Biology is about studying life, and since you're alive, it's really about you. Hopefully you'll find this very interesting!
Seek to improve your learning by polishing each project (page) in your notebook, until you've earned at least two stamps on each!

Friday, September 21, 2012

56 Creatures of the Deep (Video Notes)

FOR TUESDAY!!!

Take the KWL Notes just like on page 33.

Bonus for more than 3 full sets (9 answers).

Hope you enjoy the show!!!

54 55 Biomes and Habitats

Look through the text sections 4.3 and 4.4 to find answers to the questions about BIOMES and HABITATS

52 53 Zebra Mussels (and questions

on page 52, read the article, and MARK IT UP like you've been taught - use whatever techniques work best for you.

on page 53, use the Zebra Mussel article to answer the questions - feel free to discuss your answers with your group

51 Symbiosis (Self Quiz)

Work with your neighbor (or group) to answer these questions

50 Symbiosis (Tree Map)

We use tree maps to help organize information about categories of a subject (SYMBIOSIS)
Make sure to fill in information about the main three (Parasitism, Commensalism, and Mutualism)
Go above and beyond by adding more categories of Symbiosis

49 Symbiosis (Circle Map)

We use the Circle Map for Brainstorming and collecting information.  In this case, it's about symbiosis

Remember the FRAME OF REFERENCE (the rectangle)
We have blue for the point of view
Green for our sources - use as many as you need to fill the circle
Red for What did I Learn, and Why does it matter?

What you see below is an example of what the class came up with (yours should be your own, not a copy!)

47, 48 Ecology Word Puzzle

Just a little concept vocabulary fun...


 

46 Energy Pyramids

What's the "magic" number?

Click here to print the worksheet  (just the first page)

45 Trophic Levels

producers are green
first level consumers are brown
second level consumers are blue
third level consumers are purple


Click here to print the worksheet

44 Energy Flow in Food Chains

What do the arrows show?

Click here to print the worksheet

43 Key ideas from text section 3.2

Guided notes about:
  • Types of heterotrophs
  • Feeding relationships
  • Ecological Pyramids
Click here to view the text section

Click here to print the note guide  (Just the second page)

42 Levels of Organization

focus on the key terms
  • biome
  • biosphere
  • community
  • ecosystem
  • individual
  • population

Click here to print the worksheet

41 What is ecology?

Cornell Notes on section 3.1 in the text

Click here to view the text

39, 40 Germination of Beans

Some more information regarding our plant experiments



Monday, September 10, 2012

35 36 37 38 Food web project

We are working on creating two webs - please organize your board like so, and after completion place them on pages 37 and 38.




Thursday, September 6, 2012

34 Ecology Pyramid

It's all about energy (from the sun), but it's also an approximation of biomass, and to a lesser extent the number of organisms at each level...


Tuesday, September 4, 2012