Period 2 - 2007
Friday June 15, 2007:
******Return textbook and lab book
Final Exam for Period 4
Wednesday June 13, 2007:
******Return textbook and lab book
Final Exam for Periods 1 & 2
Monday June 11, 2007:
Homework: a) Online Review for Final
b) Review the following topics that will be on the final (these are from presentations given today and Thursday): [Succession] [Biogeochemical Cycles (Nitrogen & Carbon Cycles)] [Acid Precipitation] [Greenhouse Effect / Global Warming] [Eutrophication & Water Pollution] [Biological Fuels] [Biodiversity] [Conservation of Species & Biodiversity] [Ozone Depletion]
1) Finish Group Presentations of Ecological Problems
2) Review Game for Final Exam
3) Pick up corrected quizzes and homework to review for exam.
Thursday June 7, 2007:
Homework: Begin Online Review for Final
Due: Biogeochemical Cycles Review WS
1) Prepare in Groups to Report on an Ecological Problem
2) Begin Group Presentations
Tuesday June 5, 2007:
Due: a) All missing work!
b) Simpson Biodiversity Index WS
a) Carbon Cycle
2) Review of Biogeochemical Cycles
3) Quiz on Biogeochemical Cycles
Friday June 1, 2007: Minimum Day Schedule (40 min class periods)
1) Simpson Biodiversity Index
Wednesday May 30, 2007: **** Review for Senior Exam ****
1) Lincoln Index: Estimating Population Size - See Handout.
2) Age Structure and Population Trends - See Handout.
3) Population of an Oregon Endangered Species: The Bull Trout (Video)
4) Succession
5) Exam for Seniors (See Online Review)
Friday May 25, 2007: Band Trip
1) Finish Random Sampling Lab
2) Population Interactions: Graphing Populations of Lemmings, Snowy Owls & Arctic Foxes
Wednesday May 23, 2007: Spring Fling (1 hour classes) - Use the Spring Fling time for makeup work!
1) Finish Populations - See Handout.
2) Population Regulation (See Handout)
3) Video Segment: Lemmings in the Arctic
4) Random Sampling Lab (See Handout.)
Monday May 21, 2007
Due: Food Chain/ Food Web Posters
1) Quiz on Trophic Levels, Food Chains & Food Webs, Ecological Pyramids, Ecological Niches, Competition (**Online Reviews for Quiz)
2) Populations - See Handout.
Thursday May 17, 2007
Due: a) Constructing Ecological Pyramids & Review WS
b) Late Food Chain & Food Web Posters
1) Intraspecific Competition vs. Interspecific Competition (See Handout.)
2) Clicker Quiz: Ecological Pyramids (See the Online Review of Ecological Pyramids)
3) Clicker Quiz: Ecological Niches (See the Online Review of Ecological Niches)
4) Quiz (Trophic Levels, Food Chains & Food Webs, Ecological Pyramids & Ecological Niches) (Reviews)
Tuesday May 15, 2007
Homework: Constructing Ecological Pyramids WS
Due: Food Chain/Food Web Posters
1) Constructing Energy Pyramids (See handout.)
Friday May 11, 2007
Homework: Finish Food Chain & Food Web Posters
1) Energy Flow Through Ecosystems
2) Trophic Level Clicker Quiz (See the Online Review of Trophic Levels)
3) Finish Food Chain & Food Web Posters (Due next class!)
Wednesday May 9, 2007
Homework: a. Ecology Readings from your text: pp. 464, 480-81, 510-514.
b. Finish Food Chain/Food Web Posters
c. Online Review: Energy in the Ecosystem Review (Quiz next time!)
DUE: Beastie Key & Classification Quiz
a. Food Chain & Food Web notes (See handout)
b. Begin Food Chain/Food Web Posters
Monday May 7, 2007
DUE: Beastie Key and late Measuring Cellular Respiration or Basal Metabolic Rate Labs
Homework: a. Ecology Readings from your text: pp. 464, 480-81, 510-514.
a. Natural Selection (See Handout.)
b. Classification Quiz
Thursday May 3, 2007
Due: Dichotomous (beastie) key (about 10 minutes given in class to finish)
Natural Selection (See Handout.)
Tuesday May 1, 2007
Homework: a. Finish dichotomous ("beastie") keys
b. Read pp. 403, 420-421 &441, 559- 563 & 566 (5 Kingdom system) : Clown Fish Book or
-- c. pp. 455-456 & 476, 649-653 & 657 (5 kingdom System): Psychedelic Tiger Cat Book
1) Shark Key
2) How to Construct a dichotomous key
Thursday April 26, 2007
Due: Metabolic Rate Labs
Classification - See handout to fill out.
Clicker Review of Natural Selection & Classification
Shark Key