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EOC Study Guide

EOC Study Guide

Week of May 19-22

Date	Learning Objective	classwork	Homework	Com plete	Assessment criteria
May 19	9-11 LS2A Matter cycles and energy flows through living and nonliving components in ecosystems. The transfer of matter and energy is important for maintaining the health and sustainability of an ecosystem.	Explain: page 727-733, P/P 1-6	Pages 733, R/C 1-3 Honors P/R -Discuss your independent project with Ms. Sherwood		Explain how matter cycles and energy flows in ecosystems
20	9-11 LS2C Population growth is limited by the availability of matter and energy found in resources, the size of the environment, and the presence of competing and/or predatory organisms	Elaborate: Pages 737-743 P/P 1-5	R/C 1-2 P/R - Read Careers = discuss several careers available for the Environment and the type of training necessary. Select one career that seems interesting to you and list the level of education  needed.		Explain factors, including matter and energy, in the environment that limit the growth of plant and animal populations in natural ecosystems
21/22	9-12 INQB Investigate Scientific progress requires the use of various methods appropriate for answering different kinds of research questions, a thoughtful plan for gathering data needed to answer the question, and care in collecting, analyzing, and displaying the data	Field Trip to KahTai Lagoon	Turn in Notebook		Plan and conduct a scientific investigation, choosing a method appropriate to the question being asked

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Week of May 11

Date	Learning Objective	Classwork	Homework	Complete	Assessment Criteria
May 11	9-11 LS2B Living organisms have the capacity to produce very large populations. Population density is the number of individuals of a particular population living in a given amount of space	Population Study Results	Part II – Interactive Populations Pages 713-717. P/P 1-3		Evaluate the conditions necessary for rapid population growth (e.g., given adequate living and nonliving resources and no disease or predators, populations of an organism increase at rapid rates
12	9-11 LS2C Population growth is limited by the availability of matter and energy found in resources, the size of the environment, and the presence of competing and/or predatory organisms	Population Study Results	Pages 717-719 P/P 4-6, R/C 1-5		Explain factors, including matter and energy, in the environment that limit the growth of plant and animal populations in natural ecosystems
13/14		Population Study Results  Explain Part 1, p/p 1-6	Required P/R – See handout
15	9-11 LS2D Scientists represent ecosystems in the natural world using mathematical models.	Population Study Results – Finish Write up S/T all page 712	S/T  1-4 Page 726		Draw a systems diagram to illustrate and explain why introduced (nonnative) species often do poorly and have a tendency to die out, as well as why they sometimes do very well and force out native species.

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Week of May 5

Date	Learning Objective	Classwork	Homework	Com- plete	Assessment Criteria
5/5	9-11 LS2B Living organisms have the capacity to produce very large populations.	Engage: Chapter 14 What do you know? pages 706- 707 P/P 1-4,R/C 1-2	Prepare for Test on Chapter 12		Evaluate the conditions necessary for rapid population growth (e.g., given adequate living and nonliving resources and no disease or predators,
6		Test on Chapter 12	none
7/8	Population density is the number of individuals of a particular population living in a given amount of space	Explore: Changing Populations - pages 707-  P/P 1-8	Turn in Notebook		Given ecosystem data, calculate the population density of an organism
9		Explore - Collect Data + Make Nitrogen Cycle Diagram

 

Week of April 28

Date	Learning Objective	Classwork	Homework	Complete	Assessment Criteria
Apr 28	9-11 ES3D Data gathered from a variety of methods have shown that Earth has gone through a number of periods when Earth was much warmer and much colder than today	Evaluate: Pages 637-640, P/P 1-8	Pages 640-641 P/P 1-3		Describe factors that change climates over long periods of time and cite methods that scientists have found to gather information on ancient climates
29	9-12 INQE Model The essence of scientific investigation involves the development of a theory or conceptual model that can generate testable predictions. 9-11 LS1E The genetic information responsible for inherited characteristics is encoded in the DNA molecules in chromosomes. DNA is composed of four subunits (A,T,C,G). The sequence of subunits in a gene specifies the amino acids needed to make a protein. Proteins express inherited traits (e.g., eye color, hair texture) and carry out most cell function.	pGLO Prelab Notes – Research background information and generate hypothesis	Review for test – Test on Monday, May 5		Formulate one or more hypotheses based on a model or theory of a causal relationship. Demonstrate creativity and critical thinking to formulate and evaluate the hypotheses Describe how DNA molecules are long chains linking four subunits (smaller molecules) whose sequence encodes genetic information. Illustrate the process by which gene sequences are copied to produce proteins
30/1		pGLO Lab – Finish design and carry out lab
2		pGLO results – Relate results to structure and function of DNA = Determine how the environment influences gene function

 

Week of April 21

 

Date	Learning Objective	Classwork	Homework	Complete	Assessment Criteria
Apr 21	9-11 ES2C Earth is a system that contains essentially a fixed amount of each stable chemical element existing in different chemical forms. Each element on Earth moves among reservoirs in the solid Earth, oceans, atmosphere, and organisms as part of biogeochemical cycles driven by energy from Earth’s interior and from the Sun	Part II: Pages 613-619, P/P 1-6	S/T page 620 all		Describe factors that change climates over long periods of time and cite methods that scientists have found to gather information on ancient climates.
22	9-11 ES3D Data gathered from a variety of methods have shown that Earth has gone through a number of periods when Earth was much warmer and much colder than today	Part III Pages 620-624, P/P 1-5	R/C page 624, 1-5
23/24		Elaborate – Pages 626-636, P/P 1-11 R/C pages 636-627	No Homework Turn in Notebook
25		Evaluate: Pages 637-640, P/P 1-8	Pages 640-641 P/P 1-3

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