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Aquatic Science Humble ISD Curriculum Year-At-A -Glance

Enduring Mission: The mission of Aquatic Science is to advance students’ basic and Knowledge and Skills Understandings applied knowledge of the biological structure, function, and of What student will do in the classroom What students will freshwater, estuarine, and marine . and beyond: learn: • What are the unique properties of water Bundle1 Bundle 2 Bundle 3 Bundle 4 • analyze interrelationships among producers, consumers, and why are they important to and decomposers in a local aquatic ? • identify the interdependence of organisms in an aquatic • What is the chemical make-up of water and (4.5 Weeks) (4 Weeks) (6.5 Weeks) (6 Weeks) how does it affect what lives there? environment such as in a , , , , or aquifer • What can we do to minimize human’s and the biosphere. impact on water sources? • identify the role of carbon, nitrogen, water, and nutrient • What is a watershed and how is it cycles in an aquatic environment, including and important to me? • Where does my water come from and Properties of Water Water Quality Water Movement turnovers what happens to it when I’m done with it? • examine the interrelationships between aquatic systems • Why is the circulation of the ocean important and and , including El Niño and La Niña, to climate and organisms? currents, and hurricanes. • How does light and sound travel in the • identify sources and determine the amounts of water in a water, and how do organisms handle it? and Water of Water Freshwater Systems watershed, including rainfall, , and surface • What was responsible for the formation Nutrients Quantity of the structures on the ocean floor? water

• How have the changed • identify factors that contribute to how water flows through a throughout time? watershed

• How do various structures form in a river • identify water quantity and quality in a local watershed. or lake, and what affect do those Bundle 5 of Water • demonstrate basic principles of fluid dynamics, including structures have on the organisms that live there? hydrostatic pressure, density, salinity, and buoyancy; (12 Weeks) • What is the importance of wetlands to • identify interrelationships between ocean currents, , organisms and humans? and geologic features • What type of organisms live in freshwater Organisms and • differentiate among freshwater, brackish, and saltwater habitats and what adaptations do they Adaptations have that help them to survive and ecosystems Coasts and Islands Shallow Seas thrive? • identify the major properties and components of different Animal Groups • How do coasts change over time? marine and freshwater life zones;

• What organisms live in sandy beach • identify biological, chemical, geological, and physical ecosystems and what adaptations do they have? components of an aquatic life zone as they relate to the • What is the importance of , kelp, Sandy Beach Open Ocean organisms in it. and ? Ecosystems • compare and describe how adaptations allow an • What organisms live in shallow ecosystems to exist within an aquatic environment and what adaptations do they have? • compare differences in adaptations of aquatic organisms to • What are the life zones in the open Shallow Seas: and marine environments. ocean, and what organisms are Seagrass, Kelp, Polar Oceans and commonly found there? • predict effects of chemical, organic, physical, and thermal Mammals • What makes Polar Oceans different from changes from humans on the living and nonliving other oceans? components of an • What kind of organisms live in Polar • analyze the cumulative impact of human population growth Seas? on an aquatic system

• investigate the role of humans in unbalanced systems such as , farming, cultural , or Scientific process skills such as experimental design, drawing conclusions, red measurement, and models will be taught and assessed within content bundles.

Humble ISD Year at a Glance Rev 8/13