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BCSD
Units of Instruction
7th Grade
Week 29 & 30 Content*
7th grade Essential NGSS: MS-LS2-5 Evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services.


5E Lesson - MS-LS2-5 : Maintaining Biodiversity
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4th-8th=240 min. Total Daily
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*Lessons have been adapted from BCSD Science Units. Please adjust pacing, and/or combining activites per day as necessary, for 2-3 days of weekly instruction. See 5E lesson plan for activity details.
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TimeEngageExploreExplain*Elaborate*Evaluate
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Synchronous (40 min, can be divided into smaller increments to equal up to 40 min.)- Teacher-facilitated discussion of phenomena (25-30 min)
-๐Ÿ“™ Jamboard
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-		- Teacher directions & facilitation of Maintaining Biodiversity Station Activity (30-40 min)
- ๐Ÿ“’ Biodiversity Virtual Station Activity (30-40 min)
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-		-๐Ÿ“’ Direct instruction & facilitation of activities (30-40 min)
-๐Ÿ“’ Biodiversity handout (15-20 min)
-๐Ÿ“’Threats to Biodiversity slides (15-20 min)		- Teacher directions/facilitation for completing biodiversity solutions activity (20-30 min)
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-		- Teacher directions/facilitation of solution evaluations (30-40 min)
-๐Ÿ“˜Decision Matrix
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Asynchronous (40 min, can be divided into smaller increments to equal up to 40 min.)- N/A
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-		-๐Ÿ“˜Circle Map (20-30 min)
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-๐Ÿ’ป BrainPOP movies & quizzes(15-20 min, each)
-๐Ÿ’ป Achieve 3000 lessons (30-40 min, each)
-๐Ÿ’ป Zingy Learning lessons (20-25 min, each)		-Creation of solutions to maintain biodiversity (30-40 min, over multiple days)
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-		- Student presentations & evaluations (30-40 min)
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*Explain activity options may take multiple days depending on teacher choice*Elaborate activity will take multiple days for students to research and complete.
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