Illustration of Understands and applies knowledge of matter, energy, and organization in living systems in the ICLE's Rigor and Relevance Framework
Quadrant C

Design, conduct and analyze an experiment to determine the effects of water, light and/or fertilizer amounts on the growth rate of fast plants.

Describe what happens to a living system with no external energy source.

* Constancy and Change

 Quadrant D

Contact a farmer who uses GPS technology to plant his/her crops and or administer fertilizer and interview him/here about the impact of yield on their crops over the past 20 years. Glean from the farmer the wealth of his/her knowledge about making farming profitable. Use parts of this interview in a power point presentation that highlights the point you learned.
Quadrant A

Describe what happens to a living system with no external energy source.

* Systems, Order, Organization

 Quadrant B

Calculate the potential yields of corn for different irrigation and precipitation rates over the corn belt.
Investigate the price of corn and beans over the past 50 years. Describe the impact of these prices on the economy of Iowa.

*Unifying Concept (NSES) represented in this activity. Unifying concepts cross curricular areas and provide students with productive and insightful ways of thinking about and integrating basic ideas that explain the natural and designed world.