Month: December 2015

Work on the Ecology Crossword.

Due to the grad breakfast scheduled during our next class, the final steps of the diffusion lab should be completed after school on Thursday, 17 Dec 2015.
Please arrive promptly as the classroom will only be open until 3:20 pm.
The lab write-up is due on 12 January, printed and submitted in class (not digitally on 11 January as I mentioned in class today). Please refer to my earlier post which includes the updated lab guidelines. Please follow them in preparing the lab write-up.

Study for genetics and ecology test.
Finish the ecological pyramid/distribution diagram assignment.

Study for membrane/membrane transport and ATP/cellular metabolism test, 15 Dec 2015.
Start the draft of the Diffusion lab (see the guidelines and refer to lab instructions for more details).

Test on genetics and ecology on 15 Dec 2015.
Sketch the logistic growth curve (p. 1034) and label the parts (A – E), indicating what is happening and what factors are affecting the population size at each stage.
Complete the nitrogen and water cycles on the notes page using p. 1025, and also study the other nutrient cycles (carbon, etc).
Refer to other parts of chapter 47 and 48 for this unit.
Read about ecological pyramids (ch. 47) in preparation for next class.