Ecology Unit Plan – Biology
Mr. Tommy Renfro
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March 17 – April 14
Schedule of Events
Monday
March 17
Unit Pre-Test
Introduction to
Ecology
Vocab Boxes –
Chapter 2 (16
words)
Tuesday
Wednesday
March 19
Hank Video
Flow of Energy
Activity
Food Webs/Food
Chain –
Storybooks
(50 pts)
March 25
Chapter 2 TEST
(50 pts)
Community
Ecology (limiting
factors and
Tolerance)
Vocab Boxes
Chapter 3 (16
words)
March 31
Finish Biomes
Project
April 8
Human Population
Growth
Debate with
write-up (10 pts)
Friday
March 21
Finish Storybooks
Read to class
Biogeochemical
Cycles (station
work)
HW – Chapter
review #1-36
March 27
Begin Biomes
Project
50 pts.
Computer Lab
April 2
Intro Video
Population
Ecology
Chapter 4 Vocab
Boxes (12 words)
Computer Lab
50 pts. DUE
TODAY
April 14
Ecology Unit Test
100 pts
Thursday
April 4
Population
Dynamics Lab
(protocol sheet 10
pts)
April 10
Worksheet Packet
of Ecology Unit
(25 pts)
Notes Session unit
test review
Vocab Review
Games
Standards Covered:
Benchmark D: [9-10] Diversity and Interdependence of Life
Explain the flow of energy and the cycling of matter through biological and ecological systems (cellular,
organismal and ecological).
Benchmark F: [9-10] Diversity and Interdependence of Life
Explain the structure and function of ecosystems and relate how ecosystems change over time.
Benchmark G: [9-10] Diversity and Interdependence of Life
Describe how human activities can impact the status of natural systems.
Objectives:
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Students will express a verbal and linguistic understanding of ecosystem interactions through
summative tests, vocabulary, and creative projects and labs.
Students will apply knowledge of ecosystem energy flow to the creation of a children’s book
expressing how chosen organisms obtain the sun’s power.
Students will compare and contrast the every-changing nature of the human population and its
growing impact on world ecology
Scoring:
Vocabulary Boxes
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Chapter 2 – 25 pts
Chapter 3 – 25 pts
Chapter 4 – 18 pts
Tests
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Chapter 2 – 50 pts
Unit Exam – 100 pts
Projects
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Energy Flow Storybooks – 50 pts
Biomes Brochures – 50 pts
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Population Dynamics Lab – 10 pts
Lab
Total
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__________/328 = ______%