Sunday, May 18, 2014

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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Sunday, May 11, 2014

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