Please get out your Scientific Method Objective sheet. Please read the board. Attwater Prairie Chicken says ”sup?!”

QUIZ RETEACH – ADD NEW UNDERSTANDINGS TO YOUR OBJECTIVE SHEET STAR = HELPFUL. PLEASE SHARE! IT IS YOUR STUDY GUIDE FOR THE FINAL AND THE AP TEST!

APES FIELD WORK! Making Science a verb!

 Restoration of Wolf Prairie

GULF COASTAL PRAIRIE RESTORATION

200 YEARS AGO, 6.5 MILLION ACRES IN TEXAS MILLION ACRES IN LOUISIANA

WE HAVE AN EXTRAORDINARY OPPORTUNITY!  Westside Pocket Prairie restoration project  1.5 acres of degraded prairie will be restored to more original condition  Replacement of existing plants with increased diversity of native species  Improved wildlife habitat  Delineation of prairie wetland

PRAIRIE FIELD WORK  Sign up near materials table –  3:30-4:30 Mondays  Half Major grade third six weeks  Learn new skills – transect sampling, cataloging species, seeding, building a garden, tending butterfly garden

LET’S GET THE PARTY STARTED!  Sign up by the supply stand asap!

OUR FIRST REAL UNIT: ECOLOGY (AKA – HOW THE PLANET WORKS!) PLEASE PASS BACK THE NEW OBJECTIVE SHEET. Calendar check!

ECOLOGY – THE STUDY OF INTERACTIONS BETWEEN ORGANISMS AND THE ENVIRONMENT Ecology - interactions Biology – individual structure and function

TROPHIC CASCADE – REMOVAL OF ONE SPECIES CREATES CHAIN REACTION THROUGH ECOSYSTEM

AS YOU WATCH: CREATE A CONCEPT MAP TO SHOW RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ELEMENTS. How wolves change rivers