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Mrs. Porembka
Academic Biology – 9th grade, 2014 - 2015
Week of April 27 – May 1
Keystone Objectives:
Describe the levels of ecological organization (i.e., organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome,
biosphere)
Describe characteristics biotic and abiotic components of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.
Describe how energy flows through an ecosystem (e.g., food chains, food webs, energy pyramids)
Describe how matter recycles through an ecosystem (i.e., water cycle, carbon cycle, oxygen cycle, and
nitrogen cycle)
Describe the effects of limiting factors on population dynamics and potential species extinction
Describe biotic interactions in an ecosystem (e.g., competition, predation, symbiosis)
Describe how ecosystems change in response to natural and human disturbances (e.g., climate changes,
introduction of nonnative species, pollution, fires)
Day
M
Plan– pds. 1 and 6
Complete driftworm lab; finish 16.2
notes and begin 16.3
Day
M
Plan – pds. 3 and 8
Discuss disruption of genetic
equilibrium; begin driftworm lab
Assignment
16.3 FC and ch. 18
notes due Tues.
Complete driftworm lab; finish 16.2
notes and begin 16.3
Evolution test Wed.
lab
Finish 16.3, begin ecology review
T
Continue ecology review
lab
W
Finish 16.3, begin ecology review
T
Evolution test ; complete ch. 19
notes
W
Continue ecology review
Th
Continue ecology review
lab
Continue ecology review
lab
Continue ecology review
Th
Begin Keystone reviews
F
Evolution test ; complete ch. 19
notes
Continue ecology review
F
Begin Keystone reviews
lab
Ch. 19 notes due
Thurs.