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Environment & Ecology - General, CP, Honors

Lower Dauphin School District

Curriculum Guide

Course Title: Environment & Ecology
Subject: Science
Grade Level(s): 9
 
Synopsis of Curriculum

This course is designed to instruct students in selected state Environment and Ecology standards that are correlated to the Keystone Biology exam. Major units of study include: earth’s environmental systems, population ecology, and evolution and community ecology. Emphasis will be placed on how the students personally interact with their environment. Each unit will be taught using an inquiry approach, laboratory exercises, simulations, and additional investigative techniques.

Units of Study Titles

Introduction to Environment & Ecology

Earth’s Environmental Systems

Population Ecology

Community Ecology