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April 1 |
2 TO DO: • Choose one product (could be from your photos) and brainstorm ways that product could be delivered to consumers without plastic (or using less plastic.) STANDARD: • EP.GOV GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS AND ISSUES: EP.GOV 9 Waste management (solid and hazardous) |
3 TO DO: • Refer back to the photos of products you found in your home: • List ways you could reduce your use of disposable plastic: • Identify challenges you might face with each solution.) STANDARD: • EP.GOV GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS AND ISSUES: EP.GOV 9 Waste management (solid and hazardous) |
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April 13 |
14 DUE TODAY: • LEARNING TARGET: •Explain the impact of a keystone species on the ecosystem. TO DO:. • Watch this video on Keystone species and trophic cascades. . • Watch for the impact the starfish had on other species in their environment. • STANDARD: • Earth Systems: Interconnected Systems on Earth - Biospheres Ecosystems (equilibrium, species interaction, stability) |
15 DUE TODAY: • Answers to background questions on your doc LEARNING TARGET: • Explain the impact of a keystone species on the ecosystem. IN CLASS: • 2:00 Zoom meeting - see your email for meeting ID, and password. See you there! AGENDA: • Introduce the discovery activity • Introduce Doc 2 Trophic Cascade discussion questions Download into your folder and look over the entire doocument before watching the video, below. • Video that explains the Trophic Cascade (3 minutes) discussion questions TO DO: • Finish the rest of the questions STANDARD: • Earth Systems: Interconnected Systems on Earth - Biospheres Ecosystems (equilibrium, species interaction, stability) |
16 DUE TODAY: • p LEARNING TARGET: • Explain the impact of a keystone species on the ecosystem. TO DO: • Complete the discovery activity. The videos are clips from yesterday so if they don't work, just click through. • Work on video discussion questions STANDARD: • Earth Systems: Interconnected Systems on Earth - Biospheres Ecosystems (equilibrium, species interaction, stability) |
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April 20 DUE TODAY: •Answers to Background Questions doc. PUT IT IN YOUR FOLDER LEARNING TARGET: • Describe the conditions affecting the number of species and the size of each population that can live in an environment. TO DO: • Work on video discussion questions STANDARD: • Earth Systems: Interconnected Systems on Earth - Biospheres Ecosystems (equilibrium, species interaction, stability) |
21 DUE TODAY: • Video Discussion Questions - PUT THE DOC IN YOUR FOLDER! LEARNING TARGET: • Describe the conditions affecting the number of species and the size of each population that can live in an environment TO DO: • Read Part 1 of the Coyote document. You can find the document in your Geology folder on your Google Drive. Reead the document and watch the Part 1 Coyote video (6 minutes) for hints on answering the questions, STANDARD: • Earth Systems: Interconnected Systems on Earth - Biospheres Ecosystems (equilibrium, species interaction, stability) |
22 DUE TODAY: •Part 1 Coyote doc - reading LEARNING TARGET: • Consider the difficulty in predicting the effects of perturbing an ecosystem. IN CLASS: • 2:00 Zoom meeting - see your email for meeting ID, and password. See you there! AGENDA: • Discussion of activity questions. • Discussion: introduce the coyote removal discussion. TO DO: • Read Part 2 of the Coyote Removal document. It will be in your Geology folder.: •Part 1 Coyote doc - 3 questions STANDARD: • Earth Systems: Interconnected Systems on Earth - Biospheres Ecosystems (equilibrium, species interaction, stability) |
23 DUE TODAY: • Coyote Removal Part II reading LEARNING TARGET: • Consider the difficulty in predicting the effects of perturbing an ecosystem. TO DO: • Coyote Removal Part II questions STANDARD: • Earth Systems: Interconnected Systems on Earth - Biospheres Ecosystems (equilibrium, species interaction, stability) |
24 Catch-up. Make-up, and Q&A day! |
May 4 DUE TODAY: Everything late. TO DO: Read this article in popular science about the role of prairie dogs in the environment. Email me immediately if you have trouble accessing the article. |
5 DUE TODAY: Reading complete TO DO: Sketch out the food web described in the article. Put a photo of your web on a doc in your class folder. |
6 DUE TODAY: Food web on doc in folder IN CLASS: Zoom meeting. Check your email. TO DO: Explain the role of the prairie dog in the food web. This explanation should be posted on your food web doc. |
7 TO DO: Work on food web and explanation. |
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Handouts: Background Info Coyotes |