EcoMUVE

=** Day 1: Explore! **= toc __Goals__: 1) learn how to navigate with arrow keys 2) learn how to jump with the space bar 3) take pictures with camera tool 4) go underwater using the submarine tool 5) use the microscope to look at small organisms in the pond 6) use the field guide to learn about the species living in the pond ecosystem

= Day 2: ** Food Web Activity! **= Make a food web and answer the questions. When you are finished, continue to located and record data in your pond world Worksheet Activity

= Day 3: Learning Quests! = __ Do Now Discussion: __
 * List abiotic and biotic factors in ecosystem
 * Why are scientists interested in understanding both abiotic and biotic parts of the system?
 * What does a scientist do?
 * What tools might they use to study the ecosystem?

Learning Quest Worksheet Learning Quest Website Login with user name: iem1 password: iem

= Day 4: Atom Tracker! = [|Carbon Tracker] [|Oxygen Tracker] [|Phosphorous Tracker]

= Day 5: Concept Mapping! = __Activity 1: Cats over Borneo__ Listen to the story and work as a class to develop a concept map showing causal relationships

__Activity 2: Group Mapping__ Pool your group's information and data together and discuss what you've learned about the virtual environment. Take turns sharing what your investigative role had you gather. Come up with a draft of your group's concept map of what happened.

__Homework:__

= Day 6: Claim, Evidence, Reasoning! =


 * Step 1: Class Discsussion: Final Presentation **


 * On Tuesday you will be presenting your argument and evidence to class about what caused the fish to die
 * Each group will have approximately 10 minutes to present
 * Each member of the group must contribute in presentation
 * Use data, graphs, atom tracker, field guide or any other information to support your argument


 * Step 2: As a group, create your argument **


 * On large pieces of paper, write or draw information for your presentation
 * Make it large and colorful
 * Print graphs for evidences
 * Create a new, bigger, more colorful and accurate concept map
 * Prepare your argument - claims and evidences!!
 * Decide group member roles during presentation (who will say what)

= Day 7: Final Presentation! =