HSS Bell Ringer Day 1 - 9/2/14

What are you most looking

forward to in high school?

Objective: SWBAT familiarize themselves with the High School Science course.

PA Standard: 4.3.10

HSS Bell Ringer Day 2 - 9/3/14

What is environmental science all about?

Objective: SWBAT explain the focus of environmental science.

PA Standard: 4.3.10

HSS Bell Ringer Day 3 - 9/4/14

What is the “tragedy of the commons?”

Objective: SWBAT identify the problems with limited natural resources.

PA Standard: 4.3.10

HSS Bell Ringer Day 4 - 9/5/14

What is the central theme

of the scientific method?

Objective: SWBAT describe the process of science.

PA Standard: S11.A

HSS Bell Ringer Day 6 - 9/9/14

How do we really know anything in science?

Objective: SWBAT describe the process of science.

PA Standard: S11.A

HSS Bell Ringer Day 1 - 9/10/14

What is a scientific model?

Objective: SWBAT describe the process of science.

PA Standard: S11.A

HSS Bell Ringer Day 2 - 9/11/14

What is a controlled experiment?

Objective: SWBAT describe the process of science.

PA Standard: S11.A

HSS Bell Ringer Day 3 - 9/12/14

Why is skepticism important in science?

Objective: SWBAT describe the process of science.

PA Standard: S11.A

HSS Bell Ringer Day 4 - 9/15/14

Which “centrism” are you: Anthropocentrism,

Biocentrism, or

Ecocentrism?

Objective: SWBAT discuss the ethics of human interaction with the environment.

PA Standard: 4.5.10

HSS Bell Ringer Day 6 - 9/17/14

What is the importance of replication in science?

Objective: SWBAT describe the process of science & the focus of environmental science.

PA Standard: S11.A; 4.3.10; 4.5.10

HSS Bell Ringer Day 1 - 9/18/14

Why is change in science a strength not a weakness?

Objective: SWBAT describe the process of science & the focus of environmental science.

PA Standard: S11.A; 4.3.10; 4.5.10

HSS Bell Ringer Day 2 - 9/19/14

CH 1 Test

Objective: SWBAT describe the process of science & the focus of environmental science.

PA Standard: S11.A; 4.3.10; 4.5.10

HSS Bell Ringer Day 3 - 9/22/14

List one thing you could change to decrease your ecological footprint.

List another that would increase it.

Objective: SWBAT describe the process of science & the focus of environmental science.

PA Standard: S11.A; 4.3.10; 4.5.10

HSS Bell Ringer Day 4 - 9/23/14

What is the Gulf of Mexico and where is it?

Objective: SWBAT explain the flow of nutrients affects the environment.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 6 - 9/25/14

List two things that are matter

and two things that are not.

Objective: SWBAT define matter and distinguish among different types of matter.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 1 - 9/26/14

BIO CDT Testing

Objective: SWBAT perform proficiently on the BIO CDT Test.

PA Standard: BIO.A & B

HSS Bell Ringer Day 2 - 9/29/14

BIO CDT Testing

Objective: SWBAT perform proficiently on the BIO CDT Test.

PA Standard: BIO.A & B

HSS Bell Ringer Day 3 - 9/30/14

What is the definition of matter?

Objective: SWBAT define matter and distinguish among different types of matter.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 4 - 10/1/14

What elements do you think you are made up of?

Objective: SWBAT define macromolecule and identify different types of macromolecules.

PA Standard: BIO.A.2.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 6 - 10/3/14

What is the most important

substance to life as we know it?

Objective: SWBAT describe the properties and importance of this substance.

PA Standard: BIO.A.2.1

HSS Bell Ringer Day 1 - 10/6/14

What is one unique property of water

that allows it to support life on earth?

Objective: SWBAT design a controlled experiment.

PA Standard: S11.A

HSS Bell Ringer Day 2 - 10/7/14

A person stranded on an island can die of thirst even though they are surrounded by water.

How can that be?

Objective: SWBAT describe and diagram earth’s spheres.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.1

HSS Bell Ringer Day 3 - 10/8/14

You get a drink from the water fountain.

Speculate on where that water has been.

Objective: SWBAT describe the water cycle.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 4 - 10/9/14

Why is the water cycle important?

Objective: SWBAT diagram the water cycle.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 6 - 10/13/14

If a tree falls in the forest and rots away,

does the matter that makes it up just disappear?

Objective: SWBAT describe how nutrients cycle through the environment.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 1 - 10/14/14

List 3 places that you think carbon

can exist in the environment.

Objective: SWBAT describe how carbon cycles through the environment.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2.3

HSS Bell Ringer Day 2 - 10/15/14

What process takes carbon out of the atmosphere and puts it in plants?

Objective: SWBAT describe how carbon cycles through the environment.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2.3

HSS Bell Ringer Day 3 - 10/16/14

List 3 ways that you are

involved in the carbon cycle.

Objective: SWBAT describe how carbon cycles through the environment.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2.3

HSS Bell Ringer Day 4 - 10/20/14

Phosphorus is a necessary nutrient that is in

fertilizer. Do you think spreading a lot of

fertilizer is good or bad? Explain.

Objective: SWBAT describe how phosphorus cycles through the environment.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2.3

HSS Bell Ringer Day 6 - 10/22/14

List 3 places phosphorus exists in the environment.

Objective: SWBAT identify sources and sinks of carbon in the carbon cycle.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2.3

HSS Bell Ringer Day 1 - 10/23/14

Where do you think the largest reservoir of nitrogen is in the environment?

Objective: SWBAT describe the nitrogen cycle.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2.3

HSS Bell Ringer Day 2 - 10/24/14

What is one way nitrogen can move from the atmosphere to the soil?

Objective: SWBAT illustrate the nitrogen cycle.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2.3

HSS Bell Ringer Day 3 - 10/27/14

How many elements do you think

our bodies need to live?

Objective: SWBAT identify elements needed for the body and explain their role.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2.3

HSS Bell Ringer Day 4 - 10/28/14

Define matter.

Objective: SWBAT identify the big ideas of environmental systems and their importance

to life.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2.3

HSS Bell Ringer Day 6 - 10/30/14

What are the products of cellular respiration?

Objective: SWBAT identify the big ideas of environmental systems and their importance

to life.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2.3

HSS Bell Ringer Day 1 - 10/31/14

CH 3 Test

Objective: SWBAT identify the big ideas of environmental systems and their importance

to life.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2.3

HSS Bell Ringer Day 2 - 11/3/14

For the element you chose for the project,

what foods can you eat to obtain the element?

Objective: SWBAT identify elements needed for the body and their role in body function.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 3 - 11/4/14

If a scientist wanted to study a single plant,

should she put it in a science lab to study it?

Objective: SWBAT order the levels of ecological organization from smallest to largest.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.1

HSS Bell Ringer Day 4 - 11/5/14

Do you need nonliving things to survive or only living things? Explain.

Objective: SWBAT classify biotic/abiotic factors and describe a habitat.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.1

HSS Bell Ringer Day 6 - 11/7/14

Do you believe the earth is overcrowded

with humans? Explain.

Objective: SWBAT calculate population density.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.1

HSS Bell Ringer Day 1 - 11/10/14

Estimate the number of M&M’s in the jar.

Whoever is closest to the actual number wins!

Objective: SWBAT estimate population size and describe population distribution.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 2 - 11/12/14

What do you think the ratio of

boys to girls is in our school?

Objective: SWBAT gather data to determine sex ratios.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 3 - 11/13/14

What type of estimating technique have we been using for the sex ratio lab?

Objective: SWBAT analyze data to determine sex ratios.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 4 - 11/14/14

Do think there are more young people or old people in the US population?

Objective: SWBAT interpret age structure diagrams to describe a population and predict

growth.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 6 - 11/18/14

List two factors that can affect

the size of a population?

Objective: SWBAT predict the growth of a population using birth rate and age structures.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 1 - 11/19/14

What is the difference between

immigration and emigration?

Objective: SWBAT describe changes in a population due to immigration and emigration.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 2 - 11/20/14

What is a limiting factor?

Give an example.

Objective: SWBAT describe how limiting factors affect population.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 3 - 11/21/14

What is biotic potential?

Objective: SWBAT explain how populations are measured and how they can change.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 4 - 11/24/14

CH 4 Test

Objective: SWBAT explain how populations are measured and how they can change.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 6 - 12/3/14

If you capture 15 wild turkeys & those represent 10% of the population, what is the size of the

entire population?

Objective: SWBAT estimate population size using the mark and recapture method.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 1 - 12/4/14

What does the term “evolution” mean?

Objective: SWBAT define evolution and identify the mechanisms of evolution.

PA Standard: BIO.B.3.1

HSS Bell Ringer Day 2 - 12/5/14

What are the four mechanisms

of biological evolution?

Objective: SWBAT compare and contrast the mechanisms of evolution.

PA Standard: BIO.B.3.1

HSS Bell Ringer Day 3 - 12/8/14

What makes you different than your parents?

Objective: SWBAT identify traits that make them unique.

PA Standard: BIO.B.3.1

HSS Bell Ringer Day 4 - 12/9/14

What is a gene pool?

Objective: SWBAT explain how a gene pool can change and cause evolution.

PA Standard: BIO.B.3.1

HSS Bell Ringer Day 6 - 12/11/14

What does the phrase

“survival of the fittest” mean?

Objective: SWBAT explain how natural selection allows organisms to adapt.

PA Standard: BIO.B.3.1

HSS Bell Ringer Day 1 - 12/12/14

What traits are passed on in the process of natural selection?

Objective: SWBAT explain how natural selection allows organisms to adapt.

PA Standard: BIO.B.3.1

HSS Bell Ringer Day 2 - 12/15/14

What is the difference between artificial selection and natural selection?

Objective: SWBAT explain how speciation occurs.

PA Standard: BIO.B.3.1

HSS Bell Ringer Day 3 - 12/16/14

BIO CDT Testing

Objective: SWBAT perform proficiently on the BIO CDT Test.

PA Standard: BIO.A & B

HSS Bell Ringer Day 4 - 12/17/14

BIO CDT Testing

Objective: SWBAT perform proficiently on the BIO CDT Test.

PA Standard: BIO.A & B

HSS Bell Ringer Day 6 - 12/19/14

How does speciation occur?

Objective: SWBAT explain how evolution occurs.

PA Standard: BIO.B.3.1

HSS Bell Ringer Day 1 - 12/22/14

Give an example of an adaptation of an organism.

Objective: SWBAT explain how evolution occurs.

PA Standard: BIO.B.3.1

HSS Bell Ringer Day 2 - 12/23/14

REINDEER GAMES

Objective: SWBAT wear ugly Christmas sweaters.

PA Standard: SANTA.12.25

HSS Bell Ringer Day 3 - 1/5/15

How does natural selection cause change in a species?

Objective: SWBAT explain how evolution occurs.

PA Standard: BIO.B.3.1

HSS Bell Ringer Day 4 - 1/6/15

What is the central theme of science?

Objective: SWBAT give an example of the scientific method.

PA Standard: BIO.B.3.3

HSS Bell Ringer Day 6 - 1/8/15

Sketch a sample age structure diagram for a hypothetical population.

Objective: SWBAT create and interpret age structure diagrams.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4

HSS Bell Ringer Day 1 - 1/9/15

How do you calculate the density of a population?

Objective: SWBAT calculate population density, growth, and size.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4

HSS Bell Ringer Day 2 - 1/12/15

Give an example of a limiting factor, and identify if it is density dependent or independent.

Objective: SWBAT explain changes in a population based on limiting factors.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4

HSS Bell Ringer Day 3 - 1/13/15

Define biotic potential.

Objective: SWBAT define key terms of evolution and ecology.

PA Standard: BIO.B.3 & 4

HSS Bell Ringer Day 4 - 1/14/15

Give an example of a renewable resource.

Objective: SWBAT recall and apply key concepts of evolution and ecology.

PA Standard: BIO.B.3 & 4

HSS Bell Ringer Day 6 - 1/16/15

Midterm Exam

Objective: SWBAT recall and apply key concepts of evolution and ecology.

PA Standard: BIO.B.3 & 4

HSS Bell Ringer Day 1 - 1/19/15

NO CLASS

HSS Bell Ringer Day 2 - 1/20/15

Read the Quick Lab on p.22 in the textbook.

What is the lab asking you to do?

Objective: SWBAT write a scientific procedure.

PA Standard: S11.A

HSS Bell Ringer Day 3 - 1/21/15

Early Dismissal

Objective: SWBAT define and describe a niche.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 4 - 1/22/15

How many species do you think you interact with each day?

Objective: SWBAT define and describe a niche.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 6 - 1/29/15

Computer Lab

Objective: SWBAT explain the factors that affect a niche and competition.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 1 - 1/30/15

Describe your niche in the school “ecosystem.”

Objective: SWBAT explain the factors that affect a niche and competition.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 2 - 2/3/15

Give one example of a specialist organism and one example of a generalist organism.

Objective: SWBAT explain the factors that affect a niche and competition.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 3 - 2/4/15

What happens when two organisms share the same niche?

Objective: SWBAT explain the factors that affect a niche and competition.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 4 - 2/5/15

Give an example of resource partitioning.

Objective: SWBAT explain the factors that affect a niche and competition.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 6 - 2/9/15

What happens when 3 hungry people share a single pizza?

Objective: SWBAT distinguish between predation, parasitism, and herbivory.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 1 - 2/10/15

Describe a predator/prey population cycle.

Objective: SWBAT distinguish between predation, parasitism, and herbivory.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 2 - 2/11/15

What is an evolutionary “arms race?”

Objective: SWBAT distinguish between predation, parasitism, and herbivory.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 3 - 2/12/15

What do you call a relationship where both

organisms benefit from their interaction?

Objective: SWBAT explain the various interactions among organisms.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 4 - 2/13/15

What do you call a relationship where one

organism benefits and the other is unaffected?

Objective: SWBAT explain the various interactions among organisms.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 6 - 2/18/15

What is the primary difference between you and a plant in terms of how you get energy?

Objective: SWBAT distinguish between producer and consumer.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 1 - 2/19/15

SUB

Objective: SWBAT distinguish between producer and consumer.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 2 - 2/23/15

How can the sun be the reason

that a top is able to spin?

Objective: SWBAT distinguish between producer and consumer.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 3 - 2/24/15

What are the two main categories of

organisms in terms of how they get food?

Objective: SWBAT distinguish between consumer and producer.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 4 - 2/25/15

What two groups of organisms are responsible for

recycling nutrients when an organism dies?

Objective: SWBAT explain how energy is lost across trophic levels.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 6 - 2/27/15

What is a trophic level?

Objective: SWBAT explain how energy is lost across trophic levels.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 1 - 3/2/15

How much energy is passed on to the next trophic level?

Objective: SWBAT describe what a food web is.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 2 - 3/3/15

Early Dismissal

Objective: SWBAT explain the importance of a keystone species to an ecosystem.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 3 - 3/5/15

How much energy is lost at each trophic level in an energy pyramid?

Objective: SWBAT create an energy pyramid.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 4 - 3/6/15

What is a keystone species?

Objective: SWBAT explain the importance of a keystone species to an ecosystem.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 6 - 3/10/15

How is a food web a better picture of feeding relationships than a food chain?

Objective: SWBAT create a food web.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 1 - 3/11/15

What happens to a food web if the keystone species is removed?

Objective: SWBAT create a food web.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 2 - 3/12/15

SUB

Objective: SWBAT create a food web.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 3 - 3/13/15

Identify a keystone species in your food web.

Objective: SWBAT create a food web.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 4 - 3/16/15

How many trophic levels

does your food web contain?

Objective: SWBAT explain a food web.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 6 - 3/18/15

If the 3rd trophic level in a energy

pyramid receives 850 units of energy,

how much did the 1st level receive?

Objective: SWBAT explain relationships among organisms in a community.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 1 - 3/19/15

SUB

Objective: SWBAT explain relationships among organisms in a community.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 2 - 3/20/15

Forest fires can happen naturally. Do you think all forest fires are bad? Explain.

Objective: SWBAT define primary succession.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 3 - 3/23/15

BIO CDT Testing

Objective: SWBAT perform proficiently on the BIO CDT Test.

PA Standard: BIO.A & B

HSS Bell Ringer Day 4 - 3/24/15

BIO CDT Testing

Objective: SWBAT perform proficiently on the BIO CDT Test.

PA Standard: BIO.A & B

HSS Bell Ringer Day 6 - 3/26/15

What is primary succession?

Objective: SWBAT define primary succession.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 1 - 3/27/15

What is an invasive species?

Objective: SWBAT define invasive species.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 2 - 3/30/15

Define biome and give an example of one.

Objective: SWBAT describe a particular biome in detail.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 3 - 3/31/15

Which two major characteristics define a biome?

Objective: SWBAT interpret a climatograph.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 4 - 4/1/15

What information does a climatograph give?

Objective: SWBAT create a graph using data from climatographs.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 6 - 4/6/15

What affect does elevation have on

the type of biome in an area?

Objective: SWBAT create a climatograph.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 1 - 4/7/15

SUB

Objective: SWBAT SWBAT interpret a climatograph.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 2 - 4/8/15

What type of conditions exist for the

climatograph that you created: moist or dry?

Objective: SWBAT interpret a climatograph.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 3 - 4/9/15

Which biome has the greatest productivity? Why?

Objective: SWBAT illustrate a biome.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 4 - 4/10/15

How will a climatograph for a temperature forest

in Argentina differ from a climatograph for a

temperature forest in Pennsylvania?

Objective: SWBAT illustrate a biome.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 6 - 4/14/15

What is the general climate of the

biome you chose for your project?

Objective: SWBAT explain the characteristics of a biome.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 6 - 4/14/15

What is the general climate of the

biome you chose for your project?

Objective: SWBAT explain the characteristics of a biome.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 1 - 4/15/15

What type of biome would you expect to find at the top of a tall mountian?

Objective: SWBAT explain the characteristics of a biome.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 2 - 4/16/15

Where are the most productive biomes located?

Objective: SWBAT explain the characteristics of a biome.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 3 - 4/17/15

What factors might affect an aquatic ecosystem?

Objective: SWBAT describe factors that affect aquatic ecosystems.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 4 - 4/20/15

What is one factor that affects an aquatic ecosystem?

Objective: SWBAT describe factors that affect aquatic ecosystems.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.1.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 6 - 4/22/15

What does salinity measure?

Objective: SWBAT calculate salinity.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.1.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 1 - 4/23/15

What are the 3 zones of aquatic

ecosystems in terms of depth?

Objective: SWBAT describe biotic and abiotic characteristics of aquatic ecosystems.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.1.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 2 - 4/24/15

What are the 3 categories

of aquatic ecosystems?

Objective: SWBAT describe biotic and abiotic characteristics of aquatic ecosystems.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.1.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 3 - 4/27/15

List 3 aquatic ecosystems.

Objective: SWBAT describe biotic and abiotic characteristics of aquatic ecosystems.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.1.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 4 - 4/28/15

Choose one aquatic ecosystem and

describe 3 of its characteristics.

Objective: SWBAT describe biotic and abiotic characteristics of aquatic ecosystems.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.1.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 6 - 4/30/15

What do the lines on a

topographical map indicate?

Objective: SWBAT read a topographical map.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.1.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 1 - 5/1/15

Draw lines indicating a steep hillside on a topographical map.

Objective: SWBAT read a topographical map.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.1.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 2 - 5/4/15

Draw lines indicating a valley going up a hillside on a topographical map.

Objective: SWBAT create a topographical map and locate areas for aquatic ecosystems on the map.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.1.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 3 - 5/5/15

Draw lines indicating a depression

on a topographical map.

Objective: SWBAT create a topographical map and locate areas for aquatic ecosystems on the map.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.1.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 4 - 5/6/15

What is the difference between

a salt marsh and a mangrove forest?

Objective: SWBAT create a topographical map and locate areas for aquatic ecosystems on the map.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.1.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 6 - 5/8/15

Where are coral reefs and kelp forests located?

Objective: SWBAT use abiotic factors to locate where a kelp forest may grow.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.1.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 1 - 5/11/15

Which aquatic ecosystem is the most productive?

Objective: SWBAT use abiotic factors to analyze aquatic ecosystems.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.1.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 2 - 5/12/15

What percent of the Earth is covered by water?

Objective: SWBAT use abiotic factors to analyze aquatic ecosystems.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.1.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 3 - 5/13/15

What is the salinity of brackish water?

Objective: SWBAT use abiotic factors to analyze aquatic ecosystems.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.1.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 4 - 5/14/15

What is a flood plain?

Objective: SWBAT use abiotic factors to analyze aquatic ecosystems.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.1.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 6 - 5/18/15

What is ecology all about?

Objective: SWBAT describe interactions and relationships in an ecosystem.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 1 - 5/19/15

SUB

Objective: SWBAT describe interactions and relationships in an ecosystem.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 2 - 5/20/15

SUB

Objective: SWBAT describe interactions and relationships in an ecosystem.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 3 - 5/21/15

Describe one major concept that you learned this year about environmental science?

Objective: SWBAT describe interactions and relationships in an ecosystem.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2

HSS Bell Ringer Day 4 - 5/22/15

SUB

Objective: SWBAT describe interactions and relationships in an ecosystem.

PA Standard: BIO.B.4.2

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