Lab: Biomes Application

You have Tuesday and Wednesday to divide and conquer.   You will have access to this information on Thursday.


Biome interactive lab

===Case Study 1====

Coyotes in a Texas biome

Oysters in Cheasapeake Bay

====Case Study 2====
Geochemical Effects of the Dead Zone

Geochemical effects of Fish

Types of Biomes

temperate grassland

tropical grassland

tundra

saltwater biome

freshwater biome

desert

temperate forest

boreal forest

rainforest

tundra

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.

chapter 4 env sci

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

Chapter 1: Evolutionary History

Notes from Chapter 1

Our BACKCHANNEL

New Scientist essay

Stephen Jay Gould

Welcome to Environmental Science

Your textbook is online: The Habitable Planet


Today we are dividing and conquering the chapter by whiteboard.