Ecosystems & Populations
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This document contains information about an introductory environmental science unit on ecosystems and populations, including: - The unit questions focus on understanding the value of diversity and how resilience is achieved through diversity. - Assessment tasks include an ecological survey lab and unit test. - Review tasks involve quizzes on ecosystems and communities and populations. - Several sections provide information on diversity, why it is important to measure, and challenges tracking species diversity in Brazil. - Additional passages discuss human population reaching 7 billion and the IUCN Red List categories for threatened species.
Ecosystems & Populations
- 1. Ecosystems & Populations Introductory Environmental Science Canadian Academy MrT
- 2. Ecosystems & Populations Unit Questions: “What is the value of diversity?” Enduring Understandings: Resilience is achieved through diversity Criterion Assessment Tasks D, E, F Ecological Survey Lab C Unit Test Review tasks: - Quia Quiz: 7.1 Ecosystems & Communities - Quiz Quiz: 7.2 Populations
- 31. Human Population Reaches 7 Billion People… NASA Earth at night: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/0810/earthlights2_dmsp_big.jpg 31
- 32. Human Population Reaches 7 Billion People…. …kinda makes us look like: NASA Earth at night: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/0810/earthlights2_dmsp_big.jpg 32 Luminous bacterial culture: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/aprilholladay/2006-11-13-jellyfish-moon-bacteria_x.htm
- 33. (now 7bn)
- 52. Rokko Island Ecological Survey What biotic and abiotic factors affect populations and distributions of a species? Investigate one factor and its effect on a population. 52
- 53. Conservation of Endangered Species Extinct in the wild Endangered Near threatened Critically endangered Vulnerable What threatened species do you know about? Which category do you think they fit on the IUCN Red List (above)? What are conservationists and governments doing to protect them? 53
- 54. Save the Panda? Goal: Learn more about conservation of endangered species in the context of the panda Role: A team of researchers communicating issues of conservation ecology to their peers Audience: Yourself, your group and teacher Scenario: How do we make decisions about conservation and human impacts? Product: An instant expert sheet (this one) on conservation to be shared and used for study http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Work in a group of up to three students. Use the IUCN Red List database to find out more about conservation of pandas and other species. Find the natural range, determine the threats and uncover other species threatened in the same area. Discuss the benefits of whole-ecosystem conservation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4nFwAvZ0OI as opposed to single-species efforts. What conservation techniques are most successful? 54 Panda logo: http:wwf.org See what action you can take
- 55. Ecosystems & Populations Review 1. Space race review quizzes: m.socrative.com (Room N304) • Groups of 2-3 • One device each • Notes might be useful 2. Complete the knowledge audit and checklist given out yesterday 3. Check areas you don’t understand. All resources are on the GoogleSite. 55
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