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Unit 2: Ecosystems

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Table of Contents
ToC Ecosystems 2018-19                                                                                                                                          Ecosystems ToC 17/18   
If you are ABSENT, look at the ToC to see if pages have been added. You are responsible for keeping your notebook up to date. Left-hand pages are ones that are your thinking and these must be your own work. Right-hand pages are group or teacher-directed and can be photocopied using the class photocopier. 

Big Aha!
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How can we effectively save endangered species within our communities and on a global scale?

Task
You are a wildlife biologist and have been asked to write a species recovery plan for an endangered species.

Focus Questions
  • What do living things need for survival?
  • How is energy transferred from one organism to another?

Key Vocabulary
​English Language Learners are responsible for words with asterisk (*).
Structure*
Function*
Species*
Habitat*
Ecosystem*
Abiotic*
Biotic*
Biosphere
Communities*
Populations*
Organisms*
Growth rate
Predator*
Prey*
Carnivore* (Primary, secondary, tertiary)
Pollutant (Pollution)*
Herbivore*
Omnivore
Competition*
Interrelate (interrelation)
Symbiosis
Mutualism
Commensalism
Detrivore
​Ecosystem services
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
Biomagnification
Conservation
Conservation status
Endangered
Threatened
Vulnerable
Extinct

Labs

Owl Pellets
Owl Pellet Dissection Lab Handout
​Owl Pellet Dissection Directions
Owl Pellet Dissection Key

Lessons

Lesson 0 - Setup Interactive Science Notebook
​Day 1
(Oct. ) - 7.2.0 - 1 Setup Notebook: TOC & Big Aha 

Day 2 (Nov. 5 - SUB) - 7.2.1 - 3 Complexity of Life: Organisms to Ecosystems ​ - NEXT YEAR: This is Day 7. 
Day 3 (Nov. 7/8) - 7.2.0 - 2 Wolves of Yellowstone & Transition Improv Photosynthesis
Nov. 12 - Unit 1: Summative Modeling Task: Photosynthesis - Zero Waste Challenge due on Thursday
​Day 4 (Nov. 13/14) - 2 steps a Month: Month 3 & 5 mass extinctions & 3 gallon challenge  RECORDER & REPORTER MAKE 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.
Lesson 1 - Organisms to Ecosystems

Samples of Concentric Circles

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Day 5 (DID EARLIER WITH SUB) - 7.2.1 - 2 Video: Ecosystems  - 
Day 6 (Nov. 18 & 20/21) - 7.2.1 - 6 Habitats & Niches -
Nov. 19 - Garden time 

Day 7 (Nov. 22) - 7.2.1- Threatened and Endangered Species & Habitats and Niches
Day 8 (Dec. 2 & 3  ) - Revisit forms & Collect data on carbon sequestration & discuss findings
Day 9 (Dec.4/5 ) - 7.2.1 IUCN Red List & Biomes & Review Carbon Sequestration form 
Day 10 (Dec. 6) - 7.2.1 -  Reviewed Government Report Resource Availability
Day 11 (Dec. 10)  7.2.1 - Rabbits & Foxes 

Lesson 2 Predator, Competitive & Mutually Beneficial Relationships
SUB Day 12 (Dec. 9 ) 7.2.1 - Types of Relationships (Reading) & CER  
Day 13 (Dec. 11/12) - 7.2.2 Cougar Hunt & Carrying Capacity
Day 14 (Dec. 13) - 7.2.2 Cougar Hunt Graphs


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​Day 14 (Dec. 14) - 7.2.2 Analyze Fire Ants CER & Cougar Hunt CER (Cougar Hunt CER on Google Classroom - print when done)
Day 15 (Dec. 17/18) - 7.2.3 Human Population & Keystone, Umbrella, and Indicator Species- Pass out field trip information & Ocean Plastic Pollution: brainstorm Slogan ideas
Day 16 (Dec. 18/19) - 7.2.3 Review Cougar Hunt CER, introduce Food Web, & get into Ocean Plastic Pollution groups - select campaign
Day 17 (Dec. 19/20) - Ocean Plastic Pollution Groups: Reducing Single-Use Plastics Project
Day 18 (Dec. 21) - Ocean Plastic Pollution Groups: Reducing Single-Use Plastics Project (Same slide show as previous day) 


Samples of Food Web

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Day 19 (Jan. 7/8) - Reading: Owl Pellet Dissection & Invasive Species video 
Day 20 (Jan. 8/9) - Owl Pellet Dissection & CER 
Day 21 (Jan. 9/10) - Finish Owl Pellet CER conversation & Invasive Species (NEXT YEAR: Do Owl Pellets first before invasive species) - finish Day 20  and Day 19 PPTs; Peer Grade CER

Lesson 3: Threats to Biodiversity
NEXT YEAR - Move invasive species here
Day 22 (Jan. 11) - Asian Silver Carp CER on Google Classroom - This is an open notebook quiz.
Day 23? Maybe add in Asian Silver population measure

Day 23 (Jan. 14 Period 2  & Jan.  16  P7) - 7.3.3 Albatross bolus dissection & CER; Done early? (Virtual Albatross dissection)
Day 24 (Jan. 15 - SUB - P7 & Jan. 16 P2) - Reading on the 6th Mass Extinction 

Day 25 (Jan. 16/17) - Review field trip expectations; 7.3.3  Species Recovery Plan Introduction
Day 26 (Jan. 18 - Sub P7)- Reflection on Racing Extinction and End of Unit CER

Lesson 4: Summative Task
Day 27 (Jan. 22/23) - Species Recovery Plan Work Day
Day 28 (Jan. 23/24 - SUB) - Work on Species Recovery Project
Day 29 (Jan. 25 - SUB)  - Work Day End of Unit CER, Big Ahas!, Unit 3 Cover Page
Day 30 (Jan. 28/29) -  Biologist on Safari - Wild dogs & White Rhinos - NOTEBOOKS due Jan. 30/Jan. 31
Day 31 (Jan. 29/30) - Finish Biologists on Safari CER & Litterati
Day 32 (Jan. 30/31) - Collect Notebooks & Work on Ocean Plastic Pollution Zero Waste Project
Day 33 (Feb. 1) - Work on Endangered Species Recovery Plan - checklist of how far people are, discuss maps, threats, & brainstorm ideas a kid can do to make a difference 
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THIS IS FROM 2017-2018 - Don't do these things yet...
​Day 11 (Nov. 28/29) - 7.2.2 - Threatened Habitat Research  RECORDER & REPORTER: Threatened Habitat Research (MAKE A COPY, SHARE WITH GROUP & TEACHER)
Day 12 (Nov. 29/30) - 7.2.2 Threatened Habitat Research & Slideshow.  Here is the Checklist of Requirements. 
Day 13 (Dec. 1) - 7.2.2 Slideshow check-in &  on Google Classroom get this document, INDIVIDUAL Species report
- short period - assembly) - 7.2.3 Habitat Slideshow 


2016-2017 - Stuff we didn't do in 2017-18 or embedded above
Stronger Clearer: Why should we care about biodiversity? 
Flashcards on Quizlet (posted on Google Classroom) 
Day 25 (Jan. 24) - Modeling Sampling - Invasive Species 
6th Mass Extinction
Day 35 (Feb. 14) - Coral Lab - Put in Chemistry Unit
Day 36 (BLOCK - Feb. 15/16) - Action Plan - MAKE A COPY and put in group folder

Future things
American Museum of Natural History - biodiversity connections
Small Water Cycle
& Blue Carbon (23 min) - sea grass, mangroves. and salt marshes because of  long term sequestration and storage (not kelp forest because of not long term storage - however super valuable) = double sequester than tropical or temperate rainforest; Loss of coastal wetlands each year is the equivalent to the carbon emissions Great Britain; Eating a shrimp cocktail is the equivalent of eating an entire cow based on the agriculture impact of coastal wetlands that can store 10,000 years of carbon emissions
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
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