Period 7

Monday May 16, 2005

1. Begin Plant Science Unit

2. Dissolved Oxygen Lab

Friday May 13, 2005: Special 8 period schedule (39 minute periods)

1. Ecology Exam

Wednesday May 11, 2005: 2 hour late start

Homework: Review for Ecology Unit Exam

1) Correct Cycles Review WS

2. Conservation of Species & Biodiversity

Monday May 9, 2005

1. Greenhouse Effect

2. Ozone Depletion

3. Nitrogen Cycle

4. Cycles Review WS

5. Review for Ecology Unit Exam

Thursday May 5, 2005

Homework:

a) Readings:

Topic	Clownfish Bk (5th Ed)	Psychadelic Tigercat Bk (6th Ed)
Population Ecology	pp. 464-67, 473-477, 544-545	pp. 496-99, 508-514, 612-613
Succession	pp. 498-499	pp. 530-01
Biodiversity	pp. 500-501	pp. 626-646
Ozone Depletion	pg. 552	pg. 620
Acid Precipitation	pg. 551	pg. 619
Pollution	pg. 550	pg. 618
CO2 & Global Warming	pg. 549	pg. 617
Cycles	pp. 504-07	pp. 572-575
Solving Environmental Problems	pg 554-557	pp. 622-624

 

b) Begin Review for Ecology Unit Exam

1. Natural Cycles Notes (through Carbon Cycle)

2. Simpson Biodiversity Index

3. Review of Populations & Succession

Tuesday May 3, 2005

Homework Due: All late work if you want credit for it!

IB Math SL Exam (Paper I) Today (2/3 of students absent)

1) Population Review

2) Random Sampling Lab

Thursday April 28, 2005: Last day of 2nd 6 weeks

Homework Due:

a) Ecological pyramids lab

b) Food Chain/Food Web Posters

c) Food Chain/ Ecological Niche Quiz

2) Populations

3) Using the Lincoln Index to Estimate Population Size

4) Populations WS

Tuesday April 26, 2005

DUE: a) Food Chain/ Food Web Posters

b) Energy Pyramid Lab

1) Succession (See Handout)

2) Population Regulation (See Handout)

3) Intro to Populations (See Handout)

4) Quiz on Ecological Niches/ Food Chains/ Food Webs

Friday April 22, 2005

DUE: Food Chain/ Food Web Posters

a) Intraspecific & Interspecific Competition

b) Energy Flow through Food Chains

c) Building Energy Pyramids

d) Quiz: Food Chains & Ecological Niches

Wednesday April 20, 2005

a) Energy Flow through Food Chains

b) Ecological Niches

c) Finish Food Chain/Food Web Posters

Monday April 18, 2005

a. Food Chain & Food Web notes (finish 2 handouts)

b. Begin Food Chain/Food Web Lab

c. Food Chain Objectives & Ecology Readings (see top of handout for reading assignment & online resources).

Thursday April 14, 2005

a. Review briefly for quiz.

b. Quiz on Natural Selection & Classification.

c. Food Chain & Food Web notes (2 handouts)

d. Finish dichotomous Beastie key (Due Monday)

 

Tuesday April 12, 2005

Homework: Quiz Thursday on material from Friday 4/8/05 & Tuesday 4/12/05

a. Read pp. 403, 420-421 &441, 559- 563 & 566 (5 Kingdom system) : Clown Fish Book (People originally in Per. 1 or 5) or

---pp. 455-456 & 476, 649-653 & 657 (5 kingdom System): Psychedelic Tiger Cat Book (people originally in Per. 7)

b. Classification

c. Shark Key

d. Begin to build your own "Beastie" Classification Key (Dichotomous Key)

 

Friday April 8, 2005

a. Species and Natural Selection Notes