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Unit Overview and Vocabulary:
| unit_2_overview_and_vocabulary.pdf |
Reading List - What is this? This reading list is not required for students. It is simply yet another way to connect to the material we are learning about. I find books that I feel enhance the content and share them with my students! However, there may be a time when there is required reading. Parents, please check out these books and decide if they are appropriate for your student - I do not endorse any of these.
1. "Tracking Trash by Loree Burns
2. "Plastic Ocean" by Capt. Charles Moore
3. "The Hive Detectives" by Loree Burns
1. "Tracking Trash by Loree Burns
2. "Plastic Ocean" by Capt. Charles Moore
3. "The Hive Detectives" by Loree Burns
Force and work
Goal: Learn about situations where work is done in a system.
Force and Work Notes:
| force_and_work_notes_2016-17.pdf |
| force_and_work_fib_notes.pdf |
Work Practice worksheet:
| work_practice_problems.pdf |
Force and Work Computer Lab - PhET link needed: PhET Force and Motion Basics
| forces_and_motion_phet_lab_-_student_pages.pdf |
| Click to Run |
Work Investigation Lab:
| 7.7a_work_investigation_lab_2016-17.pdf |
Virtual Spring Scale Lab -
Student who miss the work investigations lab (above) will need to complete the spring scale portion of the lab online. Here is the link to do the experimentation:
Spring Scale Lab - http://www.connectionslearning.com/curriculum/spring-scale.aspx
Student who miss the work investigations lab (above) will need to complete the spring scale portion of the lab online. Here is the link to do the experimentation:
Spring Scale Lab - http://www.connectionslearning.com/curriculum/spring-scale.aspx
Biomes, Ecosystems and interactions
Goal: Describe biomes and ecosystems and the interactions of the various components of each. How do these components and humans contribute to sustainability in both small and large systems?
Biomes and Ecosystems Notes:
| from_biomes_to_ecosystems_2016-17.pdf |
| from_biomes_to_ecosystems_fib_notes.pdf |
Microhabitat Observation - assignment:
| microhabitat_observation_assignment.pdf |
Links to help with Microhabitat identifications:
Plants -
1. Plant Database
2. Wildflower Search
3. Native Plant Database
4. Tree Identification
Animals and other organisms -
1. Discover Life
2. Texas Insects
3. Birds
4. Mammals
5. Other Wildlife
Plants -
1. Plant Database
2. Wildflower Search
3. Native Plant Database
4. Tree Identification
Animals and other organisms -
1. Discover Life
2. Texas Insects
3. Birds
4. Mammals
5. Other Wildlife
What is Biodiversity?
| biodiversity_notes_2016-17.pdf |
| biodiversity_fib_notes.pdf |
Biodiversity Focus: Bees
| biodiversity_focus_-_bees.pdf |
| the_importance_of_bees_science_reading_article_-_student_pages.pdf |
| annotation_steps.pdf |
| 7th_grade_article_annotation_model.pdf |
Bee Links:
1. Why Bees are Important
2. What Happens if all of the Bees Die?
3. NASA - Sting of Climate Change
4. What happens if bees disappear? - opinion article
5. Why we need bees - article
1. Why Bees are Important
2. What Happens if all of the Bees Die?
3. NASA - Sting of Climate Change
4. What happens if bees disappear? - opinion article
5. Why we need bees - article
Our Need for Water!
| our_need_for_water_.pdf |
| our_need_for_water_-_fib_notes.pdf |
Focus on Aquifers - Quick Lab:
| modeling_pollution_in_groundwater_-_quick_lab_-_student_page.pdf |
Aquifer Inquiry Lab Project (formal lab report - test grade):
| aquifer_inquiry_lab_report_format.pdf |
keeping the balance
Goal: Analyze the effects of surface changes on the environment, including human caused events, and learn how ecosystems recover from these changes.
Changes on Earth - Weathering, Erosion and Deposition Lessons
Weathering - Notes and Lab:
| weathering_notes__.pdf |
| weathering_graphic_organizer.pdf |
| weathering_reading_packet.pdf |
Erosion and Deposition - Notes and Lab:
| erosion_and_deposition_2016-17.pdf |
| erosion_and_deposition_graphic_organizer_2016-17.pdf |
WED Lab - power point with the concepts each lab station demonstrated
| wed_stations_for_concept_review.pdf |
Texas EcoRegions:
| texas_ecoregions_identities.pdf |
| texas_ecoregions_scavenger_hunt_student_page.pdf |
Changes in Texas Ecoregions Student Page: (use the below student page, p. 592-606 in the textbook and the links to answer the questions)
| changes_in_texas_ecoregions_student_page.pdf |
Changes in Ecosystems - Natural Events to Human Caused Disasters:
| changes_in_ecosystems_-_natural_events_to_human_caused_disasters_students.pdf |
Link to Information about the Texas Coast: Padre Island National Seashore
Natural Disasters Webquest (Links are listed first, then the student page)
| natural_disasters_web_quest.pdf |
Catastrophic Events Links (for more information):
1. Naturally Occurring Disasters
2. National Hurricane Center - NHC of NOAA
1. Naturally Occurring Disasters
2. National Hurricane Center - NHC of NOAA
Changes in Ecosystems - Ecological Succession:
| from_ruin_to_recovery_-_ecological_succession_-_class_notes.pdf |
| from_ruin_to_recovery_-_ecological_succession_outline_notes.pdf |
Texas Gateway - Ecological Succession
| primary_and_secondary_succession_reading.pdf |
*Note: Field Lab student pages are from a modified copy written source - see teacher for a copy
Unit Enrichment and Review
Unit 2.1 Test Review:
| unit_2.1_test_review_what_gets_you_moving_-_student.pdf |
Kahoot review game: Unit 2.1 Review Game
Textbook pages to help with content:
1. Biodiversity p. 304 - 308
2. Water p. 382 - 392 and p. 526 - 534
3. Biomes p. 372 - 380
1. Biodiversity p. 304 - 308
2. Water p. 382 - 392 and p. 526 - 534
3. Biomes p. 372 - 380
Unit 2.2 Test Review:
| unit_2.2_test_review_-_what_gets_you_moving_-_student.pdf |
Textbook pages to help with content:
1. Biodiversity: p. 304-308
2. Ecological Succession: p.401-406
3. Weathering, Erosion and Deposition: p. 554-580
4. Texas Ecoregions: p. 592-606
1. Biodiversity: p. 304-308
2. Ecological Succession: p.401-406
3. Weathering, Erosion and Deposition: p. 554-580
4. Texas Ecoregions: p. 592-606
Videos and Links for further understanding:
1. Texas Ecoregion Videos (set of 10)
2. Lecture about Texas Ecoregions (11 min.)
3. Types of Weathering - Reading
4. Biodiversity Information
5. All About Water - Informational website
6. Aquifers Explained - video
7. Texas Ecoregions
8. Texas Parks and Wildlife - Ecoregions
9. Texas Ecoregions Maps
10. Information PDF - Weathering, Erosion and Deposition in Texas
11. Texas Parks and Wildlife - Land and Water
2. Lecture about Texas Ecoregions (11 min.)
3. Types of Weathering - Reading
4. Biodiversity Information
5. All About Water - Informational website
6. Aquifers Explained - video
7. Texas Ecoregions
8. Texas Parks and Wildlife - Ecoregions
9. Texas Ecoregions Maps
10. Information PDF - Weathering, Erosion and Deposition in Texas
11. Texas Parks and Wildlife - Land and Water
| weathering_and_erosion_reading_review.pdf |
Unit 2.2 Kahoot Game for Review