ECOSYSTEMS AND COMMUNITIES:
1. All living things play roles in a food chain. This short cartoon explains just how a food chain works. You'll see why every creature's part is important. Take the quiz when you finish watching the cartoon. How did you do? Also, don't miss the Sea Monsters article available at the website!!!!
2. CLICK HERE to create your own food web! Print your food web when you are finished and share with your class.
3. CLICK HERE to watch an animation about decomposers. Take a quiz at the end of the animation. How did you do
3.1 What important role do decomposers play in all ecosystems?
4. CLICK HERE to watch an animation about an energy pyramid.
4.1 In a healthy ecosystem there are lots of producers, some herbivores, and not many carnivores. Why is this important?
4.2 Why can't food pyramids hold an unlimited number of trophic levels?
5. CLICK HERE to view an animation that shows eutrophication of a river.
6. CLICK HERE to watch a video clip that explains the process of eutrophication of a lake.
6.1 How does the excess algae growth affect the quality of the water?
7. SIX WAYS MUSHROOMS CAN SAVE THE WORLD:
ECOLOGICAL SUCCESSION:
1. CLICK HERE to access a narrated animation on ecological successions. You can take a 2 question quiz at the end of the animation. How did you do?
2. CLICK HERE to access a website with information on ecological succession. On this website you will see the animations from class.
3. CLICK HERE for a short animation on ecological succession.
4. Watch this short, 3 part animation about succession in Glacier Bay, Alaska. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.
POPULATIONS:
1. CLICK HERE to view an animation on how populations grow.
1. 1 Why do most populations show a clump distribution?
1.2 Has human population reached its carrying capacity?
2. CLICK HERE for an animation with two quiz questions about carrying capacity.
3. Watch the video clip we watched in class about human population and carrying capacity.
3.1. Explain ecological footprint
3.2 what are two examples of non renewable resources
3.3 how can we help human population from reaching carrying capacity?
4. THE SCIENCE OF OVERPOPULATION:
5. HANS ROSLING:GLOBAL POPULATION GROWTH, box by box
6. A real-Time Map of Births and Deaths. Source: The Atlantic. Thanks Anna Emy for sharing!
6.1 How does the rate of population growth impact resource availability?
6.2 Are resources distributed equally on Earth?
6.3 Has human population reached its carrying capacity?
7. FOLLOW THE FROG. Rainforest Alliance Advertising video: How can you help save the rainforest?
EVOLUTION:
1. MECHANISMS OF EVOLUTION video clip. watch this video to review genetic drift and microevolution. Once you access the link, check out the student center on the left side corner. You will have access to great review animations!
2. SIMULATION OF GENETIC DRIFT. You can take a 5 question quiz after watching the simulation. How did you do?
3. CLICK HERE to watch a video clip that explains pylogenetic trees, outgroup comparisons, and derived characteristics.
4. What is phylogenic systematics? CLICK HERE to take an evolutionary journey and reconstruct the pattern of events that have led to the distribution and diversity of life.
5. EVOLUTION SONG: Symphony of Science, the greatest show on Earth