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Precise Learning Objective |
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Question / Activity
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Stepping Stones |
Pitstop Check
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Students should recall that many different materials cycle through the abiotic and biotic components of an ecosystem |
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What different parts of the ecosystem do materials cycle through? |
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Students should be able to explain the importance of the carbon and water cycles to living organisms |
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Why is it important that carbon and water are cycled through the ecosystem. |
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All materials in the living world are recycled to provide the building blocks for future organisms. Students are not expected to study the nitrogen cycle. |
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Why do materials need to be recycled? |
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(WS) Students should be able to interpret and explain the processes in diagrams of the carbon cycle, the water cycle. |
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The carbon cycle returns carbon from organisms to the atmosphere as
carbon dioxide to be used by plants in photosynthesis. |
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What process are carbon to be cycled from A) carbon dioxide to producers, B) producers to consumers, C) Producers/consumers/decomposers to carbon dioxide and D) fossil fuels to carbon dioxide Possible practical: storing carbon dioxide in the sea (see ppt on shared area.) |
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Students should be able to explain the role of microorganisms in cycling materials through an ecosystem by returning carbon to the atmosphere as carbon dioxide and mineral ions to the soil. |
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How do microorganisms help to cycle material through an ecosystem? |
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The water cycle provides fresh water for plants and animals on land
before draining into the seas. |
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Why is precipitation important for organisms in ecosystems? |
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Water is continuously evaporated and
precipitated. |
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How does water get from the land to the air and the air back to the land? |
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