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DO NOW Prompt March 2nd What is happening to the apples in this picture? How does this happen? Reminders: --Write HW in agenda --Voice level at 0 during Do Now This week’s HW: Cycles Overview – Due FRIDAY ESSENTIAL QUESTION: How does energy flow in a food web and food pyramid? OBJECTIVES: -Relate food chains to the ENGERGY PYRAMIND ENERGY PYRAMID • Brainpop: Energy Pyramid 10% Rule 100 Units of Energy 10 Units of Energy 1 Unit of Energy 90% of the energy is lost each time it moves up a trophic level Food Pyramid • Complete the food pyramid activity using page _____ in the Gateways book • Complete this on pg ____ in your notebook • Make sure your Food Web (from Friday) is complete EXIT TICKET Where does energy come from in a food pyramid? Where does the energy go? March 3rd DO NOW Prompt What is happening to the apples in this picture? How does this happen? This week’s HW: Cycles Overview – Due FRIDAY Reminders: --Voice level at 0 during Do Now --Quiz Friday over Transfer of Energy in Food Webs/Cycles ESSENTIAL QUESTION: How does matter cycle and change through living systems? OBJECTIVES: -Observe cycles of matter -Discuss how and why matter cycles -Define Cycles and Biomass Decaying Watermelon Time lapse 35 Days shortened to 1 minute. Turn and Talk: What decomposers are at work in this video? What might be the benefits to decay? Are there any negative consequences to decay? What if? Turn and Talk Describe what it would be like if no organisms were ever broken down, if that they remained preserved at the surface of the Earth. Bacteria What do you know about bacteria? Bacteria Cycles Glossary – Page __ Make a new glossary page on page ___ Title: “Cycles Glossary” and set up page like this: Word & Definition Examples Add to Glossary page ____ Cycle A periodically repeated sequence of events. 3 Cycles • WATER • NITROGEN • CARBON Add to Glossary page ____ Biomass The matter that comes from living, or previously living organisms. Turn and talk: Give some examples of biomass in your life. Thanks! – Page _____ • Write a thank you letter to bacteria for breaking down all of the organic material left by dead plants and animals. • Include the reasons the bacteria are a good thing for breaking down matter. March 3 DO NOW Objective SWBAT observe how matter cycles and changes through living systems. Prompt Which of the following compounds are organic? How do you know? A. C6H12O6 B. CO2 C. H2O2 Reminders: D. This week’s HW: Cycles Overview – Due FRIDAY --HW Due Friday --Voice level at 0 during Do Now --SIGN UP for tutorials if you want to come (Thurs. Lunch) ESSENTIAL QUESTION: How does matter cycle and change through living systems? OBJECTIVES: -Discuss where we can find Carbon -Explore the carbon cycle on laptops -Talk about composting bins Where in the world is…? Carbon San Diego?? Think/Pair/Share Where can Carbon be found in your world? Brainpop • Carbon Cycle Carbon Cycle Game Go to the following webpage: www.windows2universe.org/earth/climate/carbon_ cycle.html ***Fill out your foldable as you play the game. Carbon Cycle Debrief Tape To Page ____ Composting Vermicomposting VERMI = Worm March 4th & 5th DO NOW Prompt Look at the graph at your table and read the information. What are the possible causes for the changes in the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere? Reminders: This week’s HW: Cycles Overview – Due FRIDAY --HW Due Friday --Voice level at 0 during Do Now --Quiz Friday over Transfer of Energy in Food Webs/Cycles ESSENTIAL QUESTION: How does matter cycle and change through living systems? OBJECTIVES: -Watch a clip from Rocky Mtn. Natl Park about ammonia pollution -Explore the Nitrogen Cycle Stations -Observe compost bin in garden Video • Ammonia Deposition in Rocky Mountain National Park Station Activity Complete your handout as you rotate through stations. Expectations: -Stay on task -Do not leave your group -Voice level 2 Brainpop • Nitrogen Cycle Nitrogen Cycle Debrief Where are you at? How did you arrive? Where are you going? or Lightning strikes! Nitrogen gas is make into a solid and travels to the soil! Bacteria have transformed you into nitrogen gas and you are now part of the atmosphere! Atmosphere (air) Debrief Question(s): Forest Fire! The wood you were within is burnt and you have been released into the atmosphere. 1. Based on the pie chart above, what percentage (%) of the atmosphere is nitrogen? a. 21% b. 0.1% c. 78% Blue green algae and bacteria convert you into a solid bringing you to the soil! Bean plants extract you from the air and bring you to the soil! or Some nitrogen can get into the water in clouds and then fall as rain! Where are you at? How did you arrive? You fall into a lake or stream so now you are part of surface water. Where are you going? or You are just the sort of nitrogen that plants need to live. You are now within a live plant! You are decomposed and become dissolved in surface water! Surface Water What’s that in the water? You have dissolved into surface water! or You travel through the rivers and streams to the ocean! Debrief Question(s): You dissolve and wash into the surface water! The groundwater you are dissolved within travels and you become part of the surface water! 2. If plants need nitrogen to grow, then how will adding extra nitrogen to the water affect the growth of aquatic (water) plants like algae? a. b. c. Aquatic plants will die Aquatic plants will grow rapidly Aquatic plants will not be able to preform photosynthesis. or You percolate deep underground in the groundwater! Where are you at? How did you arrive? Some nitrogen can get into the water in clouds and then fall as rain! Where are you going? You fall into a lake or stream so now you are part of surface water. or You fall on the land and become part of the soil! Rain Water Debrief Question(s): 3. According to the map above, which parts of the United states from 1989 to 1991 had higher concentrations of nitrogen in the their rain. a. b. c. South West United States North East United States North West United States You percolate deep underground in the groundwater! or You rain into the ocean! How did you arrive? Where are you at? Where are you going? You percolate deep underground in the groundwater! or You dissolve and wash into the groundwater! or The groundwater you are dissolved within travels and you become part of the surface water! Ground Water Debrief Question(s): Look out! Water is on the move! You have washed into the groundwater! 4. Aquifers are like underground likes that store water. Texas has many aquifers, which we draw from for our drinking water. Which major aquifer does Austin sit above? (see large map on back) or or The groundwater you are dissolved within travels and you become part of the ocean! Where are you at? How did you arrive? Where are you going? or You dissolve and wash into the surface water! A farm supply company has picked you up and made you into fertilizer! or Fertilizers You become part of the soil! Debrief Question(s): 5. If nitrogen is present in the waste of animals, like cows and humans, then which statement below must be true? a. b. c. Animals must consume organisms that contain nitrogen. Animals must breathe in and absorb nitrogen gas into their bodies. Animals must transform other elements in their bodies into nitrogen. or You are just the sort of nitrogen that plants need to live. You are now within a live plant! How did you arrive? Where are you at? Bean plants extract you from the air and bring you to the soil! You become part of the soil! Where are you going? You dissolve and wash into the groundwater! Blue green algae and bacteria convert you into a solid bringing you to the soil! You dissolve and wash into the surface water! Lightning strikes! Nitrogen gas is make into a solid and travels to the soil! You are decomposed and become part of the soil! You fall on the land and become part of the soil! Soil (Dirt) Debrief Question(s): 6. Ammonium, NH4, is a nitrogen compound found in animal waste and in soil. Ammonium, NH4, is an organic compound: True or False. or You are just the sort of nitrogen that plants need to live. You are now within a live plant! or Bacteria have transformed you into nitrogen gas and you are now part of the Where are you at? How did you arrive? You travel through the rivers and streams to the ocean! Where are you going? Texas Look out! Water is on the move! You have washed into the groundwater! You rain into the ocean! Gulf of Mexico Ocean Debrief Question(s): You are decomposed and become dissolved in the ocean! 7.A lot of nitrogen compounds enter the Gulf of Mexico (show in red on the map above) and settle near the coast. What is the most likely source of the excess (or extra) nitrogen. a. The groundwater you are dissolved within travels and you become part of the ocean! b. c. Organisms that live in the Gulf of Mexico produce more waste Nitrogen fertilizers from farms runoff into rivers that dump into the Gulf of Mexico. Hurricanes push nitrogen up to the coast where it collects. or You are just the sort of nitrogen that plants need to live. You are now within a live plant! or or Bacteria have transformed you into nitrogen gas and you are now part of the atmosphere! Where are you at? How did you arrive? Congratulations! The animal that you were within has excreted and you are in its waste. Go to animal waste! Where are you going? or Look out before someone steps in you! Now you are decomposing in the soil! or Animal Waste A farm supply company has picked you up and made you into fertilizer! Debrief Question(s): 8. Many farmers use animal waste as fertilizer for their crops. Why would farmers use animal waste to help their crops grow? a. b. c. The smell of waste keeps away organisms that might eat the crops Plants need nitrogen to grow, and animal waste contains nitrogen Animal waste has lots of sugars in it that the plants can use for energy or What’s that in the water? You have dissolved into surface water! Where are you at? How did you arrive? The plant that you are within has died. Go to dead plants and animals. or You are decomposed and become part of the soil! Dead Plants & Animals Debrief Question(s): 9. Organisms that break down and recycle dead matter are classified as _____. The animal that you are within has died. Go to dead plants and animals. Where are you going? a. b. c. Herbivores Decomposers Producers You are decomposed and become dissolved in surface water! You are decomposed and become dissolved in the ocean! or Forest Fire! The wood you were within is burnt and you have been released into the Where are you at? How did you arrive? Where are you going? You are just the sort of nitrogen that plants need to live. You are now within a live plant! or or The plant that you are within has died. Go to dead plants and animals. Live Plants Debrief Question(s): 10. Which plant structure allows the plant to absorb nitrogen from the soil? a. b. c. Leaves Stem Roots or or An animal has eaten the plant that you are within! Go to live animals! Where are you at? How did you arrive? Where are you going? An animal has eaten the plant that you are within! Go to live animals! or or The animal that you are within has died. Go to dead plants and animals. Live Animals Debrief Question(s): 11. Animals that consume or eat only plant matter are classified as ____. a. b. c. Herbivores Carnivores Omnivores or or Congratulations! The animal that you were within has excreted and you are in its waste. Go to animal waste! Dead Zones • Dead Zones Video • Eutrophication Song For Quiz Friday… • Vocabulary is important! Study your glossary handout. • Study food chains, webs, and pyramids. • Know your Water, Carbon, and Nitrogen Cycles. • Also review: Plant behaviors/stimuli (ex: turgor pressure, geotropism) DO NOW March 6th Objective SWBAT assess knowledge about how matter cycles and changes through living systems. Prompt How is Nitrogen released back into the environment from living things? Reminders: --HW Due today --Voice level at 0 during Do Now --Be on best behavior for substitute This week’s HW: Cycles Overview – Due TODAY ESSENTIAL QUESTION: How does matter cycle and change through living systems? OBJECTIVES: -Take a test on how Energy Flows and Matter Cycles through an ecosystem. Quiz • Voice Level 0 • Read silently when finished Grade Quiz • Trade papers with shoulder partner • Pencils put away • 10 points each Composting 101 • Composting 101 Composting Survey • Take a survey of your classmates about composting. • Think of 2 questions to ask your classmates. • Collect data on their responses. • Choose the best way to graph your data: pie, bar, or line?