Work Calendar for the remainder of the semester

Nov 16 / Nov 17
Start projects / Nov 18
Hot Zone/Demon presentations / Nov 19
Work on projects / Nov 20
Work on projects
Nov 23
Work on projects / Nov 24
Work on projects/ EOCT review (Art 6 due) / Nov 25 Nov 26 Nov 27
Thanksgiving break
Nov 30
Work on projects / Dec 1
Work on projects/ EOCT review / Dec 2
Work on projects / Dec 3
Work on projects / Dec 4
PROJECTS DUE
Dec 7 Dec 8 Dec 9
Farming Subdivision Projects / Dec 10
Present to Planning commission / Dec 11
EOCT Review
Dec 14
EOCT / Dec 15
EOCT / Dec 16
Exam Review / Dec 17 / Dec 18
Final Exam

Checkpoints (If you are doing your own project, you must decide on goals for these checkpoints)

Date / Deer / Biome / Booklet / Other project
Nov. 17 – end of class / Roles and assignments have been made for each group member. These are written down. Position has been chosen. / Roles and assignments have been made for each group member. These are written down. / Roles and assignments have been made for each group member. These are written down. / Roles and assignments have been made for each group member. These are written down.
Nov 20. / Research for reasons for your position is done / Type of biome and planet where it will be placed have been chosen. At least 2 parts of the task have been done. / At least 4 sections have been done. / At least 1/3 of the work has been done. ______
______
______
Nov. 24 / Outline of presentation is done. Writing of the presentation has started. / 1 more part of task is done. / 1 more section is done / At least ½ of the work is done. ______
______
Dec. 2 / Presentation is finished and edited. / All parts of the task are done. / All information for all of the sections has been collected and most has been put into the book format. / At least ¾ of the work is done.
Dec 3 / Practice presentations / Tweak final product, get it printed and ready to turn in. / Collect all the pages and organize, make last minute corrections. / The work is done and final tweaking is being done.
Dec 4 / Present to class (absolute deadline) / Turn in brochure
(absolute deadline) / Turn in booklet
(absolute deadline) / Turn in final project
(absolute deadline)

Standards

SB4.  Students will assess the dependence of all organisms on one another and the flow of energy and matter within their ecosystems.

_____a.  Investigate the relationships among organisms, populations, communities, ecosystems, and biomes.

_____b.  Explain the flow of matter and energy through ecosystems by

·  Arranging components of a food chain according to energy flow.

·  Comparing the quantity of energy in the steps of an energy pyramid.

·  Explaining the need for cycling of major nutrients (C, O, H, N, P).

_____c.  Relate environmental conditions to successional changes in ecosystems.

_____d.  Assess and explain human activities that influence and modify the environment such as global warming, population growth, pesticide use, and water and power consumption.

_____e.  Relate plant adaptations, including tropisms, to the ability to survive stressful environmental conditions.

_____f.  Relate animal adaptations, including behaviors, to the ability to survive stressful

environmental conditions.

Ecology Project rubric

Above and Beyond / Did What I asked (21 pts) / Missing Some Pieces (17 pts) / Missing a Lot (12pts)
Addressed the standard (checklist above) / Addressed all of the standard. / Did not address 1 or 2 elements of the standard. / Did not address 3 or more elements of the standard
Group work (partner and self evaluation) / Worked without conflict, pulled my weight, did not have to be reminded of my role and responsibilities / Worked without conflict, pulled my weight, needed reminders to get my work done. / Had conflict, did not pull my weight, needed lots of reminders to get my work done.
Quality of the project / Project is organized, neat, easy to read and understand. I t shows that time was taken with the apperance of the final product. / Project is organized, easy to read and understand. It appears that parts were rushed or done without care. / The project is a mess, parts are illegible or difficult to read, care was not taken with the project.
Timeliness / All checkpoints were made without excuses and final project was on time / 1 or 2 checkpoints were missed but the final project was on time. / 3 or more projects were missed or the project was late.

Participation Rubric – you will complete 1 of these for yourself and for each of your partners

Above and Beyond
25 points / Did their part
21 points / Did some of the work
17 points / Did very little work
12 points

Ratings must be supported by 2 good reasons. If reasons for the rating are not given, I will provide the rating.