Eco-Columns

LT: Monitor an ecosystem throughout the year to determine if it is in equilibrium.

Today:  Build your eco-column!

HW:   Draw what you think your eco-column will look like in 8 months.

Due today:  classroom code ideas

Warm Up (WU):  List 5 things fish need to stay alive. Be as specific as you can.

Flex Time: Friday – check your grade on Synergy and see me if you are missing assignments or need to rewrite your essay.

˜Ecosystem:  a community of organisms and their abiotic environment

˜Community: group of various species that live in the same habitat and interact with each other

˜Abiotic: the non-living part of an ecosystem

˜Biotic: the living part of an ecosystem

˜Terrestrial: of or pertaining to Earth / land / ground

˜Aquatic: of or pertaining to water

˜Equilibrium:  a state of rest or balance

Make observations in your notebook (right page).

Title: Eco-Column Lab   remember to add the date

Biotic:

˜Terrestrial plants – number, appearance, type

˜Aquatic plants – number, appearance

˜Fish – appearance, behavior

˜Terrestrial insects – appearance, behavior, number

˜Aquatic invertebrates – number, type

Abiotic:

˜Air temperature (C)

˜Water temperature (C)

˜Moisture – both water level and visible water on sides (condensation)

˜Exposure to sunlight

˜Turbidity: how clear the water is