Today students were asked to review the water cycle from last time. We will have a Mastery check next time on the water and oxygen cycle. Once we completed this, we set up the aquaponics system that we will be working with for the next few weeks. We also discussed the assessment for this unit. We will be writing a letter to a representative about a current ecological issue in Utah. Students are given nearly two weeks to research and work on this letter which will be mailed on October 6th or 9th.
Once completed, we are going to be discussing the Oxygen Cycle. The oxygen cycle is the process in which oxygen from the atmosphere is processed by animals and converted into carbon dioxide, which is then processed by plants and comes out as oxygen again; the oxygen then goes back into the atmosphere, completing the cycle. After reading pages 79-83 and 251-253 in our Biology textbooks, with their table they were to choose one of the following activities to demonstrate learning. 3D Model For this activity, you make a 3D model of the oxygen cycle. They can choose how you'd like to represent the cycle. For example, you could make a diorama, a clay sculpture, or a mobile. Find ways to make visual representations and depict all the different cycles without using any words. Children's Book With your table, make a children's book to explain how the oxygen cycle works. You should work together to write in a way that you think younger children would understand and illustrate in ways that will help students. It should be colorful and fun. Puppet Show With your table, write and perform a puppet show that explains the oxygen cycle. You might include puppets of oxygen molecules, carbon dioxide molecules, animals, and plants. Your students should write a script for the show that requires either a narrator or the puppets to describe their role in the oxygen cycle. Allow students to practice before presenting their puppet show to the rest of the class. These should be done well with good descriptions. Students are encouraged to either take pictures or record their video and email it to me via a youtube link.
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