Unit 2: Ecosystems |
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Table of Contents
Ecosystems TOC 17/18
Ecosystems TOC 16/17
Essential Question
How can we effectively save endangered species within our communities and on a global scale?
Focus Questions
Key Vocabulary
Ecosystems TOC 17/18
Ecosystems TOC 16/17
Essential Question
How can we effectively save endangered species within our communities and on a global scale?
Focus Questions
- What do living things need for survival?
- How is energy transferred from one organism to another?
Key Vocabulary
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Structure
Function Species Habitat Ecosystem Abiotic Biotic Biosphere Communities Populations Organisms Growth rate Predator Prey Carnivore (Primary, secondary, tertiary) Pollutant Herbivore |
Omnivore
Competition Interrelate (interrelation) Symbiosis Mutualism Commensalism Detrivore Parasitism Food chain Food pyramid Food web Keystone species Umbrella species Ecologists Consumers Producers |
Threats
Toxins Pollution Invasive Native Carrying capacity Concentrate (concentration) Offspring Bioaccumulation Conservation Conservation status Endangered Threatened Vulnerable Extinct |
Labs
Owl Pellets
Owl Pellet Dissection Lab Handout
Owl Pellet Dissection Directions
Owl Pellet Dissection Key
Owl Pellet Dissection Lab Handout
Owl Pellet Dissection Directions
Owl Pellet Dissection Key
Lessons
RENT THEATER FOR RACING EXTINCTION - no on gummy snacks in snack packs
NEXT YEAR: Look at LCD Resources for CO2 and plants
Add in: Day 6 - Plastics in the Water Column (Monterey Bay Aquarium activity)
Day 7 - Plastics in the Water Column continued - Introduce Claim-Evidence-Reason Graphic Organizer. and t's Okay to Be Smart: How Much Plastic is in the Ocean? video
Lesson 0 - Setup Interactive Science Notebook
NEXT YEAR: Look at LCD Resources for CO2 and plants
Add in: Day 6 - Plastics in the Water Column (Monterey Bay Aquarium activity)
Day 7 - Plastics in the Water Column continued - Introduce Claim-Evidence-Reason Graphic Organizer. and t's Okay to Be Smart: How Much Plastic is in the Ocean? video
Lesson 0 - Setup Interactive Science Notebook
Day 1 - Setting up notebook for unit: new table of contents, title page & Aha! pages
Day 2 - Background research on 5 Mass Extinctions of the Past - Each group makes one copy of this document. Share the document with your classmates. Your teacher will assign one of the 5 mass extinction events for you to research. Create a poster on a whiteboard or large sheet of paper including key points from your research.
Day 3 - Poster presentations
Day 4 (11/28) - Ecosystems notes (p. 69) & Concentric Circles: Ecosystems (p. 68)
Day 2 - Background research on 5 Mass Extinctions of the Past - Each group makes one copy of this document. Share the document with your classmates. Your teacher will assign one of the 5 mass extinction events for you to research. Create a poster on a whiteboard or large sheet of paper including key points from your research.
Day 3 - Poster presentations
Day 4 (11/28) - Ecosystems notes (p. 69) & Concentric Circles: Ecosystems (p. 68)
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Day 5 (11/29)- Super Heroes & Threatened & Endangered Species
Day 6 (block 11/30 or 12/1) - TerrAqua lab
Day 7 (12/2)- Check TerrAqua & Team Contracts (MAKE A COPY, SHARE WITH GROUP & TEACHER)
Day 8 (12/5) - Check TerrAqua & Finish Team Contracts
NEXT YEAR: Photosynthesis mini- unit
- Lesson 2 Vocab for trophic levels
- Lesson 3 from MCOE NGSS Bundle
Day 9 (12/6) - Habitats & Niches
NEXT YEAR - Stronger Clearer: Why should we care about biodiversity?
12/7 - SUB
Day 10 (12/9) - Biomes
Day 11 (12/12) - Threatened or Endangered Habitat (Choosing a location guide) & Threatened Habitat Research (MAKE A COPY, SHARE WITH GROUP & TEACHER)
Day 12 (12/13) - Discourse and Threatened Habitat Research
Day 13 (12/14 SUB & 12/15) - TerrAqua observations & scale drawing; Threatened Habitat Research IUCN Redlist. DONE RESEARCH? Look at the RUBRIC for the slideshow and begin to create it.
Day 14 (12/16) - TerrAqua observations & Human Population Changes - (Note to self: THESE DAYS GOT FLIPPED AROUND - look at Day 14 & 15. These flipped last year. Did Day 15 on Friday Relationship PPT because needed to get info for quiz.)
FRIDAY - Day 14B (12/16) - Cougar Hunt & Relationships PPT - Study Guide for Ecology Quiz
Day 15 (12/19) - Cougar Hunt - Quiz next class; To study look at Study Guide for Ecology Quiz, Flashcards on Quizlet (posted on Google Classroom) and in interactive science notebook on p. 67-69, 73, 79. It's a closed notebook quiz, 15 multiple choice or true/false questions that will be given on Google Classroom.
Day 16 (12/20 & 12/21 - BLOCK) - Threatened and Endangered Species Research - NEXT YEAR - ADD TROPHIC LEVELS HERE
Day 17 (Dec. 22 - Assembly schedule) - TerrAqua & period 7 started Slideshow
Week 20
No School Monday - Jan. 9th
Day 18 (Jan. 10) - Turn in 3 Gallon Challenge, last measurement TerrAqua, dismantle TerrAquas, Month 4 2 Steps a Month
Day 19 (BLOCK - Jan. 11/12) - Habitat Research presentations; Carrying Capacity Notes; work time - do ONE TerrAqua Graph for next class (we'll review & revise them in class)
Day 20 (Jan. 13) - Revisions of TerrAqua & Trophic Levels
Week 21
Day 21 (Jan. 17) - Finish Trophic Levels & Population Samplings
Day 22 (BLOCK - Jan. 18/19) - Habitat Research Slideshow Feedback and Work Day (RERUN+, slideshow)
Day 23 (Jan. 20) - Biologists on Safari, group self-grades slideshow & turn in TerrAqua Labs (OK late on Monday)
Week 22
Day 24 (Jan. 23) - Finish Biologists on Safari & Keystone Species - HW: Draw a rough sketch of your food web for your habitat - due BLOCK day
Day 25 (Jan. 24) - Modeling Sampling - Invasive Species
6th Mass Extinction
Day 26 (BLOCK - Jan. 25/26) - Readings on 6th Mass Extinction
Day 27 (Jan. 27) - Food Webs & Threats to Habitat
Week 23
Day 28 (Jan. 30) - Threats to Habitat (Period 4 & Period 7) & Racing Extinction Documentary
Day 29 (Jan. 31) - Racing Extinction Documentary
Day 30 (Feb. 1/2) - Finish Racing Extinction, Discussion & Bumper Sticker Contest
Day 31 (Feb. 3) - Food Web Critique & Bumper Sticker Contest
Week 24
Day 32 (Feb. 6) - Bumper Stickers & Data Collection - Assembly - only met one group
Feb. 7 - RAIN DAY - School Closed
Day 33 (BLOCK - Feb. 8/9) - 2 Steps Month 5, Read Owl Pellet Lab handout, Bumper Stickers & RAIN DAY - School Closed Feb. 9
Feb. 10 - Owl Pellet Lab (from Rain Day)
Week 25
Day 34 (Feb. 13) - Finish Owl Pellet Dissection, annotate writing, Month 5 & Wrap up misc. pieces
NEXT YEAR: Lesson 4 - food molecules are rearranged for organism to use for the processes of life (NOTE: we did not do a good job of processes in 6th grade); food molecules contain carbon. They react with oxygen to release energy. As a result, carbon dioxide and water are produced.
Day 35 (Feb. 14) - Coral Lab
Day 36 (BLOCK - Feb. 15/16) - Action Plan - MAKE A COPY and put in group folder
Day 37 (Feb. 17) - Work on 5 Paragraph Reflection Essay (p. 94), Action Plan or Big Ahas! NOTEBOOKS DUE: Friday, March 3rd
Week 26
DUE FRIDAY: Interactive Science Notebook with 5 paragraph essay on p. 94
Day 38 (Feb. 27) - Infographics
Day 39 (Feb. 28) - 10 min. check in on Action Plan
Day 40 (March 1/2) - Bumper Stickers submitted, 5-10 min. Action Plan check in, work on Prezi (Requirements for Prezi)
Day 41 (March 3) - Turn in notebooks; Last Straw Day; work on Action Plan
Planet Earth - Episode 9 Shallow Seas Video - Sub plan
Day 32 (Feb. 10) - Infographics
Vermiculture
How to build a worm bin by the Environmentals
Bees
Bill McKibben's on Bill Moyers - 6 min. video short
