May 28 (A Day) and May 29 (B Day)

OBJECTIVE: Students will review Ecology Unit in order to prepare for their final exam.

WARM-UP: How are individuals, populations and communities related to one another?

VOCABULARY: Spend about 10 minutes getting your flashcards organized.

CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up and Vocabulary
2) Review data table from lab
3) Ecology Review
4) Closure

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Study for final exam. Bring textbook on Monday and Tuesday. Also, bring shoes you can get dirty next class.

HOMEWORK DUE:
Ecology Review Sheet

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Extra Credit opportunities- earn up to 25 extra credit points for brining in the following items- HAND SANITIZER, HAND SOAP (BOTTLE), PACK OF MARKERS OR COLORED PENCILS, PACK OF GLUE STICKS. Also, I need old magazines- 1 point/magazine that you bring in.

May 23 (A Day) and May 26 (B Day)

OBJECTIVE: Students will perform a lab in order to investigate food webs.

WARM-UP: Name 3 symbiotic relationships that organisms can have.

VOCABULARY:
1) population density
2) immigration
3) emigration
4) demography

CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up and Vocabulary
2) Lab
3) Closure

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Finish Review Sheet

HOMEWORK DUE:
None

HSA Week: May 19-May 21

May 19-May 21 is HSA Week. Happy Studying!!!

May 14 (B Day) and May 15 (A Day)

OBJECTIVE: Students will review 3rd quarter material in order to prepare for the HSA.

WARM-UP: Identify the differences between DNA and RNA.

VOCABULARY:
1) resource
2) predation
3) symbiosis
4) mutualism
5) commensalism
6) parasitism

CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up/Vocabulary
2) Review
3) Closure

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Read and outline 2-4 to 2-6 and do 2.2 Review in green book.

May 12 (B Day) and May 13 (A Day)

OBJECTIVE: Students will review 2nd quarter in order to prepare for the HSA.

WARM-UP: Name the 4 groups of macromolecules, their building blocks and function.

VOCABULARY:
1) denitrification
2) nitrogen fixation
3) biotic factor
4) abiotic factor
5) habitat
6) niche

CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up/Vocabulary
2) Review 2nd quarter material
3) Closure

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Read 2-1 to 2-3 in green HSA book, do 2.1 Review

HOMEWORK DUE:
Read 1-1 to 1-6 in green book. Do Section 1.1 Review

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
HSA next week.

May 9 (A Day)

Ms. Lynch out today, work on green books.

May 7 (A Day) and May 8 (B Day)

OBJECTIVE:
Students will review material from 1st quarter in order to prepare for the HSA.

WARM-UP:
Name the types of matter that cycle through the biosphere.

VOCABULARY:
1) food web
2) trophic level
3) ecological pyramid
4) biomass
5) evaporation
6) transpiration

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Read 1-1 through 1-6 in green HSA book. Do 1.1 Review at the end of the section- ALL QUESTIONS.

HOMEWORK DUE:
none

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
HSA in two weeks, ARE YOU READY?

May 5 (A Day) and May 6 (B Day)

OBJECTIVE:
Students will complete HSA Review booklet in order to prepare for the HSA.

WARM-UP:
NONE

VOCABULARY:
NONE

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
STUDY FOR HSA

HOMEWORK DUE:
INSECT FIELD GUIDE

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
NONE

May 1 (A Day) and May 2 (B Day)

OBJECTIVE: Students will complete a laboratory investigation in order to explain the interdependence of organisms in an ecosystem.

WARM-UP: What types of interactions occur within a community?

VOCABULARY: (Same as last class for those that did not finish)
1) herbivore
2) carnivore
3) omnivore
4) detritivore
5) decomposer
6) food chain

CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up/Vocab
2) Discussion of Lab
3) Develop Field Guide
4) Closure

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Read and outline 4-1

HOMEWORK DUE:
3-3 Outline

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
None