Unit 2: Ecosystems
Root Word Quiz
Wednesday, August 18
First 50 Words Only
Practice on Quia
Environmental Law Quiz
Friday, August 20
Practice on Quia
Species Book
Three Resources Due August 20
List of Species Due August 27
One Report Due September 10
Book Due Monday, September 27
Three Resources Due August 20
List of Species Due August 27
One Report Due September 10
Book Due Monday, September 27
Monday, August 16
In-Class: Share Visuals; Predator-Prey Interactions Lab Activity
Assignment: None
In-Class: Share Visuals; Predator-Prey Interactions Lab Activity
Assignment: None
Tuesday, August 17
In-Class: Finish Lab Activity; Discuss Species Book (due Sept. 13)
Assignment: Read Lessons From the Wolf Article; Complete
Lessons From the Wolf Interactions Worksheet; Review Root Words For Quiz
In-Class: Finish Lab Activity; Discuss Species Book (due Sept. 13)
Assignment: Read Lessons From the Wolf Article; Complete
Lessons From the Wolf Interactions Worksheet; Review Root Words For Quiz
Wednesday, August 18
In-Class: Root Word Quiz; Watch "Wolves: A Legend Returns to Yellowstone"
Assignment: Finish Wolf Article and Worksheet; Read Primary Consumer Energy
Flow Lab
In-Class: Root Word Quiz; Watch "Wolves: A Legend Returns to Yellowstone"
Assignment: Finish Wolf Article and Worksheet; Read Primary Consumer Energy
Flow Lab
Thursday, August 19
In-Class: Watch Wolf Video
Assignment: Study for Environmental Laws for Quiz; Find Three Resources for
Species Book
In-Class: Watch Wolf Video
Assignment: Study for Environmental Laws for Quiz; Find Three Resources for
Species Book
Friday, August 20
In-Class: Environmental Law Quiz
Assignment: Bring Three Resources for Species Book Monday
In-Class: Environmental Law Quiz
Assignment: Bring Three Resources for Species Book Monday
Monday, August 23
In-Class: Primary Consumer Energy Flow Lab Setup; Wolf Video
Assignment: Read Ecosystems Outline and Chapter 3 Glossary; Vocabulary Quiz
Wednesday; Environmental Journal - Week 2 Due Tuesday
In-Class: Primary Consumer Energy Flow Lab Setup; Wolf Video
Assignment: Read Ecosystems Outline and Chapter 3 Glossary; Vocabulary Quiz
Wednesday; Environmental Journal - Week 2 Due Tuesday
Tuesday, August 24
In-Class: PCEF Lab; Finish Wolf Video; Ecosystem Notes
Assignment: Ecosystems Outline and Chapter 3 Glossary
In-Class: PCEF Lab; Finish Wolf Video; Ecosystem Notes
Assignment: Ecosystems Outline and Chapter 3 Glossary
Wednesday, August 25
In-Class: PCEF Lab; Work on Species Book in Computer Lab
Assignment: List of Species For Species Book Due Friday
In-Class: PCEF Lab; Work on Species Book in Computer Lab
Assignment: List of Species For Species Book Due Friday
Thursday, August 26
In-Class: PCEF Lab; Ecosystem Notes
Assignment: Cartoon Guide to the Environment - Chapter 2
In-Class: PCEF Lab; Ecosystem Notes
Assignment: Cartoon Guide to the Environment - Chapter 2
Friday, August 27
In-Class: Species Book List Due; PCEF Lab; Reading Quiz; Soil Collection
Assignment: Enviroliteracy/Ecosystems/Main Page & Biodiversity, Classifying
Species, & Drivers of Biodiversity Loss
In-Class: Species Book List Due; PCEF Lab; Reading Quiz; Soil Collection
Assignment: Enviroliteracy/Ecosystems/Main Page & Biodiversity, Classifying
Species, & Drivers of Biodiversity Loss
Tuesday, August 31
In-Class: PCEF Lab; "Eating at a Lower Trophic Level"
Assignment: Finish "Eating at a Lower Trophic Level"
In-Class: PCEF Lab; "Eating at a Lower Trophic Level"
Assignment: Finish "Eating at a Lower Trophic Level"
Wednesday, September 1
In-Class: PCEF Lab; Biodiversity Lab
Assignment: None
In-Class: PCEF Lab; Biodiversity Lab
Assignment: None
Thursday, September 2
In-Class: Video - "The National Parks: America's Greatest Idea"
Assignment: Read Enviroliteracy - Ecosystems: Habitats, Biomes, & Ecoregions,
Hotspots of Biodiversity, Steps Toward Conservation, Value of Biodiversity; Read
The Habitable Planet - Unit 9: Biodiversity Decline (all sections)
In-Class: Video - "The National Parks: America's Greatest Idea"
Assignment: Read Enviroliteracy - Ecosystems: Habitats, Biomes, & Ecoregions,
Hotspots of Biodiversity, Steps Toward Conservation, Value of Biodiversity; Read
The Habitable Planet - Unit 9: Biodiversity Decline (all sections)
Friday, September 3
In-Class: Video - "The National Parks: America's Greatest Idea"
Assignment: Read Enviroliteracy - Ecosystems: Habitats, Biomes, & Ecoregions,
Hotspots of Biodiversity, Steps Toward Conservation, Value of Biodiversity; Read
The Habitable Planet - Unit 9: Biodiversity Decline (all sections); Video Response;
Environmental Journal - Week 4
In-Class: Video - "The National Parks: America's Greatest Idea"
Assignment: Read Enviroliteracy - Ecosystems: Habitats, Biomes, & Ecoregions,
Hotspots of Biodiversity, Steps Toward Conservation, Value of Biodiversity; Read
The Habitable Planet - Unit 9: Biodiversity Decline (all sections); Video Response;
Environmental Journal - Week 4
Monday, September 8
Labor Day - No School
Labor Day - No School
Tuesday, September 7
In-Class: Biodiversity Lab
Assignment: Complete Biodiversity Lab Shannon Index Table
In-Class: Biodiversity Lab
Assignment: Complete Biodiversity Lab Shannon Index Table
Wednesday, September 8
In-Class: Reading Quiz; Finish Biodiversity Lab
Assignment: Read Enviroliteracy - Air & Climate: Biogeochemical Cycles (all
sections); Review The Habitable Planet - Unit 4 (Ecosystems), Section 4
(Biogeochemical Cycling in Ecosystems) - Quiz Friday
Reading Guides: Enviroliteracy; Habitable Planet
In-Class: Reading Quiz; Finish Biodiversity Lab
Assignment: Read Enviroliteracy - Air & Climate: Biogeochemical Cycles (all
sections); Review The Habitable Planet - Unit 4 (Ecosystems), Section 4
(Biogeochemical Cycling in Ecosystems) - Quiz Friday
Reading Guides: Enviroliteracy; Habitable Planet
Thursday, September 9
In-Class: Work on PCEF Lab
Assignment: Read Enviroliteracy - Air & Climate: Biogeochemical Cycles (all
sections); Review The Habitable Planet - Unit 4 (Ecosystems), Section 4
(Biogeochemical Cycling in Ecosystems) - Quiz Friday
Reading Guides: Enviroliteracy; Habitable Planet
In-Class: Work on PCEF Lab
Assignment: Read Enviroliteracy - Air & Climate: Biogeochemical Cycles (all
sections); Review The Habitable Planet - Unit 4 (Ecosystems), Section 4
(Biogeochemical Cycling in Ecosystems) - Quiz Friday
Reading Guides: Enviroliteracy; Habitable Planet
Friday, September 10
In-Class: One Species Book Report Due; Reading Quiz; Finish PCEF Lab - Due
Monday
Assignment: Environmental Journal - Week 5 (Skip the FRQ Question); Work on
Species Book
In-Class: One Species Book Report Due; Reading Quiz; Finish PCEF Lab - Due
Monday
Assignment: Environmental Journal - Week 5 (Skip the FRQ Question); Work on
Species Book
Monday, September 13
In-Class: Competetive Exclusion/Invasive Species Lab
Assignment: "The Living World" FRQs - 2000 #3 Only
In-Class: Competetive Exclusion/Invasive Species Lab
Assignment: "The Living World" FRQs - 2000 #3 Only
Wednesday, September 15
In-Class: Work on Biogeochemical Cycle Presentations
Assignment: FRQs - 2001 #2, 2003 #1
In-Class: Work on Biogeochemical Cycle Presentations
Assignment: FRQs - 2001 #2, 2003 #1
Thursday, September 16
In-Class: Self/Peer Evaluate FRQs; Work on Biogeochemical Cycle Presentations
Assignment: FRQs - 2003 #4, 2010 #3
In-Class: Self/Peer Evaluate FRQs; Work on Biogeochemical Cycle Presentations
Assignment: FRQs - 2003 #4, 2010 #3
Friday, September 17
In-Class: Self/Peer Evaluate FRQs; Work on Biogeochemical Cycle Presentations
Assignment: Send Project Outline on Contact Page
In-Class: Self/Peer Evaluate FRQs; Work on Biogeochemical Cycle Presentations
Assignment: Send Project Outline on Contact Page
Monday, September 20
In-Class: Work on Biogeochemical Cycle Presentations
Assignment: Send Materials to be Copied by 3rd Period Tuesday
In-Class: Work on Biogeochemical Cycle Presentations
Assignment: Send Materials to be Copied by 3rd Period Tuesday
Tuesday, September 21
In-Class: Biogeochemical Cycle Presentations
Assignment:
In-Class: Biogeochemical Cycle Presentations
Assignment:
Wednesday, September 22
In-Class: Biogeochemical Cycle Presentations
Assignment:
In-Class: Biogeochemical Cycle Presentations
Assignment:
Thursday, September 23
In-Class: Biogeochemical Cycle Presentations
Assignment:
In-Class: Biogeochemical Cycle Presentations
Assignment:
Friday, September 24
In-Class: Biogeochemical Cycle Presentations; FRQ Spreadsheet; Reading Quiz
Spreadsheet
Assignment: Species Book Due Monday; Ecosystems Test Tuesday/Wednesday
In-Class: Biogeochemical Cycle Presentations; FRQ Spreadsheet; Reading Quiz
Spreadsheet
Assignment: Species Book Due Monday; Ecosystems Test Tuesday/Wednesday
Monday, September 27
In-Class: Species Book Due; Review for Test
Assignment: Ecosystems Test Tuesday/Wednesday
In-Class: Species Book Due; Review for Test
Assignment: Ecosystems Test Tuesday/Wednesday
Tuesday, September 28
In-Class: Ecosystems Test - Energy
Assignment:
In-Class: Ecosystems Test - Energy
Assignment:
Wednesday, September 29
In-Class: Ecosystems Test - Biodiversity, Biogeochemical Cycles
Assignment:
In-Class: Ecosystems Test - Biodiversity, Biogeochemical Cycles
Assignment:
Ecosystems Test Information
Tuesday's Test Topics: ecosystem organization, energy flow, ecosystem components, ecosystem factors, ecological pyramids, ecosystem productivity, ecological niches/relationships, ecological succession, population dynamics
Reading to Review for Tuesday:
- The Habitable Planet - Unit 4, all sections except 2 and 4
- Chapter 3 Outline and Glossary
- Class Notes
Wednesday's Test Topics: terrestrial and aquatic biomes (general), biodiversity, biogeochemical cycles
Reading to Review for Wednesday:
- The Habitable Planet - Unit 4, sections 2 and 4
- The Habitable Planet - Unit 9
- Enviroliteracy - Ecosystems
- Enviroliteracy - Air & Climate - Biogeochemical Cycles
- Cartoon Guide to the Environment - Chapter 2
Reading to Review for Tuesday:
- The Habitable Planet - Unit 4, all sections except 2 and 4
- Chapter 3 Outline and Glossary
- Class Notes
Wednesday's Test Topics: terrestrial and aquatic biomes (general), biodiversity, biogeochemical cycles
Reading to Review for Wednesday:
- The Habitable Planet - Unit 4, sections 2 and 4
- The Habitable Planet - Unit 9
- Enviroliteracy - Ecosystems
- Enviroliteracy - Air & Climate - Biogeochemical Cycles
- Cartoon Guide to the Environment - Chapter 2
