12/13 links

LE

2A    & 2B Go to the website http://mrhardy.wikispaces.com/Carbon+Cycle.swf and watch the video on the carbon cycle. 

Then go to http://www.sciencescene.com/Environmental%20Science/Graphics/Flash%20Movies/carbon_cycle.swf and run the animation  Do the carbon cycle worksheet.

Run the animation http://www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/flash/water_cycle_web3.swf on the water cycle.  Do the water cycle worksheet.

Next go to http://www.marietta.edu/~spilatrs/biol202/animations/nitrogen_cycle.swf and run the nitrogen cycle.  Do the nitrogen cycle worksheet.  

12/2 Review

LE
Quizlet review

11/21 - 11/26 LE

Classification worksheets for the LE 2A section should take two days.
Plant adaptations worksheet is for LE 2B and should take two days.

This is an excellent movie on Human evolution.  It should be watched in the 2A section and will likely not get finished in the 2 days 11/25 & 26. It should be finished in the 2B section on 11/26

This is an excellent movie on Human evolution.  It should be watched in the 2A section and will not get finished in the 2 days 11/25 & 26. It should be finished in the 2B section on 11/26.

If any don’t play just go back and skip them.  You can try later. Feel free to discuss any of the sections.

Discovering Ardi part 1 10:55
http://www.diretube.com/artist/Discovery%20Channel/ click above or cut & paste in browser.
Discovering Ardi parts 2-11
http://www.diretube.com/artist/Discovery%20Channel%20Ardi/ click above or cut & paste in browser.

Waves

Wavelength Demo with music.

Bitesize BBC waves.

Speciation & Process

Objective: To explore and understand the process of evolution including the concept of  speciation and its parts. 

Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oKlKmrbLoU  Speciation- Of Ligers & Men - Crash

http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evosite/evo101/VSpeciation.shtml  

Animation http://bcs.whfreeman.com/thelifewire/content/chp24/2402001.html

What is the definition of species?

What is speciation?

What conditions are necessary for speciation to occur?

Name two places that geographic isolation can occur.  Describe how this makes speciation possible.

Tell a story. Write this on the back, or on a separate piece of paper.

Now that you know all about how speciation happens in real life, write your own speciation story. Your story should include the following details:

·         The following concepts should be included in your story

o    Genetic drift, bottleneck effect, founder effect, gene flow, and/or mutation (include at least 1)

o    Natural selection (directional (things move to an extreme), stabilizing (things kind of average),, and/or diversifying (species splits into two different)- include at least 1)

o    Modes/mechanisms of speciation (e.g. geographic speciation, Genetic barriers, temporal or reproductive isolation, etc - include at least 1)

·         The background - set the stage, describe the organisms involved - where do they live? what do they look like? what do they eat? what is their life cycle?

·         The details of the speciation event - set the stage and tell the story. What happened? How did one species become multiple species? Your details should correspond to actual modes and mechanisms of speciation you studied.

·         The aftermath - what has changed? Again describe the organisms involved, now that a speciation event has occurred. What's different, and what has remained the same?

11/19 Forces and Static Electricity

These are the links for the Forces and Static Electricity worksheet

Go to http://shows.howstuffworks.com/stuff-to-blow-your-mind/51304-stuff-to-blow-your-kids-mind-magnets-video.htm and watch the video.  Then answer the questions on your worksheet.

Gravity

Go to http://www.ducksters.com/science/gravity.php and watch the video.  Then answer the questions on your worksheet

Static Electricity

Go to http://shows.howstuffworks.com/stuff-to-blow-your-mind/51311-stuff-to-blow-your-kids-mind-static-electricity-video.htm and watch the video. 

Then go to the web site http://www.ducksters.com/science/static_electricity.php and answer the questions on your worksheet

11/19 LE activity

You will have today in class to complete this activity. Each person needs to turn in their own copy of this sheet.

Part A: Have some fun and play “Darwin’s Evolution Game” @ http://science.discovery.com/interactives/literacy/darwin/darwin.html.  Answer the questions as you are able to.   Click on learn about natural selection to start and then click through.  Be sure you are answering the entire question!!!!

1.      What does “survival of the fittest” mean?

2.      What does viable mean?

3.      What does diversity mean?

4.      How would you describe your starting environment?  What kinds of landforms are present?  What kind of vegetation is there?  Anything else that is noteworthy?

5.      Draw your 3 starting variants of your species and describe why you chose the ones that you did in the table below.  What advantages did you think they might have over some of the other options?

Trial #1

Picture of variant	Reason for choice
1.
2.
3.

How long did your species survive? ____________

4.  Repeat the above until you make it to 1,000,000 years!!  Use the table below to show the makeup of your variants when you were able to make it to 1,000,000 years..

1,000,000 year Trial

Picture of variant	Reason for choice
1.
2.
3.

5.  Once your species has succeeded, take the quiz on the site and write in a statement to show a correct statement from that question.  #1 is shown as an example:

1. Every species exhibits variation.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.   No need to write here.

10.

11. What was the name of the guy pictured on the right page?