About This Lesson
Teachers will use the Google Earth Voyager Story, Exploring Earth’s Ecosystems, to provide multiple sources to consider for this inquiry investigation.
• Teachers will present students with the inquiry, should humans intervene when imbalances in ecosystems are observed?
• Teachers will introduce 3 more sources of information using the Google Earth Voyager Story, Exploring Earth’s Ecosystems.
• Students will work to identify and classify evidence from each source in one of two categories: Yes (humans should intervene) or No (humans should not intervene).
• After reviewing the evidence, students will form a hypothesis that they will share with the class.
• With each new source of information, students will add to their evidence chart and make adjustments to their hypothesis.
• Finally, students will write an argument essay using their final hypothesis as the claim and referring to specific evidence from the sources used.
