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Albin's 8th Science

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Monday - Friday Nov 29 - Dec 3

Monday

on paper video notes:

	5 vocabulary words related to ecosystems or biodiversity
	include their definition
	turn in at end of video

Tuesday

on paper

define these words in your own words, give an example

set up paper like this:

word	definition	example
ecosystem
environment
food chain
food web
predator
prey
producer
consumer
decomposer

if you don't finish, finish for homework & turn in tomorrow

Wednesday

turn in homework

discuss vocabulary as relates to a pond ecosystem

Thursday

get heading on paper: Food Chain vs Food Web
ss: work quietly
purpose: recognize difference between food webs and food chains

	FIRST: draw the nitrogen cycle and carbon cycle as shown at this web site http://www.danielmwilson.com/ecology
	Write:
	explore web links of food chains & food webs click here
	discuss as a class

Friday

Quiz on Food Chains / Webs / Nitro & Carbon Cycles

SSR

define Food Chain; define Food Web

compare and contrast a food chain w/ a food web

draw food chain for our pond ecosystems on in your notebook,

label steps in the chain: producer ; primary consumer ; secondary consumer ; tertiary consumer

in PowerPoint make a six slide show of a Food Pyramid for a pond ecosystem

	slide one: Title slide : use your code names
	Save the ppt in My Documents / your folder name it:as: Pond codename codename
	slide two: draw a better version of this pyramid, and show/label somehow that each level eats the one before it.
	each successive slide will be one level of the pyramid, starting at the bottom, what do you think is the important information to put on them? What will you title each slide? Should you have any pictures at each level?