Palm Oil Unit: This is a draft unit intended for Field Test Teachers Only
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On this page, you will find all the materials needed for the Ecosystem Dynamics (Palm Oil) unit.
The materials include: The full teacher edition, all the lab procedures and teacher masters, access to PowerPoints or Google slides for each lesson, access to all interactives and videos, a digital copy of the student edition, and downloadable student handouts for printing and use in student notebooks.
Printable and Downloadable Documents
Lesson 1 Teacher Guide Initial Model, Oil Palm Plantations,
Orangutan, Ingredient Map,
Oil Palm Distribution, Orangutan Population
Lesson 2 Teacher Guide Soybean Farms, Canola Farms, Sugar Plantations,
Cotton Plantations, Palm Plantations
Lesson 3 Teacher Guide Almanac Entry, Map to Color, Temperature, Precipitation, Solar Radiation, Rainforest Location
Lesson 4 Teacher Guide
Lesson 5 Teacher Guide, Local Case Planning Structure/Function, Palm Farm Designs,
Editable Local Case Template New Neighborhood, Before & After
Lesson 6 Teacher Guide Orangutan Population Data, Protected Areas Map, Orangutans in Protected Areas
Lesson 8 Teacher Guide Sim 2 Investigation Sheet
Lesson 10 Teacher Guide Rainforest, Oil Palm Farm, Self Assessment
Lesson 14 Teacher Guide (original) Palm Farm Design, Money per Crop NEW Updated Teacher Guide Crop Choices in Indonesia, Revisit DQB
Additional Teacher Materials
Additional Student Materials
Google Slides
Teacher Documents
Powerpoints
Google Slides
Student Handouts
Lesson 15 Teacher Guide, Local Project Planning
Media and Interactives
StoryMaps: Lesson 6: Orangutan in Protected Areas StoryMap
Lesson 11: Prairie Strips StoryMap, Prairie Strips: Builds Benefit Naturally
NetLogo Simulations: Read Me First Instructions and Advance Prep Guidance
Lesson 7: Orangutan Forest Model 1
Lesson 8: Orangutan Forest Model 2
Lesson 14: Palm Farm Design- 1-farm model
Lesson 14: Palm Farm Design- 5-farm model
Lesson 14: Crop Calculator Tool: Excel, Google Sheets
Link to View-Only Folder with Simulation and Spreadsheet Files for Download