1. Discussion Questions Discussion Questions *Did you check in with me at the door? *Please find your assigned seat and sit in it. *Use the textbook under your desk and/or your smart phone * Answer these questions on notebook paper (using complete sentences). _____________________________________________ 1.Please describe ecology in as much detail as you can. 2.Please explain how a producer and an autotroph are related. are related. 3.Please compare and contrast abiotic and biotic factors 4.Define an ecosystem and give an example 8/31/15 Journal

3. QUIZ Clear your desks of everything Do NOT write on the quiz please Use CAPITAL letters please Keep your answers covered If you ever miss a quiz, come in during PLC to make it up Flip it over when you are finished………………..

4. Reminders Science Fair title, topic and category PAST DUE – completed online **Avoid projects w/people (you will need 25) **No projects that are qualitative. You have to have quantitative data. Nothing subject such as which color is the prettiest? Friday you need five sources in MLA format typed ……use easybid.com or bibme.com. Save this….you will need to turn in another copy later. Get a composition notebook for your science fair project. You will need a Table Of Contents in it also. Root Quiz on Friday Remind 101? Getting the messages? PreAP Webpage has everything you need. Check it when you are absent!!! Subscribe to our class webpage HAC- Do you have your own account so you can monitor your own grades??

5. Did you register for your textbook???? Need another copy of the instruction sheet????

6. Our Goals for YOU Pass the EOC/STAAR test with Level III/ Commended rating Develop a love and curiosity for biology because biology is amazing!! AND……….for you to want to come back and join AP Biology your junior or senior year because I want you back in my class!

7. Salsa Lab Complete it on your own and save it for your science journal/composition book when we get them. A good way to do this experiment is to have everyone take their temperature before starting the experiment. Then, have half the class eat a chip with an exact amount of salsa on it every two minutes and record their body temperature without drinking any water immediately after eating. The other half of the class would not have any chips and salsa (or water) but would record their body temperatures every two minutes also. This procedure would continue for a minimum of 15 minutes. This would give us enough trials (# of individuals) and enough data. We could complete a line graph then, graphing time on the “x” axis and body temperature on the “y” axis. Using dotted lines for the average percent change in temperature for the eaters and a solid line for the non-eaters.

8. Scientific Method Power Point and notes (for classes that did not finish yesterday) Power Point fill in the blank The power point is on the class website in case you need to go back and refer to it.

9. Analyzing and Interpreting Scientific Data handout is HWork This is the sheet you picked up at the door Thurs This sheet goes in your Science Journals/Composition Notebooks when they arrive.

10. EcoRegion Project You will be assigned to a group of 3-4 to create a Google Doc Presentation over your assigned ecoregion. We will work on these presentations in class each day this week after we complete the discussion questions and reminders. You and your partners also need to work on the project at home. You can all access the project once it has been shared with all group members from any computer with internet. You can even work at the same time. *You will anonymously evaluate your partners! Login is last name.first name@mymisd.orgname@mymisd.org Password is First Initial, Last initial and 6 digit bday. Example AB110498 Create your title slide and share the presentation with me ceaves@magnoliaisd.org or Catherine Eaves ceaves@magnoliaisd.org The presentations are due Tuesday, the 8 th. We will present them in class.

11. YouTube- Video intro to bio

12. What a Beautiful World http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_ZvZQT8 1OY ~2 min

13. Launch Clean the floor around your desk, please throw away any garbage near your desk (yes PLEASE, even if it isn't yours) Words of Wisdom to launch you! “ If you think you can, or if you think you can't, you are right!” Henry Ford