Quarter 2
Unit 3-Ecosystem Dynamics, Functioning, and Resilience
Essential Questions:
• How do ecosystems change and function over time?
• How do humans affect the biodiversity of an ecosystem?
• What are possible solutions to problems created by the natural world and the material world?
Standards:
MS-LS2-4, MS-LS2-5 & MS-ETS1-1
Driving question 1:
How do changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations?
Driving question 2:
What are some solutions for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystems services?
Essential Questions:
• How do ecosystems change and function over time?
• How do humans affect the biodiversity of an ecosystem?
• What are possible solutions to problems created by the natural world and the material world?
Standards:
MS-LS2-4, MS-LS2-5 & MS-ETS1-1
Driving question 1:
How do changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations?
Driving question 2:
What are some solutions for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystems services?
Unit 4- Forces and Motion
Essential questions:
• How can one describe physical interactions between objects and within systems of objects?
• What is the effect of force on any pair of interacting objects?
• How is the motion of an object determined?
Standards:
MS-PS2-1 & MS-PS2-2
Driving question 1:
What is the effect of force on any pair of interacting objects?
Driving question 2:
How is the motion of an object determined?
Essential questions:
• How can one describe physical interactions between objects and within systems of objects?
• What is the effect of force on any pair of interacting objects?
• How is the motion of an object determined?
Standards:
MS-PS2-1 & MS-PS2-2
Driving question 1:
What is the effect of force on any pair of interacting objects?
Driving question 2:
How is the motion of an object determined?