Friday, 9/13
- Lesson 1 What explains why the population of buffaloes in the Serengeti changes so much?
- # 1-5
- For 5, groups came up with a logical hypothesis to explain the trend of the buffalo population.
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Monday, 9/16
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Block Days T/W 9/17
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Friday, 9/20 - Focus on Climate Change
Read article from NYT by 2 scientists who discuss "12 year window" for rapid change and the IPCC report, both found below. Summarized and discussed both. Summaries on page 11 of journal. DUE: Final revision of Observation/Inference Lab
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Monday, 9/23
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Tuesday/Wednesday, 9/24 and 9/25
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Thursday, 9/26
Website for Are the Changes in Buffalo Population Related to Climate? http://serengeti.inquiry-hub.net/ |
Friday, 9/27
Observation/Inference Lab: Please edit observation/inference Lab according to rubric and comments and resubmit on Monday. |
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Monday, 9/30
Finished Lesson 3 climate and food simulation. See above for handout. |
Tuesday/Wednesday 10/1 and 10/2
Did Biomass Lab - explored leaf litter from KHS forest floor. Identified organisms and sorted them into trophic levels. First time I have seen a pseudoscorpion!! |
Thursday, 10/3
Created 2 Biomass Pyramids with All Class and Multi-Year Data - See instructions attached to 10/4 HW: Finish both biomass pyramids If you have no grade in Skyward for Observation Inference Lab, last chance to turn this in. Please edit according to rubric/comments |
Friday, 10/4
Biomass Lab Data Analysis and Interpreting Data questions - finished in class Discussion of results and analysis questions will happen Monday HW: any unfinished analysis questions from the lab. Due: Observation/Inference Lab if you don't have a final grade Lesson 1 serengeti and Lesson 2 Buffalo and Food - leave journals for stamps. |
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Monday, 10/7
Class discussion on Biomass Lab Analysis Questions |
Tuesday, 10/8 and Wednesday, 10/9
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Thursday, 10/10
Biomass snapshot quiz - formative assessment Revised Summary chart with important points about Biomass and energy transfer Began L-4 - Is the Changing buffalo population size caused by a changing predator population size? (click here for handout) Questions 4-6 only Monday, 10/14
Biomass snapshot quiz returned - formative Looked at lion data in Serengeti, did #8-10 Discussed impact of lions - came to a conclusion Thursday, 10/17 Review day Predator Prey, biomass and energy transfer PPT with notes click below drive.google.com/open?id=13diBmv4XtP7Oa7LSjAsDyKoLwbUbWe8v Monday, 10/21
All hypotheses about why buffalo population is increasing have been refuted exept disease and possible impact by human hunting/poaching. Began L5 - Is there a disease that could have affected the buffalo. Click here for handout. Class discussion on how diseases spread and what causes diseases (types of pathogens) |
Friday 10/11
Lion Carrying Capacity Simulation - to find website, search for "Lion Carrying Capacity Smartgraphs" Tuesday/Wednesday, 10/15 and 10/16
Discussed predator prey and carrying capacity - summarized important points. Click here for notes. Carrying capacity snapshot quiz - formative Friday 10/18 Biomass, Energy Transfer and Carrying Capacity Quiz Tuesday, Wednesday 10/22 and 10/23 Biomass, energy, carrying capacity quizzes back - corrected Read "Rinderpest, Scourge of Cattle, Is Vanquished", NYT Finish notes using the 4Cs to frame your thinking. https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/28/health/28rinderpest.html https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/06/28/health/28rinderpest_timeline.html |
Thursday, 10/24
Evaluate information in article - Develop a timeline for Rinderpest https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/06/28/health/28rinderpest_timeline.html For class notes, click here |
Friday 10/25
No school - conferences |
Monday, 10/28
L5 Disease - did #5 - make a model of how eradication of rinderpest in the Serengeti affected buffalo Began L6 - What was going on with the Wildebeest? Did #1 - wrote down observations made in graphs. click here for L6 handout |
Tuesday/Wednesday, 10/29 and 30
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Thursday, 10/31
L 7 Gathered data from a rinderpest simulation serengeti.inquiry-hub.net Click on the links below for materials L7 Rinderpest simulation instructions L 7 Investigation questions |
Friday, 11/1
Worked in groups to come to consensus on each question, then created a class consensus. HW: finish all work, especially the conclusion type questions over the weekend. Be prepared to get stamps for work on Monday. |
Monday, 11/4
Vaccine Day - getting the MMR vaccine (measles) is 20,833.33 times safer than getting the measles!! Vaccine PPT with embedded videos click here Vaccine Note sheet click here |
Tuesday/Wednesday 11/5 and 11/6
What happened to the buffalo and wildebeest after 1975?
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Thursday, 11/7
Find data about the Serengeti ecosystem after 1975 and test hypotheses. Class consensus on what we found. Student readings click here and here |
Friday, 11/8
Finish class consensus on testing our hypotheses. See 11/7 |
Tuesday/Wednesday, 11/12 and 11/13
Wrote Claim, Evidence, Reasoning statements for why buffalo decreased after 1975 L9 What is special about wildebeest in the Serengeti? click here |
Thursday, 11/14
Discussed how wildebeest are related to tree density and how these factors relate to fire in the Serengeti. We determined that wildebeest are a keystone species. Watched half of "Serengeti: Nature's Living Laboratory" |
Friday, 11/15
Finished Serengeti film and modeled ecosystem impacts of wildebeest as keystone species
Watched "Wolves of Yellowstone" and modeled their impact as a keystone species
To learn how to model the impact of keystone species on an ecosystem, see HHMI Biointeractives "click and learn" on trophic cascades
Finished Serengeti film and modeled ecosystem impacts of wildebeest as keystone species
Watched "Wolves of Yellowstone" and modeled their impact as a keystone species
To learn how to model the impact of keystone species on an ecosystem, see HHMI Biointeractives "click and learn" on trophic cascades
Monday, 11/18
Reviewed Keystone Species with HHMI Click and Learn (see 11/15 Started Unit Test on Ecosystems and Populations |
Tuesday/Wednesday, 11/19 and 11/20
Finished Test Started discussing human population and climate change - see Monday Thursday, 11/21 Built Driving Questions for each class |