Explore and illustrate how energy is supplied to an ecosystem primarily in the form of sunlight. Examine evidence that plants convert light energy into stored energy which the plant, in turn, uses to carry out its life processes.

Observe and illustrate the variety of ways in which plants, animals, fungi, and microorganisms interact. Represent how matter is cycled and recycled through these interactions, and energy flows through ecosystems.

Use self-generated questions, note-taking, summarizing, precise writing, and outlining to enhance learning when reading or writing.

Generate questions, take notes, and summarize information gleaned from reference works and experts for a research project.

Use self-generated questions, note-taking, summarizing, precise writing, and outlining to enhance learning when reading or writing.

Use their own questions, notes, summaries, and outlines to deepen learning across disciplinary areas.

Use self-generated questions, note-taking, summarizing, precise writing, and outlining to enhance learning when reading or writing.

Use their own questions, notes, summaries, and outlines to deepen learning across disciplinary areas.

Represent problem situations, using discrete structures such as finite graphs, matrices, sequences, and recurrence relations.

Maintain the workspace, materials, and tools responsibly and safely.

Students will demonstrate their powers of observation, abstraction, and invention by using a variety of media and materials.

Students explain the law of supply and demand.

Student explain how labor markets work.