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Purpose
This wiki has been created to provide a resource for teachers such that they can use Web 2.0  tools to teach a lesson based upon the  North Carolina Standards for Biology in a New Schools Project Redesign 2.0 Classroom. The lesson is founded upon achieving learning outcomes using the Redesigned Schools Common Instructional Strategies such as collaborative group work, writing to learn, literacy groups, questioning, scaffolding, and classroom talk. These are core strategies that are foundational to all Redesign 2.0 teaching pedagogy in all disciplines. Click Here to learn more about these strategies.

North Carolina Standard Course of Study- Biology
This specific lesson focuses on the human population and its  impact on local ecosystems and global environments (SCOS Biology- 5.03).

Competency Goal 5: The learner will develop an understanding of the ecological relationships among organisms. 5.03 Assess human population and its impact on local ecosystems and global environments:
 * Historic and potential changes in population.
 * Factors associated with those changes.
 * Climate change.
 * Resource use.
 * Sustainable practices/stewardship.

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