Biology Quarter 1: Weeks 7-9

Biology Quarter 1: Weeks 7-9 October 6-24, 2014

DATE IN CLASS HOMEWORK

Monday-Tuesday Limiting Nutrients 1. Dustbowl Explanation Tool (1,7,8: 95 min.) DUE: W-Th 10/8-9 10/6-7/14 * What are essential nutrients? Their sources? What are some key properties of soils?

Wednesday-Thursday Nutrients for Life 1. Dustbowl Argument (journal) (1,7,8: 95 min.) DUE: M-T 10/13-14 10/8-9/14 * How do plants obtain water and nutrients? What happens if a plant experiences nutrient Deadline Q1: 3:45 PM F 10/17 deficiencies? How does soil form?

Friday 10/10/14 No Class – Professional Development Day

Monday-Tuesday Nutrients for Life 1. Analyzing Data (p.79) (1,7,8: 95 min.) DUE: W-Th 10/15-16 10/13-14/14 * What are the pros/cons of using fertilizers? 2. Check for Understanding How can we feed a growing population? DUE: W-Th 10/15-16 Deadline Q1: 3:45 PM F 10/17 Wednesday-Thursday Check for Understanding 1. Biology Ch 4.2 Notes + SA (1,7,8: 95 min.) Habitat, Niche and Competitive Exclusion DUE: F 10/17 10/15-16/14 2. Thinking Like A Mountain * Celebration of Understanding!!! What DUE: M 10/20-21 interactions occur in ecological communities? Deadline Q1: 3:45 PM F 10/17

Friday Predation and Symbioses 1. Biology Ch 4.1 Notes + SA (1,7,8; 40 min.) DUE: M-T 10/6-7 10/17/14 * What interactions occur in ecological 2. Thinking Like A Mountain communities? DUE: M 10/20-21 Deadline Q1: 3:45 PM F 10/17 Monday-Tuesday Climate, Weather and Succession 1. Biology Ch 4.3-4 Notes + SA (1,7,8: 95 min.) Seminar: Thinking Like A Mountain DUE: W-Th 10/1-2 10/20-21/14 2. Check for Understanding * How did the fierce green fire change Leopold? DUE: W-Th 10/1-2

Wednesday-Thursday Quarter 1 Assessment 1. Quarter Self Reflection (1,7,8: 95 min.) DUE: F 10/24 10/22-23/14 * Celebration of Understanding!!!

Friday Population Growth, Carrying Capacity 1. Biology Ch. 5.1-2 Notes +SA (1,7,8; 40 min.) DUE: M-T 10/27-28 10/24/13 * In what ways do populations grow? What factors regulate population growth?

C. Gay 10/4/14 Steamboat Springs High School C. Gay 10/4/14 Steamboat Springs High School Knowledge and Skills = Cycles of Matter  Recycling in the Biosphere o Biogeochemical cycles  Water cycle o Evaporation and transpiration  Nutrient Cycles o Carbon cycle o Nitrogen cycle o Phosphorus cycle  Nutrient Limitation o Primary productivity o Limiting nutrient

= The Role of Climate o Weather vs. climate  Greenhouse Effect  Effects of latitude on climate o Climate zones: polar, temperate and tropical  Heat Transport in the Biosphere

= Ecosystems  Biotic and Abiotic factors o Habitat  Niche  Community Interactions o Competition  Competitive exclusion principle o Predation o Mutualism o Commensalism o Parasitism  Ecological succession o Primary succession o Secondary succession o Marine succession

C. Gay 10/4/14 Steamboat Springs High School