Unpacked Content
Scientific and Engineering Practices
Engaging in Argument from Evidence
Crosscutting Concepts
Stability and Change
Knowledge
Students know:
- Evidence about performance of the given design solution. Biodiversity describes the variety of species found in the earth's ecosystems.
- The completeness of the biodiversity of an ecosystem is often used as a measure of health.
- Changes in biodiversity can influence humans' resources and ecosystem services.
Skills
Students are able to:
- Identify and describe a given design solution for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services.
- Identify and describe the additional evidence (in the form of data, information, or other appropriate forms) that is relevant to the problem, design solution, and evaluation of the solution.
- Collaboratively define and describe criteria and constraints for the evaluation of the design solution.
- Use scientific evidence to evaluate and critique a design solution.
- Present oral or written arguments to support or refute the given design solution.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- There are processes for evaluating solutions with respect to how well they meet the criteria and constraints.
Vocabulary
- Evidence
- Engineering design process
- Design solution
- Biodiversity
- Ecosystem
- Ecosystem service
- Scientific argument
- Criteria
- Constraint
- Economic considerations
- Social considerations
- Recycling nutrients
- Soil Erosion
- Water Purification
