Understanding how to attract and protect ladybugs<\/h4>\n
Purpose: <\/b>Last month students prepared presentations to connect ladybug data with seasonal patterns. This month students will build on prior months\u2019 explorations of ladybug features, their role in ecosystems, and seasonal patterns and expand their reviews of data from across the state. Putting it all together, students will analyze what attracts ladybugs to certain habitats by comparing schoolyard features and conditions that meet ladybugs\u2019 needs for survival. These connections will position students for next month\u2019s preparation of schoolyard enhancement plans presentations ahead.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_line_height=”1.6em” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” ul_text_color=”#FFFFFF” background_color=”#338BC8″ custom_margin=”10px|10px|10px|10px|true|true” custom_padding=”10px|10px|10px|10px|true|true” hover_enabled=”0″ border_radii=”on|5px|5px|5px|5px” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]Not finding ladybugs?<\/b> What if you have gotten to this point and still have no ladybug sightings? If you have been uploading zeroes from your searches, you <\/span>do<\/span><\/i> have data to work with! Consider what students in your class can learn from the zeroes, and the explanations they can construct after analyzing your class searches:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Your students can use the information they have gathered through your searches to help inform their culminating project and offer assistance to classes in future years. <\/span>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_button button_url=”@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF9saW5rX3VybF9wYWdlIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsicG9zdF9pZCI6IjYxOSJ9fQ==@” button_text=”Previous: 7: March” button_alignment=”left” _builder_version=”4.16″ _dynamic_attributes=”button_url” _module_preset=”default” custom_button=”on” button_text_size=”14px” button_border_width=”0px” button_icon=”#||divi||400″ button_icon_placement=”left” button_on_hover=”off” custom_padding=”|20px|||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_button][et_pb_button button_url=”@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF9saW5rX3VybF9wYWdlIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsicG9zdF9pZCI6IjYyMyJ9fQ==@” button_text=”Next: 9: Culminating Activities” button_alignment=”right” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _dynamic_attributes=”button_url” _module_preset=”default” custom_button=”on” button_text_size=”14px” button_border_width=”0px” button_icon=”$||divi||400″ button_on_hover=”off” custom_padding=”|||20px|false|false” custom_css_main_element=”text-align:right !important;” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”14px” text_line_height=”1.3em” header_font=”EB Garamond||||||||” header_font_size=”56px” header_line_height=”1.3em” header_2_font=”|700|||||||” header_2_font_size=”30px” header_3_font=”|600|||||||” header_3_font_size=”26px” header_3_line_height=”1.4em” header_4_font=”|700||on|||||” header_4_text_color=”#cc232f” header_4_font_size=”16px” header_4_letter_spacing=”1px” header_4_line_height=”1.8em” custom_margin=”||2px|||” header_font_size_tablet=”50px” header_font_size_phone=”32px” header_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/horizon-research.com\/tl4cs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Asset-17.png” title_text=”Asset 17″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”||||||||” text_font_size=”13px” text_line_height=”1.3em” custom_margin=”||12px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Science Standards: <\/strong><\/p>\n LS.5.2.1<\/b> Engage in argument from evidence to compare the characteristics of several common ecosystems, including estuaries and salt marshes, oceans, lakes and ponds, forests, and grasslands.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n LS.5.2.3 <\/b><\/span><\/strong>Use models to infer the effects that may result from the interconnected relationship of plants and animals to their ecosystem.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”||||||||” text_font_size=”13px” text_line_height=”1.4em” custom_margin=”||32px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]Science Practices<\/strong> [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_blurb image=”https:\/\/horizon-research.com\/tl4cs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Asset-23.png” icon_placement=”left” image_icon_width=”100%” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” body_line_height=”1.4em” background_layout=”dark” custom_margin=”||10px||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Examining Variation in Species and Across Regions<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb image=”https:\/\/horizon-research.com\/tl4cs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Asset-18.png” icon_placement=”left” image_icon_width=”100%” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” body_line_height=”1.4em” custom_margin=”||10px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Mr. Jones\u2019 Class Compares Ecosystems, Habitats, and Microhabitats<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb image=”https:\/\/horizon-research.com\/tl4cs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Asset-20.png” icon_placement=”left” image_icon_width=”100%” module_id=”#lbfieldguide” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” body_line_height=”1.4em” custom_margin=”||10px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Ladybug Habitats<\/a>; Practice Overview: Constructing Explanations<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb image=”https:\/\/horizon-research.com\/tl4cs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Asset-29.png” icon_placement=”left” image_icon_width=”100%” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” body_line_height=”1.4em” custom_margin=”||10px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Ecosystem Resources<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb image=”https:\/\/horizon-research.com\/tl4cs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Asset-16.png” icon_placement=”left” image_icon_width=”100%” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” body_line_height=”1.4em” custom_margin=”||10px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Expectations for Outdoor Learning<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb image=”https:\/\/horizon-research.com\/tl4cs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Asset-19.png” icon_placement=”left” image_icon_width=”100%” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” body_line_height=”1.4em” custom_margin=”||10px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Writing Prompt<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb image=”https:\/\/horizon-research.com\/tl4cs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Asset-21.png” icon_placement=”left” image_icon_width=”100%” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” body_line_height=”1.4em” custom_margin=”||10px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Conservation Efforts<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb image=”https:\/\/horizon-research.com\/tl4cs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Asset-28.png” icon_placement=”left” image_icon_width=”100%” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” body_line_height=”1.4em” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Culminating Activities Preview<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Objectives” module_id=”citscience” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_enable_color=”off” custom_padding=”35px|||||” border_width_top=”8px” border_color_top=”#cc232f” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_4,3_4″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”1″ make_equal=”on” admin_label=”Module Heading with Icon” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”||1px|||” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_css_main_element=”width: 15%!important;” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/horizon-research.com\/tl4cs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Asset-23.png” title_text=”Asset 23″ show_bottom_space=”off” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”EB Garamond||||||||” header_text_align=”left” header_text_color=”#454545″ header_font_size=”42px” header_line_height=”2.2em” header_3_font=”|700|||||||” header_3_text_color=”#454545″ header_3_font_size=”26px” header_line_height_tablet=”1.2em” header_line_height_phone=”1.2em” header_line_height_last_edited=”on|tablet” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Consider the data collected over the past few months and revisit the December extension support: What improvements could be made to your school grounds based on your data in order to attract more ladybugs? In addition, consider comparing home collections with school collections. What patterns (in weather, vegetation, location) can be found?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Now is a good time to begin to address the overarching questions.\u00a0 As you start to develop your presentations and\/or plan your schoolyard enhancements, the answers to these questions may help guide your plans:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Objectives” module_id=”narrative” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_enable_color=”off” custom_padding=”35px|||||” border_width_top=”8px” border_color_top=”#cc232f” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_4,3_4″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”1″ make_equal=”on” admin_label=”Module Heading with Icon” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”||1px|||” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_css_main_element=”width: 15%!important;” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/horizon-research.com\/tl4cs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Asset-18.png” title_text=”Asset 18″ show_bottom_space=”off” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”EB Garamond||||||||” header_text_align=”left” header_text_color=”#454545″ header_font_size=”42px” header_line_height=”2.2em” header_3_font=”|700|||||||” header_3_text_color=”#454545″ header_3_font_size=”26px” header_line_height_tablet=”1.2em” header_line_height_phone=”1.2em” header_line_height_last_edited=”on|tablet” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n After teaching about common ecosystems (e.g., oceans, lakes, forests, salt marshes) last week, Mr. Jones notices that his students interchange the terms ecosystem and habitat. He would like to help students understand the difference between the two and that habitats vary in size based on the organism. He plays a <\/span>short video<\/span><\/a> explaining the difference between the terms and introduces the range of habitat sizes by contrasting a Black bear\u2019s range of roughly 60 square miles with a frog who lives within a small pond. Mr. Jones directs students\u2019 attention to the \u201chabitat\u201d section of their recording sheet for the Lost Ladybug Project and asks what they notice. Although students have been recording these data (e.g., garden, pavement, bushes\/shrubs, building) throughout the year, they had not considered the specificity and the importance of these small habitats, often referred to as \u201cmicrohabitats\u201d by scientists. Mr. Jones refers students back to their schoolyard map and asks students to consider what would happen if the bush outside their classroom where they\u2019ve found several ladybugs were removed. Students express concern over this idea, recognizing that aphids and other insects would not have the bush to feed on, and therefore, ladybugs would not have those insects to eat. Mr. Jones then asks students what could be <\/span>added <\/span><\/i>to their school grounds that could likely serve as a microhabitat for ladybugs and gives students time to generate ideas with a partner. Once students list ideas, Mr. Jones challenges them to support their ideas for habitat improvements with data collected by their own class or another\u00a0 class. Mr. Jones provides the following example: \u201cI think we could add more flowering plants near the entrance of our school, because the other\u00a0 class found several ladybugs on flowers planted near the entrance to their school at the beginning of the school year. We only found one near the entrance of our school even though we looked there five times in the first couple months of school.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Objectives” module_id=”lbfieldguide” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_enable_color=”off” custom_padding=”35px|||||” border_width_top=”8px” border_color_top=”#cc232f” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_4,3_4″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”1″ make_equal=”on” admin_label=”Module Heading with Icon” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”||1px|||” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_css_main_element=”width: 15%!important;” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/horizon-research.com\/tl4cs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Asset-20.png” title_text=”Asset 20″ show_bottom_space=”off” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”EB Garamond||||||||” header_text_align=”left” header_text_color=”#454545″ header_font_size=”42px” header_line_height=”2.2em” header_3_font=”|700|||||||” header_3_text_color=”#454545″ header_3_font_size=”26px” header_line_height_tablet=”1.2em” header_line_height_phone=”1.2em” header_line_height_last_edited=”on|tablet” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n During this month\u2019s activity, students will be comparing where ladybugs have been found on your school grounds with another location’s grounds in terms of different habitat features and the specific features of these locations. As mentioned in the March Science Content support, these are direct connections to the interdependence of ladybugs with the plants that are present in a habitat. <\/span><\/p>\n Students could use your class data recording sheet, your class (or another location\u2019s) submissions on the Lost Ladybug website, or the list created during this activity to connect findings and consider improvements that might be made to your school grounds to attract more ladybugs. In addition, the <\/span>pie chart feature on the Lost Ladybug website<\/span><\/a>\u00a0(found under the tab: LLP Data & Mapping) could be used to further distinguish the types of habitats where ladybugs are found in the state of North Carolina (or other states, Canada, or Mexico) for extension opportunities. <\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Objectives” module_id=”scifieldguide” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_enable_color=”off” custom_padding=”35px|||||” border_width_top=”8px” border_color_top=”#cc232f” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_4,3_4″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”1″ make_equal=”on” admin_label=”Module Heading with Icon” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”||1px|||” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_css_main_element=”width: 10%!important;” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/horizon-research.com\/tl4cs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Asset-20.png” title_text=”Asset 20″ show_bottom_space=”off” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”EB Garamond||||||||” header_text_align=”left” header_text_color=”#454545″ header_font_size=”42px” header_line_height=”2.2em” header_3_font=”|700|||||||” header_3_text_color=”#454545″ header_3_font_size=”26px” header_line_height_tablet=”1.2em” header_line_height_phone=”1.2em” header_line_height_last_edited=”on|tablet” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]Students will use data from multiple sources (own data sheets, LLP website data, another location’s data, spreadsheets created from any preceding sources, etc.) to construct explanations of what attracts ladybugs to a particular habitat. As students analyze and interpret the data, they should be thinking about how they will use their data as evidence to describe what attracts ladybugs. Be sure that students distinguish between relevant and irrelevant data as a transition from analyzing data to constructing explanations. For example, focusing on the amount of time spent searching for ladybugs on the data collection sheet is valuable information but irrelevant to the focus of this explanation. On the other hand, identifying similar features of habitat areas where ladybugs are consistently found throughout the school year would be helpful information for constructing this explanation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Model this process for students by working as a class to construct an explanation related to the overarching scientific questions. Have students consider the data they and another school have collected to determine whether it supports or refutes their most recent predictions. Alongside the posted questions and predictions, construct an explanation that states the class answer to the question and provides a rationale based on the collected data.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Then have students respond to the following prompt: <\/span>We are hoping to observe more ladybugs on our school grounds next year. 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Begin by discussing your schoolyard map and the features of habitats where ladybugs have been found throughout the school year. Share another location’s maps and discuss where the majority of their ladybugs have been found in relation to habitat features of their location. Make a list of similar locations between the school grounds (students\u2019 own schoolyard, and those of the other location) where ladybugs have been found and the features of these locations (e.g. sunlight, flowering plants, <\/span>meadow grasses).<\/span>![\"\"](\"https:\/\/horizon-research.com\/tl4cs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Picture7.png\")
Research what features of a habitat are most attractive to a ladybug (referring back to How to Attract Ladybugs<\/a> resource accessed last month). Using this information, as well as the data collected thus far, determine if there are any improvements you could make to your school grounds to attract more ladybugs. Highlight these features on the list created earlier in class.<\/span> This information can be used for presentations in the <\/span>Culminating Activities<\/a> or if possible, implemented together as a class (e.g. plant more flowering plants, fence off a \u201cno mow zone,\u201d signage for \u201cno pesticides\u201d).<\/span><\/p>\n\n
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Examining Variation in Species and Across Regions<\/b><\/h3>\n
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Mr. Jones\u2019 Class Compares Ecosystems, Habitats, and Microhabitats<\/b><\/h3>\n
Ladybug Habitats<\/h3>\n
Practice Overview: Constructing Explanations<\/b><\/h3>\n
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Expectations for Outdoor Learning<\/h3>\n
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