Biology

Learning Goal:

Explain, based on evidence, that individuals who have a competitive advantage can survive and reproduce at a higher rate.

Estimated Time for The Week: 150 min

Learn & Practice:

1. On the NOVA Evolution Lab
   • Make sure to watch each video before completing the missions.
   • Log in with your school Google account so it will save your progress
   • Complete the first 3 missions (all leaves on each mission). You may do more if you choose.
2. Complete the following worksheet Cladogram Practice
   • You do not need to print it out, you may use your own sheet of paper to answer the questions and draw the cladogram.
   • After you complete the worksheet, snap a picture with your phone or chromebook and email it to your teacher.
3. Be curious; conduct a 2-minute search online to learn something new about an organism that has oddly evolved characteristics. (For real, set a timer!)
   • What is the classification of your organism? Find it’s Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus and Species. Write its scientific name correctly in the proper format.
4. Connect with a classmate or your teacher about an organism you found with some oddly evolved characteristics. How do these characteristics benefit this organism?
5. Click Week 2 QuizLink : Quizziz

You can find information to assist you on the Google Slides Presentation we used last week.

Learning Goal:

Use a mathematical representation to support claims for the cycling of matter and the flow of energy among organisms in an ecosystem. (food web, food chain)

Estimated Time for The Week: 2.5 hours total

Learn & Practice:

Check out this phenomena:

• Did you know that some of the food you eat is being created by a symbiotic relationship between fish and plants??? Check this video out! Farming Fish with Vegetables

Explore:

• Spend 90 second writing down as many questions as you can think of about the phenomena in #1. (Actually set a timer!)e453
• Spend 15-20 minutes investigating, observing, and researching, as much as your can about the phenomena from #1.

Learn & Explain: Use the content below to learn some key information. Take notes as you learn:

• Essential Vocabulary: Use this Quizlet to help you better understand the terminology in the reading and labs below.
• Read the Trophic Levels Review article to better understand the flow of energy and how it is passed from one organism to the next.
• Watch this video Energy Flow in Ecosystems. Energy enters via producers through photosynthesis or chemosynthesis. Producers and consumers release the energy from food through cellular respiration.
• Feed The Dingo Game. Do you think you have the skills to create and sustain your own ecosystem? Your teacher got a score of 1225. Think you can beat it? Take a screenshot of your score and brag to your teachers and friends.

Do & Connect:

• Complete the Model Ecosystems virtual lab to better understand the amount of energy available at each trophic level within an ecosystem.
  1. When you first go to the virtual lab site, you may have to allow Flash Player to begin.
  2. You will need to read the information and procedures on the left side of the screen. The procedure will walk you through exactly how to work through the lab.
  3. This Ecological Pyramids Virtual Lab Activity worksheet will give you a place to record data, but most importantly, it gives you an example about how to do the math part of the lab. Even if you do not want to print the worksheet please look at the math example. This will make your life easier.
  4. HINT: Write down or take a pic of ALL of your numbers as you go through this virtual activity. It may not save your progress and you will need the numbers twice during this activity.
• Try your skills!!! Design, create, build, your own ecological pyramid

Check your knowledge:

• Complete this Quizizz Click on the link and test your skills! Use the code if you need too. #380124. Share your results with your teacher and friends.

Extension Content:

Biomass Energy Read this article if you are looking to further your knowledge.

Learning Goal:

Use mathematical representations to support and revise explanations based on evidence about factors affecting biodiversity and populations in ecosystems of different scales.

Estimated Time for The Week: 90 minutes total

Learn & Practice

Check out this phenomena:

• Read the article What Killed the Great Beasts of North America? on how the Mammoths became extinct.

Explore:

• Spend 90 second writing down as many questions as you can think of about the phenomena in #1. (Actually set a timer!)
• Spend 15-20 minutes investigating, observing, and researching, as much as your can about the phenomena from #1.

Learn & Explain: Use the content below to learn some key information. Take notes as you learn:

• Complete the Quizlet to help better understand the Essential Vocabulary used during this lesson: NGSS HS-LS2-2: Ecosystems, Biodiversity and Succession Flashcards.
• Watch Arizona's Kaibab Plateau to learn about the populations found living in the area of the Kaibab Plateau and what is done to help preserve these organisms. This video will also give you some background information into the Lesson of the Kaibab activity found below.
• Try playing this game Population Explosion to determine what factors can affect populations and how population explosions can be helpful or harmful to the environment.
• Discuss your results with classmates or family members.

Do & Connect:

• Use the Lesson of the Kaibab to further explore the factors responsible for the changing populations of the Kaibab deer population of Arizona from 1905 to 1939.
• If you are willing, share your work with your teacher or parent.