Period 5 - 2006
Friday May 26, 2006
1. Review for Ecology Exam
2. Ecology Exam (about 60 points)
Wednesday May 24, 2006
Homework: Review for Ecology Exam
1. Presentations of Ecology Topic Reports
2. Review for Ecology Exam
Monday May 22, 2006
Research Ecology Topics for Group Reports (Begin group presentations at end of period.)
Review of Biogeochemical Cycles.
Thursday May 18, 2006
Due: Plant Competition Inquiry (Planning a & Planning b)
1) Finish Random Sampling Lab (to turn in)
2) Biogeochemical Cycles (Carbon Cycle & Nitrogen Cycle)
Tuesday May 16, 2006 (ITGS Paper III Exam - Few students in class)
Homework: Plant Competition Inquiry (Planning a & Planning b) - Due May 18
1. Simpson Biodiversity Index WS
2. Random Sampling Lab (We will take about 20 minutes to finish it on Thursday May 18.
Friday May 12, 2006
1) Finish Succession
2) Design Plant Competion Inquiry
Wednesday May 10, 2006
1. Intraspecific & Interspecific Competition (See Handout).
2. Succession (See Handout).
3. Homework: In textbooks, Read pp. 480-483, 490-91, & 498-501(in Nemo Books) and pp. 516-520, 530-532 (in Tasmanian Wolf Books)
Monday May 8, 2006
Due: Population Interactions WS and Graph
1) Population Regulation - Finish notes on Dependent and Independent Factors Regulating Population Size - See Handout.
2) Clicker Review of Populations.
3) Lincoln Index & Population Data WS
Thursday May 4, 2006 (IB Math Exam, Pt III) (IB Bio SL & HL Exam, Papers I and II - 12:15 pm until after school)
1) Populations - See Handout.
2) Population Regulation - Notes on Dependent and Independent Factors Regulating Population Size - See Handout.
3) Video: Lemmings
4) Population Interactions: Graphing Populations of Lemmings, Snowy Owls & Arctic Foxes
Tuesday May 2, 2006
Due: Constructing Ecological Pyramids WS
1) Review how to construct Ecological Pyramids and questions from the worksheet.
3) Review of Energy in the Ecosystem (Clicker Review)
4) Quiz: Food Chains, Food Webs & Ecological Niches
Thursday April, 2006 (Final day of the 2nd Six Weeks Grading Period)
Finish Food Chain/Food Web Posters
Tuesday April, 2006
Friday April 21, 2006
DUE: Beastie Key
a. Food Chain & Food Web notes (See handout)
b. Begin Food Chain/Food Web Lab
c. Ecology Readings from your text: pp. 464, 480-81, 510-514.
Wednesday April 19, 2006
Homework: a. All late work and missed quizzes is now due! The next grade reports are at the end of next week!
b. Read pp. 403, 420-421 &441, 559- 563 & 566 (5 Kingdom system) : Clown Fish Book or
---pp. 455-456 & 476, 649-653 & 657 (5 kingdom System): Psychedelic Tiger Cat Book
How to Construct a dichotomous key (example)
Assignment: Constructing a dichotomous key
Clicker Review of Natural Selection & Classification
Monday April 17, 2006
Finish Natural Selection
Classification - See handout to fill out.
Shark Key
Thursday April 13, 2006
Due: Photosynthesis Labs & late Metabolic Rate Labs
1) Review Photosynthesis
2) Photosynthesis Clicker Quiz
3) Natural Selection to "dogs, one species or several?"
Tuesday April 11, 2006 - (53 minute classes: 2 hour late start!)
Due: Metabolic Rate Labs
1) Finish Photosynthesis Lab
2) Begin Natural Selection