OpenSciEd Unit 7.5 · Lesson 16 · 16.A
Look for: Students communicating to their peers about h…
From Teacher Edition
Facilitation guidance from the lesson plan — what to notice in student thinking and how to respond while teaching.
Building towards
16.A. Integrate qualitative information obtained from written text and media to clarify claims about farming practices that reduce risk to disruptions and that maintain and promote stability of populations in natural systems.
What to look / listen for
Students communicating to their peers about how approaches to growing food can support plants and animals in natural and designed systems. Listen for students to connect specific ecosystem services people receive (or not) through farming practices to sudden or gradual disruptions.
What to do
If members of a group are struggling, direct them to review the source information together. They can also check in with another group for information as needed. As groups work, you can circulate to each group to prompt them for evidence from notes and support them in using the language of Stability and Change, and in linking sudden and gradual changes to receiving ecosystem services.