5/21/10 Energy Pyramids

We took the state field test in Living Environment. This is a NYS test to asses the questions that will be used on future Living Environment Regents tests. It is not scored for a class grade.

Students that have to make up labs can use this list to help search for the actual labs in order to make up any missing lab reports. All lab reports must be turned in by June 1 and be satisfactorily done to be eligible for the Regents test. I have calculated that students may be missing up to 4 labs and still have enough lab time to take the test. Students have been notified in class as to which labs they are missing.

Notes for the unit, Populations & Communities, are available in several formats:

• Notes 2 slides per page in color, large format for viewing.
• 3 slides per page in black & white with room for notes on one side.
• 6 slides per page in black and white, for economical printing.
• The entire presentation, with the media and a viewer in compressed (approx 41 MB) format.
• Link to a textbook for the current unit (approx 11 MB)that follows the course presented in class.
• Worksheet on Populations & Communities unit.

Homework

• Students should complete for Monday:

1.

1. Observe a system that includes living things.
-Backyard
-Pond
-Aquarium/terrarium
2. Construct a diagram to show the relationships between the living and non-living things.
At least 12 things must be listed, with at least 3 abiotic

• Finish the worksheet on Populations & Communities. This workshet will be due on Monday 5/24.
  
• Continue to enter data for the long term data collection project.
• The final May project is online. You are required to do one of the two projects, each month. If you do both projects you can get credit. This must be completed by Tuesday 6/1.