honors BIOLOGY
Unit 2 Ch. 34-38
“ecology”
THINKING AHEAD:
 Lab Materials: Pill Bug Lab:
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choice chambers, pill bugs, soft brushes, terrarium, recovery terrarium, filter paper for choice
chambers, petrie dishes for transfer, wash bottle, wall clock, class chart, Beta splendens, fish bowls, mirrors, graph
paper. Foraging Lab: supplies in west cabinet, thermometers, cold packs, scissors, Dixie cups
Student Print Work:  assign.sheet,  learning objectives,    
Teacher Print Work:  labs: Pill Bug &  Foraging, The Guano Ring, test, , short answer
CHAPTER thirty four:
“The biosphere“
day 1:
Hand back tests, go over.
DUE: Notes over obj. 34.3, 34.5 - 7’, 34.8’’- 34.17
Lecture: Biotic & abiotic factors, terrestrial biomes, aquatic biomes.
Activity: Use the posters to summarize the characteristics of the biomes presented. Allow 10 min
day 2:
Review Aquatic and Terrestrial biomes
Activities in class: Web Process of Science: How Do Abiotic Factors Affect Distribution of Organisms?
Adaptations to Biotic and Abiotic Factors, Aquatic Biomes, Terrestrial Biomes
CHAPTER thirty five:
day 3:
“behavior“
DUE: Online submission for Ch. 34 (Key Concepts Quiz, Activities Quiz, Post-Test)
DUE: Notes: 35.2, 35.6-12 (35.10, 11 were mysteriously omitted), 35.14, 35.18-35.22
Lecture: Learning, imprinting, movement, social learning, problem-solving
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Videos: Konrad Lorenz experiment: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UIU9XH-mUI
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqZmW7uIPW4,
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FAP Greylag goose: (german translated to Italian, watch first 3 minutes):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8c4iXaYNwo&feature=related
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Duckling imprinted on puppy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGBqQyZid04&feature=related
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Video: Dolphin bubbles: http://www.wimp.com/dolphinbubbles/
We may flip days 4,5,6 and days 7, 8 due to weather. We do the Foraging lab outside.
day 4: Do: “Foraging Strategy” lab 20.1- 20.4 (Simulation, Single Prey, Mixed Prey, Design)
DUE: Notes 35.12, 14, 18-20, 22.
Lecture: foraging, communication, courtship rituals, territoriality, agonistic behavior, dominance hierarchies, altruism.
day 5:
DUE: Foraging Lab 20.1- 20.4 questions and Questions for review.
Do: Lab 20.5 “Performing the Experiment and Interpreting the Results”
day 6:
DUE: “Foraging Lab” correct/turn in.
day 7:
Lab: “Animal Behavior” 19.1, 2, 3 (Pill Bugs & Betas, Design)
day 8:
DUE: Lab 19.1, 2, 3 and Questions for review
Do: Lab 19.3 “Designing an Experiment” (Pill bugs OR Betas)
Do: Lab 19.4 “Performing the Experiment and Interpreting the Results”
day 9:
DUE: Animal Behavior Lab
DUE: Online Submissions for Ch.35 (Key Concepts Quiz, Activities Quiz, Post-Test)
Ecology Test 1 Ch. 34, 35. See objective sheets for study topics, use “Campbell” site for sample questions (“Test
Yourself”)
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“ecology”
side two
CHAPTER thirty six:
“populations“
day 1:
Go over Ecology 1 Test
DUE: Notes 36.2-5.
Lecture: Density and dispersion patterns, life tables, exponential growth, logistic growth.
Hand out Activity: Yeast Population Study
day 2:
DUE: Notes 36.6-7, 10-11.
DUE: Yeast Population Study
Lecture: “boom-and-bust” cycles, r- and K-selection, age structures, ecological footprint.
Activity: Web Process of Science: Techniques for Estimating Population Density and Size
Investigating Survivorship Curves, Human Population Growth, Analyzing Age-Structure Diagrams
CHAPTER thirty seven:
“communities & Ecosystems“
day 3:
DUE: Online submission for Ch. 36 (Key Concepts Quiz, Activities Quiz, Post-Test)
DUE: Notes 37.2, 6, 8-13
Lecture: Competition, mutualism, predation, herbivory, parasites, trophic levels, food chains, Relative abundance
vs. species richness, keystone species, succession, invasive species.
Activity: Web Process of Science: How are impacts on Community diversity Measured?
Interspecific Interactions, Food Webs
day 4:
DUE: Notes 37.14,15,18-21
Lecture: “matter cycles, energy flows”, primary productivity, energy pyramid, Carbon cycle, Phosphorus cycle,
Nitrogen Cycle
Activity: Web Process of Science: Primary Succession, Energy Flow and Chemical Cycling
How do Temperature and Light Affect Primary Production?, Energy Pyramids
day 5:
Video: “Ecosystems and the Biosphere” program #25, 30 minutes
Activity: Web Process of Science: Carbon Cycle,Nitrogen Cycle, Water Pollution from Nitrates
CHAPTER thirty eight:
day 6:
“conservation“
DUE: Online submission for Ch. 37 (Key Concepts Quiz, Activities Quiz, Post-Test)
DUE: Notes 38.1, 3, 4’’,14, 15.
Video: “The Human Factor” program #26, 30 min.
Lecture: Threats to biodiversity, pollution, biological magnification, restoration ecology, sustainable development.
KissimmeeRiverProjectUpdateSite:
http://www.saj.usace.army.mil/Divisions/Everglades/Branches/ProjectExe/Sections/UECKLO/KRR.htm
Web Activity Connection: Madagascar and the Biodiversity Crisis, Fire Ants: An Introduced Species
DDT and the Environment
Web Activity Process of Science: How Are Potential Restoration Sites Analyzed?
Web Activity
Conservation Biology Review
day 7:
DUE: Online submission for Ch. 38 (Key Concepts Quiz, Activities Quiz, Post-Test)
Ecology Test 2 Ch. 36-38 See objective sheets for study topics, use “Campbell” site for sample questions (“Test
Yourself”)
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