Human and Jellyfish Impact

Directions: Please review the resources complete the cycle chart. Student will be investigating
how humans have affected jellyfish blooms (radical increase in population) and their effect on
humans.

The cycle chart is used to illustrate the relationship between jellyfish and people. Students will
work in pairs and if there are an odd number of students then there will be one group with three
students. On a cycle chart students can start at any point of the cycle. Ensure that each segment
flow logically according to the arrows.

Students will use formal sentences when filling out the cycle chart. Afterwards we will have a
whole class discussion. The discussion will entail the possible solutions to the problem of
overpopulation of jellyfishes. If you have any questions please ask me.

Resources
1. Jellyfish Swarms are Bad News for Ocean Ecosystems
2. Jellyfish Infestation Caused by Human Activity
3. How to Stop Jellyfish Invasion?

Reference
1. Cycle chart was inspired by presentation of Dr. Kristen Shand

Rubric
Superb Well Done Adequate Inadequate
3 points 2 points 1 point 0 points
Appropriate Content is Content is Content is Content is not
Content thoroughly mostly somewhat reflective of the
reflective of the reflective of the reflective of the resources and is
resources and resources and resources and not appropriate
appropriate to appropriate to partially to the
the relationship the relationship appropriate to relationship
between between the relationship between
humanity and humanity and between humanity and
jellyfishes jellyfishes humanity and the jellyfishes
the jellyfishes
Use of Formal Formal Formal Formal Formal
Sentences sentences are sentences are sentences are sentences are
grammatically mostly partially not used and is
 correct and used grammatically grammatically not
in all of the correct and used correct and is grammatically
segments of the in all of the used in some of correct
cycle chart segments in the the segments
cycle chart
Continuity Cause and effect Cause and effect Cause and effect Cause and effect
Logically Flows are clearly are mostly are partially are not
from One Segment illustrated and illustrated and illustrated and illustrated and
to the Next logically flows logically flows somewhat does not
Segment According from one from one logically flows logically flows
to the Arrows segment to the segment to the from one from one
next according next according segment to the segment to the
to the direction to the direction next according next according
of the arrows of the arrows to the direction to the direction
of the arrows of the arrows
Comprehension The completed The completed The partially Incomplete
cycle chart cycle chart completed cycle cycle chart
shows that the mostly shows chart shows that shows that the
student followed that the student the student did student did not
the directions followed the not understand understand the
and understood directions and the direction nor direction nor the
the intent of the understood the the intent of the intent of the
assignment intent of the assignment assignment
assignment
This is an example of how the cycle chart can be completed.

Pollution
introduced in
the
jellyfishes
habitat.

Poor
business There is a
practices marked
and loss of increase in
income Jellyfish
based on populations.
fishes

Low tier
Upper tier organisms
organisms such as
die out due anchovies or
to lack of algaes are
food. eaten by
jellyfish.