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- Will our collaborative models be digital or handmade?

- What are invasive species?

- What is biodiversity?

- What is the flow of energy in food webs and how does it affect them?

- Will we be able to see examples of biodiversity and/or environmental interactions?

- How are invasive species negatively affecting ecosystems and/or our state?

- What is the cycling of matter?
- Will we be researching individually?
- Is Dr. Sara Tanis traveling to California?
- What is the required length of our argumentative essays?

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- Organisms and their populations depend on environmental interactions with living and nonliving entities.

- A disruption to an entity of a certain ecosystem most likely would lead to changes in that ecosystem’s population, due to the fact that everything is connected.

- Disruptions in ecosystems may lead to shifts in biodiversity, which then may influence natural resources and ecosystem services organisms are dependent on.

- Every organism is believed to have a significant role in aiding to protect the environment for the future.

- U.S.A. students are recorded to have partial or no understanding regarding the environment and the role that humans play in it.

- Science students at ACMS are asked to teach the members of our community about the invasive species that are threatening California.

- We will be collaborating in groups of two or three for the majority of the project.
-  In our groups, we will need to choose an invasive species in California in a list provided by Ms. Pastula in order to research it.

- Individually, we will need to create an argumentative essay informing the public about our chosen invasive species and its impact on other species, natural resources, and the economy.

- In our essays, we need to explain and predict patterns of interactions in organisms across several ecosystems.

- With our partners, we will assemble a food web model regarding the flow of energy and the cycling of matter in an ecosystem.

- The focus of our individual essays is to argue whether or not changes to physical and/or biological components of an ecosystem affects the populations of that ecosystem.

- We will need to analyze and interpret data in order to provide evidence for resource availability’s effects.

- We will need to evaluate competing design solutions, or create our own solution, for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services in our ecosystem that our chosen invasive species is directly affecting, and we need to decide which solution is the best to use.

- We need to cite our sources in MLA format.

- With our partners, we will present our findings to our class in order to educate our community about our chosen invasive species.

- The best presentations will be shared with Dr. Sara Tanis and she will use them in her work all around the world.

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1. What is an invasive species

2. What is biodiversity

3.What are the threats that invasive species bring

4. What information do we need to know/use to create our project?

5. Are all invasive species different?

6. Are invasive species categorised as bad or good?

7. What resources will we receive to help us complete the project?

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Knows:

1. We wil attempt to teach each other about the environment's issues

2. We must cite our sources in MLA format, otherwise it is considered plagiarism

3. We must construct an explanation  that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems, not just the chosen one.

4. We will be analyzing and interpreting data that will help provide evidence for the effects of resource availability in your chosen organism.

5. We are to learn how important humans are to the environment.

6. Disruptions to any physical or biological component of an ecosystem can lead to shifts in populations.

7. We will need to evaluate competing design solutions, or create our own.

8. We will have to present in our class.

Need to Knows:

1. What are the organisms in an ecosystem?

2. What is “Emerald Ash Borer”?

3. What does “invasive” mean?

4. What is “biodiversity”?

5. Are we only writing argumentative essays, or will we be creating a Google Slide presentation as well?

6. How are ecosystems dynamic/In what ways do they change?

7. What are the invasive species in California?

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1. We will write and informative essay individually
2. We will be making informative slides for an informative presentation

3. The slides and presentation will be about invasive species

4. Dr. Sara Tanis will be using the best presentations around the world to educate

5. The invasive species must be in California

6. We will be evaluating or creating our own design solutions for maintaining biodiversity.

7. We, my partner and I, will also be creating a food web model.

8.We will be presenting this with our partner but writing an essay by ourselves

9. We are doing this to help give others a better understanding of the role they play in the environment

10. We know that everything is connected

11.We know that ecosystems are dynamic in nature and they change over time

12.We know that organisms are dependent on their environmental interactions

13. We must select an invasive species in California from the list provided by Ms.Pastula

14.. We must conduct research and construct an explanation for what we put in our essay/presentation

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1. What specifically needs to be included in our food webs?

2. How many producers, consumers, and decomposers are there in average inside an environment?

3. How will we gain access of information about our invasive species?

4. What specific topics need to be included in our argumentative essay?

5. What are we even arguing against in our argumentative essay?

6. What specifically are we allowed to design on the plan we need to build?

7. What are the average patterns (processes) of an ecosystem?
8. What does empirical mean?
9. What will we be doing to educate our community?
10. Will our products be presented to the classroom?

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1. We have to research about biodiversity?

2. What resources do we have available?

3. How will we create a food web model?

4. What resources do we have to use for the food web?

5.What does empirical mean?

6. We need to know information about our species?

7. Are we given a species or do we get to pick out own?

8.  Who or what is the Emerald Ash Borer?

9. Is there a specific way that we will be creating our projects? Online or handmade?

10. What are the requirements?

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Anthony Cruz and Merryck Fababier's knows

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Anthony Cruz and Merryck Fababier's knows

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Create a food web model of matter, energy, producers, consumers, and decomposers

2. Write an argumentative essay of invasive species to the public.

3. We must find solutions to this invasive species.

4. We will be working with a partner for this project.

5. We will learn more about ecosystems and invasive species.

6. We will be presenting to our classes.

7. The environment is being invaded with an invasive species.
8. Students in america have little to no understanding of the environment.

9. We are making an argumentative essay

10. We are also making a food web

11. We will pick an invasive California species

12. Cite all of our sources using an MLA format

13. We will also need to evaluate competing designs

14. Or we could create our own design

15. those competing designs will be for maintaining biodiversity

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1. We have to write an argumentative essay

2. We have to create a food web model.

3. The essay will be about our chosen California invasive species

4. Ecosystems are dynamic in nature

5. We will be informing our community about what is going on in the environment.

6. We need to find a solution for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystems

7. We will need to cite all our sources in MLA format.

8. We need to use a competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity  and ecosystem services.

9. The best presentation will be given to Dr. Sara Tanis

10. We will be working on this project with partners.

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1. This project is about ecosystems.
2. We (science students at ACMS) were chosen to educate our community about threats invasive species have in our state.
3. We will be choosing an invasive species in California from a list and researching about it.
4. We will choose said invasive species with a partner
5. We need to individually write an argumentative essay specifying the effects it has on other species, natural resources, and the economy.
6. We need to create an explanation telling of patterns among different organisms amongst multiple ecosystems.
7. We will be creating a food web to describe the processes and flow of energy distributed among different living creatures.
8. We will include the form of energy for living producers, consumers, and decomposers in our food web.
9. We are educating people about real environment problems.
10. We are doing this to provide Dr. Sara Tanis with our knowledge to show people when she travels around.

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1. We will be writing an essay individually

2. We will be working in partners

3. We must create a food web

4.Environmental problems are becoming more urgent

5. Ecosystems change

6. We need to find out how our invasive species is affecting other species

7. Our  best final product will be used by Dr. Sara in her work all over the world

8. I know that we will be sending this to Dr. Sara

9. I know that if we are to be chosen our ideas will be used worldwide.

10. We need to create a solution

11.We need a construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms.

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1. Will we be focusing on the organelles of our invasive species?

2. Will we be reading our essays out loud or are we going to evaluate our partners essay’s?

3.  Will we get to choose any invasive species we want?

4. Will we be making a diagram of where are invasive species is on the food chain or some other small activity relating to this?

5. How many invasive species do we get to choose from?

6.Will we be doing this essay as we go through the project or at the end conclusion.

7. How will the best essay be chosen?

8. How long is our argumentative essay?

9. Will we present to Dr. Tanis in person?

10. How we will construct our food web model?

11. What are invasive species?

12. How many invasive species are in California?

13. Will our presentation be physical or digital?

14. Will Mr. Landis help us with our essays in class?

15. What does empirical mean?

16. What does biodiversity mean?

17. What is forest entomology?

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- what invasive species are there?

- what living organisms inhabit various ecosystems?

- what types of ecosystems will be studied in the class?

- how do invasive species affect other living species in that particular ecosystem?

- how can invasive species affect natural resources?

- how might invasive species cause problems in our economy?

- how do invasive species interact with a different ecosystem and other species?

- how long will the project last?

- what does the word empirical mean?

- what does the word biodiversity mean?

- what is emerald ash borer?

- are the items that we need to create going to be digital or hand-made?

- are we presenting to our class and/or other people outside of the classroom?

- what are invasive species?

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1. We are going educate our community of the threats of invasive species

2. Changes in an ecosystem can lead to changes in biodiversity

3. We will be writing an argumentative essay

4. Dr. Tanis will take the best presentations

5. We will be working in partners

6. We must create a food web

7. Invasive species in California are a threat

8. We will have to evaluate competing designs solutions

9. We will choose an invasive animal

10. It is necessary to cite your sources in MLA format

11. We will need to construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems

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What ecosystem are we dealing with?

What kind of invasive species are we dealing with?

Is the food web a 3D model?

What is the flow of energy in an ecosystem?

What is the cycling of matter in an ecosystem?

I need a review of producers, consumers, and decomposers.

Will this food web model be physical or digital?

What will these “species” be?

when will we present our findings with our partners

specifically what will be in our food web

For our essay do we pick one way it affects things or all of the ways ot affects things

We need to know more ecosystem services that we rely on.

What are the patterns, and interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems.

What is biodiversity.

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1. Which invasive species do we have to do?
2.  How long does the essay have to be?
3. Will Mr. Landis be helping us on the essay?
4.  We need to create a food web.
5. We need to be working with partners.
6.  The best presentations will get sent to Dr. Sara Tanis.
7. We need to analyze and interpret data.
8. We need to put environments with and without the invasive species.
9. We need to write an essay.

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1. Ecosystems are dynamic in nature, meaning they can change over time.

2. One of the main reasons to are essays is to make are perspective of the statement clear, supported by evidence,( citing sources )

4. We will be evaluating competing design solutions, or create are own.

5. Some students in our area have little knowledge about the environment and helping nature.

6. Acms science students are going to be writing an argumentative essay.

7. We will be chosen are own California invasive species to wright about.

8. We will be working with a partner.

9. We will construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across ecosystems.

10. We will create a food web model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy in the ecosystem.

11. We will evaluate/create design solutions to maintain biodiversity and services in our affected ecosystem.

12. We will need to cite all sources in MLA format.

13. The best presentations will be shared with Dr. Tandis.

14. Its due Dec 16, 2016

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Aaliyah Vas. Matina Villagran. Jade Galvan

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Aaliyah Vas. Matina Villagran. Jade Galvan

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What animal will we research

How the invasive species affects the life in that environment

How is the economy affected

How are the animals around the invasive species affected

what is a good resource

what is biodiversity

how will we know if our presentations are good enough to be shared with Dr. Tandis

What are ecosystem surfaces

will Dr.Tandis present our work for us or will we present it our selves

What are biological and physical components in an ecosystem

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What outline, if we need one, will we follow to write our essay?

How will ecosystems react when an invasive species invades the ecosystem?

Do changes to physical/biological components affect the population of the ecosystem?

How long should the essay be?

How badly will populations suffer from physical or biological disruption?

How much class time will we get to work on our culminating product?

Are there certain ecosystems that we are required to do our essay on?

What is the list of invasive species?

What sources can we use or look at to help us write  our essay and make our models?

What is the content we need to have in our essays and models?

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1. How much content does our Essay have to Have

2. Is there an outline we must follow

3. What sources are available for us to use to write our essays

4. What are our possible invasive species

5. What will Dr. Sara use our final Product for?

6. What ecosystems will we be studying.

7. What environmental problems happen because of invasive species.

8. How Many invasive species are there in  California

9. How long does our Argumentative Essay have to be

10. How Many Science classes our doing this Project

11. What will we create our Food webs out of.

12. How will we present our findings to the class.

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1. We need to know how to create a food web.

2. We need to know what invasive species we will be researching about.

3.We need to know the true damage that the invasive species can do.

4. I need to know how to tell the public about the serious issue.

5. How will our argumentative essay and food web model be graded(will there be a rubric)?

6.What does empirical mean?

7. How are invasive species affecting the ecosystems?

8.What format will our presentation be in(Google Slides, Powtoons, etc)?

9.  What websites are safe and reliable for us to use for our research?

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1.Disruptions in an ecosystem can have severe consequences

2.We must educate students in the United States about invasive species and the impact they have on the environment

3.We will select an invasive species in California and research it

4.We will write an argumentative essay about our invasive specimen and its effect on other species

5.Our essay needs to include patterns of interactions across multiple ecosystems'

6.We will create a food web model to describe how producers, consumers, and decomposers interact with and without our invasive specimen

7.We will be working in partners

8.We will design a solution to help maintain the ecosystem

9.The best designs will be used by Dr. Tanis in her work

10. We will need to cite our sources in MLA format.

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Aaliyah Vas, Martina Villagran, Jade Galvan

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Aaliyah Vas, Martina Villagran, Jade Galvan

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We will write an essay

Her name is Dr. Sara

Best presentation will be used

We will first [resent in front of the class

The essay must be in MLA format

we have to cite our sources

Invasive species are hurting the biodiversity in our community

The essay will be written independently

Students don't know much about the environment

We will study an invasive species

We will make a food web for our visual

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We will create an argumentative essay

The focus of our essay is to argue whether changes of an ecosystem affects populations

We are working in partners

With our partners, we will make a food web model to describe cycling of matter

We will either need to evaluate or make our own solution to maintain a healthy state in the ecosystem that the invasive species is directly affecting.

Environments are constantly changing, they are dynamic.

Dr. Sara will utilize the best presentations in her own works all around the world.

We need to cite all of our sources.

We need to provide evidence.

With our partners we will create a food web model.

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Please title your post-it with you and your partner's name. You should have AT LEAST 10 need to knows to share with the class.

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Please title your post-it with your and your partner's name. You should have AT LEAST 10 knows to share with the class.