Macro to Micro - Ecosystem, Habitat, and Niche

Lesson #4 Reading
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Your Habitat is in my Ecosystem.

What does it mean to be living?

On a T-chart list on one side living things and the other side non-living things.  Once you have a good list on either side think of what makes the organisms living.  Come up with some ideas.  

Click here to access the reading on Abiotic and Biotic Factors.

Video on Abiotic and Biotic Factors.

Final Ecology Assessment Review Page.

Ecology Final Study Guide.  

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Make a Copy and Complete.

Bat facts for our speaker, Annie Kassler, on Thursday.

Overview on Bats

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"Why Do Bats Matter?"

What do bats do to help us?

WNS Facts and Figures

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Battle for Bats- Surviving White Nose Syndrome

WNS and Bats

How do bats fly?

Study Guide for Ecology and Quizlet Links

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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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Trophic Cascades and Yellowstone

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Planet in Peril

Stop watching at 38:40.

How the wolves can change rivers in Yellowstone.

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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
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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.

Bayview Preserve Walk Google Form Questions

Mr. Cuthbert's Class

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Mr. Harrington's Class
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Think about these questions as we prepare for our field trip.

1. What are some native, non-native and invasives found in Yarmouth Green Spaces?

2. What kinds of things do conservation management specialists need to think about when they deal with invasive species?

3. What current practices are University of Maine systems and Royal River Trust doing to combat invasives in Yarmouth?

4. What kind of impact have humans had in Yarmouth introducing invasive species?  How did they get here?

5. What kind of things can you do to help manage some invasive species?

6. Why are salt marshes important to our ecosystems?

7. What current things are happening to salt marshes that have negative impacts? Explain.

Vital Signs - GMRI - Invasive Cards

Great link to Gulf of Maine Institute Vital Signs Invasive Species Cards.  These show local invasive species in our State.

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Ecobeaker- Maine Explorer

Students have been introduced to the concepts of modeling and simulations.
Students have access to an amazing technology resource in EcoBeaker Maine Explorer.  This modeling program takes them into a Maine Lake and how the organism interact within it.
Here is an image of the program.

Field Trip Permission Slips and Bayview Preserve

Here is a link to copies of the morning and afternoon field trip forms (you will go on the trip when you would usually have science class). Print one out if you've lost yours!

Morning Classes

Afternoon Classes

Wednesday October 21st we will go to Spear Farm Preserve off of Bayview Street.

Here is a map of the preserve.

Think about these questions as we prepare for our field trip.

1. What are some native, non-native and invasives found in Yarmouth Green Spaces?

2. What kinds of things do conservation management specialists need to think about when they deal with invasive species?

3. What current practices are University of Maine systems and Royal River Trust doing to combat invasives in Yarmouth?

4. What kind of impact have humans had in Yarmouth introducing invasive species?  How did they get here?

5. What kind of things can you do to help manage some invasive species?

Ecology Speaker - Dan Argo

The 7th grade science classes are pleased to welcome Dan Argo, a local mycologist, on Friday, October 16th.

Dan will speak to the classes about his specialty, fungi.  The 7th grade science class is entering a Unit on ecology and decomposers are often overlooked next to the larger more common organisms.  Dan will help us shed light on the importance of decomposers in our ecosystem and how they reproduce, quite a different process then other organisms.  Finally, Dan is a cook and foodie; he will finish with talking on the deliciousness of eating local fungi!

Some videos to prepare for his presentation!

BBC - David Attenborough

The Power of Fungi!

Portland Press Herald Article - Pike Problem

Tackling Maine's Pike Problem - Portland Press Herald

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Introduction to Ecology

As we begin our new unit on Ecology, here are some important links to get us started:

Link to Sciencesaurus Reading:

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Link to Ecology Vocabulary
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Make a copy, Replace "Copy of" with your last name, and move to your science folder.

Modeling Slideshow
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This is the slideshow we looked at today in class

Ecobeaker Maine Explorer 2015-2016

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