Thursday, October 27, 2011

Biomes Project Reflection

Find three recent news articles that specifically impact your biome and read them. Examples of this could be an industrial project, a nutrient spill, an endangered species designation, or some other impact. A link must be provided for each article, as well as a short summary. This must be done individually and posted here

On Monday, your group must be ready to present your Linoit or Pinterest to the class. You will have a 3-5 minute presentation, so you should spent some time as a group figuring out how that will go.

Biomes Project

Using a team of 3-4, you will select one biome and develop the following as a linoit or pinterest project.

  • food web including producers and 1st, 2nd, and 3rd degree consumers
  • characteristics of min and max temperature, elevation, wetness and location on earth
  • interrelations of 4 biogeochemical cycles shown for one species and a human being.
Project must show or explain the pictures provided.


Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Chapter 2 Notes

Once again, we turn to the textbook online in Chapter 4. Here, however, we are asking ourselves: What visuals matter and how are they connected. You must create at least one (or more) visual for each section, culminating in a large poster that details the basics of

  • biomes
  • energy flow
  • ecosystems
  • food webs
  • carbon cycle
  • water cycle
  • nitrogen cycle
  • population control
We will be discussion sections 1-5 tomorrow.   Large group meeting at 2:30