Attwater
Prairie
Chicken says
”sup?!”
Please get out your Scientific
Method Objective sheet.
Please read the board.
QUIZ RETEACH – ADD NEW UNDERSTANDINGS TO
YOUR OBJECTIVE SHEET
STAR = HELPFUL. PLEASE SHARE! 
IT IS YOUR STUDY GUIDE FOR THE FINAL AND THE AP TEST!
APES FIELD WORK!
Making Science a verb!
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Restoration of Wolf Prairie
GULF COASTAL PRAIRIE
RESTORATION
200 YEARS AGO, 6.5 MILLION ACRES IN
TEXAS + 2.5 MILLION ACRES IN LOUISIANA
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Westside Pocket Prairie restoration project
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1.5 acres of degraded prairie will be restored to more original
condition
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Replacement of existing plants with increased diversity of native
species
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Improved wildlife habitat
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Delineation of prairie wetland
WE HAVE AN EXTRAORDINARY
OPPORTUNITY!
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Sign up near materials table –
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3:30-4:30 Mondays
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Half Major grade third six weeks
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Learn new skills – transect sampling, cataloging species, seeding,
building a garden, tending butterfly garden
PRAIRIE FIELD WORK
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Sign up by the supply stand asap!
LET’S GET THE PARTY STARTED!
OUR FIRST REAL UNIT:
ECOLOGY (AKA – HOW THE PLANET WORKS!)
PLEASE PASS BACK THE NEW OBJECTIVE SHEET.
Calendar check!
Ecology - interactions
Biology – individual
structure and function
ECOLOGY – THE STUDY OF INTERACTIONS
BETWEEN ORGANISMS AND THE
ENVIRONMENT
TROPHIC CASCADE –
REMOVAL OF ONE
SPECIES CREATES
CHAIN REACTION
THROUGH ECOSYSTEM
AS YOU WATCH: CREATE A CONCEPT
MAP TO SHOW RELATIONSHIPS
BETWEEN ELEMENTS.
How wolves change rivers