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WorksheetsScientific Explanation: Is a Bat Cave an Ecosystem?
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 2hrs 30mins
Is a bat cave an ecosystem?
Yes
No
I need more information
I am unsure right now
What is an ecosystem?
A biological community
Interacting organisms
Interactions with physical environment
All of the above
What kind of scientific explanation was given to the question, "Is a bat cave an ecosystem?"
It has a yes or no answer with 1 or two sentences.
It has a claim with a few reasons why.
It has a claim with multiple pieces of evidence.
It has a claim, with evidence, and good reasoning.
Does the claim CLEARLY answer the question, "Is a bat cave an ecosystem?
It has no clear answer to the question.
It has a very clear answer to the question
The answer is partially clear to the question.
Did the claim include the definition of an ecosystem?
It included the full definition of an ecosystem - A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
It included some parts of the definition of an ecosystem - missing one or more parts of the definition.
It does not include the definition of an ecosystem at all.
Is the claim a complete sentence?
The claim is written as a single complete sentence.
The claim is written as multiple complete sentences.
The claim is not written in a complete sentence.
EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS - Is there a brief introduction that allows the reader to understand what this science explanation will be about.
There is a brief introduction before the claim.
There is not a brief introduction before the claim.
What type of evidence is included in this scientific explanation?
It has observations of things seen in the pictures and video.
It has inferences about what you might know about bat caves.
It has both observations and inferences.
I don't quite understand what was used.
How many pieces of strong, convincing EVIDENCE was included?
It has one piece of evidence.
It has two pieces of evidence.
It has 3 or more pieces of evidence.
EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS - Was ALL data/evidence included in this science explanation?
Evidence included observations of a population of bats, observations of competition between the bats, and observations of the bats interacting with the cave walls/rocks.
Evidence included observations of the population of bats and the bats interacting with the cave walls/rocks only.
Evidence included observations of the population of bats only.
Evidence included inferences, not observations.
Does the science concept connect to evidence to the claim?
The concept explains how the definition of an ecosystem connects to why the bat cave is not an ecosystem.
The concept explains the definition of an ecosystem, but does not mention that is why the bat cave can not be an ecosystem.
The concept does not include the definition of an ecosystem.
Was the definition of an ecosystem included as a science concept?
Did not include the definition of an ecosystem
Included the definition of an ecosystem
Does the explanation include an accurate definition of an ecosystem as a science concept?
Definition of an ecosystem is a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
Definition of an ecosystem is included, but is missing a portion.
Definition of an ecosystem is not included as a science concept.
EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS - Does the explanation include science concepts beyond the definition of an ecosystem?
Included a definition for community, biotic relationships, and abiotic relationships.
Included the definition for community only
Did not include concepts beyond the definition of an ecosystem.
Does the explanation have reasoning that is written in complete sentences that connect the evidence and science concepts together?
Reasoning is in complete sentences and includes the concept that an ecosystem must have a biological community, which this bat cave does not have since it is the only population visible in the pictures and video. Along with the concept that an ecosystem has interacting organisms like the bats competing for resources in the picture and video. In addition to the concept that an ecosystem has organisms that interact with their environment like the bats are interacting with the cave wall/rocks.
Reasoning is in complete sentences, but does not connect the concept of what an ecosystem is to the evidence in the pictures and video at all.
Reasoning is in complete sentences, but does not connect all 3 concepts of the ecosystem definition to what was visible in the pictures and video.
Does the explanation include transitional words in the reasoning?
Transitional words like because, therefore, in addition to, finally, so, ect. are included in the reasoning (you can look up more transitional words online if you want to check if they were used).
Transitional words are not used.
EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS - Does the explanation go beyond to include what would need to be included in order for a bat cave to be considered an ecosystem?
Reasoning states that if the bat cave had another population, and gave an example of that population, it would be considered an ecosystem.
Reasoning does not state what could be included to make the bat cave an ecosystem.
Take a moment and see which boxes you checked on the rubric for your partner. Which grade would they receive right now?
They have ALL of the meets AND exceeds expectations boxes completed - A+
They have ALL of the meets AND SOME of the exceeds expectations boxes completed - A-
They have ALL of the meets expectations boxes completed only - B
They have SOME of the meets expectations boxes completed - C
They have a FEW of the meets expectations boxes completed - D
