Unit+1+-+Sustainable+Ecosystems

[|01 Sustainable Ecosystems Note.doc] [|01 The Silence of the Frogs.doc] [|01 ecology vocab veritech.doc] || - The Silence of the Frogs - Read Nelson 10, 2001 p 10 - 13 || - food chain/web, trophic levels, autotroph, heterotroph, 10% rule, primary, secondary and tertiary consumers [|02 Food webs Chains Trophic levels Notes.docx] [|02 Food Webs Chains Trophic Levels WS.docx] || - Nelson 10, 2001 p 34-35 - Brickworks field trip form || - all life depends on energy from the Sun captured by producers, flow of energy is an open system - photosynthesis, cellular respiration, word equations [|03 Energy Flows notes.docx] [|03 Energy Flows WS.docx] || Nelson 10, 2001 - Read p 35-37, 61 || -carbon cycle, nitrogen cycle, phosphorus cycle, cycling of matter, closed system [|04 Nutrient Cycles Notes - UPLOAD only.doc] [|4 Nutrient Cycles Worksheet.doc] || - Nelson 10, 2001 p. 50, 62-68 P 142 #1 || - Three Reasons Why Biodiversity is Valuable [|05 Why biodiversity is important.docx] [|05 Biodiversity Case Study.doc] || - Nelson 10, 2001 p 22-23 - Case Study || - demonstrate examining biodiversity in a 1 m plot [|06 BIODIVERSITY FIELD STUDY.docx] || - study human impacts at Brickworks site || - practice water quality tests + **pre-lab questions** - gather data on water quality - examine biodiversity in a 1 m meadow plot [|EM_brickworks field study Oct 2011.docx] [|11 history of human impact on brickworks.docx] [|11 History of human impact on the Brickworks.ppt] || Complete all pages of the Brick Works Field Study Guide || [|09 Sustainable Ecosystems Quiz Outline.doc] [|09 quiz rvw veritech nutrient cycles.doc] || Study for Quiz || [|snc1d ecology Quest review.doc] [|10 water pollution student large ws.pptx] [|10 water pollution student ws.docx] ||  || [|10 - 11 analysis brickworks data.doc] ||  || - organic solid waste, bacteria, dissolved minerals, organic chemicals and heat [|12 Human Threats to Healthy Ecosystems.doc] || Nelson 10, 2001 - p 132-137, 143,145 || - personal lifestyle choices: food, energy, waste, water, renew, recycling, reduce - ecological footprints [|13 Sustainable Choices note and WS.doc] ||  ||
 * **Lesson** ||  **Topic / Class Activities**  ||  **Handouts & Textbook Pages**  ||
 * 1 || **Introduction to Sustainable Ecosystems**
 * 2 || **Food Chains, Food Webs and Trophic Levels**
 * 3 || **Energy Flows**
 * 4 || **Biogeochemical Cycles**
 * 5 || **Biodiversity**
 * 6 || **Pre-Lab -** **Brickworks Field Trip**
 * 7 || **Pre-Lab – Brickworks Field Trip**
 * [|07 water quality testing.docx]** || Get everything ready for field trip ||
 * 8 || **Field Trip to Brickworks**
 * 9 || Quiz Review + Brickworks Data Analysis
 * 10 || **Quiz #1** – Lessons 1- 5 Ecosystems and Safety Rules
 * Water Pollution**
 * 11 || **Brickworks Data Analysis**
 * 12 || **Human Threats to Healthy Ecosystems**
 * 13 || **Sustainable Choices – Personal and Social**
 * 14 || **Review for Test #1**
 * [|Grade 9 Sustainable Ecosystems Test topics Outline.doc]**
 * [|snc1d ecology test review 2011.doc]** ||  ||
 * 15 || **Test** ||   ||