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Entry-Level Formative Assessment Summative Assessment

What is an ecosystem? What is a population? Brainstorm an


example of each
Quiz: Interpret the graphs
Ecology Cross Word
Flashcards Quizlet: Logistic versus Exponential growth
Quiz: How well do you know the population formulas?
Coral Reef Health project
Endangered species project
Student Assessment- Engaged Ecology Unit

Entry Level:

Students will brainstorm what a population is and how that relates to an ecosystem. They will
come up with examples of each in a class introductory discussion of ecology.

Formative Assessment:

Students will take a quiz that tests their knowledge on logistic and exponential growth curves.
Students will need to label a graph and interpret what is happening in real world examples of
logistic and exponential growth curve examples.
Students will solve an ecology cross word puzzle full of vocabulary and concepts related to the
ideas that students have been learning about in class. In order to complete the puzzle students
will have to understand the concepts and how they work together within ecology. This is a fun
way to test students knowledge of the unit so far.
Students will create flashcards on Quizlet to further learn and study the vocabulary and concepts
related to logistic and exponential growth. This will help determine what information students
think is important related to those topics and how well they understand the information
presented so far in the unit.
Students will take a quiz based on the population formulas and how to use them to determine
population growth, size and whether a population is experiencing logistic or exponential growth.

Summative Assessment:

This assessment is a way to check student understanding of the entire unit. In this project
students will be comparing coral reef health over a number of years. Students will choose a
species to look at within a set of scientific photos taken over a series of years in the same spot.
Students will count the number of individuals of the species within the community and create a
graph using chart builder of the population over time. Some of the species students can choose
from will be declining over time while other populations will be growing. Students will
determine what is happening (increasing or decreasing) to the population they have chosen.
Students will use their growth formulas to find out what the dN/dT is currently for their species.
Students will research their species and what role it has within the community and determine
what effect the population change will have on the surrounding community. This will be an
opportunity for students to use real data to make conclusions about an ecological problem by
using the skills they have learned in class.
In this project students will choose an endangered species to research. Student will write a 4
page paper that explains the role of the endangered organism within their community and what
is happening to the community with the population of the organism in decline. Students will
explore what the original populations size of the organism was and whether the current
population is in decline or growing. Students will research what population size would be
needed for the organism to be delisted. The overall community will also be researched and
students will explain how the community is reacting to the decline of the organism. In some
instances the effects on the community will be drastic, in others the effects will be more subtle.
Students should use the correct vocabulary and use evidence to make claims about the organism
and surrounding community.

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