Sunday, September 18, 2016

Biology 9/19 - 9/23

Objective this week:  To learn how ecosystems work and their importance to human beings & other living things.  There will be a quiz on Friday to assess learning.

Monday
Begin discussing ecosystems.  Transition from the carbon cycles into their importance into ecosystems as we know them.  Discuss producers, consumers, and decomposers.  Today will mainly be a note taking day.

Tuesday
Video - food chains/lions & hyenas

Wednesday
Ecosystem expansion - outside if weather cooperates; if not, inside work and review producers, consumers, decomposers.  There will be a Google Classroom assignment today.

Thursday
Discuss biomass and energy consumption/waste at the different trophic levels

Friday
Quiz - ecosystems and food chains.