Empathize
Students will gather insights by discussing and surveying each other about their organism assignments, community views, and biological connections, fostering an understanding of diverse perspectives and ecosystems on Day 1.
Day 1
Empathy Research Pack
Deliverable
Define
Students will articulate the project's goals and significance by defining how the levels of biological organization influence ecosystems, culminating in a visually represented biosphere pizza that illustrates these connections.
Day 1
Define Biosphere Challenge
Deliverable
Ideate
Students will collaborate in small groups to brainstorm creative ways to represent the levels of biological organization within their biosphere pizza, incorporating insights on organism interactions to showcase during Friday's exhibition.
Day 2
Biosphere Concept Pack
Deliverable
Draft
Students will collaborate to draft sketches of their organism's levels of organization on their pizza slices and outline key concepts for class presentation, preparing to visually depict ecosystems and interactions within them.
Day 3
User Feedback Journal
Deliverable
Test
Students will engage in testing the effectiveness and clarity of their biosphere pizza slice diagrams by sharing them with peers for feedback, focusing on how well each level of biological organization is represented and its influence on ecosystem interactions.
Day 3
45 min over capacity (45 min available across 1 day)
Biosphere Pizza Showcase
Assessment 90m
Critique
Students will present their biosphere pizza designs to classmates for peer feedback, using structured critique protocols to refine their models and enhance understanding of the levels of biological organization within ecosystems.
Day 4
Biosphere Pizza Exhibit
Assessment 1m
Notice & Reflect
Students will present their biosphere pizzas to the class, reflecting on the insights gained about how the levels of biological organization impact ecosystem interactions and survival while predicting future implications of their findings.
Day 5
No activities have been added to this phase yet.