10/2-10/6           Agenda and Assignments

Monday	-Levels of Organization in Nature -Biodiversity activities HW Complete Douglas Fir tree questions #'s 1-11
Tuesday	-Finish Biodiversity in Nature activity -The Demise of the Halloween Pumpkins! -Discussion, data, and Notes -Biotic Potential -Notes and vocab - Populations -The Lesson of the Kaibab HW Finish The Lesson of the Kaibab How to set up the graph
Wednesday	-Oh Deer! Game outdoors -Limiting Factors -Pumpkin data HW Graph data for Oh Deer! and complete the Reflection Data: 1. Original Population  2. Hunting Season, no shelter  3. Summer drought, no food or water 4. Over population, no shelter 5. Forrest Logging, no food or shelter 6. Winter snow melt, lots of water 7. Forest Fire 8. Bumper crop of acorns, lots of food 9. Really long winter, scarce food 10. Disease spreads among deer population, no shelter 11. Road is built close to forest and many deer run out and are killed, no shelter 12. Hurricane, no food or shelter The graph should be a bar graph
Thursday	-Portfolio Reflection #1 discuss -Symbiosis and vocab -Pumpkin data HW Symbiosis wkst./Interactions within Communities (2 sides) use pages 20-24 in Ecology book Portfolio Reflection 15 pts - due Wednesday, 10/11
Friday	-Symbiosis Game -Symbiosis Cartoon drawing project -Pumpkin data HW 1. Symbiosis Cartoon drawing project due next Wednesday, 10/11         2. Portfolio Reflection 15 pts - due Wednesday, 10/11

Male Seahorse giving birth - biotic potential

9/25-9/29           Agenda and Assignments

Monday	-Discuss Homeostasis of the Eye Lab and questions -Hand back papers and distribute Portfolios HW 1. Extra time for lab questions (for improvement)         2. Quiz corrections/project corrections Extra Credit - Pond Water sample and/or Soil sample
Tuesday	-Begin Ecology Unit! -Distribute Ecology textbooks -Read chapter 1 -Top-down web overview -Notes -Vocabulary and vocabulary menu HW Choose 3 items from menu to complete in notebook for 3 terms Extra Credit - Pond Water sample and/or Soil sample Ecosystem, Populations, and Habitat (look up definitions)
Wednesday	-Looking at ecosystems -Jar of Soil -Pond Water Lab HW Finish lab questions due on Friday, 9/29
Thursday	-Pond Water Lab HW Lab questions are due tomorrow, 9/29
Friday	-Levels of Organization in Nature -Collect Pond Water Lab HW none if classwork if complete

9/18-19/22           Agenda and Assignments

Monday	-Work on Features of Living Things Project in class -Introduce Easybib and how to do Citations for research http://www.easybib.com/ -Hand back papers and assign portfolios HW 1. Work on project, due on Wednesday, 9/20         2. Study for Quiz on Features of Life, Wednesday, 9/20
Tuesday	-Work on Project (as needed) -Lab: Is it Alive? HW 1. Work on project, due on Wednesday, 9/20         2. Study for Quiz on Features of Life, Wednesday, 9/20
Wednesday	-Features of Living Things Project due -short presentations of projects -Quiz! HW Project Reflection
Thursday	-Lab: Homeostasis of the Eye -Watch video/podcast about Positive and Negative Feedback Loops HW None
Friday	-Finish Lab: Homeostasis of the Eye HW Finish lab questions #1-8

Positive and Negative Feedback Loops

9/11-9/15           Agenda and Assignments

Monday	Living Thing Day!! -Determine the features that define living things HW 1. Reflection about Living Thing Day         2. Find out if a virus is a living thing.  Conduct research and find explanations.
Tuesday	-The Dog vs. a Stream -2-column notes on The Features of Life Features of Life Notes HW The Dog vs. a Stream (wkst)
Wednesday	-Go over The Dog vs. a Stream HW Take a picture of a living thing interacting with a non-living thing.  Write 1-2 sentences describing the interaction.
Thursday	-Begin Project: Features of Living Things (Due: Tuesday, 9/19) Features of Living Things Project HW Think of an organism you would like to portray and apply the 8 Features of Life
Friday	-Work on Features of Living Things Project HW Work on Project