Ecology Remediation LessonSignature Assignment

Tec 571Terri Powell

Vocabulary Objective: This first segment will allow you to review the vocabulary needed to understand the concepts in ecological relationships. Click on the link below to play each game. Principles of Ecology http://www.quia.com/jfc/1644407.html

More work with VocabularyGo to the following link and play Hangman with your ecology terms!http://www.quia.com/hm/363256.htm

Take Quiz on Symbiosis

If you score an 80% or better on the following quiz you may move on to segment 2 if you do not score an 80% or better you must reread pages 703-710 in our text and then retake the quiz. Softschools.com Symbiosis quiz...there are 10 questions

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Segment 2

Objective: In this second segment you will practice categorizing relationships between organisms that are competitive or mutually beneficial

To do this you must read the situations below and decide before viewing the video whether or not the relationships are competitive or mutually beneficial. Next decide who will win if you believe it is a competitive situation. Finally take note of any predator or prey adaptions that help them survive. Situation 1 Shark and Loggerhead Sea Turtle

Situation 2Shark and Jack fish , Mackerel, and Sucker fish

Situation 3Shark Rays, and Fisherman

Now that you have decided which situations are competitive or mutually beneficial click on the picture to the right and check your answers.

Sunny MeadowsSegment 3: In this segment you will examine the role of each organism in the rabbit, plant, and food chain. Adjust the numbers in each population and observe ecological change of many years. The goal can you sustain all three populations. What is the correct combination of organisms to make this happen? Record the combinations you use on a sheet of paper so you do not keep using an unsuccessful combination. Click on the picture below to start.

Build Your Own Food Web

Segment 3: Can you accurately place the components of a food chain. We know that each organism has a role to play, but they are needed at specific points in the food web. Can you identify the appropriate organism by building a functional food chain? Click on the picture above and choose an one of the 4 ecosystems and create an accurate food chain. Good Luck!

Segment Four

Ecology Simulator

In this segment you will experiment by changing not just 3 factors as you did previously in the “Sunny Meadows” assignment. Here you have nine different factors to set . You are to run this experiment three times and record the parameters you set and the outcomes!

To access the ecology simulator simply click on the picture to the right or click on the link below!http://www.learner.org/courses/envsci/interactives/ecology/ecology.html

Segment FiveThis is an extension and is not absolutely necessary to complete the remediation.

If you are working at home you will need to download WolfQuest to play. If you are at school the program is already on the desktop simply click on the wolf icon. To download it you will need to go to http://www.wolfquest.org/about_overview.php

You almost ready to take the Retest!Before you report to the computer lab on Thursday morning you will need to pair up into groups of 2-3 and give your classmates a 10 question quiz created by you using “Survey Monkey.” You will email this survey to your classmate as well as to Mrs. Powell. Your classmate will take the survey and come to class with the a hard copy. This survey will serve as your ticket which allows you to retake the test. To access “Survey Monkey” you will need to click on the link below and submit an email address and password.