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Monday, October 9, 2017

Daily Summary 10-09

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HONORS BIOLOGY
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Objectives: Be able to (1) classify examples of factors that limit a population’s growth as either density-independent or density-dependent, (2) predict what will happen to a population’s size based on changes to growth / birth rates, migration in or out, (3) interpret two different graphs of population growth

Warm-up: Could the group of plants we are adding to the garden today be considered as a population? Why or why not? What are some limiting factors that will affect the growth rates and numbers of plants growing in the garden? [5]

(NOTE: TSOTS Peer Eval. scores should have been reported weeks ago!)

Check on your Brassica plants (take photos!!) [5 - 8]

Complete Part II of Ecology Field Day assignment, then turn in

Start online population ecology lesson (due 10/13)

Work on Ecosystem map posters (due 10/13)

Transplant your Brassica oleracea plants to the garden [~10]


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

Finish online population ecology lesson (DUE THURSDAY)

Finish ESLP (if not yet done—DUE FRI.)



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BIOLOGY
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Objectives: Be able to (1) classify examples of factors that limit a population’s growth as either density-independent or density-dependent, (2) predict what will happen to a population’s size based on changes to growth / birth rates, migration in or out, (3) interpret two different graphs of population growth

Warm-up: Could the group of plants we are adding to the garden today be considered as a population? Why or why not? What are some limiting factors that will affect the growth rates and numbers of plants growing in the garden? [5]

(NOTE: TSOTS Peer Evals)

Check on your Brassica plants (take photos!!) [5 - 8]

Complete Part II of Ecology Field Day assignment, then turn in

Start online population ecology lesson (due 10/13)

Work on Ecosystem map posters (due 10/13)

Transplant your Brassica oleracea plants to the garden [~10]


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

Finish online population ecology lesson (DUE THURSDAY)

Finish ESLP (if not yet done—DUE FRI.)



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