2012-13+Ecosystems

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

=Feb 27- Wednesday=

Test on Ecosystems
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=Feb 25-26: Monday/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

= Feb 22- Friday- 2 hour Delay =

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. http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/CT08/CT08.html

= Feb 21-Thursday = = PROGRESS REPORTS GO HOME =

Make up of missing assignments
= Feb 20-Wednesday =

Create a wet slide of the letter 'E' and view it with a microscope. Draw your observations and complete the questions on the back of the worksheet.
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= Feb 19-Tuesday =

Completion of Food Web
= Feb 15-Friday- 1/2 Day =

Food Web of North Carolina Animals
1-Watch the following videos on Food Chains and Food Webs: (you will need ear buds and you may want to take notes) Take the tests at the end for practice....YOU MAY SEE THOSE QUESTIONS AGAIN!! http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/index.htm?topic_id=ecosys

AFTER watching the Videos:
2- Cut and Glue OR Draw the NC organisms on the construction paper. 3- Use arrows in the correct direction to show the flow of energy. REMEMBER: The arrowhead should point AT the organism that is CONSUMING the other organism. 4- Label each organism according to their place in the food web. (Ex: Producers, 1st Consumer, etc. and Herbivore, Carnivore, or Omnivore)

REMEMBER: USE INK PEN TO LABEL AND ADD COLOR!!!!!


= Feb 14-Thursday <3 =

Valentine Day
SLHS registration Make up day for work

=Feb 13-Wednesday=

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:pryamid.jpg width="163" height="126"]] [[image:labeled pyramid.jpg width="165" height="129"]]
==== 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.
http://science-mattersblog.blogspot.com/2011/04/food-chain-to-food-pyramid.html

=Feb 12-Tuesday=

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

=Feb 11-Monday=