Friday, April 6, 2018

Agenda Monday April 9, 2018- Friday April 13,2018

PHOTO: Rachel Carson


Birth May 271907  Died April 14, 1964




Biologist Rachel Carson alerted the world to the environmental impact of fertilizers and pesticides. Her best-known book, Silent Spring, led to a presidential commission that largely endorsed her findings and helped to shape a growing environmental consciousness. Carson died of cancer in 1964 and is remembered as an early activist who worked to preserve the world for future generations.




MS-LS2-1.Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem. 
MS-LS2-2.Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems.
MS-LS2-3.Develop a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem.
MS-LS2-4.Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations. 
MS-LS2-5.Evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services.* 
 Monday April  9, 2018
Objective: How does different land use affect our local watershed?
Due today- improvements for comic strips

Agenda:
QW:  What are some ways that the land  has been changed by humans coming to live in Chico?

1st --referral slide show, homologous structures, permission slips
2nd record CER from notebooks

  
Creek walk-make and record observations
what land uses do you see, hear, and know are occurring near the creek
Minimum: 8 different observations

6th period: Video 1    Video 2
Homework: none

Tuesday April 10, 2018
HAPPY EARTH MONTH!

Objective: 
Due today
Agenda: 
QW: How does this video demonstrate a problem with nature? Make predictions about what might cause water to burn.
river short


TWL chart-  or concept map what is an ecosystem


Start model "ponds"   2 duplicates, 5 treatments

Wednesday April 11, 2018

Objective: How does different land use affect our local watershed?  How does looking at our local watershed allow us to understand ecosystems?

Due today:  
Agenda: 
QW:  Ecosystem debrief.

Where is Big Chico Creek?
Map it
Flyover video

Initial water quality test for each pond
Roles
Homework: none


Thursday April 11, 2018
Objective:  
Due today: 
Agenda:
QW:
We observed: parking lots, lawns, homes, and streets around Big Chico Creek.  What other types of land-use have YOU observed in Chico?  How could these affect our local watershed?
Water Quality reading and discussion
Who and What lives here and depends on good water

Homework:
Friday April 13, 2018
Objective: Determine how natural selection leads to adaptations in organisms.
Due today: 
Agenda:  
QW:We observed: parking lots, lawns, homes, and streets around Big Chico Creek.  What other types of land-use have YOU observed in Chico?  How could these affect our local watershed?

Water Quality reading and discussion
Water pollution research (Google Classroom)

Sacramento River watershed flyover

SSR-ELECTIONS

Who and What lives here and depends on good water
check "ponds"  record data
Organisms of BCC-research, record, draw (next week)


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