Ecology Unit Notes
Below you will find copies of the notes that we took s well as handout that may have been given. They are labeled by day and appear in order.
Helpful links:
Here's a list of extra videos to watch or online activities that provide some extra help through this Ecology Unit. They are organised by Lesson numbers just like the Chemistry ones were. Feel free to pause or re-watch parts of the videos if you find them going too fast.
Intro to Ecosystems, and Energy Flow
Carbon and Oxygen Cycles, and Disturbing the Carbon Cycle
Nitrogen Cycle, and Disturbing the Nitrogen Cycle
Bioaccumulation , and Bioaccumulation Case Study
Population Growth, and Factors Limiting Population Growth
Biodiversity
Pollution (& Sustainability)
Intro to Ecosystems, and Energy Flow
- Try completing these food chains for practice: https://www.brainpop.com/games/foodchaingame/
- Battle against a friend while building a food web: https://www.brainpop.com/games/foodfight/Ecogame.swf
Carbon and Oxygen Cycles, and Disturbing the Carbon Cycle
- Need help going through the carbon cycle? Follow the carbon atom in this game for a review! https://www.windows2universe.org/earth/climate/carbon_cycle.html
Nitrogen Cycle, and Disturbing the Nitrogen Cycle
- Go step by step through this interactive Nitrogen Cycle: https://www.classzone.com/books/ml_science_share/vis_sim/em05_pg20_nitrogen/em05_pg20_nitrogen.swf
- Have a cattle farmer go through how he uses his knowledge of the nitrogen cycle in his daily work: http://www.sites.ext.vt.edu/virtualfarm/flash_mov/nitrogencycleintro.swf
Bioaccumulation , and Bioaccumulation Case Study
- Review how bioaccumulation works: http://sciencelearn.org.nz/Contexts/Toxins/Sci-Media/Interactives/Bioaccumulation-in-the-sea
Population Growth, and Factors Limiting Population Growth
- Population Dynamics Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFpM5e_6rtM
Biodiversity
- Build a food chain, and then find out what happens when you remove an organism from it: https://ecokids.ca/swf-files/gamesPage/chain_reaction.swf
Pollution (& Sustainability)
- Forget what the Greenhouse Effect is? Have fun and review with this simulation: https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/legacy/greenhouse
- Find out ways you can reduce your own energy:
- https://www.energystar.gov/ia/kids_site/swf/bc.swf
- http://www.carnegiecyberacademy.com/funStuff/greenDay/treyEarthday.swf
- Learn about and calculate your ecological foot print here: http://www.angelo.edu/faculty/mdixon/ManEnvironment/Footprint-Web.swf