Biology Quarter 1: Weeks 3-4

Biology Quarter 1: Weeks 3-4 September 9-18, 2015

DATE IN CLASS HOMEWORK

Wednesday-Thursday Diversity Transects 1. Biology Ch 6.3: Notes (2,4,5: 95 min.) DUE: F 9/11 9/9-10/15 * How many different forms of life are 2. Simpsons Index, Plots 1-2 there? How can we measure diversity? DUE: F 9/11

Friday Diversity Transects 1. Simpsons Index, Plot 3 (2,4,5: 40 min.) DUE: M-T 9/14-15 9/11/15 * How many different forms of life are 2. Explanation Tool: Spring Creek there? How can we measure diversity? DUE: M-T 9/14-15 3. Wear outside/walking fast clothes! DUE: M-T 9/14-15

Monday-Tuesday Systematics/Dichotomous Keys 1. Biology Ch. 18.1 Notes (2,4,5; 95 min.) Tree Walk DUE: W-Th 9/16-17 9/14-15/15 * How can we organize the diversity of life so that we can study and protect it? How can dichotomous keys be used to identify different species?

Wednesday-Thursday Introduction to Skulls 1. Biology Ch. 18.2-3 Notes (2,4,5: 95 min.) DUE: F 9/18 9/16-17/15 * How can dichotomous keys be used to identify different species? How does the structure of an animal’s skull show how it acquires energy?

Friday Skull Lab 1. Check for Understanding (2,4,5; 40 min.) DUE: M-T 9/21-22 9/18/15 * How does the structure of an animal’s skull show how it acquires energy?

C. Gay 9/7/15 Steamboat Springs High School Topical Understanding Living things display both unity and diversity. All living things exhibit the characteristics of life, yet they solve the problems of life in many different ways. Life exists in many different forms and varieties. This diversity occurs at many levels: ecosystem, species and genetic. To study the diversity of life, biologists use systematics to name organisms and group them into categories that represent lines of evolutionary descent.

Essential Questions  Why do humans group and classify?  How many different types of life are there?  How can we organize the diversity of life so we can study it?

Areas of Focus = Diversity of Life = Systematics

Knowledge and Skills = Systematics  Taxonomy  Binomial nomenclature  Linnaeus’s System of Classification  Modern systems of classification o Domain  Bacteria  Archaea  Eukarya o Kingdom  Eubacteria  Archaebacteria  Protista  Fungi  Plantae  Animalia o Phylum or Division o Class o Order o Family o Genus o Species

= Naturalist Skills  Identify organisms using dichotomous keys  Justify the Kingdom placement of an organism in a using its characteristics  Compare the structure of an organism’s skull with the way it obtains its nutrition  Observe natural objects from various perspectives and scales, and record accurate data

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C. Gay 9/7/15 Steamboat Springs High School C. Gay 9/7/15 Steamboat Springs High School