Week 11-12

 Here's a link to flashcard practice for the vocabulary for these two weeks and the last two week period.

http://www.flashcardmachine.com/2297926/5f2e

I'll collect notebooks and give a quiz on Friday 11/30

Goals:

1. Describe key ways the human immune system works.
2. Describe pros and cons of ways diseases spread.
3. Describe the structure of bacteria and viruses.
4. Describe how viruses reproduce.

The quiz will also review the goals and vocabulary from the last unit as review for the upcoming unit test.

Notebook Contents:

1. Spread of Diseases Simulation
2. Reading Guide for Chapter 37
3. Viruses
4. Lab: The Cells of 3 kingdoms
5. Notes on antibiotics

Weeks 8, 9 and 10

Yikes this is late.

The quiz will be tomorrow and I'll collect notebooks too.  Here's what should be in the notebooks.

      1. Infectious Diseases – Viruses, Bacteria, Protists

2. Test Corrections – Write the correct answers to matching questions you missed

3.  Lab- Using Microscopes

4. Domain and Kingdom Table/Organelle Speed Dating

5. Presentation –Cell Parts

6. Cells Online

7.  Cell Analogy Poster Project – Handout

8.  Protist Lab   

Here are the goals that the quiz will cover.

1.Identify key characteristics of prokaryotic cells and eukaryotic cells
2. Name distinguishing features of protists, including methods of movement and how they get energy.
3. Describe the structure and function of the major organelles
4. Describe how to use a microscope using vocabulary properly
5. Name sample diseases that are caused by protists, bacteria and viruses.

Ecology unit Flashcards

Here's a link to the Flashcard Machine Website where I've made a set of vocab cards for you to practice with.

You can use the study session option or Quiz me.

Weeks 6-7 Oct. 8-19 End of Ecology and Populations Unit

Week Goals

1. Give and explain examples of the Tragedy of the Commons.

2. Make data tables and graphs with trend lines.

3. Review all unit material.

Notebook Contents

1.     Duckweed Data Table

2.    The Tragedy of the Commons

3.    Duckweed analysis

4.      Unit Review

Unit Test will be on Oct. 19.  Review Material will be provided on Oct. 10.

Weeks 4-5 Sept.24-Oct 5

Goals

1.     Know and correctly use the terms:  Trophic Level, Consumer, Producer, Decomposer, Food Web, Niche, Invasive Species, Carrying Capacity, Biome

2.    Use concepts of feedback and carrying capacity to explain population growth patterns.

3.    Predict effects of invasive species on an ecosystem

4.    Describe multiple types of connections within an ecosystem:

Food webs,  Trophic levels, Predator-prey interactions.

5.    Describe steps in the water, nitrogen and carbon cycles, including multiple paths for carbon cycling.

Assignments in Notebook

1.  Duckweed Data Table

2.  Notes on Food Webs

3.  Food Webs, Populations and Invasive Species

4.  Population Size and Feedback

5.  Hmwk read 82-84.  Q (p84) 3-5 due Monday

6.  Notes on Biomes 7.Week 4-5 Review Worksheet   Finish as homework due Friday.

Weeks 1-3 Goals and Assignents.

Apologies for getting this up late.

Here were the goals for the first three weeks.

1.   Define and use the following terms:  ecosystem, element, atom, molecule, pure substance, mixture, compound, model, abiotic, equilibrium, reinforcing feedback and balancing feedback.

2.   Describe what elements are essential for life.

3.   List biotic and abiotic factors in an ecosystem.

4.   Describe natural biogeochemical cycles:  H₂O, Carbon, Nitrogen

5. Describe what growth patterns result from reinforcing feedback and balancing feedback.

The notebook should have had the following things

1. Duckweed data table

2. Lecture Notes

3. Population Models – Guided Notes

4. HMWK Read pages 103-107 in text Answer Q 1,2,5  due Monday

5. Notes on Atoms Molecules, Compounds and Elements

6. HMWK  Read pages 90-93.  Answer Q (p93) 1,2,5,6

Unit 1: Populations and Ecosystems

Unit 1: Populations and Ecosystems

Related Chapters in Biology Textbook: 3-6

Vocabulary: element, pure substance, mixture, compound, atom, molecule, cycle, ecosystem, biome, population, niche, carrying capacity, growth pattern, feedback, equilibrium, biogeochemical cycle, invasive species, food web, trophic level, model, producer, consumer, abiotic, tragedy of the commons

Unit Goals

· Define unit vocabulary and use appropriately.

· Describe what elements are essential for life.

· List biotic and abiotic factors in ecosystems.

· Describe natural biogeochemical cycles: H2O, Carbon, Nitrogen, Phosphorous.

· Describe how equilibrium is achieved and give examples of equilibrium in natural systems.

· Use concepts of feedback and carrying capacity to explain population growth patterns.

· Distinguish between observations and inferences.

· Make Data tables and graph data with trend lines.

· Describe multiple types of connections within an ecosystem:

o Food webs

o Trophic levels

o Predator-prey interactions.

· Describe and assess human impact on  populations.

· List and describe key features of major biomes.

· Describe and give examples of the impact of invasive species on an ecosystem.

Quizzes and Tests

Friday Quizzes: 9/21, 10/5 Unit Test: 10/19