Friday, February 02, 2007

Week Twenty-four


Chapter 22, Populations and Communities, is the focus of our class this week.

A tentative schedule for the week:

Monday - Notes 22.1 / 22.1 worksheet / Finish 4-Tab Book
Tuesday - Habitat Activity / Notes 22.2 /How Healthy is This Forest Activity
Wednesday - Counting Turtles Lab / Lady Bug Population Activity
Thursday - Notes 22.3 / Natural Selection Lab / Bird Adaptations
Friday - Vocabulary Quiz / Prairie Research / Create a Prairie Animal

Homework this week includes the Ecosystem Picture which is due on Tuesday, Reading Section 22.2 (p.695 - 700) by Wednesday, Reading Section 22.3 (p.703 - 710) by Thursday, Chapter 22 Vocabulary is due on Friday, there will be a Ecology Vocabulary Quiz on Friday, and the Chapter 22 Study Guide is due on Tuesday (2/13).

Useful Websites:
Click on Habitats
Living Things in Their Environment
Test: Habitats and Populations
Organisms in Their Environment
Test: Organisms in the environment
Franklin Institute
Creature World
Predator-Prey Graph


Prairie Research:
Build a Prairie
Field Guide to the Prairie
Quick Prairie Facts
Enchanted Learning