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Holden Creek ecology restoration project

Biodiversity is the degree of variation of life. Environments around the planet have a variety of biodiversity, and we are fortunate to live in a region that is historically very ecologically rich.   The maintaining of biodiversity is essential to the survival of the ecosystem. Changes to a single part of the environment - either the biotic or abiotic factors - can cause larger changes throughout the entire ecosystem. In this unit we will learn how to sample habitats in order to examine the effects of non-native invasive species in our local habitats.

Essential Questions
#1  Is the area around Holden Creek a healthy ecosystem?
#2  What can we do to increase biodiversity and improve the habitat for native species?
The Daily Do
​QUIZ #552320

Symbiosis Video Worksheet; ​Video link
Video Links: Clip 1, Clip 2, 
Clip 3

​Ecology WebQuest
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Ecology WebQuest Links
Part 1 - Video ~ abiotic & biotic

Part 2 - Producers chapter
​Part 3 - Consumers chapter

Part 4 - Video ~ Life Underground

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This is where we finally put all of the pieces together...everything we have learned about the whole year - biological molecules, DNA, cells, photosynthesis and cellular respiration, evolution - it all  comes together here into one rad project.  
Ecology...like what is it all about?  
You will soon find out!
Yeah...I just did that.

Assignments
NOTES Ecology
Ecology Intro Activity 2/6
Ecology WebQuest
Symbiosis Video Worksheet; ​Video link
Video Links: Clip 1, Clip 2, 
Clip 3
Ecology Drawings ~ Holden Creek
Notes on Habitat, Niche, & Biodiversity
Guest Speaker presentation ~ Invasive species
If Absent on Tues - take notes on presentation linked below and turn in by Fri...
Guest Speaker NOTES ~ homework
Habitat Assessment & Biodiversity practice
Habitat Assessment OUTSIDE study
Native Plants notes sheet

Species List handout

Paper / Project Resources
Final Paper Grading Rubric
Citation Guide
PROJECT TEMPLATE (read-only)
Native Plant Guide
Holden Creek Plant Guide
Presentation Guide and Rubric
Google Classrooms
Google Classroom app download

Paper comments and notes

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Ecology WebQuest
​
Ecology WebQuest Links
Part 1 - Video ~ abiotic & biotic

Part 2 - Producers chapter
​Part 3 - Consumers chapter

Part 4 - Video ~ Life Underground

Ecology Pre-Quiz
​
Ecology Consumer Skulls activity
​
QUIZ #552320


​Unit Materials
Learning Targets Ecology
NOTES Ecology
Ecology Presentation
Habitat, Niche, & Biodiversity

Ecological Organization Chapter
Ecology Producers Chapter
Ecology Consumers Chapter

Ecology Competition & Symbiosis Chapter
Ecology QUIZLET
​Energy Flow Article
Ecology Prezi
 
Daily Warm-up
Old DWU
How to take a screenshot
​

Online Resources
Videos
CBS News - Invasive Species stroy (10 min)
Private Life of Plants BBC series
PBS - Shark Ecology Videos
​Biomes video playlist
Websites
Watershed protection interactive
Streamside Ecology Program
Stream Restoration Project - Hudson High School
NASA Biomes Page
​
 Trophic cascade interactive
Articles
A trip to the Galapagos
Predation, herbivory, and parasitism article
Ecosystems - Natureworks article


T2 2016 Ecology Project~ flickr
T3 2015 Ecology Project ~ flickr
T2 2015 Ecology Project ~ flickr​​​
​Google Classroom
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Extra Credit: Overtime Slips
Read or watch one of the Videos, Links and Resources on your right and fill out an overtime slip for some extra points.  OR - look something up your own, do a little research, and share with me what you discover!

LP week 1
MLA Citation Guide
​MLA Citation Sheet
KnightCite
Citation Machine
EasyBib
MLA ala Purdue OWL
​
Capitalizing names - das rule

data entry VIDEOS

Data Entry video 1 - "enter the data"
Data Entry video 3 - calculate the % Abundance of the individual plant species in each of your sample plots.
Data Entry video 5 - Table 2.2 - part 1.
Data Entry video 2 - calculate the Total # of species using the SUM function.
Data Entry video 4 - calculate the # of Native and Non Native for each of your sample plots.
Data Entry video 6 - Table 2.2 - part 2.
Final PAPER resources - UPDATED

​Part 1 - Introduction
A: What does a healthy ecosystem look like? Introduce what an ecosystem is and then discuss the various parts of it.
  • How to answer a writing prompt.
B: Describe how your planting plan will improve biodiversity and habitat for native species.  This can be done once your plan part 3.1 is completed.​

Part 2 - Ecological Statement
A:  Give an overview of the ecological issues that have faced Holden Creek and other riparian habitats in the Tillamook Bay watershed.
  • Holden Creek - Headline Herald Article
  • Tillamook Bay Watershed Report - read pages 12-16 
  • Sustaining Freshwater Ecosystems READING
  • Tillamook Science Holden Creek Page
  • CA riparian restoration PDF read pages 19-20
B: Discuss the the difference between native and non-native (invasive), and the impacts of non-native invasive species, such as reed canarygrass and Himalayan blackberry, on biodiversity.
  • Native plants of Oregon - take notes on pages 1-5
  • Invasive species - USDA site
  • Introduced species - wikipedia
  • OPB - The Silent Invasion - 1hr documentary VIDEO
  • Oregon Invasive weed NEWS article May 2015 
  • Invasive species - USDA site
  • Reed canarygrass
  • Ecology & control of Reed Canary Grass 
  • Reed canarygrass: ecology page 3
  • Blackberries in Oregon riparian areas article
  • Invasive Species - ODFW
  • Early Detection - PDF
  • Invasive Species presentation 
  • NEWS FLASH!!!  Invasive weed article 
Vocab words to include:
Ecosystem, organism, population, community, primary producers, consumers, abiotic factors, biotic factors, native species, non-native species, riparian zone, intraspecific and interspecific competition, symbiosis, habitat, limiting factors, niche, competitive exclusion principle, biodiversity, variety, abundance, carrying capacity.

Part 3 - Scientific Study
A: Discuss the current ecological state of your study area along Holden Creek using the data collected by your group in your transect.
  • Resource Partitioning - Article on biodiversity
  • Biodiversity Decline - Unit with text, videos, interactives.
  • How to take a screenshot
C: Discuss the increases in overall biodiversity that you would expect to see by increasing the variety and abundance of native plant species.  Discuss EACH of the native plant species included in your planting plan - why you chose this plant and how it will benefit the ecosystem. Include in your discussion details about habitat and niche diversity, competition for resources, limiting factors, etc.
  • Native Plant Guide
  • Native Plants for Willamette Valley yards pages 2-4
  • Native Plant Society of Oregon
  • Competition & Symbiosis chapter ala Sapora

Part 4  -  Restoration & Planting Plan
Draw up the planting plan with native plant species. Label what species are to be planted where. Consider the habitat requirements of each species (how much light/how much water/etc, how you want their distribution to be, etc.). 
  • Native Plant Guide
  • Example of planting plan
  • Planting Resources Guide
  • How to take a screenshot

Ecology Project VIDEOS

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Part 2 - Ecological Statement
A:  Give an overview of the ecological issues that have faced Holden Creek and other riparian habitats in the Tillamook Bay watershed.
  • Holden Creek - Headline Herald Article
  • Tillamook Bay Watershed Report - read pages 12-16 
  • Sustaining Freshwater Ecosystems READING
  • Tillamook Science Holden Creek Page
  • CA riparian restoration PDF read pages 19-20
B: Discuss the the difference between native and non-native (invasive), and the impacts of non-native invasive species, such as reed canary grass and Himalayan blackberry, on biodiversity.
  • Native plants of Oregon - take notes on pages 1-5
  • Invasive species - USDA site
  • Introduced species - wikipedia
  • OPB - The Silent Invasion - 1hr documentary VIDEO
  • Oregon Invasive weed NEWS article May 2015 
  • Invasive species - USDA site
  • Reed canarygrass
  • Ecology & control of Reed Canary Grass 
  • Reed canarygrass: ecology page 3
  • Blackberries in Oregon riparian areas article
Part 3 - Scientific Study
A: Discuss the current ecological state of your study area along Holden Creek using the data collected by your group in your transect.
  • Resource Partitioning - Article on biodiversity
  • Biodiversity Decline - Unit with text, videos, interactives.
  • How to take a screenshot
C: Discuss the increases in overall biodiversity that you would expect to see by increasing the variety and abundance of native plant species.  Discuss EACH of the native plant species included in your planting plan - why you chose this plant and how it will benefit the ecosystem. Include in your discussion details about habitat and niche diversity, competition for resources, limiting factors, etc.
  • Native Plant Guide
  • Native Plants for Willamette Valley yards pages 2-4
  • Native Plant Society of Oregon
  • Competition & Symbiosis chapter ala Sapora
OLD Transect DATA 5/14
T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T8, T9, T10, T11, T12, T13, T14, T15, T16, T17, T18, T19, T21
Data

Examples from 2nd Trimester 2015
Period 2: G1, G2, G3
Period 3: G1, G2, G3, 
G4, G5
Thursday & Friday
​* Complete the Data Spreadsheet using videos 1-6
* Begin working on paragraph 2.1 A and C - instructions below
* Complete and turn in the Native Plants notes sheet on Friday using the resources listed below.
  • Native Plant Guide
  • Native Plants for Willamette Valley yards pages 2-4
  • Native Plant Society of Oregon
If you are confused - work together.  Period 5 - ask MelBo for help.
DATA entry - Spreadsheet assignment
Go to Google Classroom and open the Biodiversity Survey Data SPREADSHEET.  It will then create a file with your name on it that is now stored in your Google Drive.
Use the data you collected in your groups transect to complete your data spreadsheet.
T16.1, T16.2, T16.3, T16.4, T16.5, T16.6, T16.7, T16.8, T16.9, T16.10, T16.11, T16.12, T16.13
Videos to help you do this are located below.  Start with video 1 and work your way through video 6!!!
​Google Classroom: follow link, must have a school Gmail account to join.
Click STUDENT, then JOIN a class...

Join: ph94twa
Biology B T2 2016
DATA entry - Spreadsheet assignment

Go to Google Classroom and open the Biodiversity Survey Data SPREADSHEET.  It will then create a file with your name on it that is now stored in your Google Drive.

Use the data you collected in your groups transect to complete your data spreadsheet.

p1:  T16.15, T16.16, T16.17, T16.18, T16.19, T16.20
p2: T16.21, T16.22, T16.23, T16.24, T16.25, T16.26
p3: T16.27, T16.28, T16.29, T16.30, T16.31, T16.32


Videos to help you do this are located below.  Start with video 1 and work your way through video 6!!!

​Google Classroom: follow link, must have a school Gmail account to join.
Click STUDENT, then JOIN a class...

Join: iw9067j
Biology B T3 2016
NGSS - Unit Standards
HS-LS2-7.  Design, evaluate, and refine a solution for reducing the impacts of human activities on the environment and biodiversity.
HS-LS2-2. Use mathematical representations to support and revise explanations based on evidence about factors affecting biodiversity and populations in ecosystems of different scales.

Additional NGSS standards that can be incorporated
HS-LS2-1. Use mathematical and/or computational representations to support explanations of factors that affect carrying capacity of ecosystems at different scales.

CC - Unit Standards
RST.11-12.1 Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts, attending to important distinctions the author makes and to any gaps or inconsistencies in the account. 
RST.11-12.7 Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g., quantitative data, video, multimedia) in order to address a question or solve a problem. 
WHST.9-12.5 Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience. 
WHST.9-12.7 Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.

MP.2 Reason abstractly and quantitatively. 
MP.4 Model with mathematics. 
HSN.Q.A.1 Use units as a way to understand problems and to guide the solution of multi-step problems; choose and interpret units consistently in formulas; choose and interpret the scale and the origin in graphs and data displays. 
HSS-IC.A.1 Understand statistics as a process for making inferences about population parameters based on a random sample from that population. 


Extra Credit: Overtime Slips
Read or watch one of the Videos, Links and Resources on your right and fill out an overtime slip for some extra points.  OR - look something up your own, do a little research, and share with me what you discover!


OLD Assignments
Biome Activity (8pts)
H.W. part 1 - Instructions (5pts)
H.W. part 2 - Article (page 1 only)
Ecology LT1 Quiz (11pts)
Ecology Coastal Organisms Activity (10pts)
Ecology Diagram Activity (20pts)
Symbiosis Video Worksheet (12pts)
Homework LT2 ; Sanddollar Article 
Ecology LT2 Quiz
Ecological Interactions WS; Journal Article
Homework part 1 instructions
Homework part 2 Article (pgs 2-3 or 516-517)
Ecology STUDY GUIDE
Extra Credit: Marine Food Web Quick Sheet 

Swallow evolution results from road deaths
Upwelling - National Geographic
Upwelling _ NOAA
Upwelling - Homework Article (page 1 only)
Other Project Sample Resources T2_2015
Project Overview Presentation
PROJECT TEMPLATE (read-only)
Sample student spreadsheet
Sample student paper
Google Classrooms  3ffexh
Giant Anteater video
Pangolin video
James Cameron deepest dive vid
Starfish stomach vid
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