Ecology Unit Overview, Vocabulary, Essential Questions
Powerpoint – Introduction to Ecology
Classifying organisms – separate into consumer, producer and decomposer. Then organize the consumers into omnivores, carnivores and herbivores. Make one or two food chains. Can we make a food web?
Powerpoint Energy Flow, Sections 3-1 and 3-2
Ecological Pyramids Powerpoint
Fill-in notes: Energy in ecosystems
Food Chains and Pyramids activity
Biogeochemical Cycles powerpoint
Images for notes biogeochemical cycles
Fill-in notes: Biogeochemical cycles
Powerpoint of Species Interactions
Invasive species collage example. Directions: research the invasive species assigned to you. Make a collage of pictures with short captions that include the organism, map/location of invasion and possibly the origin of the invasive species, organisms it is affecting and how, other important information such as graphs or statistics, etc.
Lessons of the Kaibab homework
“Moving Day” article questions –
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch video. What do you think? What can we do?
Powerpoint Ecological Succession
Climate Change
Graph Matching Activity – match the graph to the statement
Ice Core Samples and Climate Change Data Activity:
Graphing Activity and Questions