MS-LS2-4 Lesson Plans

These lesson plans include activities to build background knowledge on ecological abiotic and biotic factors, and how they impact the environment. Students will practice their knowledge in a simulation of the impact of fishing and a class debate over the use of nitrogen-based fertilizers. There is a long-term project to measure the effect of the use of fertilizer on water.

There are colored and blackline copies of the student packet as a secured PDF. There is also a secured PDF with the teacher's guide and materials for a matching activity.

This product includes the following activities:

⚪Forest Fire Probe

⚪Algae & Fertilizer Lab (can be purchased separately)

⚪Ecosystem Influence Matching Activity

⚪Invasive Impact Report

⚪DNR Simulation

⚪Nitrogen Fertilizer Use Debate

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