2013-14+Ecosystems

**Essential Standard #:**
 * 8.L.3: Understand how organisms interact with and respond to the biotic and abiotic components of their environment. **

=Mar 13-Thursday=

Ecosystem Test
=Mar 12-Wednesday=

Bill Nye: Food Webs and worksheet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVB82laAJl0

=Mar 11-Tuesday=

Modeling Ecosystems Virtual Lab
Go to the following website and read the information on the left to fill in the guided notes. Work through the virtual lab to complete the worksheets and answer the questions. http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/genbio/virtual_labs/BL_02/BL_02.html

= Mar 10- Monday =

Build a food web activity
==== Cut and Paste the NC organisms on the construction paper. Use arrows in the correct direction to show the flow of energy. Label and color each organism according to their place in the food web. (Ex: Producers, 1st Consumer, etc.). You are creating an ecosystem in your drawing then placing the pictures to where they would reside in. Do not forget to draw a key that represents your colors and levels. ====

Third consumer = 3
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= Mar 7-Friday =

Food Chain Pyramid
==== Begin by folding a piece of paper taco style, forming a square. Cut off the excess rectangle tab formed by the fold. Open the paper and refold the opposite way. Fold the paper along the diagonals and add lines as seen in the drawing below: ==== = =

[[image:mrscameronswiki/pryamid.jpg caption="pryamid.jpg"]] [[image:mrscameronswiki/labeled pyramid.jpg caption="labeled pyramid.jpg"]]
==== In the middle lined section, fill in the following (beginning at the bottom/largest spot). Include the definitions of each trophic level. EX: Producers: Organisms that create their own food through chemical reactions like photosynthesis. You should use the terms herbivore, omnivore and carnivore ====
 * ==== Producers ====
 * ==== Primary Consumer ====
 * ==== Secondary Consumer ====
 * ==== Tertiary Consumer ====

When all sections have been filled in, cut along one of the diagonals (adjacent to the blank section) until you reach the center point. Fold the blank triangle into the center and glue.
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= = = Mar 6-Thursday =

The Non Living Environment Virtual Lab- How do organisms react to changes in abiotic factors?
Students will observe how temperature affects the fish's metabolism. Complete the guided notes, work through the lab recording your data on the chart, and answer the questions. [] = =

=Mar 5-Wednesday=
 * You will complete a web quests on Energy in the ecosystem. **
 * The links are in order for each question **


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 * 3. @http://www.dunkirkcsd.org/cms/lib/NY19000564/Centricity/Domain/293/Food_Web_Two.jpg **

(scroll down until you see a section that says food chains - it's a little over halfway down the page)
 * 4. [|http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2science.html#] **


 * 5. @http://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/SeaWiFS/TEACHERS/sanctuary_4.html **


 * 6. @http://allthesea.blogspot.com/2011/03/differences-between-phytoplankton-and.html **


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 * 8. @http://chemistry.elmhurst.edu/vchembook/321foodenergy.html **


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=ATTENTION PARENTS:= Beginning this afternoon, school days will be 15 minutes longer through June 9th. The additional time will be used to make up days missed because of inclement weather. = = =Mar 4-Tuesday- Two Hour Delay =

=Mar 3-Monday- Early Dismissal at 11:30 =

Complete Vocabulary
=Feb 28- Friday=

Students will complete a vocabulary sheet on ecosystem. They will create their own definition, draw a visual, and write a sentence for that word.


=Feb 27-Thursday=

Energy Transferred Through a Community of Organisms- Virtual Lab
http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/CT06/CT06.html

=Feb 26-Wednesday= = Web Quest: The Nitrogen and Carbon Cycles = ==== Today, you will complete 2 web quests. Go to the links below to complete the webquest on the Nitrogen and Carbon Cycles. Click the "Play Video" link to find the answers. When finished, play the Carbon Cycle game. ====

The Nitrogen Cycle:
==== @http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/ecosystems/nitrogen-cycle.htm ==== ==== Take notes on the handouts as you watch the movie clip. After you finish, go back to the beginning of the Study Jams page and take the quiz. Remember to write down your score. ====

The Carbon Cycle:
==== @http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/ecosystems/carbon-cycle.htm ==== ==== Take notes on the handouts as you watch the movie clip. After you finish, go back to the beginning of the Study Jams page and take the quiz. Remember to write down your score. ====

==== Click the link below and complete the interactive carbon cycle game. Be sure to complete the table on your worksheet, noting where you started/are, how you got there, and where you went next. ====



=Feb 25-Tuesday=