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Monday
IB Biology - SO today you first got to hear about all of the upcoming science fun such as the Field Trip, Our End of Year Celebration, and our CUSTOM medallions. Hey, just know that if none of you submit designs, we will have a regular stock medallion (boring)! Then we looked at the mesocosm labs that have been running for about a month now. Your job is to now go and write up your results. You should have the Introduction, the purpose, the hypothesis, your data, and your conclusion. If you choose to go more in depth for extra credit and get into the IA format with this, that's fine, but that is optional and it must be your original work (no sharing). The IA format for extra credit is due next Monday, but the regular assignment is due on Wednesday. Lastly, we discussed your environmental impact project for your plant. I have listed everything needed a couple weeks ago, but now we are adding man's impact and how to mitigate any damage that may be caused. Here's a big list: Plant tissue data and pictures (xylem, phloem, meristem, root, stem, leaf, and stomates), You should have detailed information of the ecosystem, the food web, the keystone species of this food web, The cycling of energy in this system, the cycling of CHNOPS (specifically Carbon), The "greenhouse" affect, and climate change. BE SURE THAT ALL CLAIMS ARE BACKED BY YOUR DATA OR CITATION TO THE RESEARCH YOU FOUND THE DATA IN. Honors Biology - Today we started with a discussion of the simulation models we did on Friday. Next we found that it still didn't account for the populations. But we started to put together the idea that plants are the foundation of any ecosystem. Next I showed you plant data, and then finally fire data. WOW! I think we finally made it to the bottom of this mystery! Tonight, if I didn't tell you in class, is to find out what a keystone species is and find and example and explain its importance to an ecosystem. This should be placed on the left hand side of the entry we started today. Tuesday IB Biology - Today was a weird day with so many people out for the Convention. Regardless, we discussed some clarifying ideas about greenhouse gases as well as 2nd law of thermodynamics (entropy) and how these apply to ecosystems. Tomorrow there will be two things that we will get done before allowing you to work. 1) you will turn in your group mesocosm write up as described yesterday, and 2) We will be going over the chi-squared test from last week. Sooooo, what should you do tonight? Mesocosm write up and continue to look for human impacts to your environment. Honors Biology - Today was a touch weird in that we were missing students due to convention. But we reviewed what happened on the Serengeti, and then went on to describe 5-6 big ideas that we now understand. Each of you created a table where we had a picture, a concept, and an example of what you learned. You should first complete this table, and yes, the pictures must have color. Lastly, you should then go to the left side of our entry and list at least 3 positive impacts of humans on the environment, and at least 3 negative effects. Be very specific, don't just talk in generalities. For example, I found an example online of 3 men who were charged with dumping chemicals into the river nearby. This was in Singapore. Here's a website you could get three examples of "good" people trying to help the environment: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2008/jan/05/activists.ethicalliving Wednesday IB Biology - Today we only spent our time reviewing the concept of the chi-square test and then working on your environmental impact report. A question was asked today about whether or not this report would constitute your final assessment for the unit or would there be a sit-down sort of test. Right now I am leaning on the idea that this is you exam, but I will be a stickler about criteria, specificity (details), citations, and use of data. Don't try and be a slacker about this. Review multiple sources on your research as one way I will assess your work will be by search certain claims you make. Lastly, tomorrow you will be given time for submissions of your completer application. You must also fill in my applications as well. Come with any data you might need on job shadows, internships, volunteer hours, CPR certification, etc. Honors Biology - Today we looked at your work from last night but then started a quick group project on keystone species. This project will be placed on only one page (you will do this part tomorrow), but will include your keystone species, it's importance to the biome, Some data on the biome, where the keystone species is in the food web (energy transfer), Man's impact on this species, and the carrying capacity of the biome. Come prepared tomorrow with all of your info as you will only have about 25 minutes to put it all together! EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY!!!! Nursing Revealed – FLYER Sunday, April 14, 2019 10:00 am – 2:00pm San Diego State University – Adams Humanities Building (AH 2108) 5500 Campanile Drive San Diego, CA 92182 Nursing Revealed is a FREE event for local high school and community college students. The event is hosted by the SDSU Student Nurses Association. Attendees will: tour the SDSU campus the skills lab with mannequins, participate in interactive breakout sessions and learn about the SDSU School of Nursing admission requirements. Free lunch included! Thursday IB Biology - Today you only had two jobs! 1) Complete all of the forms that are due for graduation from the medical pathway, and 2) Work on your final project on environmental impact which is due tomorrow. Honors Biology - Today you put together your keystone species project. It was fast and furious! Tomorrow you will take an interim assessment of what you understand about ecology. The same concepts that you have been learning about will be tested by having you look at a graph and then speculating on the scenario using your knowledge. Please make sure to go through your notebook and make sure you are clear about the content so you can use the proper terminology. Do you know what carrying capacity means? The difference between a population, community, and ecosystem? Producers vs consumers? Population and biodiversity? Growth, decay and stability in ecosystems? What qualifies as a human impact? You cannot use your notebooks on the test. Friday IB Biology - Today your turned in your report for the Environmental Projections for your Crop/Plant. YOu have now been exposed to every topic under IB Biology! Exciting in some ways, but now comes the clean up! This is a time to look at what we know really well and what we need to brush up on. We'll do this by creating a review of everything from the IB topics (1-11 and Option D) through the creation of a review guide. Each of you will now complete a single sheet review that reminds us of the Chapter and Section, Understanding, Applications, Skills, Vocabulary, and Nature of Science from that section. You can/should use the front and the back of the paper and know that it will eventually be run off with everyone else's as our primary review document. In addition to your book, you should also use BioNinja, Bioknowledgy, and Mr. Green's sites as a way to consolidate things into only a couple pages. You might also want to use those helpful educational YouTube channels like CrashCourse, Bozeman Science, and Khan Academy. This is your only task over the next week so take a deep breath and get focused for your sake and your classmates, and they'll do the same! Honors Biology - You guys are brilliant! You have concluded the first part of our ecology unit and now we go into the next. Today you did your initial assessment using various graphs and the initial look I took looks like you know a lot of stuff! Next week we'll start looking at plants! I know testing starts up next week, but know that this is all we will focus on, and most of that will be in class. Enjoy your weekend! Here's an interesting plant video in case you are interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCepDFnY6l4
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