March+01,+2011

__**Science 10 - Tuesday, March 1, 2011**__

 * ===Upcoming:===
 * **Unit Exam for Sustaining Earth's Ecosystems - This Friday, March**
 * Review on Thursday
 * Key concepts: Biomes, Ecosystems, Energy Flow, Nutrient Cycles, Bioaccumulation, NaCl Bioassay Lab, An Inconvenient Truth, Adaptation & Succession, Human Influence


 * ===Return work===
 * Quinton, Dayna, and Katya need to borrow 'An Incovenient Truth' and complete notes
 * Quinton and Dayna to complete table that summarizes class results for NaCl Investigation


 * ===**//__Today's Big Science Questions__://**===
 * //How do ecosystems change through ecological succession?//
 * //How do we balance interests for sustainable land use?//


 * **Terms so far...**


 * abiotic ||< commensalism || biodegradation || cellular respiration || bioaccumulation || adaptive radiation || contamination ||
 * adaptation || competition || consumers || denitrification || bioremediation || climax community || deforestation ||
 * biome || ecosystem || decomposers || nitrification || heavy metals || ecological succession || extinction ||
 * biotic || mutualism || food chain || nutrients || keystone species || natural selection || habitat loss ||
 * climate || niche || food pyramid || photosynthesis || parts per million ||  || soil degradation ||
 * climatograph || parasitism || food web || sedimentation || PCBs ||  || resource exploitation ||
 * || predation || producers || weathering ||  ||   || sustainability ||
 * ||  || trophic level ||   ||   ||   || traditional ecological knowledge ||


 * ===Modelling Primary Succession===
 * Individually arrange the Pond Succession pieces & the Ocean Sand Dune Succession pieces
 * Compare with at least two other people once completed


 * ===Read together Pages 122-123 - Wetlands & Bogs===


 * ===Land Development Proposal for Barry's Bog - Find Out Activity 3-2A===
 * 1) Determine interest group(s).
 * 2) Cut out pieces from templates.
 * 3) Criteria & Constraints.
 * 4) Use glue sticks to create your plan on the 11x17 sheet.
 * 5) Compare our proposals.


 * ===The Effects of Land and Resource Use===


 * **Human Impact** || **Effects on Ecosystems** || **Possible Sustainable Practices** ||
 * Deforestation ||  ||   ||
 * Agriculture ||  ||   ||
 * Resource Exploitation ||  ||   ||


 * ===What is Traditional Ecological Knowledge and how can it be used in British Columbia?===


 * ethanol biofuel []