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Graded test and Quiz will be given back on Monday.
We will start talking about ecology(Ch.22) from tomorrow(Friday). Here is a tentative schedule for the next week.
Instead of Friday we will start this on Monday.
DAY 1: (Friday: Feb 9th)
Read Ch 22: section 1
Make a concept map on Ecosystem: Organism, Population, Community, and Ecosystem (include abiotic and biotic factors).
Students will illustrate the vocabulary words and find the connection between these words.(Assignment will be graded as C.W)
DAY 2 (Tuesday)
Make an outline: Studying populations(Ch 22:SEc 2).
Counting Turtles lab(Page 701)/ Exploring ecosystem(Lab/assignment will be graded:C.W)
DAY 3 (wednesday)
(Relationship: Mutualism, Symbiosis, Commensalisms, Predation, Prey adaptation) We will talk about all these vocabulary words and what they mean. Symbiotic relationship assignment will be graded
Butterfly: Discovery activity(Page 703)
We will work on a project for the next couple of weeks on Endangered species.
DAY 4 (Thursday)
Create a PowerPoint/Keynote on your endangered species.
Choose an endangered species.
Write its food, diet, habitat, biome, characteristics of biome……..
What are the causes that lead to the species becoming endangered?
What was the habitat of the species?
Why should we be concerned about the species?
DAY 5(Friday)
Work on power point
D.E.A.R
(Presentation will be graded on answering all the questions and accuracy of information(60%), correct grammar(20%), completion in a timely manner(20%))
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E.Q: What happens to the ecosystem as a whole, if there is a change in one part? What is meant by “interdependence of nature”?
2: Element: S7L4.a
Demonstrate in a food web that matter is transferred from one organism to another and can recycle between organisms and their environments.
3: Element: S7L4.c
Recognize that changes in environmental conditions can affect the survival of both individuals and entire species.
4: Element: S7L4.e
Describe the characteristics of Earth’s major terrestrial biomes (i.e. tropical rain forest, savannah, temperate, desert, taiga, tundra, and mountain) and aquatic communities (i.e. freshwater, estuaries, and marine).
5: Element: S7CS5.a
Observe and explain how parts can be related to other parts in a system such as predator/prey relationships in a community/ecosystem
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