Unit 2: Objectives

2.1 Understand how populations, communities, and ecosystems relate to each other
2.2 Be able to give examples of biotic and abiotic factors of an ecosystem
2.3 Describe flow of energy in ecosystems using food chains, food webs, and ecological pyramids
2.4 Label an organism as a producer or consumer based on its source of energy
2.5 Predict what will happen to other organisms in a food web if one organism is removed or a new organism is added
2.6 Use trophic levels to describe how an organism receives its energy
2.7 Diagram the 3 types of ecological pyramids used to represent energy transfer in ecosystems
2.8 Explain why most ecological pyramids are large at the base and narrow at the top
2.9 Define what a population is
2.10 Calculate a population's growth rate using the number of births, deaths, emigrants, and immigrants
2.11 Describe methods for estimating Population Size (Mark-Recapture & Quadrat Sampling)
2.12 Diagram exponential population growth and give examples of when this might occur in nature
2.13 Diagram logistical population growth and give examples of when this might occur in nature
2.14 Define carrying capacity and be able to point on a logistical graph where it would be found
2.15 Describe population growth factors that are density dependent and density independent
2.16 Relate the objectives on populations above to human population growth


Unit 2: Power Points 

Date:
Power Point (click on power point title):
November 2-3, 2017
Unit 2-4 Notes- Climate Change
November 6-7. 2017
Unit 2 Review Day
November 8-9, 2017
Unit 2 Exam
November 13-14, 2017
Lab- Climate Change in a Bottle (day 1)
November 15-16, 2017
Lab- Climate Change in a Bottle (day 2)

Unit 2: Note Blanks

Date:
Note Blanks (click on note title):
September 25-October 2, 2017
Unit 2-1 Notes- Principles of Ecology
October 18-October 30, 2017
Unit 2-3 Notes- Interactions in Ecosystems
October 31-November 2, 2017
Unit 2-4 Notes- Human Impact & Climate Change

Unit 2: Assignments

Date Assigned:
September 25-26
September 27-28, 2017
September 29 & October 2, 2017
October 4-5, 2017
Description (click on assignment):
Chapter 13.3 Study Guide
Disney Food Web
Practice- Food Webs & Pyramids
Chapter 13.4 Study Guide
LAB- Estimating Population Size (Mark and Recapture)
Due Date:
Period 1: September 27, 2017
Periods 5,6,7: September 28, 2017
Period 1: September 29, 2017
​Periods 5,6,7: October 2, 2017
Period 1: October 3, 2017
Periods 5,6,7: October 4, 2017
Period 1: October 9, 2017
Periods 5,6,7: October 10, 2017
October 9-10, 2017
LAB- Estimating Population Size (Quadrat Sampling)
Period 1: October 11, 2017
Periods 5,6,7: October 12, 2017
October 12-13, 2017
Activity- Kaibab Deer Population Analysis
Period 1: October 16, 2017
Periods 5,6,7: October 17, 2017
October 16-17, 2017
Practice- Estimating Population Size
Review- Population Ecology
Period 1: October 18, 2017
Periods 5,6,7: October 29, 2017
October 20 &24, 2017
Story of the Carbon Cycle
​Rubric- Story of the Carbon Cycle
Period 1: October 25, 2017
Periods 5,6,7: October 26, 2017
October 25-26, 2017
Practice- Ecological Cycles 
Period 1: October 27, 2017
Periods 5,6,7: October 30, 2017
October 27 & 30, 2017
Interactive Review- Ecology
Period 1: October 31, 2017
Periods 5,6,7: November 1, 2017
November 2-3, 2017
Simulation- Climate Change
Period 1: November 6
Periods 5,6,7: November 7
November 6-7, 2017
Unit 2 Practice Test
KEY- Unit 2 Practice Test
** must complete with corrections by the day of Unit 2 Test
Period 1: November 8, 2017
​Periods 5,6,7: November 9, 2017
November 13-16, 2017
LAB- Climate Change in a Bottle
Period 1: November 17, 2017
Periods 5,6,7: November 18, 2017

Unit 2: Resources

VIDEO- CRASH COURSE- POPULATION ECOLOGY
VIDEO- HISTORY OF HUMAN POPULATION GROWTH
KAHOOT- POPULATION ECOLOGY
VIDEO- CARBON THE ELEMENT OF LIFE
VIDEO- CARBON AND NITROGEN CYCLE 
VIDEO- CLIMATE CHANGE 101