February+28,+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 Influenc


 * ===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\
 * Gaelin needs to see me


 * ===**//__Today's Big Science Questions__://**===
 * //How do species change through natural selection?//
 * //How do ecosystems change through ecological succession & natural events?.//


 * ===**Terms so far...**===


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


 * ===Natural Selection & Evolution videos===
 * An origin of Species []
 * How does Evolution Really Work? []
 * How the Woodpecker Avoids a Headache []
 * Nature's Super Materials []
 * Bugs that live on you []


 * ===Ecological Succession & Natural Events videos===
 * Secondary succession after yellowstone fires []
 * Mountain Pine Beetle []
 * Once and Future Tsunamis []
 * Chasing Tornadoes []
 * Hurricanes: New Tools for Predicting []
 * Volcanoes in the Infrared []
 * ===Read together pages 108-114===
 * sticklebacks
 * natural selectino
 * adaptive radiation
 * cichlid fish
 * ecological succession
 * primary succession
 * pioneer species
 * mature communities/climax communities
 * secondary succession

> || Flooding ||  || > || Tsunamis ||  || > || Drought ||  || > || Insect Infestations ||  ||
 * ===Natural Events and their impacts on mature communities===
 * **Natural Event** || **Effects on Ecosystems** ||


 * **Project - [|How Things Are Made] - Choose a product & Create a powerpoint, prezi, or word document that focuses on...**
 * Raw Materials
 * Design
 * Manufacturing Process
 * Byproducts/Waste