Unit 3: Ecosystems

Class Notes PowerPoint

Blank student note packet

Assignments:

1. Organization of the Environment - Bill Nye video and study guide, Organization of the Environment homework packet

2. Biotic Factors - Ecosystems active reading

3. Food Chains - What are some parts of a food chain? activity

4. Ecological Pyramids - Energy Flow in the Ecosystem reading

5. Biomes & Climate - Types of Biomes active reading

6. US Climate / 7. Climatographs / 8. Deserts - Graphing US Precipitation activity

9. Grasslands / 10. Forests / 11. Taiga - Creating Climatographs activity

12. Ecological Succession - Examining Ecological Succession activity

13. Aquatic Ecosystems - Aquatic Ecosystems packet

14. Lakes & Ponds - Bill Nye video & study guide

15. Eutrophication - The Dead Zone activity

16. Types of Aquatic Ecosystems - Freshwater Ecosystems active reading

17. Wetlands - Bill Nye video and study guide

18. Marine Ecosystems - Threats to Marine Ecosystems activity and data

19. Tides - Human Impact on Marine Ecosystems activity

20. Ocean Zones - Diversity reading

21. Unit Exam