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Thai Huynh Hamilton High School Chandler, Arizona 85248

Principles of Ecology Unit Plan

Monday (50 min) 4 Intro to Population Biology Define Key Terms Tracking populations Why do we do it? Tuesday (50 min) 5 Hardy-Weinberg principle Genetic drift Wednesday (50 min) 6 Thursday/Friday (Block day) (~2 hrs) 7/8 Population Lab: Estimating Population Size

Population pyramids Slow vs. Rapid growth By the Billions: Creating and Comparing Population Growth Projections 11 12 Quiz: Population Energy Flow (Producer, Biology Consumer) Intro to Ecosystems Food web vs. Food chain HW: Define Key terms Water cycle Video: Bill Nye 18 Quiz: Ecosystem Intro to Communities HW: Flashcard key terms Parisitism, Commensalism, mutualism examples Niches Dividing resources 26 Biomes: Temperate, Tundra, Taiga 19

13 The Carbon Cycle Phosphorous and Nitrogen cycle

14/15 Ecosystems Lab: Examine an Ecosystem

20 Competition: Can competitors coexist?

21/22 Ecology Lab: Create an environment with various types of relationships

25 Biomes: Desert, Savanna, Grassland

27 Jeopardy Review: Population, Ecosystem, Communities, Biomes

28/1 Exam: Population, Ecosystem, Communities, Biomes

Resources for Ecology Unit Plan Class Materials: Textbook: Holt Biology Ch. 15-17 By the Billions website: http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/23/by-the-billions-creating-andcomparing-population-growth-projections/ Bill Nye Water Cycle: YouTube Materials for Lab: Estimating Population Size Lab Procedure Examining Ecosystems: Pond Water and questionnaire Materials to create: Jeopardy review Quizzes/Exam Arizona Science Standards: S3C3PO3 S4C5PO3 S4C3PO1