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| Syllabus |
| Critical Analysis Format |
| Critical Analysis Due Dates: 1st Qtr : #1-Feb.13 (PAST DUE) #2- Feb.27 (PAST DUE) #3-Mar.13 (PAST DUE) #4-Mar.20 (PAST DUE) #5-Mar.27 (PAST DUE) 2nd Qtr : #6-Apr.3 (PAST DUE) #7-Apr.24 (PAST DUE) #8-May1 #9-May8 #10-May22 |
| Endangered Species Project |
| Assignment 1: due 3/2 1 Decide who you will be working with 2 Visit endangered species website (see information sheet) 3 Choose top five species you would be interested in researching for the project 4 Turn in your name and your partner and list your top 5 |
| Assignment 2: Due Friday 3/13 See link |
| ESP 2 |
| ESP 3 |
Homework Assignments |
Week 2/4: |
| 2/5 Complete the Lego Activity questions. |
| 2/4 Please send me an email. This will show me you can contact me with questions or concerns AND I have a way to send you important information. Complete the Student Questionnaire from class. |
| 2/6 Practice Critical Analysis of article ''Global Warming to Create 'Permanent' Ocean Dead Zones?'' following format provided in class or check the link above. Due Monday 2/9 |
Week 2/9: |
| 2/9 Reading #1 ''What Good Are Wild Animal?'', Questions due Thursday 2/12 |
| 2/11 REMINDER! Reading assignment due tomorrow. 1st Critical Analysis is due Friday. You may use the article from class titled ''China's Pandas Face an Uncertain Future'' |
Week 2/23: 2/25 Finish worksheet from class, Energy in an Ecosystem |
| 2/26 Biome packets should be completed at home, due Monday before quiz. Remember, Critical Analysis #2 is due tomorrow! |
Week 3/2: 3/2 QUIZ tomorrow. Biomes only, terrestrial and aquatic. 25 matching, given a statement identify which biome is described. |
| 3/3 Reading: Dynamics of Ecosystems, Questions due Thursday 3/5 |
| 3/5 Biogeochemical cycle diagrams due tomorrow, 3/6 |
| 3/5 Preliminary notebook checklist handed out in class. Start organizing your notes for the check next week, Tuesday, 3/10. |
| Preliminary Checklist |
| 3/6 Reading: Dynamics of Ecosystems, Questions II due Monday 3/9. ALL work is due Monday! Questions I, Cycle diagrams, Video worksheet, Biome packets,CA#2 and ESP1(see above) . All other work is overdue and will no longer be accepted. Work on organizing notebooks! |
Week 3/9: Notebook Check tomorrow, 3/10. See link for final checklist. |
| NB1 Checklist |
| 3/10 Food Chain Worksheet due tomorrow. Notebook Check in class tomorrow. |
| 3/11 Food Web Activity, work on tonight and complete in class tomorrow. Notebook checks continued tomorrow. Start studying for exam Friday. |
| 3/12 Work due this week, ESP #2 (see above), Food Chain HW, Food Web Activity, CA#3. Any study sample questions turned in TOMORROW will be accepted for extra credit. Due to exam no assignment reports tomorrow. |
| 3/13 Reading, Evolution:How Populations Change Over Time, due Wednesday 3/18 CA#3 due MONDAY with no penalty due to the exam today. |
Week 3/16: 3/18 Theory of Natural Selection worksheet. Read the statement, decide which component is described and explain why you chose that component. Due tomorrow. |
| 3/19 Article, ''Of Hawaii, Birds, Evolution and Poetry in Science'' Questions due tomorrow. Critical Analysis #4 due tomorrow. |
| 3/20 Natural Selection Simulation Part I, analysis due Tuesday, 3/24 |
Week 3/23: 3/23 Data analysis due date TBA, you may complete questions that relate to the portion you completed in class today. |
Week 3/30: 3/30 Some confusion due to substitute last week. All assignments are due tomorrow. Natural Selection Activities Part I and II, ''Silence of the Bees'' worksheet, Critical Analysis #5 (was due Friday!) and the reading questions from Friday, :everything Tied Together'' |
| 4/1 Community Succession Game analysis due tomorrow, 4/2 |
| 4/2 Marking Period ends. An extension has been allowed for turning in ALL owed assignments. Must be received by Tuesday morning (April 7th) for credit. Full credit will be earned but extra credit points will be deducted on late assignments. |
Week 4/6: 4/6 LAST chance to turn in owed work tomorrow morning. Extra credit points will be taken off on late assignments. |
| 4/8 Complete the Ecological Relationships packet started in class. Work on organizing your notebook according to the checklist. If you're missing anything WRITE it down and turn in tomorrow so copies can be made. |
| 4/9 Mt St Helens eruption article and questions should have been completed and turned in before leaving class. If not turned in, do so on Monday, 4/20, when we return from the break. |
Week 4/20: 4/20 Critical Analysis #6, 1st for this marking period, was due April 3rd! and #7 is due this Friday. Community Succession Game analysis, Ecological Relationships packet, Mt St Helens article all past due. Please turn in ASAP! |
| 4/21 ESP #3 assigned. Due Monday 4/27 Reading, questions due Tuesday 4/28 |
| 4/22 Earth Day crossword due Monday 4/27 for extra credit Estimation of Population size classwork due Friday, 4/24 |
| 4/23 CA #7 due TOMORROW! |
| Assignment Reports distributed. Please complete all owed work and turn in on Monday. ESP #3 is due Monday! |
Week 4/27: 4/27 Reading: Principles of Population Ecology, questions due tomorrow, 4/28. All assignments owed from Friday are past due. (See your Friday report) |
Week 5/4 5/4 Limiting Factors worksheet complete for homework, due tomorrow. |
| 5/5 Complete Population Growth worksheet for homework, due tomorrow, 5/6 |
| 4/29 Complete the analysis of collected data from the population estimation activity in class. You should have completed data collection for one method and shared data with another student who conducted the other method. You are responsible for completing the analysis of BOTH methods. Due tomorrow, 4/30 |
Class Notes |
Week 2/4: |
| 2/4 Welcome to Wildlife. Received and reviewed the class syllabus. Worked on Student questionnaires to complete for homework. |
| 2/5 Completed several activities directed at following directions. Questions to be completed for homework. |
Week 2/9 |
| 2/6 Received format for critical analysis assignments. Practiced in class and an article was assigned for homework, due Monday. |
| 2/9 We began viewing ''Planet Earth, Pole to Pole''. A video worksheet is required for all videos. We will finish the video tomorrow. |
| 2/10 Finished viewing Pole to Pole and reviewed the video worksheet. Be sure you check your answers at the link below. You are responsible for information from any and all movies viewed in class. Information may appear on quizzes or exams. |
| 2/10 Pole to Pole Key |
| 2/11 Value of Wildlife notes completed in class. |
| 2/12 Climate |
| 2/13 Observation Skills |
Week 2/23: 2/23 Meet in LMC to begin research on the Biomes, continue working on the packet at home. |
| 2/24 Continue work on biome packet using information in class. |
| 2/25 Energy in an Ecosystem, note packet completed in class finish worksheet fro homework, QUIZ on the Biomes, Monday, 3/2 |
| 2/25 Energy in the Ecosystem |
| Energy Note Packet |
| Energy Worksheet' |
| 2/26 Work with peers to share biome information |
| 2/27 Biome Summary, will continue on Monday so Quiz is moved to Tuesday. |
Week 3/2 3/2 Biome summary completed. Worked on color coding a world biome map, complete at home and keep in your notes. |
| 3/2 Biome Summary |
| 3/3 Quiz: Biomes, New reading, ''Dynamics of Ecosystems'', class began working on questions, due Thursday, 3/5. |
| 3/4 Watched video ''Biospheres: Cycles'', completed a worksheet while watching. Preliminary notebook checklist handed out, notebook organization begun in class. Notebook check will be next Tuesday, 3/10. |
| 3/5 Biogeochemical Cycles notes. Diagrams assigned for homework. |
| 3/6 Substitute should have reviewed the video worksheet. These should be turned in. If you missed the video or the review, make sure you get the worksheet and solution for your notes. Any assignments due this week should be placed in the red folder or turned in MONDAY for no loss of points. Assignment reports will be given out on Monday. |
| Biospheres:Cycles Key |
Week 3/9 3/9 Trophic Levels notes started. Notebook check tomorrow, see above for final checklist. |
| EXAM 1 study guide |
Week 3/16 3/16 Video: Mechanisms of Evolution |
| 3/17 Video: Darwin, Evolution and the Theory of Natural Selection, (no sound so no worksheet) |
| Misconceptions |
| Natural Selection |
| 3/19 Notes #11, Mechanisms of Evolution |
| Mechanisms |
| 3/18 Notes #9, #10, Evolution Misconceptions and Evolution and Natural Selection, a review of information from the video. |
| 3/20 Natural Selection Simulation Part I. Activity conducted in class. If absent see me for data to use for the analysis portion. Due Tuesday, 3/24. |
Week 3/23 3/23 Natural Selection Simulation Part II, activity conducted in class. Data will be completed/ shared tomorrow. Due date TBA. |
| In a Nutshell! |
| 3/24 Notes #11 Succession and Disturbances |
| Succession |
| 3/25 (Substitute) Watch ''Silence of the Bees'' and complete the worksheet. |
| 3/26 (Substitute) Finish watching ''Silence of the Bees''. Go over the worksheet and turn in completed work. Data for the Natural Selection Activities will be available for those who did not complete the data collection. Complete the analysis with yours or teacher data. |
| Silence of the Bees Key |
| 3/27 (Substitute) Reading assignment ''Everything Tied Together'', complete the questions and turn in before leaving. Article about prescribed forest burning should be read and can be used for a critical analysis if above reading is completed. |
Week 3/30: 3/30 Quiz on Evolution and Natural Selection, given 10 minutes to review. Introduced the ''rules'' to the succession game to be played in class tomorrow. All assignments from last week are due tomorrow. |
| 3/31 Play the succession game and complete the analysis questions based on what occurred during play and the information gathered from the character cards, event cards and interactions during play. |
| Community Succession Game |
| 4/1 Succession game reviewed. Note packet #13 begun, Habitat |
Week 4/6: 4/6 Finish last 5 minutes of video. #15 Symbiotic Relationships |
| Habitat |
| 4/2 Complete habitat notes and begin #14 Niche |
| Niche |
| 4/3 video ''Be the Creature: Brown Bears'' |
| Be the Creature: Brown Bear Key |
| Symbiosis |
| 4/8 Notebook Check 2 checklist handed out. Ecological Relationship packets to complete after organizing notebook, due tomorrow, 4/9. |
| NB2 Checklist |
| 4/9 Mt St Helens eruption video. Article and questions to complete and turn in. |
Week 4/20: 4/20 Last set of notes for exam. Review for exam on Thursday, April 23. |
| 4/21 Reviewed more detailed instructions and requirements for Endangered Species Project. Everyone has an assigned species, a partner and a presentation date. If you are unsure of any of these, check the sheet in class. ESP#3 assigned. |
| 4/22 HAPPY EARTH DAY! In class we went over two methods used for estimating a population size. Practice worksheet started in class is due Friday. I'm not looking for exact numbers but that you can correctly apply the formulas to different situations. Study for exam tomorrow and don't forget your notebook! |
| 4/23 Exam on Community Dynamics |
| 4/24 Due to the SADD assembly, some students made up the exam and the rest worked on owed assignments. |
Week 4/27: 4/27 Video: Tigers in the Snow. We will watch the second half and complete the video worksheet tomorrow. |
| 4/28 Finished watching ''Tigers of the Snow'', worksheet completed and turned in. Exams returned for remediation, DUE TOMORROW or original grade stands, NO EXCEPTIONS. Remember, Friday will be a research day in the LMC. Please bring any research you have done on your species. This will give you a chance to work with you partner and view additional resources for your project. There will be a worksheet to turn in at the end of the class to ensure research is worked on. |
| 4/29 Population Estimation Activity data collection. 1/2 the class collected quadrat sampling data, 1/2 the class collected mark and recapture data, then shared data. Everyone will complete the analysis of BOTH methods for homework. |
4/30 4/30 Notes on effects of population size started. We will finish up next week. Remember, LMC tomorrow for project research and CA#8 due. |
Week 5/4: 5/4 Complete population growth notes and worked on a limiting factor worksheet in class. If not finished in class it should be completed for homework. |
| 5/5 Notes on Biodiversity, what it is and why it's so important. |
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