Directions: As you watch the video “Some Animals are more Equal than Others,” jot notes that will help you answer the following questions.

1. How do the “bottom-up” and the “green world hypothesis” models differ?

2. What was the independent variable in Paine’s starfish experiment? What was his dependent variable?

3. What is a keystone species?

4. What is a trophic cascade?

5. What determines how many species live in a given place?

Video lecture. Take notes for a stamp! The video discusses ecosystem organization, photosynthesis and respiration, and food webs.

Video lecture. Take notes for a stamp! The video discusses food chains and webs, ecosystem productivity, and trophic pyramids.

Follow the instructions for your assigned station below. After you finish, you will share your responses with the other members of your group.

• Station 1 - Grab a textbook and open it to page 77. Paraphrase each of the ways in which ecosystems have value.

• Station 2 - Open this link. Read "From the Ecological Society of America" and "What are ecosysem services." Fill in the missing blanks. Research 3 additional services not included in the list.

• Station 3 - Open this link. Read "What is an ecosystem" and "What are ecosystem services worth?" Answer the two questions on your notes organizer.

• Station 4 - Open this link. Read "How are ecosystem services “cut off”?" Answer the two questions on your notes organizer.

Video lecture. Take notes for a stamp and 100 classwork points! The video discusses:

• Earth’s spheres

• The flow of matter

• Biogeochemical cycles

• The hydrologic cycle

• The carbon cycle

Want to make a color copy of the notes insert? Access the printable images here.

Video lecture. Take notes for a stamp and 100 classwork points! The video discusses:

• The nitrogen cycle

• The phosphorus cycle

• Limiting nutrients

Want to make a color copy of the notes insert? Access the printable images here.

1. Read the “Reviving Dead Zones” article from Scientific American

2. Complete the accompanying handout.

3. Contribute to your group's Top 8 poster. Be prepared to present these to smaller groups.

Monday, September 24, 2018

This Slide deck corresponds to pages 88-90 in our textbook. Follow along to the lecture here.

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

***OPEN THE DOC HERE***

We will perform this lab in class. Please read the introduction, procedures, and questions by Tuesday.

You will receive a paper-based data table and graph paper for your notes. Complete the questions in your notebook.

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

These notes correspond to pages 91-98 in our textbook. Complete these notes using the Cornell Note Method we used on Monday.

Take notes on this video lecture. Use this PDF Slide deck for your reference. Use this concept map if you would like to organize your notes.

Be prepared to engage with the contents of this lecture on 9/26.

Wednesday, September 26, 2018

We will start with a whole-class ocean current demo. Then we will break into two stations, follow the instructions at each station, and then rotate.

Your homework will be to complete the "Weather Station: El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO)" activity by 9/27.

** Open the Doc Here **

Thursday, September 27, 2018

Take notes on this Slide deck using this notes organizer. Make sure the notes get into your notebook!

I recommend that you fold the handout in half, glue/tape into your notebook, and create some Cornell notes around it.

***Open the Doc HERE***

Assigned 9/27. DUE 10/1

Use your assigned biome and follow the instructions. Be prepared to come into class on Monday, 10/1 and share your information with other students.

If you are absent on Monday, you will be responsible for filling in information on all of the biomes. Make sure you are here!

Friday, September 28, 2018

This assignment will be done in class. If you were absent, try to write a response on your own and bring it in by Monday.

APES FRQ - Atmospheric and Ocean Currents

APES FRQ Rubric - Atmospheric and Ocean Currents

Resources:

Information on thermohaline circulation: crjust.us/pp9697

Information on convection currents and Hadley cells: crjust.us/pp9192

**The exam is Thursday, October 4, 2018**

View the Unit 2 Study Guide or make a copy of it.