The Australia Project

Mrs. Gow has set up a web site where the two classes (hers and ours) will work together.

Please take a look and get familiar with the site and the assignments. You can get to it by clicking here.

Also, please visit Voicethread and get yourself an account. All you need is an email address and a password.

Bad Weather in the US

There was a story in the NY Times this week about bad weather events happening in the United States. It fits right in with what we have been studying in terms of ecosystems responding to changes.

You can read it here.

Reflection Assignment - Period 3

Here is the reflection assignment for Period 3 science.
Remember that you are pretending to be paid by the word.
I look forward to reading your reflection.

Biome Map and Info

Here is a great website to use for studying biomes.
It has a cool map and lots of information about the biomes and the species that live there.
Let me know what you think about it.

Period 7 - Applying What We Have Learned

Hello all.

Your assignment this week (due by the time you come to class on Thursday, May 22nd) is to apply what you've learned about Ecology from one another to the movies we watched in class. I want you to put together about a one-page paper that discusses where you saw each of the 8 topics in either or both of the movies we watch in class. Then, you'll post the paper to the blog.

Remember to use your fake names. No anonymous comments, please!

Just in case you want to see them again, here are links to the movies:
Elk and Wolves
Grizzly Bears

Have fun. I am really looking forward to reading what you've written.

Period 3 - Applying What We Have Learned

Hello all.

Your assignment this week (due by the time you come to class on Thursday, May 22nd) is to apply what you've learned about Ecology from one another to the movies we watched in class. I want you to put together about a one-page paper that discusses where you saw each of the 8 topics in either or both of the movies we watch in class. Then, you'll post the paper to the blog.

Remember to use your fake names. No anonymous comments, please!

Just in case you want to see them again, here are links to the movies:
Elk and Wolves
Grizzly Bears

Have fun. I am really looking forward to reading what you've written.

Population Notes

Here are the notes from class today.
And don't forget to invent a story to explain the changes in the squirrel populations.

Change In Population - Upload a doc

Read this doc on Scribd: Change In Population

Happy Feet Reflection - Period 7

Here is the place for you Happy Feet reflection.

I look forward to reading your work.

Inconvenient Truth Reflection

We are watching the movie, An Inconvenient Truth, to introduce our study of Ecology. Ecology is all about relationships – relationships of various organisms to each other and to their environment.

The movie will talk about these things in the context of Global Warming.

As you watch the movie, make notes that start to address the following questions. You should make these notes in your Science notebook.

1. How does Global Warming work?
2. How do human activities make Global Warming worse and/or better?
3. What species are affected by Global Warming? How?
4. What can be done to address this problem?
5. What do you think we can do at PVC to address Global Warming?

I am asking you to turn your notes into a detailed reflection. This reflection is due to me on Wednesday. You will submit them to me on paper for this one.