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Homework for Week of 11/8

Tuesday 11/8

Welcome to Term II. Nothing is due today. We will go over the Tides test in class, and we will begin our new unit, Marine Ecology.

Wednesday 11/9

Marine Eco OCA #1

Log on to this website and compete a quick survey for the nnhs science department.

Thursday 11/10

Read the introductio to chapter 13 and "The Flow of Energy" (pages 344-348) in the Garrison chapter handed out in class. Answer the concept check questions #1-3 on page 348.

Friday 11/11

NO SCHOOL

Homework for Week of 11/15

Tuesday 11/15

If you didn't do so yet, please log on to this website and fill out the survey for the science department. You input is extremely valuable!!

Marine Ecosystems OCA #2.

Wednesday 11/16

Read pages 348-351 from Garrison and answer concept check questions #6-9 on page 351.

Thursday 11/17

Marine Ecosystems OCA #3

Friday 11/18

Marine Ecosystems OCA #4

What are 5 things you learned from the Blue Planet video? What are 5 questions the video made you curious about? Write thoughtfully and in complete sentences. Be detailed and specific in both your questions and answers.

Attach the worksheet from class today. Don't worry if it is incomplete. I'd like to see what you were able to apply from the powerpoint ecology overview from the last few classes.

Homework for Week of 11/22

Tuesday 11/22

Wednesday 11/23

Thursday 11/24

Friday 11/25

 NO SCHOOL

Homework for Week of 11/29

Tuesday 11/29

Make an appointment with Ms. DR to check in about your independent project! Due date for the research paper is January 13, 2012.

Wednesday 11/30

Thursday 12/1

Research where on the planet your marine ecosystem is found. Determine the map coordinates (latitude and longitude) so that you could place your ecosystem on a map. Note that some ecosystems are found in multiple locations around the globe. How extensive (in square miles, acres, hectares, or square kilometers) is your ecosystem?

Friday12/2

Read Garrison pp. 356-359 (environmental factors through temperature) and answer questions 15-17 on page 364. Hand in on 12/8.

Homework for Week of 12/6

NOTE: Make an appointment with Ms. DR to check in about your independent project! Due date for the research paper is January 13, 2012.

Tuesday 12/6

Read Garrison pp. 359-361 (organic matter through hydrostatic pressure) and answer questions 18 and 19. Hand in on 12/8.

Wednesday 12/7

10 note cards due for Term II OYLP (Research paper)

Here's an NPR story about the discovery of hydrothermal vent communities like the one in the video we watched in class today. How cool is that?!?

Thursday 12/8

In Garrison, read about diffusion and osmosis on pp. 361-364 and answer questions 20 and 21. Hand in all Q's from section 13.6.

Friday 12/9

10 more note cards due for Term II OYLP (Research paper)

Homework for Week of 12/13

Tuesday 12/13

Complete the Abiotic Factors Table for your marine ecosystem. In class you will meet with your team mates and produce a magnificent composite table for submission for a grade.

Wednesday 12/14

Thursday 12/15

Check out this short article and video (no sound) about some major undersea tectonic activity!

Friday 12/16

Shark movie day.

Homework for Week of 12/20

Tuesday 12/20

Annotated Bibliography due for Term II OYLP. You should have a variety of reference types, including websites, books, and articles. You should discuss somewhere between 10 and 20 different references.

Wednesday 12/21

Dissolved Oxygen lab in class.

Thursday 12/22

Dissolved Oxygen lab graph and questions due.

Friday 12/23

Detailed outline of Term II OYLP paper due

Homework for Week of 1/3

Tuesday 1/3

Wednesday 1/4

Read this article and watch the video (no sound) about recent exploration of hydrothermal vents.

Thursday 1/5

Friday 1/6

Rough draft of OYLP research paper due

Test on Marine Ecology.

Review the Study Guide we generated together in class.

Review Garrison chapter 13, OCA questions, and labs about abiotic factors (density, dissolved oxygen) as well as the research you did about the abiotic factors in your group's ecosystem. You can also look through the marine ecosystems powerpoint that we discussed in class early in Term II.

Homework for Week of 1/10

Tuesday 1/10

Read about sponges, pp. 162-167 in your Marine Biology textbook.

Here is the Unit Organizer for our study of the phylum Porifera.

Wednesday 1/11

Sponge OCA #1

Thursday 1/12

Finish OCA #2 that we began in class.

Sponge OCA #3 and #5

Download the Porifera Powerpoint to help you answer some of the questions. Your textbook and the internet are also good resources for all of the OCA's in this unit.

Friday 1/13

FINAL draft of OYLP research paper due

Sponge OCA #6 and #7

Homework for Week of 1/17

Tuesday 1/17

Sponge OCA #8 and #9

Wednesday 1/18

Read the three handouts (19, 20, and 21) about diatoms, dinoflagellates, and the different types of algae. Color the coloring pages.

Thursday 1/19

Look at all of the figures in chapter 5 for a review of some basic biology. Read about cyanobacteria and other autotrophic bacteria on pages 112-115 in Karlskint, Turner and Small. Take notes.

Special guest speakers in class today.

No late Term I work accepted after the start of class today.

Friday 1/20

For Tuesday, write a paragraph of feedback about the speakers in class yesterday, sarvesh gramila and Bridget Molloy.

Write a thank you note to Sarvesh and Bridget, and include at least one thing you found interesting in each of their presentations.

Read about diatoms, pages 122-131 in Karlskint, Turner and Small. Take notes on the summary. You are responsible for this information.

Next week we will cover tha material in chapter 7. Begin reading and familiarizing yourself with pages 136-139 in Karlskint, Turner and Small for Tuesday. Take notes.

NO CLASS TODAY. Ms DR wil lbe at a a workshop.

TERM II ENDS TODAY.