Cycles of Matter: Carbon and Human Activity
CW: Draw carbon cycle map before and after human activity. Summary paragraph on changes.
DN: What do Nitrogen-Fixing bacteria do? (Look at your Nitrogen Cycle.)
EQ: How does human activity change the Carbon Cycle?
Reminder: Turn in your Ecosystem Video Projects. You can still get a B (even an A if you do the bonuses) if you turn it in by Monday.
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CW: Draw carbon cycle map before and after human activity. Summary paragraph on changes.
DN: What do Nitrogen-Fixing bacteria do? (Look at your Nitrogen Cycle.)
EQ: How does human activity change the Carbon Cycle?
Reminder: Turn in your Ecosystem Video Projects. You can still get a B (even an A if you do the bonuses) if you turn it in by Monday.
Lesson Outline
5min Students complete the Do Now.
5min Teacher outlines procedures for Carbon Cycle Map activity and distributes dice.
10min> Students run through Carbon Cycle activity without human activity.
5min> Discussion on results of activity.
10min> Students run through Carbon Cycle activity with human activity.
5min Discussion on results of activity. Students summarize changes.
5min Review of worm anatomy.
5min< Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.
Cycles of Matter: Nitrogen (N)
CW: Completed notes with margin questions (p29) and completed diagram (p28), and paragraph summary (p28).
DN: What is protein? How do you get it?
EQ: How do nitrogen atoms cycle through different organisms and places?
Reminders: Ecosystem Vocabulary Video due TODAY!!! Turn in only via schoology.
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CW: Completed notes with margin questions (p29) and completed diagram (p28), and paragraph summary (p28).
DN: What is protein? How do you get it?
EQ: How do nitrogen atoms cycle through different organisms and places?
Reminders: Ecosystem Vocabulary Videos are due TODAY!!! Turn in only via schoology.
Resources
Lesson Outline
5min Students complete the Do Now by setting up their notebooks.
20min Cycles of Matter (The Nitrogen Cycle) Notes.
5min Students answer essential question in a paragraph summary.
5min Students share paragraphs and write margin questions.
5min Decomposer Video 1
5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.
Cycles of Matter: Cycling Through
HW: Study for your quiz on the Nitrogen Cycle. (Optional: Review worm anatomy.)
CW: Completed Cycling Through Handout.
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HW: Study for your quiz on the Nitrogen Cycle. (Optional: Review worm anatomy.)
CW: Completed Cycling Through Handout.
RESOURCES
LESSON OUTLINE
5min Students complete the Do Now.
5min Teacher outlines Cycling Through Activity.
10min Cycling Through Activity. Students identify what they are (Protein, Nitrogen Compounds, or Nitrogen Gas) as well as their location (Soil, Air, Producer, Waste, etc.) then roll dice to determine what happens to them. Repeat at new location and record outcomes.
5min Discussion on activity.
5min< Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.
MiniLab: Reaction Speed
HW: Finish Ecosystem Vocabulary Video Projects due Tuesday (10/15).
CW: Completed Reaction Speed (Fall Distance) MiniLab Report.
DN: How do you know if you have quick reflexes?
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HW: Finish Ecosystem Vocabulary Video Projects due Tuesday (10/15).
CW: Completed Reaction Speed (Fall Distance) MiniLab Report.
DN: How do you know if you have quick reflexes?
RESOURCES
MiniLab Blank Template Handout
LESSON OUTLINE
5min Students complete the Do Now.
10min Teacher outlines the procedure for the MiniLab. One student will drop a ruler and the other will catch it at different distances between their finger and thumb (gap).
15min Students collect fall distance data. (Gap between fingers: 3cm, 5cm, 7cm, and 10cm.)
5min Students calculate the averages.
5min Students determine the independent variable, dependent variable, constants, hypothesis, and title.
5min Students plot their data; add an appropriate trendline; complete an analysis; and make a prediction for an untested distance. (Try 12cm.)
5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.
Quiz: Trophic Levels
HW: [1] Work on Ecosystem Vocabulary Video Projects due Tuesday (10/15). [2] Fix your Invasive Species Slides.
DN: Review for your quiz.
Reminders: If you need help editing or filming please come in at lunch. We have people who can help as well as equipment you can use.
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HW: [1] Work on Ecosystem Vocabulary Video Projects due Tuesday (10/15). [2] Fix your Invasive Species Slides.
DN: Review for your quiz.
Reminders: If you need help editing or filming please come in at lunch. We have people who can help as well as equipment you can use.
Resources
Presentation Slides: Bad Example, Good Example 1, & Good Example 2.
Lesson Outline
5min Students complete the Do Now.
15min Trophic Levels Quiz.
5min How to Present. Quick overview on strategies for presenting well even if you’re nervous.
15min Invasive Species Presentations. Students give a ‘Good’ presentation on an invasive species (Lion Fish, Zebra Mussels, Cats, Pigeons, Pythons - the ones in Florida, Feral Pigs, Fire Ants, or Cane Toads). All slides must include a URL to show the origin of the information.
Title and Names of Group Members
1. Invasive Species Scientific Name
2.Origin (Where did it come from?)
3. Current Location (Where is it now?)
4. Why?/How? (How did it get there?)
5. Damage 1 (How is it hurting animals, crops, buildings, etc.?)
6. Damage 2 (How is it hurting animals, crops, buildings, etc.?)
7. Solutions/Control (How do we keep to population in check?)
5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.