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This activity has the following sections:
- READING: Students read a 2-slide informational text about zebra mussels, an invasive species in North America. The article includes how the zebra mussels spread and their negative impact on biodiversity in the new ecosystems.
- GRAPHING INVASIVE SPECIES: Students are given data about the increasing population of zebra mussels by year and graph the information on a provided graph.
- GRAPHING NATIVE SPECIES: Students are given data and information about swan mussels, a native species, and graph the negative impact of zebra mussels on their population.
- ANALYSIS: Students answer concluding analysis questions, including a claims-evidence-reasoning grid.
Includes both PRINT and GOOGLE SLIDES options to assign!
Teacher Notes:
- INCLUDES ANSWER KEY
- Please note: This invasive species activity is NOT editable.
- NGSS Standards: MS-LS2-4, MS-LS2-5, and MS-ESS3-4
- NGSS Science & Engineering Practice: Analyzing and interpreting data
- NGSS Science & Engineering Practice: Using mathematics and computational thinking
- NGSS Science & Engineering Practice: Engaging in argument from evidence
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Related Standards:
- NGSS MS-LS2-4: Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.
- NGSS MS-LS2-5: Evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services.
- NGSS MS-ESS3-3: Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing a human impact on the environment.
