0Sustainability

1-1 Capturing Energy from the Sun
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1-2 Feeding Levels

 * remember to do the "definitions" in boldface for this section. Add them to your definitions page. Word list:
 * //trophic level, detritivore, decomposer, pyramid of numbers, pyramid of biomass, pyramid of energy flow//


 * Instructions for Activity
 * [|Fur Institute of Canada]
 * [|Hinterland's Who's Who?]

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 * //What to Have Done://
 * //definitions (I'll check these at the end of the unit)//
 * //page 10 food web (print it out and hand it in)//
 * //activity (for your biome): food web and answers to questions from the 'instructions for activity' (print them out and hand them in)//

1-3 Populations
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 * remember to do the "definitions" in boldface for this section (and add them to the definitions page for the unit)
 * //carrying capacity, competition, population density, density-dependent factors, density-independent factors//
 * Sparrow/Hawk Game
 * link to "[|effect of a new species entering a food web"] question
 * DDT in a Food Chain investigation
 * //What to Have Done://
 * //the answers to the 'Sparrow/Hawk' Game//
 * //the answers to the 'DDT in a Food Chain' investigation//

1-4 Ecological Footprints

 * //Day One: 'How Does Our Location Affect the Environment?'//
 * (in class): Shop 'Til You Drop
 * complete the table on the front, and work on the back of the page
 * from section '4-2 Ecological Footprints' in the text:
 * add the important words to the definitions pages, and the 'equation' from the 2nd page of the handout
 * do the activity on page 114 (the 3rd page in the handout)... do the questions under "Analyze" #1 to 6


 * //Day Two: 'What is Your Footprint?'//
 * use the link at [|myfootprint.org] to do the activity (click here for a copy: [|ecological_ftprint_activity.pdf])

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 * //Day Three: 'How Can we Reduce our Footprint?'//
 * Activity Sheet:
 * [|ereduceftprt.pdf]
 * Links to help:
 * [|reasons to use CFL light bulbs]
 * [|Redefining Progress]
 * Popular Mechanics: [|Reduce Footprint][|World Wildlife Federation]
 * Western Producer - [|"Going Green"]
 * [|How to Help in Daily Life]
 * 'Big Changes': [|Take Action!]
 * What to Hand In:
 * 1. Shop Til You Drop (sheet)
 * 2. p.114 activity (with the library books)
 * 3. My Footprint table and printouts
 * 4. Reduce the Footprint process

1-5 Nutrient Cycles
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 * //Day One: 'Definitions and "2-1 Matter of Life and Death" '//
 * (13) definitions to put into your definitions section:
 * //nutrients, nutrient cycles, closed system, biotic, abiotic, photosynthesis, cellular respiration, nitrogen fixation, nitrogen-fixing bacteria, eutrophication, algal bloom, biodiversity, sustainability//
 * section 2.1 A Matter of Life and Death
 * read through pages 40 to 42, and
 * answer "Check Your Understanding" (p.42) #2, 3, 4
 * //Day Two: 'The Carbon Cycle'//
 * finished product: PowerPoint
 * What to Do:
 * 1. The words that you found definitions for yesterday for this section are: photosynthesis, cellular respiration, biotic, and abiotic. On one slide (with the title "What I Know About the Carbon Cycle" write any three things you already know about the Carbon Cycle.
 * 2. [|Use this link to] complete this notes page ([|ecarbon_notes.pdf])
 * 3. COPY THE VIDEO on the >My Computer >Public >Science_10 >Resources >Carbon Cycle folder TO YOUR DESKTOP and then watch-and-answer these questions in your powerpoint:
 * a) What makes carbon in nature? (This is called a __source)__
 * b) What uses up carbon in nature? (This is called a __sink__)
 * c) How do people add too much carbon?
 * d) What are the effects of people adding too much carbon to the atmosphere?
 * e) From this reading ([|ecarbon_reading.pdf] on the 3rd page), find out how changing levels of carbon dioxide in the air affects you.
 * 4. Using google, find one city that could be seriously affected by "Global Warming", and explain how.
 * //Day Three: 'The Nitrogen Cycle'//
 * finished product: notes and questions
 * What to Do:
 * 1. Study over the diagram of the Nitrogen Cycle that Mr. Hackl gave you in class.
 * 2. COPY THE VIDEO from the >My Computer >Public >Science_10 >Resources >Nitrogen Cycle folder TO YOUR DESKTOP and then watch-and-answer these questions in your powerpoint:
 * a) What role do //legumes// play in the nitrogen cycle?
 * b) Describe how excess nitrogen from agriculture can kill fish.
 * c) Why is //fixed nitrogen// important?
 * d) What role does decay play in the nitrogen cycle?
 * e) Why is lightning important in the nitrogen cycle?

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