I'm new to inqury-based instruction and I'm struggling to find/ formulate lessons or labs to use within a HS biodiversity and stability lesson.
Anyone have any ideas or resources they could share?
I've looked at the NGSS storyline, but it's rather lengthy. I'm hoping for assignments or labs that would take 1-3 days for a 10-15 day unit.
Hi Miriah!
I am a preservice teacher. For a life science class this last semester, my classmates and I underwent a research project based on biodiversity using Pokemon Go. While this was a semester long project, and we collected massive amounts of data, we have discussed possible ways to trim down the research substantially as well as make it technologically accessible to all students. I will check to see if I am able to share the completed research paper with you as an inspirational resource!
Joy
I use the Argument Driven Inquiry in Biology, lab #14, Interdependence of Organisms, and have added to it a bit. It's a culmative type lab that is open ended/inquiry based and data heavy. I also bring in water samples that I rig according to the map included in the material. I have 5 specified areas that the water samples were taken and then add fertilizer, etc to the water to mimic what they might find. The lab incorporates stability and interdependence of an ecosystem and why the fish are dying. I've created/ another component of taking one of the causes of why the fish are dying (hog farm, fertilizers from nearby golf course, etc) and having students try to find a solution that will help decrease or eliminate the issue and resolve the dying fish issue using research based strategies and imagination, with the understanding we are trying to make the lake sustainanble as well as the community. The initial can be done in as littls as 4 days so slightly over your timeline but when I pulled out all the NGSS standards that can be applied to this lab, you could cover about 15 of them if you so chose, however that will obviously take more days.
Jenny
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