Ecosystems

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March 16th- April 3rd, 2020

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• Relationships in Ecosystems Assessment
• Complete Carbon Notes
• Homework:Work on any missing assignments. The deadline to turn them in is Wednesday the 18th.

• Go to the three websites about Carbon and the Carbon Cycle posted on Google Classroom, read the information and complete 3 column notes.
• Homework: Symbiosis assessment tomorrow; Make sure vocab and notes are done.

• Symbiosis Tree Map Review
• Go over Symbiosis handout
• Formal observation of EIB
• Cycling of Matter probe
• Set-up 3 Column Notes
• Homework: Symbiosis assessment on Friday

• Take formal observation of ecosystem in a bottle on Google Classroom
• Watch Brain Pop Symbiosis
• Review notes on pg. 32- annotations, summary, questions on the margin.
• Homework: Symbiosis assessment on Friday

• Read the National Geographic article posted on Google Classroom: Symbiosis: The Art of Living Together and complete Cornell Notes on Pg. 32NB
• Use the Cornell Notes to identify the types of relationships between organisms posted on Google Classroom
• Homework: Complete anything not completed in class

• Label and color the sketch
• Complete materials and procedures and submit copy on Google Classroom
• Define Symbiosis Terms posted on Google classroom on pg. 31NB
• Homework: Complete definitions

• Warm up: What have you noticed about the banana vs. the straw in the EIB?
• Data collection from EIB
• Finalize poster bubble map with research question
• Work on Materials and Procedures for EIB
• Homework: None

• Warm up: How has your ecosystem in a bottle changed over the last few days?
• EIB Sketch
• Homework: Complete Sketch

• Determine question level and change top three questions to a level three using question stems
• Research Question bubble map and Hypothesis
• Begin Sketch of EIB
• Homework: None

• Warm-up: What did you consider while setting up your ecosystem in a bottle?
• EIB- Initial observation list
• QFT- Determine research question
• Homework: None

• Complete Ecosystem in a Bottle Set-up
• Homework: None

• Build Ecosystem in a Bottle
• Homework: Bring Project Materials

• Complete Symbiosis One Pager on Google Classroom
• SyncBlast on Coal
• Homework: Collect project materials and bring them to class; Complete anything not completed in class.

• Continue with Ecology Webquest on Google Classroom
• Homework: Collect project materials; Complete Ecology Webquest

• Work on Ecology Webquest on Google Classroom
• Homework: Collect project materials

• Continue with Ecosystem in a Bottle Research
• Homework: Collect project materials

• Ecosystem in a Bottle (EIB) Introduction
• Group Project Contracts
• Group Project Research and Methodology
• Homework: Collect project materials

• Complete CER
• Endangered Species Digital One Pager on Google Classroom
• Homework: Complete One Pager

• Brainpop on populations
• Tree Map for Populations and Resources
• CER
• Homework: None

• Feed the Dingo and Create a Mangrove Games- Fill in your tree map on pg. 27NB as you play.
• Homework: None

• No Warm-ups this week
• Read and Annotate pg. 77-79WB
• Complete Pika Investigation pg. 78WB
• Complete vocab #7-11
• Homework: None.

• No Warm-ups this week
• Read and Annotate pg. 74-75WB
• Complete Evidence Part A pg. 72WB
• Lab-Fishing population change-Answer questions #5-7 pg. 76-77
• Set up vocab and fill in #1-6
• Homework: Complete definitions for Vocabulary words 1-6 only.

• No Warm-ups this week
• Phenomena Encounter pg.67WB
• Probe Population and Community pg. 69WB
• Encounter the Phenomena II pg. 71WB
• Complete Claim pg. 72WB

• Warm-up: How is an energy pyramid organized?
• Energy Flow Assessment
• Practice CER
• Homework: None

• Warm-up: What do all living things have in common? Make a list
• Warm-up: What is a difference between a food chain and a food web?
• Brain Pop: Food Chains and Energy Pyramid-What does an energy pyramid have to do with a food chain? Cornell Notes pg. 23NB
• Review Cornell Notes on Ecosystem (3 Questions and Summary)
• Review Tree Map for CER
• Lesson review pg. 40-42WB
• Homework: Assessment tomorrow! Deadline for missing work is tomorrow!

No warm-up today

• Is it living or nonliving lab review
• When is something considered living? Article-Annotate and answer Questions
• How does energy flow in an ecosystem? Online simulation and virtual lab. (Sign on and complete through Inspire Science)
• Homework: Assessment this Friday! Deadline for missing work is this Friday!

• No Warm up today
• Is it living or nonliving lab
• Homework: Assessment this Friday! Deadline for missing work is this Friday!

• Warm-up pg. 19NB-What are producers, consumers, and decomposers?
• Revisit ecosystem web and highlight vocabulary terms over each arrow.
• Tree Map Review for Ecosystem pg. 18NB
• Ecosystem Cornell Notes pg. 21NB
• Homework: Assessment this Thursday! Complete Cornell Notes on Ecosystem!

• As a group complete the ecosystem web.
• Homework: Assessment has been postponed.

• Define the 12 vocabulary terms posted on Google Classroom. Definitions should be completed on pg. 16-17 of your notebook
• Homework: Assessment has been postponed.

• No warm up today
• Healthy Kids Survey
• Homework: Assessment has been postponed.

• No warm up today
• Review Tree Map
• Card Web Activity
• Homework: Assessment this Friday!

• Warm-ups pg. 13NB- What are biotic and abiotic factors?
• Complete Group Analysis and Discussion about Biotic and Abiotic Factors of given ecosystem
• Read and annotate the Flow of Energy Article: staple onto pg. 14NB
• Complete Tree Map for Producers, Consumers, Decomposers pg. 15NB
• Homework: Complete Tree Map; Assessment this Friday!

• Complete Claim pg. 28WB
• Biotic and Abiotic-What are they? Define and Discuss
• Schoolyard Field trip for Biotic and Abiotic Examples-T-Chart pg. 12NB
• Group Analysis and Discussion about Biotic and Abiotic Factors of given ecosystem
• No Homework

• Pass out unit 4 Books
• Encounter the Phenomenon- Sea Slug pg.3WB
• Plant Procedures Probe pg.5WB
• Exploring Energy Probe pg. 25WB
• Encounter the Phenomenon-Explain how organisms are related (Use picture posted on GC)
• No Homework

• Read the Underwater Volcanoes and Ecosystems Article on Google Classroom and complete the digital one pager.
• Homework: Complete the digital one pager if not completed in class.