Performance Task Four Assignment #019 ( BYOB) Build Your Own Biodome

PLEASE COME WORK WITH YOUR INSTRUCTOR FOR CLARIFICATION

What You Will DO:

You are a scientist tasked to create a formal presentation (Power Point, Prezi, Voicethread, etc.) and an example "biodome" to see the effects of changing one variable in that ecosystem (the variable can be biotic or abiotic). You will choose what variable you want to change and how you will collect data to show these changes. You are asked to discuss the resources needed for your "biodome" and the variable you have changed. You will also need to include data to test your "biodome" and it's changes (pH, temperature, blades of grass, etc).

• All ingredients (non-living things) necessary for photosynthesis or cellular respiration
• A model showing energy cycling (chemical equations, diagrams, ven diagrams, t-charts, etc)
• Explanations of how each ingredient is necessary for photosynthesis or cellular respiration
• An explanation based on evidence for the role of photosynthesis in the cycling of matter and flow of energy into and out of organisms

This presentation needs to follow the scientific outline you used in module 1 and include a model and/or a graph that shows and explains your collected data.

You will need to use the notes and videos from modules three, information from class, the internet (trusted sources), you can email or see me for help or clarification on this performance task.

Communities and Biomes Virtual Lab

Virtual Biomes

Different Land Environments

Notes for Biomes/Ecosystems

EXPLORE: Changing Biotic & Abiotic Factors Virtual Lab

Abiotic Factors Virtual Lab