Ms. Whiteley
Integrated Science
Unit #4 Syllabus
Ecology
January 6th & 7th Warm-Up
“The Inconvenient Truth” : Global Warming and Biodiversity
Class Notes: Ecology Introduction
January 8th & 9th Video Introduction
Class Notes: Human Impacts on Biodiversity
Activity: Biome Summaries and Graphing
January 12th & 13th Biome Poster completion and Presentations
Ted Talk: Biosphere 2
HW: Bring in 1 GREEN Bell Pepper Due 1/16 & 1/20
HW: Read Chapter 3, Answer 3.1 Section Review 1-4 & 3.2 Section Review 1-4. Due 1/14, 1/15
January 14th & 15th Warm-Up
Class Notes: Energy in an Ecosystem
Activity: Chapparal Food Web
HW: Study Vocabulary for the Quiz
HW: Chapter 3 Review Questions, 1-25. Due 1/16, 1/20
January 16th & 20th Quiz #6
Class Notes
Population Studies Packet
Lab Investigation: Pepper Variation and Reproductive Potential
HW: Read Chapter 5, Answer 5.1 Section Review 1-4 & 5.2 Section Review 1-4. Due 1/21, 1/22
January 21st & 22nd Warm-up
Class Notes: Population Studies
Activity: Carrying Capacity and the Lessons of the Kaibab Deer
HW: Study for the Quiz
HW: Chapter 5 Review Questions, 1-25. Due 1/23, 1/24
January 23rd & 26th Quiz #7
Class Notes: Competition within an Ecosystem
Activity: The Shark and the Tuna
January 27th & 28th Warm-Up
Class Brainstorm
Activity: Predation vs. Starvation
January 29th & 30th National Geographic Video Clips: Symbiosis
Activity: Mutualism, Commensalism, Parisitism
February 2nd & 3rd HW: Article and Response: On the Edge of Extinction Due: 1/27 & 1/28
February 4th & 5th Core Selection Carousel and Presentations
February 6th & 10th Lion King Ecology
Unit Vocabulary Review
Exam 2/6 & 2/10
February 11th & 12th Unit Exam
Activity: Human Population Growth
February 13th & 17th Test Correction
Integrated Science
Unit #4 Syllabus
Ecology
January 6th & 7th Warm-Up
“The Inconvenient Truth” : Global Warming and Biodiversity
Class Notes: Ecology Introduction
January 8th & 9th Video Introduction
Class Notes: Human Impacts on Biodiversity
Activity: Biome Summaries and Graphing
January 12th & 13th Biome Poster completion and Presentations
Ted Talk: Biosphere 2
HW: Bring in 1 GREEN Bell Pepper Due 1/16 & 1/20
HW: Read Chapter 3, Answer 3.1 Section Review 1-4 & 3.2 Section Review 1-4. Due 1/14, 1/15
January 14th & 15th Warm-Up
Class Notes: Energy in an Ecosystem
Activity: Chapparal Food Web
HW: Study Vocabulary for the Quiz
HW: Chapter 3 Review Questions, 1-25. Due 1/16, 1/20
January 16th & 20th Quiz #6
Class Notes
Population Studies Packet
Lab Investigation: Pepper Variation and Reproductive Potential
HW: Read Chapter 5, Answer 5.1 Section Review 1-4 & 5.2 Section Review 1-4. Due 1/21, 1/22
January 21st & 22nd Warm-up
Class Notes: Population Studies
Activity: Carrying Capacity and the Lessons of the Kaibab Deer
HW: Study for the Quiz
HW: Chapter 5 Review Questions, 1-25. Due 1/23, 1/24
January 23rd & 26th Quiz #7
Class Notes: Competition within an Ecosystem
Activity: The Shark and the Tuna
January 27th & 28th Warm-Up
Class Brainstorm
Activity: Predation vs. Starvation
January 29th & 30th National Geographic Video Clips: Symbiosis
Activity: Mutualism, Commensalism, Parisitism
February 2nd & 3rd HW: Article and Response: On the Edge of Extinction Due: 1/27 & 1/28
February 4th & 5th Core Selection Carousel and Presentations
February 6th & 10th Lion King Ecology
Unit Vocabulary Review
Exam 2/6 & 2/10
February 11th & 12th Unit Exam
Activity: Human Population Growth
February 13th & 17th Test Correction