EARTH SCIENCE MATERIAL COVERD IN ECOLOGY

 

  1. 9/13/07

GAVE BACK PEPSI LABS TO CORRECT.  INTRODUCED ECOLOGY.  STUDIED GRASS SOD SAMPLE AS AN ECOSYSTEM.

  1. 9/17

QUIZZED OR REVIEWED PREVIOUS DAYS MATERIAL.  MADE AN ECOSYSTEM IN A 2 LITER BOTTLE AND TOOK OBSERVATIONS

  1. 9/19/07

COVERED NOTES THROUGH LIMITING FACTORS.

  1. 9/21

COVERED EXPONENTIAL GROWTH AND BIOTIC POTENTIAL.  PLACE INSECT TRAPS OUTSIDE TO TAKE POPULATION STUDIES OF INSECT POPULATIONS.(BUG TRAPS)

  1. 9/25/07

FINISHED POPULATION TERM OF CARRYING CAPACITY.  FINISHED THE ACTIVITY SHEET.  PICKED UP BUG TRAPS.  OBSERVED ECOSYSTEMS.  COVERED TYPES OF ORGANISMS IN AN ECOSYSTEM..  STARTED A PRETATOR/PREY LAB

  1. 9/27

FINISHED THE TYPES OF RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN AN ECOSYSTEM AND WORKED ON THE PREDATOR PREY LAB

  1. 10/01

QUIZZED ON RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN AN ECOSYSTEM.  FINISHED LAB ON PREDATOR/PREY.

BEGAN OWL PELLET LAB.

THE SYSTEM HAS BEEN DOWN

  1. 10/24/07

TEST TAKEN LAST TIME WAS MADE-UP, WHILE THOSE COMPLETED WATCHED A VIDEO ON BIOMES.  PORTFOLIO MATERIALS WERE ORGANIZED FOR PARENT/STUDENT NIGHT.

  1. 10/26/07

  THE NITROGEN CYCLE WAS COMPLETED.  HAD A FIRE DRILL.  STARTED THE PH LAB

  1. 10/30/07

MADE POWER POINT PRESENTATIONS OF BIOMES

  1. 11/1

COVERED THE ENERGY FLOW OF AN ECOSYTEM AND COMPLETED ACTIVITIY SHEETS

FINISHED PH LAB IN A-3.  STARTED BIOMASS LAB IN A-2 AND A-3

  1. 11/5/07

WE CLARIFIED THE BIOMASS LAB AND FINISHED POWER POINT PRESENTATIONS ON BIOMES.

  1. 11/7/07

COVERED SUCCESSION FOLLOWED BY A QUIZ ON ENERGY FLOW.  WATCHED A VIDEO ON YELLOWSTONE AND ITS NATURAL SUCCESSION AFTER THE FIRE.

13    11/9/07

QUIZZED ON SUCCESSION.  STUDENTS GAVE BIOME POWER POINT PRESENTATION.  REVIEWED FOR TEST NEXT TIME.

  1. 11/13/07

TOOK TEST ON CHAPTER TWO.  WORKED ON BIOMES

  1. 11/15

FINISHED BIOMES AND PRACTICED THEM WITH PARTNERS.

  1. 11/19

WORKED ON POWER POINT PRESENTATION FOR WATER ECOLOGY SYSTEMS

  1. 11/26

FINISHED POWER POINT PRESENTATIONS.   WORKED ON BIOME IDENTIFICATION.

  1. 11/28/07

REVIEWED BIOMES.  PRESENTED POWER POINT PROGRAMS ON RIVERS, LAKES, AND WETLANDS.  SAW A BILL NYE VIDEO ON WETLANDS

  1. 11/30

FINISHED WATER ECOLOGY.  QUIZZED ON BIOMES.  WATCHED A DVD ON WATER ECOLOGY

  1. 12/4/07

QUIZZED ON WATER ECOLOGY.  REVIEWED FOR TEST.  WATCHED A VIDEO ON CORAL REEFS

  1. 12/6

PRE-TESTED AND TOOK CHAPTER THREE TEST

  1. 12/10/07

INTRODUCED BIODIVERSITY.  ANSWERED FIRST FIRST EIGHT REVIEW QUESTIONS.  WATCHED AND TOOK NOTES ON THE BILL NYE VIDEO ON BIODIVERSTIY.

  1. 12/12

WORKED ON BIODIVERSTIY NOTES.  COMPLETED MASS OF PLANT LAB.  STARTED BIODIVERSITY LAB.  A-3 COMPLETED BIODIVERSITY LAB AND HABITAT REDUCTION LAB

  1. 12/14

FINISHED BIODIVERSITY NOTES.   STARTED EXTINCTION LAB.  WATCHED VIDEO ON ACID RAIN

  1. 12/18/07

QUIZZED ON BIODIVERSITY.  FINISHED LAB ON EXTINCTION.

  1. 12/19/07

THIS UNIT IS COMPLETED.  SOME STUDENTS WILL TAKE THE TEST OR MAKE IT UP, WHILE THE REST WILL HAV A CHRISMAS ACTIVITY.  THE NEXT UNIT WILL BEGIN AFTER CHRISTMAS BREAK.