Week as of May 17th to May 21st

We will be working in a skit related with Pond Life.

We will have a Picnic Friday 21st, details will be given to students during class.

Week as of May 10th to May 14th

Test Tuesday May 11th

Vocabulary

producer

consumer

herbivore

carnivore

omnivore

tertiary

food chain

food web

Study from NB and Worksheets

This week we will continue working with Pond Life.

Week as of April 26- April 30

We willl be working in a research related with Pond Life.
We will be conducting a class activity using microscopes.
Guideline this week so student begin working in it as a home project.

April 19th-April 23rd

This week we will be discussing the five distinct habitats in a pond ecosystem.

Vocabulary:

ecology

ecosystem

habitat

The five distinct habitats in a Pond Ecosystem:

surface of the water

the air above the water

the open water

the bottom of the pond

the shallow water at the edge of the pond

We will be making a Venn Diagram about a Pond and a Space Shuttle to find the similarities and differences. And begin discussing and working in our filmed project. (to be done at home)

Test Next Tuesday April 27th

Week as of April 12- April 16

Project Oral Presentations will be held Tuesday April 13th.

Group 1 : Bogs

Group 2: Marshes

Group 3: Delta

Group 4: Wetlands

Groups 5: Ponds Lakes

Group 6: Swamps

Students need to be able to explain their Ecosystem. They are not supposed to read.

Wednesday April 14th we will be having the test that covers data of the video watched in class. They may study from Study Guides 1 and 2 and hard copy with data which may be collected Monday. Thursday and Friday we will be discussing what things they find within their neighborhoods. And discussing how keys are useful.

A worksheet will be provided (graded) which they are to prepare.

Is there someone that has a fish tank you may bring to school, so we can observe the fish?

Week as of April 6th to April 9th

This week and as part of our Unit : Pond Life we will watch again the Video for which the students have a Study Guide. We will discuss and take notes as well.

They need to copy the following vocabulary in their Notebooks:

Photic Zone: the upper layer of a body of water delineated by the depth to which enough sunlight can penetrate to permit photosynthesis

Benthic Zone: the area over the continental margin, which is unaffected by the tides.

Biome:a complex biotic community characterized by distinctive plant and animal species and maintained under the climatic conditions of the region, esp. such a community that has developed to climax.

Ecosystem:a system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their environment.

Interdependent Organisms:

Phytoplankton:the aggregate of plants and plantlike organisms in plankton.

Zooplankton:the aggregate of animal or animallike organisms in plankton, as protozoans.

Tributaries:a stream that flows to a larger stream or other body of water.

Sediment: mineral or organic matter deposited by water, air, or ice.

Bogs: wet, spongy ground with soil composed mainly of decayed vegetable matter

Marsh: a tract of low wet land, often treeless and periodically inundated, generally characterized by a growth of grasses, sedges, cattails, and rushes.

Delta: a nearly flat plain of alluvial deposit between diverging branches of the mouth of a river, often, though not necessarily, triangular

Habitats: the natural environment of an organism; place that is natural for the life and growth of an organism.

Wetland: and that has a wet and spongy soil, as a marsh, swamp, or bog.

Ecotone: he transition zone between two different plant communities, as that between forest and prairie.

Swamps: a tract of wet, spongy land, often having a growth of certain types of trees and other vegetation, but unfit for cultivation.

As of tomorrow we will be working in a project which includes:

Searching Data

Reciprocal teaching

Summarizing

Preparing a Poster which includes the Summary and Pictures.

Groups were divided today as follow:

Group #1 Bogs

Group #2 Marshes

Group # 3 Delta

Group # 4 Wetlands

Group #5 Ponds and Lakes

Group # 6 Swamps

Work will be done at school.

Dates to keep in mind

Test #1 Ponds and Lakes Tuesday April 13th

Oral Presentations Tuesday April 13 (Groups 1, 2, 3)

Oral Presentations Wednesday April 14 (Groups 4,5,6)

Week as of March 22nd to March 26

We will be finishing the Vitamins Unit

Students will be presenting their Lab Report for the Vitamin C activity held last Friday.

Preset their Vitamin Song and Poster.

Test Wednesday

Students review from the study guide.