Living Earth · Week 12 · Matter and Energy in Living Systems
Life Without Oxygen
Explaining aerobic and anaerobic conditions in the Salton Sea and practicing clear, kind explanations with a partner.
- Students will
- Students explain how low oxygen conditions change which organisms live in the Salton Sea and why anaerobic bacteria produce hydrogen sulfide.
- SEL skill
- Explain a science idea clearly and kindly so a partner can follow it
- What it looks like
- Students practice clear, kind communication by explaining ideas to a partner.
- Content focus
- Aerobic and anaerobic conditions
- Format
- Partner exchange
Relationship skills
Relationship skills are the ways you communicate, listen, cooperate, and solve problems so that relationships stay healthy. More relationship skills activities
What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- HS-LS2-3: High School Life Science performance expectation
- Science and engineering practice: SEP6 Constructing explanations and designing solutions
- Crosscutting concept: CCC2 Cause and effect
- Literacy in science: RST.9-10.1 Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts.
- Traditional course: Biology
Fits these textbook chapters
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