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:

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:

 

*****Group 4 – Prairie Study*****

Goals: Restoration, Monitoring, & Education

Forms and Info:

  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D

Past Work:

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

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

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?

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

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

Re-seeding:

Within this per square foot mix:
  • 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

 

 

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