Gold Spotted Oak Borer (GSOB) Investigation

Possible Connections to NGSS

Performance Expectations

K-LS1-1: Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive

K-ESS3-3: Communicate solutions that will reduce the impact of humans on the land, water, air, and/or other living things in the local environment.

1-LS1-2: Read texts and use media to determine patterns in behavior of parents and offspring that help offspring survive.

2-LS4-1: Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.

3-LS2-1: Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive.

3-LS3-2: Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment.

5-ESS3-1: Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earth’s resources and environment.

MS-LS1-5: Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how environmental and genetic factors influence the growth of organisms.

MS-LS2-1: Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.

MS-LS2-4: Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.

MS-ESS3-3: Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing a human impact on the environment.

MS-ESS3-4: Construct an argument supported by evidence for how increases in human population and per-capita consumption of natural resources impact Earth’s systems.

HS-LS2-7: Design, evaluate, and refine a solution for reducing the impacts of human activities on the environment and biodiversity.

HS-LS4-5: Evaluate the evidence supporting claims that changes in environmental conditions may result in (1) increases in the number of individuals of some species, (2) the emergence of new species over time, and (3) the extinction of other species.