"Biological diversity is the key to the maintenance of the world as we know it." (Edward O. Wilson)
Lesson 1: Introduction to Sustainable Ecosystems
01 Sustainable Ecosystems Introduction Powerpoint v3
01 Sustainable Ecosystems Notes V3
01 The Silence of the Frogs WS V4
01 The Silence of the Frogs Reading
Read Pearson p 8-12 (ignore first two pages)
Video - Coral Reef Sustainability Video Video - Importance (Benefits) of Frogs Video
How many species in a cubic foot (photo article)?
Video - Sustainability definition: scientific & simple
Video - Disappearing Frogs: Trying to Save the World's Amphibians - Science Nation
NG Article & Video Link - Ground Zero of Amphibian 'Apocalypse' Finally Found
Lesson 2: Ecosystem Elements
02 Ecosystem Elements Powerpoint
Video - Angel Falls Ecosystem Video Video - UN International Year of Biodiversity
Lesson 3: Food Chains, Food Webs – Review of Grade 8
03 food webs chains trophic levels.pptx
03 Food webs Chains Trophic levels Notes v2.docx
03 Food Webs Trophic levels v3 WS.docx
03 Producers, Consumers, Decomposers, Food Chains, Food Webs (Pearson Pages 30-31)
03 food webs vocab veritech and answers.docx - done in class with Veritech game
Video - Food Chain Song Spiders eat 800 million tonnes of prey - article
Praying Mantis eat small birds - CBC
Lesson 4: Ecosystem Interactions
04 Ecosystem Interactions Powerpoint V3
04 Ecosystems Interactions Notes V3
04 Great Lakes Food Web WS V2 - done in class with Organism Cards from teacher
Video - Competition, Predation + Symbiosis (3 min)
Video - Untamed Science: Symbiosis: Mutualism, Commensalism and Parasitism (5 min)
Video - A Guide to Symbiosis on Coral Reefs (10 min)
Video - Symbiosis: Parasitism - The Cuckoo Chick
Video - Symbiosis: Parasitism - Wasps and Aphids
Video - Symbiosis: Mutualism - Army Ants and the Tree...and the Caterpillar
Video - Avoiding Predators: How to Avoid Being Eaten
Lesson 5: Biosphere + Nutrient Cycles
05 Biosphere and Nutrient Cycling Powerpoint
05_Biosphere and Nutrient Cycles Veritech Game V2
05 Pearson pages 18-19 & 22-27
DVD Flow of Energy and Nutrient Cycling WS - video in class only, not on-line
Low dose pesticides harm birds - CBC News
Lesson 6: Carbon and Nitrogen Cycles
Use handouts and notes from Lesson 5
Nitrogen Cycle Video - 3:30 min (Prize winning video)
Lesson 7: Soil Types
07 Soil and Ecosystems V2.pptx
07 soil and Ecosystems notes v2.docx
09 Soil worksheet and lab activity
Video - Healthy soil, healthy world
CBC Report on Canadian Wastewater Treatment Dec 2016
Read Pearson p 72-75
Lesson 8: Review Soil lab results and Quiz Review
Lesson 9: Quiz #1 – Lessons 1-6 + Safety Rules + Equipment
Lesson 10: Energy Flows
Video - Photosynthesis Song Video - Flow of Energy Video Video - What is cellular respiration?
Interactive - Photosynthesis Video - BBC - Living in an airtight chamber
Read Pearson p 28-29
Lesson 11: Human Impacts on Ecosystems I
Special Biodiversity website - Eric Davis
Read Pearson p 132-135, 137, 143, 145
Video - Minute Earth: Ocean Confetti
Nat Geo Wild: Journey into Amazonia: The Land Reborn
Make the World Greta Again (Full Documentary) VICE
Greta at UN Climate Action Summit (Sept 23, 2019)
-Lesson 12: Human Impacts on Ecosystems II (Sustainable Choices for our future? )
12 Human Impacts on Ecosystems v2.pptx
12 Human Impacts on ecosystems student note.docx
12. Sustainable Use graphing assignment - fishing.docx
Readings Pg 54 - 60 Readings Pg 52, 53, 67 Readings - Pg 132-135, 137, 143, 145
Video - Why is biodiversity so important?
Big Yellow Taxi- Song by Joni Mitchell
Video - The Biodiversity Code
Lesson 13 - Assessing Water Quality - Eutrophication, Biomagnification, Bioaccumulation
Assessing Water Quality WS.docx - Read Pearson p 76-80
Lesson 14: Water Quality Lab
PreLab - Assessing Water Quality
Water quality data blank table 2019
Lesson 15: Lab Data Analysis
Water Quality Analyze Data 2019
Lesson 16: Ecological Footprints
Lesson 17: Review for Sustainable Ecosystem Unit Test
- make a study sheet defining and giving examples of all keywords and concepts on unit outline, include diagrams
- memorize
REVIEW - Pearson Text CHAPTER 1-3 Key Terms.pdf
Lesson 18: Unit Test on Ecosystems lessons, no safety
Not done 2018 / 2019
Extra Challenges: Calculate Your Ecological Footprint- computer lab, what is your impact on ecosystems?
11 Water Pollution PowerPoint V2
12 Invasive species activity.docx
12 Invasive species Scenarios.docx
12 Sustainable use graphing assignment.docx