2. Monday 10/5/2015 – Ch. 4 + outlining Today we will… – Reflect on ch. 3 and assess our learning of the objectives – Get test back – Go over outlining technique – Outline ch. 4 sec. 1 ET: What is an outline? What are some components of a great outline?

3. What goes in the box? ?

4. DEF. Outline: an organized set of personal notes created from text or lesson Components of an outline – Indents/bullets: indent and bullet all sub- topics – Headings: create headings to organize the information into smaller chunks. *note: the book does this for you – Highlighting: it is often helpful to highline or underline headings that fall under the same topic *This is another way to color code your notes

5. Tuesday 10/6 – 4.1 Climate Today I will… – Identify factors that influence climate change – Describe what makes climate change occur – Explain the greenhouse effect. – Create a climatograph to examine climate throughout the worlds different biomes. ET: What is the difference between Climate and Weather?

6. Weather VS. Climate Weather – Day to day conditions of the earths atmosphere Climate – A regions long term patterns of temp. and precipitation Microclimate?

7. The Green House Effect (factor 1) Green house gasses CO2, methane, and water vapor. These gases create a barrier that trap solar energy and warm the earth – The Green House Effect

8. Latitude creates climate zones (factor 2) Polar Temperate Tropical

9. Global Winds and Ocean Currents (Factor 3) pg. 98

10. Introduction to Climate Graphs (Climatograph pg. 112-115) You are to make a bar graph for the precipitation data. Then plot the temperature data in a line graph Use the climate graphes on pg.

11. Wednesday 10/7 – 4.2 Niches and Community Interactions LT: Today I will… Define a niche Describe and explain factors that shape the overall composition of a community – Competition, limiting resources/nutrients, predation, human impact, herbivory, symbiotic relationships Describe group behaviors that increase individual species’ rates of survival – Hunting, schooling, flocking, migrating, swarming ET: Make a vocabulary flip for the following words – make sure to develop definitions in your own words 15 min. – Tolerance – Habitat – Niche – Resources – Competitive Exclusion – Predation – Herbivory – Keystone species

12. Habitat: Where an organism lives The range of physical and biological conditions in which a species lives and the way it obtains what it needs to survive and reproduce = Niche 1.Resources – water, nutrients, light, food, space 2.Physical Aspects – climate (moisture etc..) 3.Biological – reproduction, food

13. Tolerance The ability to survive and reproduce under a range of environmental circumstances

14. Competitive Exclusion Principle No two species can occupy the same niche, in the same place, at the same time

15. Bamboo Lemurs Share Resources?

16. Thursday – 10/8 LT: Same as Wednesday Read the section entitled “dividing Resources” on pg. 101 What is resource sharing? How does it shape an ecosystem?

17. Sharing Resources Species may divide up the resources in stead of competing for them

18. Where do they fit? Read the descriptions below and place the letter in the box where you think each bird belongs

22. 10/9 – Symbioses Today I will… – Describe the role predation and herbivory play in shaping communities – Identify the three types of symbiotic relationships in nature ET: Read the keystone species article? (5 min)

23. Keystone Species: A species who’s survival is “key” to stability of the ecosystem Article on keystone species

24. How does predation and herbivory shape communities? Predator-Prey Relationships: this impacts the size and location of prey populations – Ex. Birds of prey control the population size, feeding and location of various small mammals Herbivore-Plant Relationships: this impacts the size and location of plant populations. – Ex. White tailed dear degrading their favorite plant food source

25. Symbiosis Mutualism - + (Both Benefit) Ex. Clown fish and sea anemones Parasitism -  + (One Benefits + One is harmed) Ex. Leech on a human Commensalism - + neutral (One Benefits + one is neutral) Ex. Barnacles on a grey whale

26. 4.2 Ecosystem Relationships Monday 10/12/2015 LT: Same as Friday ET: Use the following terms and explain how they shape and ecosystem and increase a species ability to survive – Competition, limiting resources/nutrients, predation, human impact, herbivory, mutualism, commensalism, parasitism, migration, flocking

27. 10/13 – substitute teacher Completed lynx hare activity Started succession pogil

28. 4.3 Succession – Wednesday/Thursday 10/14-10/15 LT: Today I will… – Compare/contrast the two types of ecological succession – Describe the stages of succession in an ecosystem that has been disturbed ET: What kinds of disturbances cause an ecosystem to undergo change?

29. Ecological Succession: changes in an ecosystem over time. Where have you seen succession? Newly paved driveway Cleaning your room Cutting down a tree Moving to a new house A mall throughout the holidays

30. 2 Types of Succession Primary: occurs when no soil exists. – Ex. Volcanic eruption Secondary: occurs when existing communities are not completely wiped out. – Ex. Farmer plowing a field

31. Succession Foldable pg. 106 Building This foldable will help us to… 1.describe the stages of succession 2.compare/contrast primary and secondary succession

32. Homework due Friday Using your book, complete the opposite side of your for secondary succession. We will use these Monday to compare and contrast the two types.

33. Friday 10/24 - 4.3 Succession LT: Today I will… – Compare/contrast the two types of ecological succession – Describe the stages of succession in an ecosystem that has been disturbed ET: Pick up a copy of the article on Mt. St. Helens. Answer the following questions:

34. Mt. St. Helens: A story of Ecological Succession What? When? Why?

35. Mt. St. Helens Article (Assessment) What type of succession is going on in the Mt. St. Helens area? What stage is it in? (Pioneer, intermediate, or climax) What is your evidence?

36. Tuesday 10/22 – The Biomes Group Biome Project

37. Analogy of Succession With your group, think of an “everyday” scenario that could be used as an analogy for explaining the process of succession. (review the definition of succession) Your groups is going to create a poster of this analogy that must include the following  Descriptive title  Colored Pictures of each stage  Explanation of stage PioneeringIntermediateClimax picture Picture explanation