SC.912.E.7.1: Analyze the movement of matter and energy through the different biogeochemical cycles, including water and carbon. (Cognitive Complexity: Level 3: Strategic Thinking & Complex Reasoning) Scale Learning Progression Sample Progress Monitoring and Assessment Activities Score/Step 5.0 I am able to analyze the movement of matter through different biogeochemical cycles. Design an experiment that will assess factors that affect the carbon and cycle. Examples can include testing how temperature and light availability affect the water and carbon cycle. Score/Step 4.0 I am able to trace the movement of matter through different biogeochemical cycles. Construct models of the carbon and water cycle to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem. Examples of the carbon cycle should emphasize the role of carbon in the process of photosynthesis and cellular respiration. Score/Step 3.0 Target (Learning Goal) I am able to trace the movement of matter through different biogeochemical cycles. Distinguish between the carbon and water cycles by labeling the processes involved and tracing the flow of matter through each cycle. Score/Step 2.0 I am able to trace the movement of matter through the carbon cycle. Label the flow of carbon through a given diagram containing living and non-living factors. Score/Step 1.0 I am able to recognize that carbon is an element in all living things. SC.912.L17.9: Use a food web to identify and distinguish producers, consumers, and decomposers. Explain the pathway of energy transfer through trophic levels and the reduction of available energy at successive trophic levels. (Cognitive Complexity: Level 2: Basic Application of Skills & Concepts) Learning Progression Sample Progress Monitoring and Assessment Activities
5.0 I am able to analyze the energy pathways through the different trophic levels of a food web or energy pyramid. Connect the similarities of the flow of energy in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems by comparing the ecological efficiencies of respective food chains . Score/Step 4.0 I am able to evaluate the energy pathways through the different trophic levels of a food web or energy pyramid. Construct a food web and energy pyramid a sample ecosystem. Organisms should be identified according to their trophic level. 3.0 Target (Learning Goal) I am able to trace the energy pathways through the different trophic levels of a food web or energy pyramid. Use a food chain pyramid chart and organism cards to organize them at the appropriate trophic level. Score/Step 2.0 I am able to identify from where a certain trophic level gets its energy. Interpret a trophic energy pyramid to identify the 1st, 2nd and 3rd trophic levels according to its source of energy. Score/Step 1.0 I am able to recognize organisms as producers, consumers, and/or decomposers. SC.912.L.18.12: Discuss the special properties of water that contribute to Earth’s suitability as an environment for life: cohesive behavior, ability to moderate temperature, expansion upon freezing, and versatility as a solvent. (Cognitive Complexity: Level 2: Basic Application of Skills & Concepts) Scale Learning Progression Sample Progress Monitoring and Assessment Activities Score/Step 5.0 I am able to summarize the properties of water and analyze how these properties make water essential for life on Earth. Rank the properties of water in order of importance to living things and explain your reasoning. Score/Step 4.0 I am able to summarize the properties of water and how these properties make water essential for life on Earth. Investigate the properties of water and relate them to their importance to living things. Score/Step 3.0 Target (Learning Goal) I am able to summarize the properties of and relate how these properties make water essential for life on Earth. Explain how polarity and hydrogen bonding affects each of the properties of water. multiple biological scenarios identify the specific property of water being illustrated.