Week Six

Way to go on the Chapter 22 test, everyone got a passing grade. You are all my little science geniuses!

This week we are continuing with Ecology, but moving on to Chapter 23. This chapter will look at energy flow, cycles of matter, biomes, biogeography, and succession.

A tentative schedule this week includes:

Monday - Finish 23.1 Notes / Present Designer Animals
Tuesday- Owls: Top of Food Chain Lab
Wednesday - Continue Owl Lab
Thursday - Food Web of the Chaparral Activity
Friday - Continue Food Web of the Chaparral Activity

Homework this week includes:

Who Eats Whom? Worksheet due Tuesday
Owl Pellet Lab
Read Section 23.2 (p. 723 - 727) by Monday

Helpful Websites:

Build Your Own Food Web
Fun With Food Webs
Food Chain Fun
Info on Food Chains and Food Webs
Differences Between Food Webs and Food Chains
Chain Reaction Game
Interesting Facts About Food Chains


Webpages for Owls: Top of a Food Chain:
Owl Show
Owl Pages

Week Five

This week we will be taking our first test in science on Wednesday, September 12th. The study guide was handed out last Wednesday, and there is a link to it on last week's post.

We will also be looking deeper into the idea of animal adaptations as you create your own animal this week during an in-class project called Designer Animals.

The Chapter 22 Notes are now available on-line, please click the link below:

Chapter 22 PowerPoint Notes

A tentative schedule this week includes:

Monday - Designer Animal Activity
Tuesday - Review for Chapter 22 Test
Wednesday - Chapter 22 Test
Thursday - Present Designer Animals
Friday -PowerPoint on 23.1 / Food Chain Activity

Homework this week includes:

Study for Chapter 22 Test on Wednesday
Read Section 23.1 (716 - 722) in the textbook and do Unit 1 Key Words 36 - 42 by Friday
23.1 Worksheet by Monday

Helpful Websites:

Food Chain Fun
Info on Food Chains and Food Webs
Chain Reaction Game

Week Four

Last week we began studying Ecology, and looking at how living things are organized ecologically. We also started studying populations and finding ways to find population sizes.

This week we continue looking at population studies, and we will also discuss the interactions that organisms have within an ecosystem. We will answer questions like: Why is it necessary for everything in an ecosystem to work together? How are organisms and their environments linked together?
A tentative schedule this week includes:

Monday - NO SCHOOL
Tuesday - Finish 22.2 Notes / Finish 4-Tab Book / Finish Populations Labs
Wednesday - Notes 22.3 / Lesson of the Kaibab
Thursday - Finish Notes on 22.3 / Symbiosis Activity / Finish Lesson of the Kaibab / Study Guide Handed Out
Friday - Designer Animal Activity

Homework this week includes:

Habitat/Forest Worksheet due Wednesday
Finish Whooping Crane Lab by Friday
Read the Online Article on Symbiosis by Friday
Checking for Unit 1 Key Words 1 - 15 and 30 - 35 by Friday
Chapter 22 Study Guide due Monday
Chapter 22 Test Wednesday 9/12

Online Article on Symbiosis
Part 1: The Lesson of the Kaibab
Part 2: The Lesson of the Kaibab
Chapter 22 Study Guide

Helpful Websites:
Animals on Defense
Mutualism
Commensalism
Parasitism
Examples of Parasites
Franklin Institute
Creature World
Predator-Prey Graph

Designer Animal Research Websites:
Animal Adaptations
Matching Game