Adaptive curriculum day (block day 9/30 & 10/01)

Go to adaptivecurriculum.com

Your log-on is puhsmt-ID#
Students, you should know your password ;)

Go to "Biology: Energy flow in ecosystems".  Press play and listen and follow the directions.  
You can use headphones if you have them.  
Take notes starting on pg 56.

Share your contact information

Cleaned up plant lab and wrote conclusions

Cleaned up plant lab
Wrote analysis and conclusion section.  Make sure you check the RUBRIC to ensure you have all the required parts of the lab :)

Extend activity for owl pellets -- how much energy is required for your food?

Went through the extend activity (pgs 47-50)
How does a vegetarian diet differ from an omnivore?

Block day 9/23 & 9/24 owl pellets

Looked at owl pellets again to determine if our data was correct.  Edited data as necessary.
Began talking about human's diets and how much energy is required to produce food.

Reptiles and Amphibians pgs 45-46

Watched a life episode of "Reptiles and Amphibians"
Questions should go on pgs 45-46
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Thursday Catch up day

Dissect seeds if you haven't already.  Take notes or sketch information on pg 35
Go back to Farming in the Rye on pg 36-37 of the notebook (pg 79 of the text book)
Notebook check next week! :)

Wed 9/19 late start day

Double checked or completed the data table for the owl pellets

Review the SSA for this activity and reassess where you are

Week 7 block day (9/16 & 9/17)

Work together to collect class data from owl pellets so that you can fill out the remainder of the data table (pg 41)

Read the "explain" 1/2 sheet and tape into pg 42.  Follow the directions to create a scale model on a piece of graph paper.  You can use an entire sheet if needed, or whatever you feel is necessary -- we will be sharing them on Wednesday!! (goes on pg 43) Answer questions from purple sheet on pg 44. 

For the second hour of the block -- watch "Reptiles and Amphibians".  Answer the questions for the video, we will tape it in on Wednesday.

owl pellet pictures

Owl pellet pictures from dissection on Friday!

pgs 40-41 Owl pellet procedures and data table

pg 40 Owl Pellet procedures

pg 41 Owl pellet data table

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pgs 38-39 SSA for Ecology & Energy

Fill out the SSA on pg 38, we will fill out the goal sheet on Monday.

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Owl pellet dissection tomorrow!

pgs 36-37 Farming in the Rye

Use the book, pg 79 (or the picture below) to complete the activity.  Please copy the data table into your notebook on pg 36, create a graph from the data (use graph paper) and answer questions 2-4

pgs 34-35 Seed Germination

Seed germination slides (see below)

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 We also prepared seeds for dissection (should be ready on Thursday)

pgs 32-33 Eternal Enemies Video notes

Click here for the PowerPoint that has the links to the video,
or simply "google" eternal enemies and find the 10 minutes segments on you-tube

Your notes should include how the lions and hyenas interact, what sort of ecosystem they live in and how the effect it.  Also, anything else that you find interesting about the video

2nd plant lab

Background research today if needed on how to fix your lab to get better results. 
Remember you will be graded on the rubric
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What goes where?

Just an update on page #'s (so we are all on the same page)

• 18-21 -- 1st plant lab
• 22-24 -- Hawk, Rabbit, Grass (maybe only on 22-23, but you can use 24 for conclusion if needed)
• 25 --- Ecology packet
• 26-27 -- "Challenges of Life" video sheet
• 28-31 -- 2nd plant lab

Revision of plant lab

For today (Tuesday)

Get your plants and a whiteboard.

On the whiteboard

–What did you do?

–What did you learn?

–What conclusions can you draw?

This information should also be in your notebook on pages 18-21. 
This beginning lab will be graded on completion.  
Do you have . . . .

• a question?
• a variable table?
• procedures?
• a data table?
• conclusions?