Unit 2: Ecosystems |
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Table of Contents
ToC Ecosystems 2018-19
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 student-thinking and this must be your own work. Right-hand pages are group or teacher-directed and can be photocopied using the class photocopier.
Ecosystems TOC 17/18
Big Aha!
How can we effectively save endangered species within our communities and on a global scale?
Task
Create a species recovery plan for an endangered species.
Focus Questions
Key Vocabulary
English Language Learners are responsible for words with asterisk (*).
ToC Ecosystems 2018-19
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 student-thinking and this must be your own work. Right-hand pages are group or teacher-directed and can be photocopied using the class photocopier.
Ecosystems TOC 17/18
Big Aha!
How can we effectively save endangered species within our communities and on a global scale?
Task
Create 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 (*).
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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 Biomagnificiation Conservation Conservation status Endangered Threatened Vulnerable Extinct |
NOTE TO SELF: RENT THEATER FOR RACING EXTINCTION
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 emissiong os Great Britain; Eating a shrimp cocktail is the equivalent of eating an entire cow based on the aquiculture 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
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 emissiong os Great Britain; Eating a shrimp cocktail is the equivalent of eating an entire cow based on the aquiculture 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
Lessons
Lesson 0 - Setup Interactive Science Notebook
Day 1 (Nov. 5/6) - 7.2.0 - 1 Set up Notebook: TOC & Big Aha - work time on title page and data collection form for carbon sequestration
Day 2 (Nov. 13/14 - SUB) - 7.2.1 - 3 Concentric Circles: Ecosystems
Day 3 (Nov. 26/27) - 7.2.0 - 2 Card Sort 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.
Day 4 (Nov. 27/28) - 7.2.0-4 Presentations & 3 gallon challenge
Day 1 (Nov. 5/6) - 7.2.0 - 1 Set up Notebook: TOC & Big Aha - work time on title page and data collection form for carbon sequestration
Day 2 (Nov. 13/14 - SUB) - 7.2.1 - 3 Concentric Circles: Ecosystems
Day 3 (Nov. 26/27) - 7.2.0 - 2 Card Sort 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.
Day 4 (Nov. 27/28) - 7.2.0-4 Presentations & 3 gallon challenge
Lesson 1 - Organisms to Ecosystems
Samples of Concentric Circles
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Day 5 (Nov. 29) - 7.2.1 - 2 Video: Ecosystems
Day 6 (Nov. 30) - 7.2.1 - 6 Habitats & Niches & government report
Day 7 (Dec. 3/4) - 7.2.1- Threatened and Endangered Species & Habitats and Niches
Day 8 (Dec. 4/5 ) - 7.2.1 IUCN Red List & Biomes
Day 9 (Dec. 5/6) - 7.2.1 - Resource Availability
Day 10 (Dec. 7) 7.2.1 - Rabbits & Foxes
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 6 (Nov. 30) - 7.2.1 - 6 Habitats & Niches & government report
Day 7 (Dec. 3/4) - 7.2.1- Threatened and Endangered Species & Habitats and Niches
Day 8 (Dec. 4/5 ) - 7.2.1 IUCN Red List & Biomes
Day 9 (Dec. 5/6) - 7.2.1 - Resource Availability
Day 10 (Dec. 7) 7.2.1 - Rabbits & Foxes
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.
Samples of Food Web
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Day 13 (Dec. 1) - 7.2.2 Slideshow check-in & on Goggle Classroom get this document, INDIVIDUAL Species report
Day 14 (Dec. 4 Per. 2, 6 & Dec. 6 Per. 7) - 7.2.2 Cougar Hunt & Carrying Capacity
Day 15 (Dec. 5 - Per. 7, 2 & Dec. 6 Per. 6) - 7.2.2 Food Web Individual & Keystone, Umbrella & Indicator Species
Day 16 (Dec. 6/7) - Work day - You may work on Individual Food Web, Individual Habitat Research, or Slideshow - See Day 15 for Food Web Requirements
Day 17 (Dec. 8) - 7.2.2 Cougar Hunt
Day 18 (Dec. 9) - 7.2.2 Review Cougar Hunt Graphs & CER & work time
Lesson 3 Predator, Competitive & Mutually Beneficial Relationships
Day 18 (Dec. 11/12) - 7.2.3 Human Population and Relationships
Day 19 (Dec. 12/13) - 7.2.3 Owl Pellet Dissection
Day 20 (Dec. 13/14) - 7.2.3 Litterati & Slide show (TURN IN FOOD WEB - in notebook. I am just looking at the food web.)
Day 21 (Dec. 15 - short period - assembly) - 7.2.3 Habitat Slideshow
NEXT YEAR: Below the order got all switched around because I was out injured: albatross bolus after owl dissection, wild dogs, then invasive species, threats, 6th mass reading.
Lesson 4: Threats to Biodiversity
SUB Day 22 (Dec. 18/19 & 7th period Wed.) - Biomagnification & Invasive Species
SUB Day 23 (Dec. 19/20 & 6th per. Wed.) - Threats & Reading on 6th Mass Extinction
SUB Day 24 (Dec. 20 - 2nd per. Wed. & Dec. 21st - 6 & 7th per.)- Self-Reflection Essay & Big Ahas!
Day 25 (Dec. 22) - Albatross bolus dissection
Day 26 (Jan. 8/9) - Midway video & Litterati Take 2 & CER from Day 25.
Day 27 (Jan. 9/10) Biologist on Safari - Wild dogs & White Rhinos
Day 28 (Jan. 12) - Unit Feedback / Collect Notebooks / Cave Video
Day ? Racing Extinction Reflection & Litterati
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 21 (Jan. 17) - Finish Trophic Levels & Population Samplings
Day 23 (Jan. 20) - Biologists on Safari, group self-grades slideshow & turn in TerrAqua Labs (OK late on Monday)
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 30 (Feb. 1/2) - Finish Racing Extinction, Discussion & Bumper Sticker Contest
Day 31 (Feb. 3) - Food Web Critique & Bumper Sticker Contest
Day 32 (Feb. 6) - Bumper Stickers & Data Collection - Assembly - only met one group
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
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 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
Day 14 (Dec. 4 Per. 2, 6 & Dec. 6 Per. 7) - 7.2.2 Cougar Hunt & Carrying Capacity
Day 15 (Dec. 5 - Per. 7, 2 & Dec. 6 Per. 6) - 7.2.2 Food Web Individual & Keystone, Umbrella & Indicator Species
Day 16 (Dec. 6/7) - Work day - You may work on Individual Food Web, Individual Habitat Research, or Slideshow - See Day 15 for Food Web Requirements
Day 17 (Dec. 8) - 7.2.2 Cougar Hunt
Day 18 (Dec. 9) - 7.2.2 Review Cougar Hunt Graphs & CER & work time
Lesson 3 Predator, Competitive & Mutually Beneficial Relationships
Day 18 (Dec. 11/12) - 7.2.3 Human Population and Relationships
Day 19 (Dec. 12/13) - 7.2.3 Owl Pellet Dissection
Day 20 (Dec. 13/14) - 7.2.3 Litterati & Slide show (TURN IN FOOD WEB - in notebook. I am just looking at the food web.)
Day 21 (Dec. 15 - short period - assembly) - 7.2.3 Habitat Slideshow
NEXT YEAR: Below the order got all switched around because I was out injured: albatross bolus after owl dissection, wild dogs, then invasive species, threats, 6th mass reading.
Lesson 4: Threats to Biodiversity
SUB Day 22 (Dec. 18/19 & 7th period Wed.) - Biomagnification & Invasive Species
SUB Day 23 (Dec. 19/20 & 6th per. Wed.) - Threats & Reading on 6th Mass Extinction
SUB Day 24 (Dec. 20 - 2nd per. Wed. & Dec. 21st - 6 & 7th per.)- Self-Reflection Essay & Big Ahas!
Day 25 (Dec. 22) - Albatross bolus dissection
Day 26 (Jan. 8/9) - Midway video & Litterati Take 2 & CER from Day 25.
Day 27 (Jan. 9/10) Biologist on Safari - Wild dogs & White Rhinos
Day 28 (Jan. 12) - Unit Feedback / Collect Notebooks / Cave Video
Day ? Racing Extinction Reflection & Litterati
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 21 (Jan. 17) - Finish Trophic Levels & Population Samplings
Day 23 (Jan. 20) - Biologists on Safari, group self-grades slideshow & turn in TerrAqua Labs (OK late on Monday)
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 30 (Feb. 1/2) - Finish Racing Extinction, Discussion & Bumper Sticker Contest
Day 31 (Feb. 3) - Food Web Critique & Bumper Sticker Contest
Day 32 (Feb. 6) - Bumper Stickers & Data Collection - Assembly - only met one group
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
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 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
