EARTH SCIENCE MATERIAL COVERD IN ECOLOGY

1. AUGUST 20

GENERAL INFORMATION

2. AUGUST 24

PICKED UP DOCUMENTS. INTRODUCED SCHOOL AND ECOLOGY. STARTED STUDYING AN ECOSYSTEM MADE OF SOD IN CLASS.

3. AUGUST 26

COVERED THE BIOSPHERE AND POPULATIONS. MADE AN ECOSYSTEM. FINISHED THE SOD LAB

4. AUGUST 28

TOOK A QUIZ ON FIRST LESSON. WORKED ON SECOND LESSON ABOUT COMPETITION. STARED T

BEAR STORY ON POPULATION.

5. SEPTEMBER 1

WORKED ON POPULATION. DID A BIOTIC POTENTIAL LAB.

6. SEPTEMBER 3

QUIZZED ON POPULATION. WORKED ON ENERGY PYRAMID. BURIED CUPS TO STUDY BIODIVIRSITY.

7. SEPTEMBER 8

FINISHED ENERGY PYRAMID. PRACTICED INTERACTI VITY. COUNTED BUG FROM CUPS BURIED LAST TIME. A-3 WATCHED BILL NYE VIDEO ON POPULATION.

8. SEPTEMBER 10

COMPLETED ACTIVITY SHEET ON ENERGY PYRAMID. COVERED SYMBIOSIS AND COMPLETED THE ACTIVITY SHEET. A-2 WATCHED THE BILL NYE VIDEO AND STARTED THE PREDITOR PREY LAB. A-3 WATCHED THE VIDEO LAST TIME AND MOVED FURTHER INTO THE LAB.

9. SEPTEMBER 14

REVIEWED SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIPS. WORKED ON PREDITOR/PREY LAB.

10. SEPTEMBER 16

QUIZZED ON SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIPS. REVIEWED FOR CHAPTER ONE TEST.

11. SEPTEMBER 20

TESTED ON CHAPTER ONE

12. SEPTEMBER 22

WORKED ON ABIOTIC FACTORS OF AIR AND WATER. STARTED OXYGEN LAB IN A-2 FINISHED IN A-3.

13. SE[TEMBER 24

WORKED ON SOIL, TEMP., CLIMATE AND WIND AS ABIOTIC FACTORS. A-2 FINISHED OXYGENLAB AND A-3 COLLECTED DATA ON MASS OF PLANTS LAB.

14. SEPTEMBER 28

REVIEWED ABIOTIC FACTORS. LEARNED ABOUT THE RAIN SHADOW EFFECT AND DID A RAIN SHADOW LAB.

15. SEPTEMBER 30

WORKED ON THE WATER AND NITROGEN CYCLE. QUIZZED ON LAST HALF OF ABIOTIC FACTORS.

16. OCTOBER 2

COMPLETED THE CARBON CYCLE. WORKED GIZMOS ON INTERACTION BETWEEN PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND REPIRATION. WATCHED BILL NYE VIDEO ON THE WATER CYCLE.

17. OCTOBER 7

QUIZZED ON CYCLES OF NATURE. WORKED ON THE FOOD WEB AND ENERGY FLOW. FINISHED THE LAB ON THE CARBON CYCLE.

18. OCTOBER 9

QUIZZED ON FOOD WEB. REVIEWED FOR CHAPTER TWO TEST FOR NEXT TIME. WATCHED BILL NYE VIDEO ON FOOD WEBS

19. OCTOBER 13

TOOK CHAPTER 2 TEST. BEGAN TO WORK ON BIOMES PROJECTS

20. OCTOBER 19

WORKED ON POWER POINTS FOR BIOMES

21. OCTOBER 21

FINISHED POWER POINTS FOR BIOMES. STARTED PRESENTATIONS IN A-3

22. OCTOBER 22

WORKED ON BIOMES THROUGH DECIDUOUS FORESTS. WATCHED FIRST HALF OF BIOME VIDEO.

23. OCTOBER 27

WATCHED DVD ON EINSTEIN.

24. OCTOBER 29

FINISHED POWER POINT PRESENTATIONS ON BIOMES. WATCHED REST OF VIDEO ON BIOMES.

25. NOVEMBER 2

DID INTERACTIVE ACTIVITY ON BIOMES. PRACTICED BIOMES IN A-2 AND TOOK QUIZ ON BIOMES IN A-3

26. NOVEMBER 4

QUIZZED IN A-2 ON BIOMES. WORKED ON ECOLOGICAL SUCCESSION. A-3 STARTED TO WORK ON AQUATIC BIOMES.

27. NOVEMBER 6

QUIZZED ON ECOLOGICAL SUCCESSION. REVIEWED FOR TEST NEXT TIME. WORKED ON BIOMES IN A-3.

28. NOVEMBER 10

TEST ON CHAPTER THREE. WORKED ON AQUATIC BIOMES.

29. NOVEMBER 11

WORKED ON AWUATIC BIOMES. A-3 WATCHED VIDEO ON AQUATIC BIOMES.

30. NOVEMBER 16

A-2 FINISHED THEIR POWER POINTS AND WATCHED THE DVD ON AQUATIC BIOMES. A-3 PRESENTED THEIR POWER POINTS AND WATCHED A DVD ON RIVERS.

31. NOVEMBER 18

PRESENTED AQUATIC BIOMES. A-3 QUIZZED ON THE BIOMES. A-2 HAD VIDEO ON RIVERS. A-3 HAD VIDEO ON WETLANDS.

32. NOVEMBER 20

QUIZZED ON AQUATIC BIOMES IN A-2. COVERED BIODIVERSITY AND STARTED ON BIODIVERSITY LAB. A-3 FINISHED THE LAB AND WATCHED VIDEO ON MARINE BIOMES. A-2 WATCHED WETLANDS.

33. NOVEMBERF 24

A-2 FINISHED BIODIVERSITY LAB. WE ALL COVERED EXTINCTION AND A-3 LEARNED ABOUT HOW LOSS OF HABITAT EFFECTS BIODIVERSITY. BOTH CLASSES WATCHED THE BILL NYE VIDEO OON BIODIVERSITY.

34. DECEMBER 1

QUIZZED ON BIODIVERSITY. WORKED ON HABITAT LOSS IN A-2. WORKED ON POLLUTION PROBLEMS IN BOTH CLASSES BY WATCHING ANIMATIONS OF ACID RAIN, GLOBAL WARMING, AND THE OZONE LAYER.

35. DECEMBER 3

FINISHED DRAWINGS OF ACID RAIN, GLOBAL WARMING, AND THE OZONE LAYER. STUDENTWS PRESENTED THE DRAWINGS AND WE COMPLETED THE ACTIVITY SHEET.

36. DECEMBER 7

QUIZZED ON POLLUTION AND WATCHED BILL NYE VIDEO ON POLLUTION SOLUTION.

37. DECEMBER 9

REVIEWED FOR TEST NEXT TIME. COMPLETED LAB ON GLOBAL WARMING.

38. DECEMBER 11

TOOK UNIT TEST AND MOVED INTO THE ATMOSPHERE UNIT. REST OF MATERIAL COVERED IS IN THE ATMOSPHERE UNIT.