Final Project Directions: Due Wed, June 12th!
Some Articles and Videos to get you going:
- Tiny Plastics in the Ocean
- Red Legged Frog Reintroduced in Yellowstone
- Palm Oil and Deforestation
- General Info: Green Sea Turtle
- Green Sea Turtles stranded after storm in Texas
- The Sea Level is Rising and an Increasing Rate
- Why are Bees Disappearing?
- Ted Talk: Why are Bees Disappearing?
- Why Are Bees Vanishing?
- Gray Whales in the Bay Area
- Nine Dead Whales in SF Bay Area
- Bangladesh is overcoming floods with floating farms
- New tools for catching poachers in Colorado
- Using DNA to track Poachers in Africa
- Video: Life of a Plastic Bottle
- Banning Plastic Straws
- Video: Can one straw save the world? (Ted Talk) (Biodegradable Plastic, straw ban, plastic in the ocean)
- Why are Sea Turtles being Hunted?
- Sea Turtles Are Endangered, But 42,000 Were Killed Legally Last Year
- Illegal Poaching in Africa
- Illegal Wildlife Trade (Poaching)
- Gray Whales found Dead on CA coast
- Floating Farms (Netherlands) Article
- Floating Farm (Netherlands) Company
- Are Floating Farms our Future?
- Floating Wind Farm
- Dying Elephant Tusks Pink to stop Poachers
- Bison Reintroduction Project Article
- Video: Alaska Wood Bison Reintroduction Project
- Bison of Yellowstone National Park
- Video: What Causes Algal Blooms in Lakes
- Video: Across US, Harmful Algal Blooms Pollute Lakes
- Wildfires and Climate Change
- Western Wildfires
- Causes of Wildfires
- Wildfires in West have gotten bigger, more frequent and longer since the 1980s
Friday!!! 6/7
Agenda:
WISE end of the year benchmark!
www.wise.berkeley.edu
username: First name + last initial + Birthday (include 0's ex. 0606 for June 6th)
**Click on "Add Unit" and type in the access code below**
**Once you finish, go to the ppt. from yesterday, and finish watching the videos!
Friday, 5/31
Agenda:
FINISH Predator/Prey game (graphs and questions)
Stamps:
P. 122- Planet Earth Notes (OK if you were absent)
P. 123- Predator/Prey activity
p. 124- Predator/Prey HW (Back of stamp sheet!)
Homework:
1. Predator/Prey Reading HW- p. 124. Due Friday, 5/31
2. Observing an Ecosystem Booklet- Due Friday, 6/7
Tuesday, 5/28
Agenda:
SBAC makeups!
Stamps:
None
Homework:
1. Predator/Prey Reading HW- p. 124. Due Friday, 5/31
2. Observing an Ecosystem Booklet- Due Friday, 6/7
Planner:
Get out your planner and copy your homework assignments:
1. Predator/Prey Reading HW- p. 124. Due Friday, 5/31
2. Observing an Ecosystem Booklet- Due Friday, 6/7
Friday, 5/24
Agenda:
Intro to Ecology Booklet!
Setting up the booklet and intro to drawing
Stamps:
p. 119 Vocab Homework
P. 121- Intro to Ecology Vocab
Homework:
Ecology Vocab HW- P. 119 Due Friday, 5/24
P. 116
Opener:
1. List as many different sounds as you can hear in the recording.
2. Where do you think the recording was made?
Thursday, 5/23
Agenda:
Complete Intro to Ecology activity- p. 121
**CARDS for the back of the worksheet!**
Stamps:
none
Homework:
Ecology Vocab HW- P. 119 Due Friday, 5/24
Tuesday, 5/21
Agenda:
Finish video from yesterday
Stamps:
P. 113- last stamp on teal stamp sheets
Homework:
Ecology Vocab HW- P. 119 Due Friday, 5/24