Name: _________________________________________________________________ Per: _______
Learning Targets:
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Distinguish between biotic and abiotic factors
n the environment
Compare the different levels of biological
organization and living relationships important
to ecology
Explain the difference between niche and
habitat
Date
9/18
Assembly Schedule
9/22
9/24
Tutor Time
Schedule
9/28
9/30
10/2
Tutor Time
Schedule
10/6
10/8
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Compare how organisms satisfy their
nutritional needs
Trace the path of energy and matter in an
ecosystem
Analyze how nutrients are cycled in the abiotic
and biotic parts of the biosphere
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Activities
Lecture: Biotic vs. abiotic factors and levels of organization
Analysis: Biotic or abiotic?
Activity: How does an abiotic factor affect food production (Page 39)?
Worksheet: Factors and levels of organization
Lecture: Organisms in ecosystems/relationships
Worksheet: Relationships
Activity: Relationships
Reading Questions: Pages 37-47 & Questions: 1-5
LAB: Didinium and Paramecium
Work time
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QUIZ: Factors, levels of organization and relationships
Lecture: Autotrophs vs. heterotrophs and food chains/webs
Activity: Food chains and food webs
Worksheet: Trophic levels and food webs
Lecture: Cycles in nature
LAB: Detecting Carbon Dioxide
Worksheet: Cycles
Reading Questions: Pages 48-59 & Questions 1-5
Quiz: Energy, trophic levels and cycles
Chapter Review
20 Questions
Packet/Journal work time
Test
Planet Earth Video w/notes
Vocabulary:
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Ecology
Biosphere
Abiotic factor
Biotic factor
Population
Community
Ecosystem
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Habitat
Niche
Symbiosis
Commensalism
Mutualism
Parasitism
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Predation
Autotroph
Heterotroph
Scavenger
Decomposer
Food Chain
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Trophic Level
Food web
Water cycle
Carbon cycle
Nitrogen cycle
Phosphorus
cycle
ORGANISMS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT
What is ecology?
Factor
Definition
Biotic
Examples
Levels of Organization
Abiotic
Habitat
Niche
What is symbiosis?
Relationship
Definition
Commensalism
Example
Mutualism
Parasitism
Predator/Prey
Autotroph
Heterotroph
Drawing
NUTRITION AND ENERGY FLOW
Producer
What is a food chain?
What is a food web?
Consumer
Scavengers
Decomposers
Energy Pyramid
CYCLES IN NATURE
Water Cycle
Carbon Dioxide Cycle
Nitrogen Cycle
Phosphorus Cycle