1. 9/08/14
Journal
Discussion Questions
1. Give an example of competition among two organisms
in an ecosystem (do not use humans as one of the two)
2. Please compare and contrast primary and secondary
succession.
braingenie succession

2. Reminders References are PAST DUE
Next MONDAY your rough draft of your RESEARCH report is due (don’t discuss your experiment at all in this report). It is background research only!
Ecology Root Quiz on Thurs
Ecology Presentations begin tomorrow.
Webpage- check if you are absent
HAC/SAC- This is how you check your grades. Not during class.
Read Chapter 2 – 4 in your textbook. Exam on Monday the 15th
Science Journals are due on Monday the 15th also

3. Do I stay in PreAP? Drop date is Friday!
Do you plan to do science fair??
Do you plan to turn your work in on or before the due date from here on out?
Late Policy: 1 day late – highest = 70%
2 days or later – hightest = 50%
How did you do on the Root Quiz?
How did you do on the Daily Quizzes?
Daily quiz questions are just like our test questions
Do you plan to study a few minutes every night and go back over the day's discussion questions and/or notes?

4. QUIZ Clear your desks of everything Do NOT write on the quiz please
QUIZ
Clear your desks of everything
Do NOT write on the quiz please
Use CAPITAL letters please
Keep your answers covered
If you need to make up a quiz due to an absence… let me know
Flip it over when you are finished and hang on to it.

5. EcoRegion Project Hang on to your rubric!
You must turn it in when you present your project
Short video clips 2-3 min or less; lots of pictures; climatogram can be written if you can’t find a graph
Presentations begin Tuesday,

6. EcoRegion Project
You will be assigned to a group of 2-3 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
Password is First Initial, Last initial and 8 digit bday. Example AB110498
The presentations are due TOMORROW
We will present them in class. You will need your rubric

7. EXIT TICKET
1. Give an example of a parasite. Is your example an ectoparasite or endoparasite?
2. Please describe how primary succession is different from secondary succession.

8. EXIT TICKET 1. Where are autotrophs are on the trophic pyramid? Why?
2. Give an example of one abiotic factor found in ecosystems.

9. EXIT TICKET 1. How are ecosystems different from communities?
2. Give an example of mutualism.