10/31-11/4           Agenda and Assignments

Monday	-The Demise of the Halloween Pumpkins assignment due -Two-Column notes -Observe broth containers, data collection -Watch Can Science Explain the Origins of Life? -From Soup to Cells  HW 1. From Soup to Cells (due on Thursday, 11/3)         2. Quiz on Where Does Life Come From? (Chapter 1.3, pgs 21-23                LSAF) Friday, 11/4
Tuesday	-Observe broth containers, data collection HW 1. From Soup to Cells (due on Thursday, 11/3)         2. Quiz on Where Does Life Come From? (Chapter 1.3, pgs 21-23                LSAF)Friday, 11/4         3. Portfolio Reflection #2 due on Friday, 11/4 (15 pts.)
Wednesday	-Observe broth containers, data collection -Watch movie: The Origins of Life (take notes) HW 1. From Soup to Cells (due on Thursday, 11/3)         2. Quiz on Where Does Life Come From? (Chapter 1.3, pgs 21-23                LSAF) Friday, 11/4         3. Portfolio Reflection #2 due on Friday, 11/4 (15 pts.)
Thursday	-Observe broth containers, data collection -Finish movie -Creating Coacervates Lab HW 1. Quiz on Where Does Life Come From? (Chapter 1.3, pgs 21-23                LSAF)  STUDY Friday, 11/4         2. Portfolio Reflection #2 due on Friday, 11/4 (15 pts.)
Friday	-Quiz on Where Does Life Come From? (Chapter 1.3, pgs 21-23 LSAF) -Portfolio Reflection #2 due today -Coacervate Formation Lab HW Coacervate Formation Lab questions due on Monday, 11/7

10/24-10/28           Agenda and Assignments

Monday	-Record Pumpkin data -Review for Ecology Test -Continue watching Mount St. Helens Nova movie HW 1. Please bring Ecology Textbook in to hand in for Tuesday         2. STUDY for Ecology Test.  Use study guide, notes, vocab, and               webs to prepare.
Tuesday	-Record Pumpkin data -Ecology Test -Collecting Ecology Textbooks and handing out Life's Structure and Function Textbooks (LSAF) HW 1. Read pgs 21-23 in LSAF; In notebook, create top-down web          2. Add Vocabulary in notebook:  Please define and then use the               vocab menu to add three more things to each term. Spontaneous Generation, Biogenesis, and Culture medium
Wednesday	-Where Does Life Come From?  Vocabulary -Comparison of compounds found in the oceans and the human body -Broth in flasks - make prediction and notes HW Germs From Nowhere Read article, answer 1-3, #4 requires some research about a specific scientist.  Due on Friday, 10/28 Scale of the Universe
Thursday	HALLOWEEN ASSEMBLY -Data collection - Broth in flasks -Finish Mount St. Helens video HW Germs From Nowhere Read article, answer 1-3, #4 requires some research about a specific scientist.  Due on Friday, 10/28
Friday	-Work on "The Demise of the Halloween Pumpkin" Assignment The Demise of the Halloween Pumpkins -Data collection - Broth in flasks -From Soup to Cells -Can Science Explain the Origins of Life? Video (7 mins.) HW 1. "The Demise of the Halloween Pumpkin" Assignment due on Monday, 10/31         2. From Soup to Cells due on Wednesday, 11/2

Can Science Explain the Origins of Life?

10/17-10/21           Agenda and Assignments

Monday	-Record pumpkin data -pH Lab is due, with questions all completed -Ecology, Chapter 2 Notes and Top-down Web HW 1. Finish notes and vocabulary in notebook         2. Test on Ecology (Chapters 1-3) Tuesday, 10/25
Tuesday	-Record pumpkin data -Begin Succession - Read "Log Hotel" -The Island of Surtsey -View Succession video on blog HW 1. Worksheet: Succession: Equilibrium in ecosystems and Backyard Succession (Drawing the stages of succession - Use color)         2. Test on Ecology (Chapters 1-3) Tuesday, 10/25
Wednesday	-Record pumpkin data -Go over homework -Mount St. Helens PBS Nova movie (begin) -Ecology, Chapter 3 Notes and Top-down Web HW 1. Finish Notes and vocabulary         2. Mount St. Helens A Story of Succession - Read, highlight, and         complete questions (use active reading strategies) - Due                         Friday, 10/21         3. Test on Ecology (Chapters 1-3) Tuesday, 10/25
Thursday	-Record pumpkin data -Secondary Succession Skit -Begin Mount St. Helens PBS Nova movie  HW 1. Mount St. Helens A Story of Succession - Read, highlight, and         complete questions (use active reading strategies)         2. Test on Ecology (Chapters 1-3) Tuesday, 10/25
Friday	-Record pumpkin data -Continue movie HW 1. The Demise of the Halloween Pumpkins Assignment          2. Test on Ecology (Chapters 1-3) Tuesday, 10/25

Ecological Succession

Mount St. Helens

10/10-10/14           Agenda and Assignments

Monday	Columbus Day, No School
Tuesday	-Record Pumpkin data -Play Symbiosis Game -Biodiversity activities - Biodiversity of "Old Growth Forest" HW 1. Ecology Test on Wednesday, 10/19         2. Symbiosis Project due tomorrow         3. Biodiversity Lab questions due on Thursday, 10/13
Wednesday	-Record Pumpkin data -Projects are due - share in class (reflection) -Interactive food web/chain -Biodiversity Lab HW 1. Ecology Test on Wednesday, 10/19         2. Biodiversity Lab questions due on Thursday, 10/13
Thursday	-Record Pumpkin data -Biodiversity Lab due today -Abiotic Factors - pH Lab HW 1. Ecology Test on Friday, 10/21         2. pH Lab questions - due on Monday, 10/17
Friday	-Record Pumpkin data -pH Lab HW 1. Ecology Test on Friday, 10/21         2. pH Lab questions - due on Monday, 10/17

Biodiversity

pH

10/3-10/7           Agenda and Assignments

Monday	-Pond Water Ecology Lab Virtual Microscope -Portfolio Reflection #1, due on Friday, 10/7 Portfolio Reflection # 1 HW 1. Finish Lab Questions         2. Portfolio Reflection
Tuesday	-Collect Pond Water Ecology Lab -Vocabulary HW 1. Vocabulary Menu for Symbiosis, Mutualism, Commensalism, and Parasitism         2. Portfolio Reflection
Wednesday	-Oh Deer! Game outdoors HW 1. Game Reflection and graph         2. Portfolio Reflection Oh Deer! Data, graph, and reflection  (neatness and spelling count) Graph should include labels and a title that expresses what the MAIN IDEA of the graph is about. Reflection should be about a paragraph (5-7 full, good sentences) and should include vocabulary terms: Population, Carrying capacity, Limiting factors, Competition, and Ecosystem. Please address the following questions in your reflection: Describe how and why the population of deer changed (Cause and Effect relationships). Why does competition between individuals of the same species tend to be greater than competition between individuals of different species? How does carrying capacity influence the number of organisms in an ecosystem? Why does the supply of food and water in an ecosystem usually affect population size more than other limiting factors? D Block Data (Graph in order) Limiting Factors   C Block Data (Graph in order) Limiting Factors A Block Data (Graph in order) Limiting Factors B Block Data (Graph in order) Limiting Factors Graph - Here is how to set up the graph:
Thursday	-Symbiosis Project -Collect Oh Deer! Reflection and graph HW 1. Symbiosis Project - Due on Wednesday, 10/12         2. Portfolio Reflection         3. Symbiosis worksheet (2 sides) ****Carve Pumpkin after school
Friday	-The Demise of the Halloween Pumpkin (begin long-term observation activity) -Work on Symbiosis project in class HW Symbiosis Project - Due on Wednesday, 10/12 Sample projects

7 Horrifying Parasites