CoYOTe AtTeNTiON
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- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
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- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
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Grade Level: High School
Format: Virtual
Duration: Full academic year
Course Overview
Welcome to CoYOTe AtTeNTiON's Earth and Physical Sciences, where students embark on a journey through the natural world guided by the wisdom and adaptability of the coyote. Just as coyotes navigate diverse terrains across North America, students will explore the fundamental principles of Earth's systems, physical sciences, and the interactions between humans and their environment.
The Coyote Connection
The coyote - resilient, adaptable, and widely distributed across diverse landscapes - serves as our metaphorical guide. Like the coyote who must understand its territory to thrive, students will develop comprehensive knowledge of Earth's dynamic systems and the physical forces that shape our world.
Course Content
Unit 1: Earth's Dynamic Systems
Students will track the "paw prints" of Earth's history by examining tectonic processes, analyzing crustal rock ages, and developing models that illustrate Earth's internal and surface processes. Like coyotes who adapt to changing landscapes, students will explore how Earth's features form and change over different spatial and temporal scales.
Unit 2: Energy and Matter in Ecosystems
Just as coyotes understand their place in the food web, students will model energy transformations in photosynthesis and cellular respiration. Mathematical representations will be used to analyze energy flow and matter cycling within ecosystems, connecting the physical and biological dimensions of our planet.
Unit 3: Chemistry of Life and Materials
Students will investigate the atomic structure that underlies all matter, using the periodic table to predict properties and behavior of elements. Through laboratory investigations, students will explore chemical reactions, bonding, and how molecular structure determines the properties of materials that coyotes and humans encounter in their environments.
Unit 4: Forces and Motion
Examining the physics that governs movement across the landscape, students will analyze Newton's laws and investigate collisions, forces, and energy transfers. Like studying how a coyote leaps or runs, students will design and refine devices that minimize force during collisions.
Unit 5: Energy Transformations
Students will create computational models to calculate energy changes within systems and develop devices that convert energy between forms. Investigations will include thermal energy transfer and the laws of thermodynamics that govern all energy exchanges in the coyote's territory and beyond.
Unit 6: Waves and Information
From the howl of a coyote to digital information transmission, students will explore wave properties and evaluate the advantages of digital information storage and transfer in modern society.
Unit 7: Human Impact and Engineering Solutions
Students will analyze how natural resource availability, hazards, and climate change influence human activity, much like how coyotes adapt to changing environments. Engineering challenges will include designing solutions to complex environmental problems while considering constraints and trade-offs.
Learning Approaches
- Computational Modeling: Use simulations to model complex Earth systems and engineering solutions
- Laboratory Investigations: Conduct virtual and at-home experiments to gather evidence and test hypotheses
- Engineering Design Challenges: Design solutions to real-world problems related to resource management and environmental impact
- Case Studies: Examine specific ecosystems and geological features through the lens of a coyote's territory
- Field Observation Projects: Document and analyze local geological features and ecosystems virtually or in-person
Assessment Methods
- Research-based engineering design projects
- Virtual laboratory reports
- Digital modeling assignments
- Evidence-based argumentation exercises
- Problem-solving challenges related to Earth systems and resources
Join the CoYOTe AtTeNTiON pack and develop the adaptability, resilience, and understanding needed to navigate our complex world through the integrated study of Earth and physical sciences.
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
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- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
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- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins
- Teacher: Nathan Jenkins