1. Tanner and Gaffney start here.

2. DO NOW V: 0 Monday March 21, 2014 Answer on page 52… 1. How does pollution affect the environment? 2. How do humans affect the environment?

3. Homework & Agenda V: 0 HomeworkHomework: Parasites and Kaibab Activity QUIZ today Today’s Agenda -Review for Quiz -Quiz -Predator and Prey Graph

4. TEKS Investigate how organisms and populations in an ecosystem depend on and may compete for biotic and abiotic factors such as quantity of light, water, range of temperatures, or soil composition; V: 0

5. TEKS Explore how short- and long-term environmental changes affect organisms and traits in subsequent populations. V: 0

6. Dry Erase Board Practice

7. UNIT TEST V: 0 R ead and re-read the passage. U nderline the question B ubble important words I dentify the key idea, write it in margin. E liminate the wrong answers S elect the correct answer ✓ Mass of an object

8. After the Quiz… Answer the following questions about the graph… 1. Which is the predator? Which is the prey? 2. What patterns do you notice? 3. At 20 weeks, why would the predator-prey relationship be different than at 25 weeks? Time (weeks) Number of individuals

9. Perry Start here

10. DO NOW V: 0 Monday March 21, 2014 Answer on page 52… 1. How does pollution affect the environment? 2. How do humans affect the environment?

11. Homework & Agenda V: 0 HomeworkHomework: Kaibab and Overfishing Article QUIZ Friday Today’s Agenda -Goldfish Lab -Conclusion Question

12. TEKS Explore how short- and long-term environmental changes affect organisms and traits in subsequent populations. V: 0

13. Vocabulary organism short-term environmental changes long-term environmental changes V: 0

14. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS: How do organisms interact with their environment? DAILY OBJECTIVES: Students will… -Demonstrate how organisms compete for biotic and abiotic factors in their environment. V: 0 EQs & Objectives

15. Gone Fishing Before we begin… Your group needs to decide how many you are going to eat. Disclaimer: You MUST leave ONE fish!!! Mission : Your group is a group of fisherman, and you are going fishing for a new cheesy fish. Your goal is to have the most fish after 8 fishing trips !

16. Gone Fishing 1.Record the number of fish you caught. 2.Record the population of fish after your fish have a chance to “reproduce.” 3.Go fishing again. Must leave at least 1. Year12345*678 Number of fish caught Population of fish

17. Overfishing Consequences What is happening? Sierra LeonSierra Leon Why does it matter?

18. Wrap-Up Answer the Conclusion Questions on the back of your page.

19. Post-Lab Answer the following questions about the graph… 1. Which is the predator? Which is the prey? 2. What patterns do you notice? 3. At 20 weeks, why would the predator-prey relationship be different than at 25 weeks? Time (weeks) Number of individuals

20. Exit Ticket If the red snapper was overfished, then the mullet population will… The shark population will…..

21. DO NOW V: 0 Tuesday March 21, 2014 On page __ select an answer and then EXPLAIN why. Alligators are large predators that eat many of the smaller, plant-eating animals in a swamp. How might removing the alligators from a swamp habitat create a decrease in vegetation? A) Meat-eating animals would begin eating plants. B) The plants in the swamp would get more sunlight. C) Plants would not be able to spread their seeds. D) More plant-eating animals would survive.

22. Homework & Agenda V: 0 HomeworkHomework: Kaibab and Overfishing Article QUIZ Friday Today’s Agenda -Card Sort: RM 20 -Reading -Scenario Posters

23. TEKS Explore how short- and long-term environmental changes affect organisms and traits in subsequent populations. V: 0

24. Vocabulary organism short-term environmental changes long-term environmental changes V: 0

25. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS: How do organisms interact with their environment? DAILY OBJECTIVES: Students will… -Describe short-term and long-term environment changes. V: 0 EQs & Objectives

26. Card Sort Sort the cards into two groups. Title your groups. V: 2

27. Reading Read the handout and then resort your cards with new group titles. Review answers as a class and then record the correct answers in your INB. V: 2

28. Scenarios Each table group will be given a scenario. Create a poster that answers the questions with that scenario. V: 2

29. DO NOW V: 0 Wed/Thrs March 21, 2014 Answer on page _54_... Describe one short-term and one long- term environmental change.

30. Homework & Agenda V: 0 HomeworkHomework: Kaibab and Overfishing Article QUIZ Friday Today’s Agenda -Short or Long-term Walk -Scenarios Posters -4 Square -The Dead Zone -Dry Erase Board Review

31. TEKS Explore how short- and long-term environmental changes affect organisms and traits in subsequent populations. V: 0

32. Vocabulary organism short-term environmental changes long-term environmental changes V: 0

33. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS: How do organisms interact with their environment? DAILY OBJECTIVES: Students will… -Explore human impact on ecosystems. V: 0 EQs & Objectives

34. 4 Square In your INB, create 4 boxes and label the boxes with the following stems: 1.Humans depend on the ocean ecosystem for… 2.Runoff from land into streams and rivers have modified ocean ecosystems by… 3.Artificial reefs have modified ocean ecosystems by… 4.Humans’ use of resources have modified ocean systems by… V: 0 12 34

35. 4 Square Videos While watching the video clips, complete the 4 square sentence stems. Runoff: Dead Zone Runoff: Poisoned Waters Artificial Reefs Garbage Patch V: 0

36. Human Influence 1.Complete Scenario Posters. It should include… 1. A Title 2. Answers to the four questions 3. Picture 2. Get a Computer and complete the “The gulf of Mexico Dead Zone” V: 1

37. Human Influence Get a Computer and complete the “The gulf of Mexico Dead Zone” V: 1

38. Dry Erase Board Review V: 2

39. DO NOW V: 0 Friday March 21, 2014 Answer on page _56_... List 3 ways that humans could affect a marine ecosystem.

40. Homework & Agenda V: 0 HomeworkHomework: Kaibab QUIZ Today Pre-AP Agenda -Review Homework -Update Notebooks - Quiz -Finish Dead Zone Computer Assignment -Newscast Intro Grade Level Agenda -Review Homework -Update Notebooks -Finish Dead Zone Computer Assignment *** Quiz post-poned to next Friday***

41. TEKS Explore how short- and long-term environmental changes affect organisms and traits in subsequent populations. V: 0

42. TEKS Recognize human dependence on ocean systems and explain how human activities such as runoff, artificial reefs, or use of resources have modified these systems. V: 0

43. Vocabulary organism short-term environmental changes long-term environmental changes Artificial reef Runoff V: 0

44. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS: How do organisms interact with their environment? DAILY OBJECTIVES: Students will… -Explain a dead zone -Show mastery of TEKS V: 0 EQs & Objectives

45. Review Homework V: 0

46. Notebook Clean-up Tape the papers you are receiving onto the following pages: Pg 32- HR Diagram Quiz* Pg 34- The Sun Homework Pg 43-Scantron from Space Unit Test* Pg 45-Ecology Homework Pg 52-Ecology Quiz* *If you made less than a 70 on any of these you may make corrections for up to a 70.

47. QUIZ-PreAP V: 0 R ead and re-read the passage. U nderline the question B ubble important words I dentify the key idea, write it in margin. E liminate the wrong answers S elect the correct answer ✓ Mass of an object

48. Human Influence When you are finished with your quiz… 1.Put it in your folder 2.Get a Computer and complete the “The Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone” 3.If finish “The Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone,” write a reflection on page 56 about what topics you would like to review for STAAR and which you feel confident about. V: 1

49. Newscast Introduction Congratulations! You just got a new job as a news anchor for the local news station. Your first assignment is to report on how human activities have modified one of the world’s ocean ecosystems. V: 0