Download PDF Unit Front MatterEcosystems is one of the six Carbon TIME units. If you are new to teaching Carbon TIME, read the Carbon TIME FAQ: Which Units Should I Teach.
The Ecosystems Unit supports students in using core disciplinary ideas, science practices, and crosscutting concepts to develop scientific explanations of how different ecosystems transform matter and energy as the organisms in them live, grow, and die.
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Lead Editor for 2019 Version
Kirsten D. Edwards, Department of Teacher Education, Michigan State University
Principal Authors
Kirsten D. Edwards, Department of Teacher Education, Michigan State University
Joyce Parker, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Michigan State University
Craig Kohn, Department of Teacher Education, Michigan State University
Wendy Johnson, Kentwood Public Schools
Jenny Dauer, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Elizabeth Tompkins, Michigan State University
Charles W. “Andy” Anderson, Department of Teacher Education, Michigan State University
Contributing Authors
Sarah Bodbyl Roels, Beth Covitt, Elizabeth Xeng de los Santos, Jennifer Doherty, Allison Freed, Bonnie McGill, Lindsey Mohan, Emily Scott, Carly Seeterlin, Nick Verbanic, Alex Walus
Illustrations
Craig Douglas
This research is supported in part by grants from the National Science Foundation: A Learning Progression-based System for Promoting Understanding of Carbon-transforming Processes (DRL 1020187) and Sustaining Responsive and Rigorous Teaching Based on Carbon TIME (NSF 1440988). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation or the United States Department of Energy.
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