing world of the Amazon Rainforest! Think like a scientist and engage in hands-on lessons to investigate how plants and animals grow and survive through games, by building and using models, and with a real owl pellet dissection. By the end of the course, you will have developed an understanding of a range of scientific practices and content covered in ecological and life science related pathways.
Class Goals/Outcomes:
- Students will have a better grasp of ecological principles
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Students will
- Engage in argument from evidence
- Construct explanations
- Use models
- Analyze and interpret data
- Plan and conduct investigations
- Design solutions
Course Outline:
Day 1 |
Photosynthesis
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Day 2 |
Plant Structure & Function
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Day 3 |
Food Webs
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Day 4 |
Populations
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Day 5 |
Camouflage & Mimicry
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Day 6 |
Owl Pellet Dissection
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Day 7 |
Invasive Species
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Day 8 |
Sustainability
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Student Expectations / Classroom Policies:
- Students will be respectful
- Students will be curious
- Students will be brave young scientists
- Students will sign into the ConferZoom feature each day for instruction
- Students can contact instructors privately through Canvas’ inbox feature
- Students who wish to communicate with the class will use the chat window or raise their hand to be called on
- Students will turn on your video if possible
- Students will mute themselves when not speaking to the class
- Students will receive an email the night before with a list of materials needed for the next day
What Should I bring to Class?
- Day 1
- Scrap paper
- Pencil
- Black paper
- White paper
- Red paper
- Yellow paper
- Day 2
- Plant specimens (celery, apple, spinach, flower, carrot, pepper)
- Pencil
- Printed worksheet
- Day 3
- Markers
- Poster paper
- Printed animal cards
- Scrap paper
- Day 4
- Markers
- Paper
- Day 5
- Markers
- Paper
- Day 6
- Owl pellet
- Day 7
- Scrap paper
- Pencil
- Day 8
- n/a