Biology B
Ecology

Daily WarmUp
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The Earth as Home...
What is the "environment"? What is it made of, how does it function, why does it change around the planet, and how do humans impact it? 
In this unit we will unpack: 1) What is the Environment: biotic and abiotic factors, levels in an environment, matter and energy ~ food webs, ecology pyramids, and the cycles of matter. 2) The Influence of Climate & Earth's Biomes. 3) Interactions Among Living Things: population growth, limiting factors, carrying capacity, predation, competition, and symbiosis...and finally what impacts humans have on the Earth.
Assignments
NOTES Ecology
Ecology Intro Activity 
​Symbiosis Video Worksheet; ​Video link
Video Links: Clip 1, Clip 2, Clip 3
Ecology Webquest 2.0 ~ interactions 
​part 1 video; part 2 video (video notes); part 4 video 
Ecological interactions: vocab & scav hunt
Ecology Drawings ~ Holden Creek
Honors HW: Spruce Forest; article link

Map Activity: Ecology of Oregon (redo this)
Honors HW - habitat and niche; article link
Ecology Study Guide
Student Survey

BiomeViewer HHMI
HONORS Homework: Sand Dollar article - Sand Dollar video​
HONORS Homework; Sanddollar Article
Final Project: Your Year ~ Your Review
Quiz #552320
Kahoot Review
Ecology Scavenger Hunt - sit somewhere quietly for 5 min, find and describe the following interactions (table), follow-up questions and summary paragraph.
Unit Materials
NOTES Ecology
Ecology Presentation
Ecological Organization Chapter
Ecology Producers Chapter
Ecology Consumers Chapter
Ecology Competition & Symbiosis Chapter
​Habitat, Niche, & Biodiversity Presentation
Ecology Presentation old to update
Oregon Natural History
​Ecology QUIZLET
HONORS ​Energy Flow Article
Ecology Prezi 
​HONORS Root Word list 
​Daily Warm-up

Additional Resources
Videos
Private Life of Plants BBC series
PBS - Shark Ecology Videos
Websites
Earth: global map of wind and weather
NOAA: weather systems and patterns
do a webquest on the NOAA weather systems 
Climate Interactives
​NASA Biomes Page
​Stop Shark Finning
SharkWater - shark education
Shark Finning Facts and Action
Articles
A trip to the Galapagos
Predation, herbivory, and parasitism article
Ecosystems - Natureworks article
Swallow evolution results from road deaths
Upwelling - National Geographic
Upwelling _ NOAA
Upwelling - Homework Article (page 1 only)

Online Biology Textbook

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!
Essential Questions
How do matter and energy link organisms to each other and their environments? 
Why is sunlight essential to life on Earth?
How can change in one part of an ecosystem affect change in other parts of the ecosystem? 
Ecology of Oregon - final project
Ecologic Provinces of Oregon - select a single region from this site to do your project on.  Use to locate information on main producer communities (ex: Sagebrush Steppe)
Ecoregions of Oregon MAP - zoom in to read

Oregon Wildlife Viewer  - select species by ecoregion, watershed, county, etc.
Animals (Fauna) of Oregon - Oregon Depart of Fish and Wildlife
Fish Species in Oregon - species list
Fire Ecology of the Pac NW - an overview of the role of fire in our ecosystems
Examples of Student Greatness: Blue Mountains; Columbia Plateau; Blue Mountains 2; Basin and Range
Willamette Valley
Nature Conservancy fact sheet
Oregon Conservation fact sheet
WWF overview

Cascade Mountains
Cascade Mountains: Oregon Encyclopedia
Producers and Consumers of the Cascade Mtns
Cascades overview: Oregon Conservation
Cascades overview: WWF

Columbia Plateau
Columbia overview: Oregon Conservation
Columbia Plateau: LandScope America
Producers - grasses - listed in the Umatilla Plateau

Coast Range
Coast Range overview: Oregon Conservation
Coastal Vegetation and Plant Ecology
Sand Dune ecology
Forest and Steam ecology
Biodiversity in the coast range
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Northern Basin and Range
USGS overview​
​Oregon Conservation fact sheet
USFS overview of region

​Klamath Mountains
Klamath Mountains (excellent) - ODFW
Klamath Mountains overview  _ USGS
Klamath Mtn overview: plant species listed throughout
Klamath overview
​Klamath Moutains overview - KS Wild

Blue Mountains
Blue Mountains overview: Oregon Conservation
Producers and Consumers of the Blue Mtns
Blue Mountain overview: WWF
Plant Communities of the Blues
Blue Mountains: fire ecology
Fire in the Blue Mountains - paper

Wallowa Mountains
Use any of the above links for the Blue Mtns as well as the ones listed below
Wallowa Mountains overview - Wikipedia
Wallowa Mountains: Oregon conservation​

Finals???  You cho-cho-choose your own adventure!

​Option 1
Ecology Study Guide

​Option 2
Final Project: Your Year ~ Your Review

Option 3
Ecology of Oregon - final project
Ecologic Provinces of Oregon - select a single region from this site to do your project on.  Use to locate information on main producer communities (ex: Sagebrush Steppe)
Oregon Wildlife Viewer  - select species by ecoregion, watershed, county, etc.
Animals (Fauna) of Oregon - Oregon Depart of Fish and Wildlife
Fish Species in Oregon - species list
Fire Ecology of the Pac NW - an overview of the role of fire in our ecosystems

NOTES and SUMMARY - DUE BEFORE YOU START PROJECT 2/28
Citation Guide

​Map of Ecoregions
​Sapopo eastern OR​
Eastern OR map