How+Ecosystems+Work


 * Tues Apr 8th (B)

Wed Apr 9th (A) || **__Agenda__** 1. POGIL Actiivty- Succession (Hour 5 only) 2. Lecture #2 How Ecosystems Work 3. Classwork: Food Chain and Food Web analysis worksheet 4. Go over answers to Unit 1 - 3 of EOC Review Booklet (didn't get to this hours 5 & 7) || __**Homework**__ ||
 * Thurs Apr 10th (B) || Go over answers to Unit 1-3 on EOC Review Booklet

1. Ecology Summative Quiz #1 (over lecture #1) 15 minutes max. (Hour 7) 2. Lecture #3 Rule of 10 Hour 5- Take home test assigned. Due at start of class next time. || __**Homework**__ Unit 4 & 5 Questions on EOC Review Booklet (Due Monday)

Complete take home test (Hour 5). Due at start of class next time. ||
 * Fri Apr 11th (A) || 1. Wrap up Food Chain and Food Web analysis assignment (turn in)

Lab Introduction: .[|Minimata Clip for Mercury Poisoning Lab]

2. Lab- Mercury Poisoning (Science Take-Out) Parts I, II and III. || __**Homework**__

Complete Unit 4 & 5 on EOC Review Booklet (open notes/ book/study guide)

Complete take home test (Hours 1-3). Due at start of class next time. ||
 * Mon Apr 14th (B) || * Take home Quiz due at the start of class.

1. Check in Units 4 & 5 on EOC Review Booklet & go over answers to Unit 4 & 5 Questions from EOC Review Booklet

2. Lab- Mercury Poisoning (Science Take-Out) || **__Homework__** Unit 6 & 7 in EOC Review Booklet

Hour 7 Biology- Take home test (due Wednesday) || (Part IV Should People Avoid Eating Fish & Shellfish?)
 * Tues April 15th (A) || 1. Warm up: Wrap up Mercury Poisoning Lab & turn in.

[|How Wolves Change Rivers video clip] Hours 1 & 2 only

2. Check in Units 4 & 5 on EOC Review Booklet and go over answers.

3. EOC Prep: Take Session II Practice test (Tiny Bubbles) and grade it! Hour 1: Didn't have time to grade it. Will do that next time. Hour 2: Completed Grading the assignment. Turned in for completion grade Hour 3: Didn't quite finish grading it. Got to the graph. Will pick up with it next time. || **__Homework__** 1. Units 6 & 7 in EOC Review Booklet

2. Complete Quarter 4 Benchmark by Wed 4/23. Benchmark Code: TOMUDEDANU ||
 * Wed April 16th (B)

Thurs April 17th (A) || 1. Check in Units 6 & 7 from EOC Review Booklet & go over answers. 2. Lecture #4 Biogeochemical Cycles [|Dead Zone Clip]

(Hour 7- only made it through Carbon Cycle)

3. DVD- Web of Life- From Producer to Prey (23 minutes) Hour 7- Left off just as Symbiosis part was showing (#18 was just barely answered) || **__Homework__** 1. Complete Quarter 4 Benchmark by Wed 4/23 (A) Thurs 4/24 (B day).

Benchmark Code: TOMUDEDANU

2. Study for the EOC ||
 * Tues Apr 22nd (B)

Wed Apr 23rd(A) || ** Check in Unit 8 from EOC Review Booklet [|Invasive Species Clip - Cane Toad] 1. Lecture #1 Dynamics of Population Growth & Feeding Relationships & Lecture #2 Symbiosis (A-day only) 2. Kaibab Deer Graphing Assignment || **__Homework__** 1. Complete Quarter 4 Benchmark by Wed 4/23 (A) Thurs 4/24 (B day).

Benchmark Code: TOMUDEDANU || [|Sharks and their traveling companions]
 * Thurs Apr 24th (B) || 1. Lecture #2 Symbiosis

[|Clown fish & Sea Anemone clip]

[|Fish cleaning stations clip] 2. Go over the answers to Unit 8 on EOC Review Booklet 3. Take practice EOC (Session I released 2008 Exam) & grade it. || **__Homework__**

1) EOC Review Booklet 2) Your Biology Study Cards (flash cards)
 * Study for Session I of the EOC by looking over your:**

3) Your 2008 Released Practice EOC || 2. Go over answers to Unit 8 in the EOC Review Booklet || **__Homework__** 1) EOC Review Booklet 2) Your Biology Study Cards (flash cards)
 * Fri Apr 25th (A) || 1.Take practice EOC (Session I released 2008 Exam) & grade it.
 * Study for Session I of the EOC by looking over your:**

3) Your 2008 Released Practice EOC || 1) Acid Rain Performance Event 2) Think or Swim (Content based review game) || **__Homework__**
 * Mon April 28th (B) || Review for the EOC

1) EOC Review Booklet 2) Your Biology Study Cards (flash cards)
 * Study for Session I of the EOC by looking over your:**

3) Your 2008 Released Practice EOC || Study for Session II of the EOC by looking over your: 1) Tiny Bubbles Performance event 2) Tiny Bubbles Performance event KEY || Study for Session II of the EOC by looking over your: 1) Tiny Bubbles Performance event 2) Tiny Bubbles Performance event KEY 3) Acid Rain Performance Event and KEY (completed in class 4.28)
 * Tues April 29th (A) || EOC Day #1 || **__Homework__**
 * Wed April 30th (B) || EOC Day #1 || **__Homework__**

Practice- Independent and Dependent Variables


KEY Practice- Independent and Dependent Variables worksheet || __**EXTRA CREDIT**__**: Go to the St. Louis Earth Day Celebration in Forest Park on Saturyday April 26th! Bring me back some proof that you went, like a pamphlet or brochere. Write me a 1 page review of what you thought of it, what you saw, what you did. This should be turned in the following week and will count as extra credit to be added to your next unit exam! :) **
 * Thurs May 1st (A) || EOC Day #2 || **__Homework__** ||
 * Fri May 2nd (B) || EOC Day #2 || **__Homework__** ||

St Louis Earth Day Festival Website: []


 * When: Saturday, April 26, 2014** 4pm – 7pm
 * Where**: The Muny at McKinley Dr. & Pagoda Cir., Forest Park
 * Cost**: Suggested donation of $5, free to Festival Sponsors, Partners, Vendors, and Volunteers

Killer Aliens: War on Invasive Species []

[|Seafood Watch- midwest pocket guide (tells you which fish are safe to eat)] __**Videos**__

[|Wild Predators NOVA]

Disappearing Bees TED Talk []