Study Guide for Ecology and Quizlet Links

Click here to the Ecology Study Guide


Click here to access the Ecology Work Packet
You have a hard copy of this.  

Quizlet-
Questions
and
Vocabulary

Food Chain and Food Web Games

Food Fight - BrainPop Game

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Ecokids- Food Reaction Game showing Trophic Cascades

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Portland Press Herald Article on Invasive Species in Maine

Mayday - Gulf of Maine in Distress

Invasive Species Exploit a Warming Gulf in Maine

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Invasive Insects in Maine

Click here to access the Maine State Site for Invasive Insects.

Trophic Cascades and Yellowstone

Click here to access the Anderson Cooper Documentary.
Planet in Peril

Stop watching at 38:40.

How the wolves can change rivers in Yellowstone.

Access the video here.

Maine Invasives and Coastal Ecosystem Artcile

Here are the links for today's activity on invasive species.

Specifically, we will be looking at the Northern Pike, 

but keep your eye out for other invasive species as well.

Portland Press Herald

and

Bangor Daily News

Pike Portland Press Herald Article
Troubled Waters for Wild Brook Trout
Click here to access questions


By Wednesday 
Read and and pay close attention authors view points. 
Portland Press Herald Article.

Mayday Gulf of Maine in Distress

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Food Web Project

Food Web Project

Directions:

Create a food web for an ecosystem that is nearby. For example a

forest, stream, backyard, saltmarsh, or beach. You are encourage to choose an

ecosystem that you are familiar with. You should organize your food web so that

relationships between organisms are demonstrated (like we did in class).

A good way to start:

Brainstorm organisms within an ecosystem (you should have 15-20)

Place the organisms into groups: producer, consumer, decomposer.

Vocabulary to keep in mind:

organism

ecosystem

decomposer

food web

producer

consumer

trophic level

Checklist of Required Items

Your food web should:

• have 15 - 20 organisms represented in the food web.
• identify the name of each organism (this should be specific, do not just list fish or tree).
• include arrows to indicate the flow of energy.
• have at least 2 of every trophic level represented (decomposer, producer, consumer).
• show many organisms interacting.
• contain a sketch for each organism (computer printed images are OK if you do notmlike to draw).
• use a ruler to draw straight lines.
• contain color.
• contain a title (example - A Tidal Pool Food Web).
• contain your name and group.