Ecology UNIT
EXTRASSocratic Seminar:
Questions: How are humans contributing to Global warming? How can we slow the process? My Answer: Humans are contributing to global warming by burning fossil fuels, cutting all kinds of plants, making all kinds of waste products, decreasing the ozone layer with air conditioning and producing gases such as Carbon dioxide and methane. We can slow global warming by being more fuel efficient, stop burning things, stop making plastics, stop oil refineries, and stop deforestation. As an individual you can walk to work, be considerate on how much electricity you use, and not using heaters/ air conditioning |
In Progress
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The plants we used would match a creek-side in California. We used dill, California poppies, an oak sapling, sea moss, ferns and a small lily pad. Over time the poppy seeds grew as well as the dill, however the dill did not make it. Nothing else changed over the few weeks we had it.
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CCD ReflectionWhat we did: we graphed statistics of bee colonies over the course of 80 years.
The Factors of CCD (colony collapse disorder) The population in South Dakota is stabilizing and the the population in California is destabilizing. Colony collapse disorder is the bee population being hit be a number of death factors, viruses, parasites, segmented forests, and insecticides are all causing the bee colonies to decline. |
FInd a solution project |
NPDD LAB(Natural Product Development Discovery)
Analysis: we gathered plant material. We made extracts of those plants by grinding them in a mortar then we filtered the samples and added alcohol to half of the sample. Next we left them overnight to see if they would terminate the Ecoli samples we left in a petri dish. Purpose: to find new cures for reoccurring diseases. Importance: to find cures and save lives. Bio Diversity is important because it boosts ecosystem productivity with important roles that ensures natural sustainability for life. Reflection: I thought the procedure itself was very straight forward and gave me learning experience for the future. The material List was lengthy however it was fun to conduct this experiment. |
Our video was made for awareness for the redwood forest. Our solutions to deforestation is awareness of these problems. Having awareness of these redwood problems will cut the amount of deforestation. The things that we did well in this video were pointing out facts and transitioning however the things that were not great were memorizing lines and speaking clearly. I learned that cutting down redwoods effects the endangered animals around them.
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