THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE:

This week, we're off to ECOLOGY! Energy, Ecosystems, and the cycles that go around because of them -- namely, the Carbon cycle and the Nitrogen cycle.

MONDAY: cool food chain video
HOMEWORK: Read chapter 5 section 1 for READING QUIZ TOMORROW!
TUESDAY: READING QUIZ CHAPTER 5; carbon cycle and food chain activity. QUIZ when you're done!
HOMEWORK: ch 5 sx 1 HW
WEDNESDAY: LAB: Owl food chain using owl pellet dissection
HOMEWORK: finish owl pellet lab worksheet; read chapter 5 sx 2
THURSDAY: Finish owl pellet food web and turn in owl pellet lab.
FRIDAY: BIOMAGNIFICATION: story and computer activity

Here's a site we'll use on MONDAY:
CLICK HERE FOR THE MONDAY VIDEO

And here's another COMPUTER LESSON you all will do on your own on TUESDAY, with a test to go with it:
CLICK HERE FOR THE COMPUTER LESSON

And here's the website for FRIDAY: BIOMAGNIFICATION WEBSITE

THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE

MONDAY-- finish up the terrarium(?) complete with lizard?
-- Evolution worksheet-- can you create a cladogram?
TUESDAY-- critical thinking skills sheet: finish up the terrarium (if we didn't yesterday)
WEDNESDAY-- Selected videos from THIS SITE
THURSDAY-- review day
FRIDAY-- test chapter 4

THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE

Y'all, we have to rethink the turtle thing. Let's build our terrarium and talk about which animal to get.
To clarify, what I was thinking of was a tortoise. True turtles need more water space than we can create in a terrarium, which is what I have the basic supplies for-- so a water turtle is out.

Here are the problems with tortoises:

1. They live for THIRTY YEARS.
2. They get to be 10 inches in size! What would I do with a tortoise that size?
3. If we buy a store tortoise, we can't release it into the wild-- it might not know how to take care of itself. So I need to be able to care for it till I'm 77 years old.
4. Store-bought tortoises are EXPENSIVE!
5. we can look for one, but there's no guarantee that we'll find one.

so here are my favorite choices for a terrarium:

what do you all think?

So, THIS WEEK:

TUE Give back tests; start ch 4 section 1 on ecosystems and communities; work on terrarium
HOMEWORK: read ch 4 section 1 and do worksheet
WED finish terrarium. Biotic and abiotic factors.
HOMEWORK: active reading assignment.
THUR Bonessi Day. HOMEWORK: Read chapter 4 section 2.
FRI Natural selection and the diversity of life. HOMEWORK: chapter 4 take-home quiz. PUT OUR ANIMALS IN THE TERRARIUM!

THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE

Monday-- review for chapter 3 test! It will be basic
TUESDAY: test chapter 3: start creating our terrarium
WEDNESDAY: Finish terrarium and have it turtle-ready.

THE WEEK'S SCHEDULE:

Sorry to be late in posting the schedule, guys.

As you know, we've switched things up a bit. Now every Thursday is a "Bonessi Day" where you'll do work on the Physics, Atmosphere, Space and Energy end of the Environment. So from now on I'll build that in to the calendar.

THIS WEEK (up to Fall Break):

WEDNESDAY-- reading quiz; intro to the Biosphere; Hydrothermal Vents
THURSDAY: Bonessi Day
FRIDAY: Hydrosphere: fresh water and the law debate
HOMEWORK: questions for chapter 3 section 3 due MONDAY

MONDAY: Review chapter 3
TUESDAY: test chapter 3
WEDNESDAY: ecosystems-- CREATE A TERRARIUM!

new prezi for chapter 3

The Dynamic Earth on Prezi

And... click HERE to go to a great video on hydrothermal vents.