Unit #3- Week #1
Objectives This Week: The objectives this week is to understand ecosystems and the interactions of organisms in a food web. Students will also understand about ecosystem services and how we study populations. Students will complete an internet activity on population studies and will complete a laboratory activity about Capture, Mark-Recapture.
Monday: Unit # 1, 2 Exam
Notecards Due Tuesday: (Bring Study Book)
Read- "All Because a Fly Went by" "The Day They Parachuted Cats into Borneo Activity & Reflection Borneo Story- PPT DDT in Borneo Reading/Activity (in class) After watching the Borneo video below, answer the following questions in a reflection: (Chalkup) 1: How does the story of Borneo exemplify the idea of ecosystems and the interaction of organisms (specifically the importance of all organisms in that ecosystem)? 2: How does the story exemplify how humans (in our attempt to fix one thing), cause unforeseeable problems in ecosystems? 3: Explain how a toxin in a food web will harm some while killing others- why did the mosquitos and cats die while other things lived? (hint: research bioaccumulation & biomagnification) 4: Explain why you think DDT has been banned in the U.S. but is still in production and used in countries all over the world. 5: If DDT is still being used around the world, but not in the U.S.- are we still exposed to it? (Discuss). 6: Do you think scientists should have sprayed the island with DDT? If not, what should they have done about the Malaria issue? Homework: APES- Ecology Study Guide (read and highlight-don't post)- print out and put into study book! APES Unit #3- Presentation and Study Guide Wednesday:
APES- How A Food Web is Formed Activity Oh Deer- APES Activity (make a data table prior to activity) Assignment: Oh Deer- Handout Homework: Ecosystems Guided Viewing Worksheet Thursday: Ecosystem Services Presentation
Ecosystem Services Assignment Hmwk: SA- The Prolific Afterlife (AVID Article Summary) Link to: Infographic
Friday:
Hmwk: How Big is My Population? Introduction to Population Studies
Something's Fishy Lab- Capture, Mark, Recapture |
Unit #3 Resources
Packums: Determining Population Size
Whale Fluke Lab
Voices in the Sea- Website
Pitfall Traps
Catching Ants with Honey Lab
Whale Fluke Lab
Voices in the Sea- Website
Pitfall Traps
Catching Ants with Honey Lab