DO NOW Date: 4/21 Q: What are the Ecoregions of Texas? Which human body system performs most like the nucleus of a cell? Describe that function.

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DO NOW Date: 4/21 Q: What are the Ecoregions of Texas? Which human body system performs most like the nucleus of a cell? Describe that function.

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: What are the ecoregions of Texas? OBJECTIVES: -Play vocabulary enrichment game.

Video: Earth’s Surface As we watch, we will discuss some of the process involved in creating the landforms we observe. Video

Pictionary Each table will contain two teams. Your shoulder partner is your teammate. 1 partner randomly chooses a vocabulary word out of the bag to draw on the whiteboard. The other partner will try to guess the word. Each team has 30 seconds to draw/guess what the word is. No words or numbers may be included in the drawing. Person who draws cannot speak.

DO NOW Date: 4/22 & 4/23 Q: What land features make up a watershed? Complete a Venn Diagram comparing Internal Stimuli and External Stimuli.

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: How do geological processes shape the different ecoregions of Texas? OBJECTIVES: -Explore the ecoregions of Texas -Begin an in-class research project on an assigned ecoregion.

Ecoregions of Texas!

Pineywoods

Gulf Prairies and Marshes

Post Oak Savannahs

Blackland Prairies

Cross Timbers and Prairies

South Texas Plains

Edwards Plateau

Rolling Plains

High Plains

Trans-Pecos Mountains & Basins

Geological Processes in Texas The ecoregion below does not get much rain. How do you think this landform was created?

Draw this in your notebook ECOLOGY REGION ECOREGION

Add these definitions to your diagram ECOlogy – the study of the relationships that living organisms have with each other and with their natural environment. REGION- An area or part of a state having specific characteristics.

Add this definition to your diagram ECOREGION- an area defined by environmental conditions and natural features

Ecoregion Project Today you will be assigned an ecoregion by group. You will trace your ecoregion onto butcher paper. Using the folder of information and a laptop, you and your group will research the ecoregion and follow the rubric to complete your project.

DO NOW Date: 4/24 Q: How do geological processes shape the ecoregions of Texas? What is homeostasis? Give one example of how the human body might respond in order to achieve homeostasis.

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: How do geolocial processes chape the ecoregions of Texas. OBJECTIVES: -Finish your ecoregions project

DO NOW Date: 4/25 Q: What are the ecoregions of Texas? Jim and Karen needed to get a heavy chair into their apartment. Karen took it 10 meters from her car to the stairs using 6 Newtons of force. Jim lifted it up the stairs 3 meters and used 20 Newtons of force. Who did more work?

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: What land features make up a watershed? OBJECTIVES: -Take a quiz on Weathering, Erosion, Deposition, and Watersheds

Quiz Voice level 0 When you are finished, raise your hand, and I will pick up your quiz. You may read a book when you finish.