ESSENTIAL QUESTION: How do interactions among organisms impact the changing environment?
LEARNING TARGET: Interpret a carrying capacity graph
BENCHMARKS: SC.912.L.17.5
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Students will be able to:
-Identify the different roles of organisms in any ecosystem.
-Explain that different types of organisms exist within aquatic systems due to chemistry, geography, light, depth, salinity, and/or temperature.
-Investigate the chemical factors (pH, oxygen, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, phosphorous, and salinity) in aquatic systems.
-Recognize the potential changes to an ecosystem resulting from seasonal variations, climate changes,
and/or succession.
-Make observations for GBE
-Research for Project proposal
BELL RINGER- EOC Review 17.5 Population Ecology
VOCABULARY: commensalism, ecosystem, global warming, greenhouse effect, invasive species, mutualism, parasitism, predation, primary succession, secondary succession, succession, symbiosis, abiotic, biome, biotic, biodiversity, climate, producer, consumer, decomposer, aquatic
HOME LEARNING: HL 7 Carrying Capacity
AGENDA
WHOLE GROUP
Students completed the bell ringer above on their bell ringer sheet.
Students then received HL 7 on carrying capacity. Answers are to be on your own paper.
Students reviewed and discussed carrying capacity, making analogies from every day experiences to explain the concept. The handout below is to be placed in the notes.
Students made observations on their GBE assigned plants.
Students then did research on their assigned topic for their ecological proposal.
Some students made up exams missed on prior dates.
