Friday, September 20, 2019

Unit 2: Basic Ecology

Textbook Reading:
Chapter 3: Ecosystems - What Are They and How Do They Work?
Chapter 4: Biodiversity and Evolution


Click for the Unit 2 Activity Sheet.

Click to see a short video about this true story or view the "Cats in Borneo" story.

Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on The Nature Of Ecology.

Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Ecosystem Components.

Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Energy Flow in Ecosystems.

Click to watch a quick Khan Academy video explaining how to use dimensional analysis.

Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Soil.

Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Biogeochemical Cycles - The Nutrient Cycles - Hydrologic and Carbon Cycles.

Click to view the "Properties of Water" video.

Click to view the "Crash Course - Hydrologic and Carbon Cycles" video.

Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on The Nitrogen Cycle.

Click to view a very short Nitrogen Cycle video.

Click to view the "Crash Course - Nitrogen and Phosphorus Cycle" video.

Click to read the article "The Effects of the Haber Process on Fertilizers."

Click to read the article "Global Population and the Nitrogen Cycle."

Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on The Phosphorus and Sulfur Cycles.

Click to watch "The Phosphorus Cycle in 65 Seconds" video.

Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Investigating Ecosystems.

Click to watch Johan Rockstrom's TED talk "Let the Environment Guide Our Development" on Planetary Boundaries.

Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Biodiversity.

Click to view a picture of SHSW parking lots for the Biodiversity of a Parking Lot lab.

Click for an online biodiversity calculator.

Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Evolution and the Origin of Life.

Click to see a PowerPoint presentation that reviews Plate Tectonics.

Click to read the article "Evolution in Action."

Click to watch the "Speciation: An Illustrated Introduction" video.

Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Evolution and Biodiversity.

Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Species Diversity.

Click to go to the website for the Biodiversity Hotspots activity.