04- Ecology

5.1  Communities and Ecosystems

Lesson: Communities and Ecosystems

Activity:

Accompanying Reading:

• Allott: p.  40, 41, 42, 43
• BioZone 2: p. 346, 369-370, 371-372, 373-374
• Packet: Ch #5

 

5.2  The Greenhouse Effect

Lesson: The Greenhouse Effect

Activity:

Accompanying Reading:

• Allott: p. 44, 45,
• BioZone 2: p.
• Toole: Ch# 17

Links:

• The Carbon Cycle:
  • The Carbon Cycle Silent Video- NASA
  • 300 Years of Fossil Fuels
• Climate Change & The Greenhouse Effect:
  • PhET Lab simulation: The Greenhouse Effect
  • BBC Greenhouse Effect Tutorial
• Measuring CO2 Levels
  • Measuring Current CO2 Levels- NOAA
  • Measuring Historic CO2 Levels with Ice Cores (TED Talk)
• Global Warming & its effect on the Arctic
  • Arctic Sea Ice 101-NASA
  • Arctic Report Card 2010-WWF
  • Ice Melt Time Lapse
• Other CO2 Problems
  • Ocean Acidification?
• Precautionary Principle
  • Critical Thinking& The Precautionary Principle-YouTube
• Skepticism and “Humor”
  • 
  • Auto-tuned Bill Nye- Because, why not?

5.3  Populations

Lesson: Populations

Activity: Quadrat Sampling, Mandm Bug Lab,

Accompanying Reading:

• Allott: p. 36,
• BioZone 2: p.334 (for homework), 324-333, 336-340, 351-366, 383-384 (To get sampling ideas for your IA)
• Toole: Ch#17

Hot Links:

• Mark-Recapture Examples:
  • Bird Banding / Mist Netting
  • Shark Tagging
  • Snake Tracking

 

*****Group 4 – Prairie Study*****

Goals: Restoration, Monitoring, & Education

Forms and Info:

• A
• B
• C
• D

Past Work:

• StudentEcoMap_Data (Grade 7)
• Diversity study (2014-2015):Group 4 presentation 2014-2015
• Prairie cards

UW Arboretum: https://arboretum.wisc.edu/

Prairie Enthusiasts: http://www.theprairieenthusiasts.org/

• Great Video: https://vimeo.com/122495317

Audubon Society: http://madisonaudubon.org/

National Heritage Land Trust: http://www.nhlt.org/

State Historical Society (including original land survey): http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/

Smooth Brome Concerns: Round-Up Plan

Invasive species removal Honeysuckle & Wild Parsnip: (Round-Up Treatment)

Marker Species- Which one?

• Madison Herpetological Society: http://madisonherps.org/
• Butterflies / Pollinators: A citizen-based monitoring program – Monarch Watch
  http://monarchwatch.org/
• Birds

DCI Map: https://dcimapapps.countyofdane.com/dcmapviewer/

Historical Maps: http://maps.sco.wisc.edu/WHAIFinder/

Re-seeding:

• Ideas for pollinator mixes:
  • http://www.xerces.org/pollinator-seed/
  • http://www.prairienursery.com/store/seed-mixes/pollinator-seed-mixes#.VEZvfpjQfcs
• Seeding rates-
  • For hand collected seed (or seed that hasn’t had its germination rate tested) the recommendation is about 50 seeds per square foot.

• no single species should total more than 20% of the mix
• at least 25 of the seeds should be grasses and sedges
• at least 5 species of grasses
• at least 15 species of forbs

Photo Posts: http://earthzine.org/2010/08/02/one-picture-post-is-worth-a-thousand-pictures-or-how-can-outdoor-digital-photographers-become-citizen-scientists-who-participate-in-environmental-monitoring/

Web presence for restoration & Maintenance: Goals (Research? Education? Photographic & Procedural Historical Archive?)

Educational Material in the prairie:  Signposts, reusable pamphlets