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Chapter 8 Lesson 1: Overview of Organization of environment

Organism, habitat, abiotic, biotic, species, population, community, ecosystem,
ecology
Levels of organization Biome Ecosystem Community Population
Organism Species
**Note Taking Guide**
Go outside and identify levels of organization in our area- abiotic/ biotic.
Outdoor Scavenger hunt- created paper for now would be nice to make it
electronic, maybe list to capture images of each level and abiotic/biotic (3 each)
How to tie in technology?
Mini Quiz Assessment

Chapter 9 Lesson 3/4: B iomes

Vocab: Biome, climate, desert, rainforest, grassland/ savanna, deciduous forest,
boreal forest/ Taiga, Tundra
START: Group power point- each person in charge of different part
Biome, Location map, climate, plants and animals

Chapter 8 Lesson 3: Adaptations and Relationships section

Vocab: Natural selection, adaptation, niche, competition, predation, predator,
prey, symbiosis, mutualism, commensalism, parasitism, parasite, host.
Biointeractive activity on rock pocket mice (2 days)
Add into power point: examples of relationship in your ecosystem/biome, and
plant and animal adaptations that makes them successful in that climate.
Finish and present powerpoint:
Class takes notes
Create quiz questions on your section.
Quiz.

Chapter 9 Lesson 1: Food webs and food chains

Vocab: producer, consumer, herbivore, carnivore, omnivore, scavenger,
decomposer, food chain, food web, energy pyramid, desertification
Research and create a food web and relate it back to the relationships from 8.3.
Also we want to draw connections to energy pyramid.
Activities related to imbalances in the food web and how it can lead to its
collapse.

Create a food web within your ecosystem with relationships.

Chapter 8 Lesson 2: Effects on population
Birth rate, death rate, immigration, emigration, population density, limiting
factor, carrying capacity.
Reading and interpreting graphs.
Researching population changes in their assigned ecosystem/biome.

Chapter 10 Lesson 2 and 3:Humans and the environment

Resources, greenhouse effect, Carbon cycle, biodiversity, keystone species,
extinction, endangered species, threatened species, habitat destruction, habitat
fragmentation, poaching, captive breeding.

Go over carbon cycle w

ith lesson 2.
Prep for mini presentation for their biome
Keystone species
endangered/threatened species
Major human activity affecting the biome/ecosystem
Solutions to address these problems.
Evaluate how effectively each solution would address the problem.
Make recommendation which they think is the best solution.
Share presentations with groups.

Infographics
Evaluations of infographics- pros and cons daily
What makes a good infographic?
Video that shows the process of making an infographic.
Color and Font
Tone
Peer evaluation: Questions, Stars, Wishes: How to nicely and effectively critique

Project Overview
Students will create an infographic to visually display data and information
related to their biome and ecosystem. This will include Biome map, climate
stats, description of plant and animal life and how they have adapted to the
climate. They will also include a food web and energy pyramid, symbiotic
relationships, and have graphs and visuals to show trends in predator prey
relationships, population sizes, birth rate/death rate, etc. To tie in our human
impact unit they will be investigating and selecting an environmental problem
within their ecosystem/biome as a result of human actions. They will need to
evaluate and describe potential solutions to solving this problem.
This project will have checkpoints built into the unit so they research and gather
information as we go through the unit. In the end they will work with a group to
compile it in a visually appealing digital display.