Ecology Unit Plan – Biology

Mr. Tommy Renfro - March 17 – April 14

Schedule of Events

Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday
March 17
Unit Pre-Test
Introduction to Ecology
Vocab Boxes – Chapter 2 (16 words) / March 19
Hank Video
Flow of Energy Activity
Food Webs/Food Chain – Storybooks
(50 pts) / March 21
Finish Storybooks
Read to class
Biogeochemical Cycles (station work)
HW – Chapter review #1-36
March 25
Chapter 2 TEST (50 pts)
Community Ecology (limiting factors and Tolerance)
Vocab Boxes Chapter 3 (16 words) / March 27
Begin Biomes Project
50 pts.
Computer Lab
March 31
Finish Biomes Project
Computer Lab
50 pts. DUE TODAY / April 2
Intro Video
Population Ecology
Chapter 4 Vocab Boxes (12 words) / April 4
Population Dynamics Lab
(protocol sheet 10 pts)
April 8
Human Population Growth
Debate with write-up (10 pts) / April 10
Worksheet Packet of Ecology Unit (25 pts)
Notes Session unit test review
Vocab Review Games
April 14
Ecology Unit Test
100 pts

Standards Covered:

Benchmark D:[9-10] Diversity and Interdependence of Life
Explain the flow of energy and the cycling of matter through biological and ecological systems (cellular, organismal and ecological).

Benchmark F:[9-10] Diversity and Interdependence of Life
Explain the structure and function of ecosystems and relate how ecosystems change over time.

Benchmark G:[9-10] Diversity and Interdependence of Life
Describe how human activities can impact the status of natural systems.

Objectives:

·  Students will express a verbal and linguistic understanding of ecosystem interactions through summative tests, vocabulary, and creative projects and labs.

·  Students will apply knowledge of ecosystem energy flow to the creation of a children’s book expressing how chosen organisms obtain the sun’s power.

·  Students will compare and contrast the every-changing nature of the human population and its growing impact on world ecology

Scoring:

Vocabulary Boxes

·  Chapter 2 – 25 pts

·  Chapter 3 – 25 pts

·  Chapter 4 – 18 pts

Tests

·  Chapter 2 – 50 pts

·  Unit Exam – 100 pts

Projects

·  Energy Flow Storybooks – 50 pts

·  Biomes Brochures – 50 pts

Lab

·  Population Dynamics Lab – 10 pts

Total

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