Most species that have ever lived on Earth are now extinct.
More than 99 percent of all species that have ever lived on Earth are now extinct.
[CER] Are humans causing the next mass extinction?
Make a claim. Provide your evidence and justify your reasoning. |
/ Ii / INvestigate
Research current endangered species today. Find out why they are currently endangered. Design and present a solution to help prevent their extinction.
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/ Iii / Level Up!
During this lesson you will learn more about how the environment influences populations of organisms over multiple generations.
✎Notes:
- Adaptations are inherited characteristics that increase an organism's chance of survival or fitness.
- Fitness describes how well an organism can survive and reproduce in its environment. Living things can survive only where their needs are met.
- If some places are too hot or too cold or have too little water or food, plants and animals may not be able to live there.
- A species is extinct if it no longer has any known living individuals.
/ IV / Choose your path
MASTER [+6 points]
Evaluate the causes and evidence of your choice organism's habitat changing. Is it natural or a man-made cause for extinction? Can your organism of choice survive well with these changes, less well, or not at all? Explain why using evidence. Create a solution to prevent its extinction. |
/ v / Knowledge Check
The caterpillar has two large spots that look like large eyes as shown.
/ VI / redemption points
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/ VI / enrichment bonus
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/ VII / Next Level (✓) Checklist:
- Can you identify the adaptations of many types of organisms?
- Can you draw valid conclusions about extinctions that have occurred throughout Earth's history and today using evidence?
National Research Council 2012. A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/13165
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