This week in biology, we'll be continuing our study of ecology. We will start the week by creating food webs and discussing how the presence or lack of a organism in an ecosystem can cause effects that ripple... We will also talk about trophic levels and energy pyramids in order to understand how energy is transferred through an ecosystem. And of course, we will culminate with a quiz on Friday.
Objective 10/8, 10/9: Scientists will construct a food web in order to explain how organisms are connected to one another. (see Torrens River Food Web Activity)
HW 10/8: finish food web Q's
HW 10/9: none
Objective 10/10: Scientists will examine food webs and ecological pyramids in order to explain their usefulness to ecologists and apply those uses themselves. (see Feeding Relationships and Niches Notes)
HW 10/10: none
Objective 10/11: Scientists will perform a predator-prey simulation in order to observe the effects of predator/prey populations on an ecosystem's structure. (see Predator-Prey Simulation)
HW 10/11: finish predator-prey questions, study for quiz (F 10/12)Torrens River Food Web Activity 2012
Feeding Relationships Notes 2012
Niches Notes 2012
Predator-Prey Simulation
