Interactions+in+Action


 * Project Title: ** Interactions in Action


 * Grade Level: ** Biology (10-12)


 * Creator Name: ** Christina Cuthrell


 * Project Idea: ** Students will be asked to get into groups of 2-4 and will pick (at random) a pair of species written on pieces of paper. The teacher will make sure to choose organisms that have specific interactions (mutualism, parasitism, predation). Students will then create two products that will include all of the major concepts to be taught in the Ecology Unit of Biology (16 class periods). The total project will include a individual content product and a group multimedia/ creative product, as well as, being evaluated for their personal collaborative effort.


 * Driving Question: ** What roles do the two species play in their environment concerning population, interactions, and how human interaction relationships may affect their population’s future?

Bio.2.1 Analyze the interdependence of living organisms within their environments. Bio.2.1.2 Analyze the survival and reproductive success of organisms in terms of behavioral, structural, and reproductive adaptations. Bio.2.1.3 Explain various ways organisms interact with each other (including predation, competition, parasitism, mutualism) and with their environments resulting in stability within ecosystems. Bio.2.1.4 Explain why ecosystems can be relatively stable over hundreds or thousands of years, even though populations may fluctuate (emphasizing availability of food, availability of shelter, number of predators and disease). Bio.2.2 Understand the impact of human activities on the environment (one generation affects the next). Bio.2.2.1 Infer how human activities (including population growth, pollution, global warming, burning of fossil fuels, habitat destruction and introduction of nonnative species) may impact the environment. Bio.2.2.2 Explain how the use, protection and conservation of natural resources by humans impact the environment from one generation to the next.
 * Content: **
 * Biology Essential Standards **

HS.SI.1 Evaluate resources needed to solve a given problem. HS.SI.1.1 Evaluate resources for reliability. (Reliability can be determined by currency, credibility, authority, etc. depending on the curriculum topic). HS.SI.1.2 Evaluate resources for point of view, bias, values, or intent of information. HS.SI.1.3 Evaluate content for relevance to the assigned task.
 * Technology Essential Standards **

HS.TT.1 Use technology and other resources for assigned tasks. HS.TT.1.1 Use appropriate technology tools and other resources to access information (multi-database search engines, online primary resources, virtual interviews with content experts). HS.TT.1.2 Use appropriate technology tools and other resources to organize information (e.g. online note-taking tools, collaborative wikis). HS.TT.1.3 Use appropriate technology tools and other resources to design products to share information with others (e.g. multimedia presentations, Web 2.0 tools, graphics, podcasts, and audio files).

HS.RP.1 Design project-based products that address global problems. HS.RP.1.1 Design global-awareness project-based products individually and collaboratively.

HS.SE.1 Analyze issues and practices of responsible behavior when using resources. HS.SE.1.1 Analyze ethical issues and practices related to copyright, not plagiarizing, and netiquette. HS.SE.1.2 Analyze safety issues and practices when using online resources (legal and criminal consequences, long-term career consequences of behavior).


 * Major Student Products: **
 * Product Part I: (50% of total grade) ** Students will write a paper, design a poster, or weebly webpage that includes all of their core information on population dynamics, biome information, specific symbiotic relationships between the two organisms, and potential effects of human population growth including climate change as outlined by the teacher. These will be graded by the teacher according to content only and proof of gained knowledge of Ecology.
 * Product Part II: ** **(40% of total grade**) Use the information from Part I to make a multimedia/ creative project (such as a glogster, prezi, model of the interaction between the two organisms, pamphlet to raise awareness, video, mini-documentary, etc.) that they will present to Ecology or other Biology classes. Other classes will be given a rubric to grade each student according to their product and student will receive an average of the top 3 highest grades given by peers.
 * Product Part III: (10% of total grade) ** Students in each group will be asked to evaluate effort of the other students in their group on a scale of 1 -10 points depending on the amount of effort and collaboration each group member contributed.



Interaction in Action Prezi