Unit 3

Important Dates:

1) Unit 3 Test: Monday 10/15 - Test Grade ****** Change is Test DATE*****

NC Essential Standards:

Bio.2.1.1 Analyze the flow of energy and cycling of matter (such as water, carbon, nitrogen and oxygen) through ecosystems relating the significance of each to maintaining the health and sustainability of an ecosystem.

Bio 2.1.3 Explain various ways organisms interact with each other (including predation, competition, parasitism, mutualism) and with their environments resulting in stability within ecosystems.

Bio 2.2.1: Infer how human activities (including population growth, pollution, global warming, burning of fossil fuels, habitat destruction and introduction of nonnative species) may impact the environment.

Bio.2.2.2 Explain how the use, protection and conservation of natural resources by humans impact the environment from one generation to the next.

Bio.2.1.4 Explain why ecosystems can be relatively stable over hundreds or thousands of years, even though populations may fluctuate (emphasizing availability of food, availability of shelter, number of predators and disease).

Daily Agenda:

*** Most of the stuff in this unit is prior knowledge from 8th grade and Earth Science. Therefore, we are going to go through the content very quickly. ***

Day 1 (Friday 5th): Food Webs and Food Chains and Human Impact them; Interaction between animals and animals with their surroundings (Bio 2.1.1, Bio 2.1.3)

1) Food Web and Food Chain Reading with analysis questions

2) WB meeting about information

3) Start on research for environmental factors

Weekend Homework: Research and complete packet for seven factors impacting NC ecosystems

Day 2 (Monday 8th): Carbon, Nitrogen, Water Cycle, Early Earth Atmosphere (Bio 2.2.1)

Homework: Research and complete packet for four factors impacting NC ecosystems

Day 3 (Tuesday 9th): How can humans positively impact the environment and ecology? (Bio 2.2.2)

1) Case studies

Homework: Study Guide --> We will not have time to go over this before the test, however you can see me in the morning each morning before the bell rings.

Day 4 (Wednesday 10th): Test Day (~30 multiple choice questions with additional short answer questions)

Grades that will be collected:

1) Classwork Grade:

A) Food chain and Food Web Activity - Friday

2) Student Engagement: Study Guide collected 10/12

3) Test: Test taken on Friday 10/12

C-N Nutrient Cycles Webquest-UPDATED-S-18

This will teach you about the nutrient cycles (nitrogen, carbon, and phosphorus cycles). If you were out because of the PSAT then you can complete this online activity to introduce you to the important parts of each cycle.

biogeochemical_cycles.pdf

This worksheet is an alternative to the cycles from the webquest. Either one give you the same information

Ecology - Spring 2013

These are the notes that we went over in class during this unit. There were guided notes that we took that followed this presentation.

Ecology Study Guide

This study guide will guide you to information that we discussed in the unit. It follows the guided notes that we took as a class. If you know this then you will be prepared for the test that you will take on Friday 10/12/2018.

Biogeochemical Cycles

This is an abbreviated powerpoint that covers that different geochemical cycles that were covered by the webquest and article reading.

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