Tuesday 3/24/2014

• WELCOME BACK EVERYONE!!!

• TODAY IS A 1-6 DAY

• AGENDA: Review of Classroom rules and policies

• Activity: Work on Notebook Cover

Homework/Class Assignments!!

• New Quarter 4 Notebook with cover due Friday 3/28/2014 for 50 Points

• FINAL EXAM IN MAY WILL COVER:– Layers of the Atmosphere– Biogeochemical Cycles– Severe Weather– Ecology

Announcements:

Last notebook cover page!!1. In search task bar: Quarter 4

2. Update Status bar: first and last name, include class period

3. 5 personal learning goals for the Quarter

4. 5 steps you will take to accomplish these goals

5. Write two facts about ecology or biology you know

6. Clubs or hobbies you are a part of or interested in

7. How do you get information and work you missed when absent?

8. My office hours and tutoring

9. Add a border around page that incorporates pictures involving ecology or biology

10. In profile picture area, what grade you hope to achieve this quarter and why you want that grade

Wednesday/Thursday 3/26-3/27

• WELCOME BACK EVERYONE!!!

• TODAY IS A 1-6 DAY

• Agenda: Review of Severe Weather

• Notes: Ecology Unit

• Activity: Reading Assignment due Today

Homework/Class Assignments!!

• New Quarter 4 Notebook with cover due Friday 3/28/2014 for 50 Points

• Biodiversity Reading Assignment due Today for 50 Points

Announcements:

What is Ecology?

• Ecology –– “eco” – Greek for “house”– “ology” – “the study of”

• The scientific study of the interactions and relationships between living organisms (plants, animal, humans) and their environments

ECOLOGY

Energy Transfer/Flow

Types of Organisms

Ecology of Organisms

Population

BIOSPHERE= the thin volume of Earth and its atmosphere that support life.

ECOSYSTEMS- includes all of the organisms and the non-living environmental

components found in a particular place.

COMMUNITIES- includes all the interacting organisms living in an area.

POPULATIONS- includes all the members of a species that live in one place at one time.

ORGANISMS- simplest level= individual

If you were referring to koalas living in the same area, you

are talking about the….

And the answer is….

Population

If you were talking about the frogs, fish, and snails in the same area, you would be referring to the…

And the answer is…

Community

Friday 3/28/2014

• HAPPY FRIDAY!!!

• AGENDA: Review Biogeochemical Cycles

• Activity: Review Mind Map on Cycles

Homework/Class Assignments!!

• New Quarter 4 Notebook with cover due TODAY 3/28/2014 for 50 Points

• Cycles Mind Map Due Monday 3/31/2014 for 40Points

Announcements:

Biogeochemical Cycles

• Energy does NOT get recycled through an ecosystem, but chemicals (nutrients) do!

• Water and minerals, such as carbon (C), nitrogen (N), calcium (Ca), and phosphorus (P), are recycled and reused by plants, animals and humans.

• Nutrients are recycled through living and dead animals (and humans), the atmosphere, the oceans, and rocks.

ANSWER: Biogeochemical Cycles “Bio” – Life “Geo” – Earth “Chemical” – Chemical Cycle – a periodically repeated sequence of events

QUESTION: How does our planet, as a whole, work to recycle its resources and provide life?

The 4 Main Biogeochemical Cycles

• Carbon Cycle - Photosynthesis and cellular respiration.

• Water Cycle - Evaporation, Transpiration, Condensation, Precipitation and Collection

• Nitrogen Cycle - death and waste; nitrogen-fixing bacteria; reintroduced to soil for plants; plants feed animals

Cycles Mind Map ReviewUsing what you know about Biogeochemical Cycles, please construct the following Mind Map

Main Heading: Biogeochemical Cycles1. Please include the definition and what each prefix means

Sub Heading #1: Water Cycle2. Please include 10 facts

Sub Heading #2: Nitrogen Cycle3. Please include 10 facts

Sub Heading 3#: Carbon Cycle4. Please include 10 facts

In two paragraphs, discuss how the 3 Biogeochemical Cycles and Ecology relate to each other and answer the following questions: How does the recycling of nutrients and chemicals support life in ecosystems? What are three possible reasons organisms would not survive without nutrients from the biogeochemical cycles? What source of energy supports the functioning of the cycles and how does it relate to ecology?