Ecosystems

Topic 2: ECOSYSTEMS
> Practice question on identifying and sampling biotic environments. Quiz Friday: 2.2, 2.5** || > Transect Sampling activity and the back page of the Mark Recapture activity.** || > Collect D.O. Data after 24 hours! (Friday after school) > Posted [|Ecosystem Project Guidelines:]Food web due 10/31 > Begin planning for [|Productivity Lab I.A. #1].** ||
 * [[image:new.gif]] || * **1/21**: [|The Truax,] a response from the national manufacturers of wooden flooring ||
 * || * **1/19: Intro to EIA Notes and Flow Chart H/O; Lorax EIA Assignment;** [|EIA Wiki]; [|Sample EIA] ||
 * || * **1/15: Read Case Studies from textbook: 598 (world bank), 618 (env. law). EIA Wiki: [|What is EIA] & [|Operating Principles]** ||
 * || * **12/16 Map Biome Distribution; Biomes Summary; Succession Wkst and [|Interactive].** ||
 * || * **12/10 Review Life Tables and Factors, Practice question on 2.6, Go over 2.2, 2.5 Quiz, Review Human Survivorship assignment, Introduce 2.4 Biomes.** ||
 * || * **12/8 Finish Population Change 2.6; Assignment: Comparing Human Survivorship** ||
 * || * **12/4: Share biotic sampling summaries (turn in your analysis), Discuss population growth basics,**
 * **HW: Complete this online [|population dynamics activity]** ||
 * || * **11/28: Quiz, work on Sampling Activity** ||
 * || * **11/26: Finish mark recapture lab. Complete Biodiversity analysis. Designing and using dichotomous keys.
 * || * **11/24: Add field notes and population estimates on the wiki page. Complete the
 * || * **11/6: Add your abiotic information to the wiki. Read 4-7: Cycles** ||
 * || * **10/31: Read 4-5 and [|National Geographic - Our Good Earth.pdf]** ||
 * || * **10/23: Final draft of Bioaccumulation lab due
 * || * **10/17: Data to complete the Bioaccumulation activity is [|posted]. Draft Due Tuesday 10/21** ||
 * || * **10/13: Create an Energy Pyramid from the info on the Energy Flow Wkst.**
 * **Create and use a Dichotomous key from objects found in the room.**
 * **HW: Complete the Pyramid Diagrams worksheet.** ||
 * || * **10/13: Turn in your 48hr Food Web, Turn in Energy Flow wkst. (corrected in class)** ||
 * || * **10/7: Begin observations in your project ecosystems: ID organisms**
 * **2.1.3: ID tropics levels in food chains and webs selected from the local environment** ||


 * Ecosystem Observation: ISB Goldfish Pond

__**Online field guides:**__ (please add your links below)
 * [|Back Yard] clearing house of links to numerous identification guides and websites. 1223346786
 * [|Monterey Bay Aquarium] Good example to see what a simple online field guide for a particular habitat could look like.1223346786
 * [|eNature: Field Guides] 1223346786
 * [|Flora of China] Website that has listing of plant families, images, helpful to know latin. 1223346786
 * [|Interactive Key] to chinese flora. 1223346786
 * [|Pinyin and Chinese Translation] of plant names. 1223346786
 * [|World Plant Families] identification key. 1223346786
 * [|Urban Flora of Beijing] is an article with tables and links. 1223346786
 * [|Bug Guide] is a simple to use tool to identify insects. Simply click on a shape on the left and you're in!