Day 1 (9/8)
EQ: How do different organisms obtain and use energy to survive in their environment?
I Can: explain how behavioral and physical traits increase survival.
Kahoot!
Battle at Kruger video with Questioning Form
Venn Diagram activity--compare and contrast adaptations of all three organisms
Day 2 (9/9)
EQ: How do different organisms obtain and use energy to survive in their environment?
I Can: explain how behavioral and physical traits increase survival.
Energy Needs Notes (slides 1-7)
Guided note sheet (Fill in just the first page)
Life as a Hunter (turned this in at the end of class)
Day 3 (9/10)
EQ: How do different organisms obtain and use energy to survive in their environment?
I Can: determine whether living in a group or alone is more beneficial to survival.
Write Life as a Hunter CER (formative)
CER Notes & Practice
Graphic Organizer Pieces (fill in using CER notes, cut along the dotted line, paste each part onto 1 of 4 sides of a folded paper)
Create & evaluate CERs in groups
Day 4 (9/11)
EQ: How do different organisms obtain and use energy to survive in their environment?
I Can: explain how energy is used in organisms.
CER practice
Energy Use notes (slides 9-14)
Guided note sheet (fill in back page)
How is Energy Used? Activity
Day 5 (9/12)
EQ: How do different organisms obtain and use energy to survive in their environment?
I Can: explain how energy is obtained from Macromolecules and used in organisms.
Finish "How is Energy Used"
Macromolecule Notes (Use these slides to fill in the guided note sheet)
Guided note sheet (complete pages 1-3)
Day 6 (9/15)
EQ: How do different organisms obtain and use energy to survive in their environment?
I Can: explain how energy is obtained from Macromolecules and used in organisms.
Finish Macromolecule Guided Notes
Macromolecule Practice Packet (stop before CER on last page)
Day 7 (9/16)
EQ: How do different organisms obtain and use energy to survive in their environment?
I Can: explain how energy is obtained from Macromolecules and used in organisms.
Go over Lion vs Elephant Diet CER (From Macromolecule Packet)
Sample data (use if absent--scroll down to Table 2 for the data)
Complete CER in macromolecule lab (turn in for formative grade)
Day 8 (9/17)
EQ: How do different organisms obtain and use energy to survive in their environment?
I Can: describe how energy flows through a food web
Creating Chains & Webs activity (stop after creating food web in Part 3)
use the Gorongosa cards to complete, if absent
Day 9 (9/18):
EQ: How do different organisms obtain and use energy to survive in their environment?
I Can: describe how energy flows through a food web & the impact that keystone species have on that web.
Finish Creating Chains & Webs activity (turn in when finished)
Notes: Ecological Relationships (Predator/Prey) (slides 11-14)
Ecological Relationships POGIL (skip pages 3-4, and very last question)
Day 10 (9/19)
EQ: How do different organisms obtain and use energy to survive in their environment?
I Can: describe how energy flows through a food web & the impact that keystone species have on that web.
Finish Ecological Relationships POGIL
Check answers against my answer key! Ask any questions you have!
Notes: Keystone Species & Trophic Cascades (slides 15 - 20)
Watch Yellowstone Video (in slides)
Aquatic Keystone: Exit Slip (complete and turn in, if absent)
Day 11 (9/22)
EQ: How do different organisms obtain and use energy to survive in their environment?
I Can: describe how population growth occurs and how carrying capacity impacts that growth
Organize Binder
Go over Aquatic Keystone Species practice worksheet
Carrying Capacity Graphing Activity (Do only 1 of the 4 graphs, Collaboration sheet in groups)
Day 12 (9/23)
Catch up/ Review day
Finish debriefing Carrying Capacity & Population Growth (if absent, look over the slides, make sure you can answer the questions)
Review game (not necessary to complete if absent, but good extra practice)
Make notecard
3x5 size, both sides are fine, must be handwritten by you!, will be turned in with the test
Answer Key....do the work first, then check your answers!
Day 13 (9/24)
Unit 2 Community Ecology: Content Test
Go to the Unit 3 page for the Nitrogen Cycle Interactive