Week
8: Tropical Forests
Weeks 7, 8, and 9 make up the second three-week cycle
of the course. Currently, you are in Week B: Teacher as Model
Builder.
Using
your team's problem statement, build an Earth System Science
model. Look at the sample model and work with your teammates
to build evidence for the relationships among the spheres
and with the event.
Assignment
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Team:
(by midnight
Sunday)
- Review the sample ESS analysis
.
- Review
the ESS Model-Building
Rubric.
- Using
your team's original or revised problem statement,
build an ESS model. Post your best ideas in Teacher
as Model Builder space in the Classroom.
- Read your
teammates' analyses.
- Develop
a team analysis.
- As a team,
develop support for the relationships with evidence
from your reading and research.
- Submit
your team's analysis to the Portfolio in the
Classroom.
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Readings
You
will want to locate other resources locally and on the Internet
to supplement these. Post the resources you find in the Resource
Space in the Classroom.
Read:
"Deforestation" Welcome to NASA's Earth Science
Enterprise: Educational Activity Supplement. pp. 79-85
World
Rainforest Information Portal A project of the Rainforest
Action Network, this rainforest web site is a gateway
to a wealth of information, research, resources, and links.
The
Woods Hole Research Center This
premier research and education facility presents in-depth
analyses on Earth Systems Science topics including global
warming and tropical forest ecology.
Solving
the Amazon's Climate Riddle
Using the Amazon basin as an example, this article from MSNBC
explores the intricate relationships among the Earth's spheres.
Students will enjoy: "Try your hand at managing a rain
forest".
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