Please get out your Scientific Method Objective sheet.

Please read the board.

Attwater Prairie

Chicken says ”sup?!”

QUIZ RETEACH – ADD NEW UNDERSTANDINGS TO YOUR OBJECTIVE SHEETSTAR = HELPFUL. PLEASE SHARE!

IT IS YOUR STUDY GUIDE FOR THE FINAL AND THE AP TEST!

APES FIELD WORK!Making Science a verb!

Restoration of Wolf Prairie

GULF COASTAL PRAIRIE RESTORATION

200 YEARS AGO, 6.5 MILLION ACRES IN TEXAS + 2.5 MILLION ACRES IN LOUISIANA

WE HAVE AN EXTRAORDINARY OPPORTUNITY!

Westside Pocket Prairie restoration project

1.5 acres of degraded prairie will be restored to more original condition

Replacement of existing plants with increased diversity of native species

Improved wildlife habitat

Delineation of prairie wetland

PRAIRIE FIELD WORK

Sign up near materials table –

3:30-4:30 Mondays

Half Major grade third six weeks

Learn new skills – transect sampling, cataloging species, seeding, building a garden, tending butterfly garden

LET’S GET THE PARTY STARTED!

Sign up by the supply stand asap!

OUR FIRST REAL UNIT: ECOLOGY (AKA – HOW THE PLANET WORKS!)

PLEASE PASS BACK THE NEW OBJECTIVE SHEET.Calendar check!

ECOLOGY – THE STUDY OF INTERACTIONS BETWEEN ORGANISMS AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Ecology - interactionsBiology – individual structure and function

TROPHIC CASCADE – REMOVAL OF ONE SPECIES CREATES CHAIN REACTION THROUGH ECOSYSTEM

AS YOU WATCH: CREATE A CONCEPT MAP TO SHOW RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ELEMENTS.How wolves change rivers