There are 3 items that will consist of your final for the semester:
- Parasite Research Packet - due May 23 - Parasite Grant - due May 23 - Parasite Poster/ Presentation - due May 21
- Presentations will be done in class and will be graded based on a rubric which will be handed over to the student. - On the 23rd the student will turn in all 3 items in a folder and the three items together will be your final grade - There will be a test on Finals Day. The Test will include all the information that was covered in the notes. THE TEST IS AN OPEN NOTE TEST!!! So if you took good notes during lecture it should be a piece of cake, but if not, it will be the hardest test you have ever had.
1. Assigned a biome: - Either a(n) Ocean; Desert; Tundra; Tiaga; Rain Forest; Temperate Rain Forest; Deciduous Forest; Tropical Grassland 2. Must include the following: - A food chain appropriate for your biome - Vegetation appropriate for your biome - 3 symbioses - Mutualism - Commensalism - Parasitism - Must include Color and be done to your best ability 3. Written Portion - Write out your food chain - Explain your biome - Why you chose your animals and vegetation and why they are appropriate for your assigned biome - Explain the 3 symbioses and why each symbiotic relationship would occur.
PRG: Ch.24-1 - Figures 1-4 and Ch.26-2 - Figures 5-14
Vocabulary: Ch.24-1 and Ch.26-2 - Write all bold terms
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Assignment
Fossil Study Questions - If you did not write out the questions from class here are the questions that are due on Thursday.
Data/Observations Section: The Order of age for the fossils is as follows Idahoan(Youngest) Californian Montanian Coloradian Oregonian Texian Nevadian Ohioian Wyomingian(Oldest)
2. Do the fossils in this study show that evolution has occurred? Why or why not? 3. What pattern of evolution does the evolutionary tree created show? 4. During which time period did the fossils start to differentiate into two branches? 5. Which characteristic was used to create the two lineages (branches)? 6. Which species is the common ancestor to the two branches that formed? 7. Is the species still living today in the present? Why or why not? 8. Did the fossils show gradualism or punctuated equilibrium? Explain.
Conclusion: Answer the purpose question: - What fossil information is used to determine evolutionary relationships (evolutionary tree)? How does an evolutionary tree show evolution?
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Assignment
-Finish Homologous Structures Worksheet
If absent get it on block next week and finish it along with the notes
- V. Results/ Calculations: 1. Drawing of fish and habitat 2. Habitat description 3. Explanation of adaptation verses habitat conditions. Discuss all 4 adaptations
VI. Questions 1. Do you think your fish could survive long enough to become its own species? 2. What changes need to be made to your fish to make it better adapted? 3. What could happen to your fish if the environment/ habitat suddenly changed? Explain 4. List 4 characteristics from the table in that data section that would create the perfect fish. Explain
Conclusion: Answer this question: What is an adaptation? minimum of 2 sentences
Vocabulary Ch.3-2 (Word/Definition/Picture) -Complete vocab for all highlighted terms from the book
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Assignment
Students will complete the Reflection Handout from Friday in class. If not completed in class it is homework and due on Monday.
-Test on - Ch. 2 notes: Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes - Ch. 2 notes: Organelles - Animal and Plant cells - Vocabulary Ch. 2 - It also covers everything that the project reinforced as well