Graphing Assignment

Please create three graphs by Sunday March 2nd 2014 at 10:00pm (3 points)
1) Pie graph with 7 slices
2) Line graph with 2 lines
3) Bar graph with 3 bars

Lab 4: Field Trip Assignment

Please write a one page (4 to 6 paragraphs - 400 to 500 words) about what you learned on the field trip to the former Marmot Dam. Write the assignment as a post on your blog. Used the knowledge that you have learned thus far in class to right about your field trip observations, and of course use your lenses of primary and secondary succession. Assignment due on Monday February 3rd, 2014, by 7:00 am.

Lab 4: Preparing for Field Trip

Lab 4 will be a field trip to the location where the former Marmot Dam. Please watch these two videos, one about "Ecological Succession" and another about "Marmot Dam Removal" prior the field trip. Write down two questions about Marmot Dam removal that you would like to be answered during the field trip.

Lab 2: Popular and Scientific Info

Resources where to search for popular articles interpreting scientific information 

Biodiversity Science: 

• Example key word search: Mangrove Destruction Honduras
• Popular article title: Mangroves may increase the abundance of coral-reef fish, according to a new study.
• Wording in this article that leads to think it has information interpreted from a scientific article: "Previous scientific studies have found that these trees are essential to reef health and coastal protection. In addition, mangroves are thought to act as nurseries for many species of tropical fish.
• Searched on Google Scholar:  clicked on the advanced search: Key works: mangrove, coral reef health: found several articles and the scientific article that I connected to the other article was: Differences in coral-reef fish assemblages between mangrove-rick and mangrove-poor islands of Honduras

The New York Times:

• Example key word search: Lake Enriquillo Dominican Republic
• Popular article title: Rising Tide Is a Mystery That Sinks Island Hopes
• Wording in this article that leads to think it has information interpreted from a scientific article: "There are no records, to the best of our knowledge, of such sudden growth of lakes of similar size, said Jorge E. Gonzales, a City College of New York engineering professor..."
• Searched on Google Scholar:  clicked on the advanced search: Key works: lake enriquillo dominican republic: found several articles and the scientific article that I connected to the other article was: Physical and chemical properties of hypersaline Lago Enriquillo, Dominican Republic

Science Centric/ News:

• Example key word search: Scientific Discovery in Haiti
• Popular article title: The science behind the Haiti earthquake
• Wording in this article that leads to think it has information interpreted from a scientific article: "After being locked for over 250 years, tectonic plates along the Enriquillo Plantain Garden Fault finally slipped free."
• Searched on Google Scholar:  clicked on the advanced search: Key works: haiti earthquake "enriquillo plantain Garden Fault": found several articles and the scientific article that I connected to the other article was: Complex rupture during the 12 January 2010 Haiti earthquake

Week 2

This week we learned about:

1. Why do we have seasons in the planet (earth tilt 23.5 degrees) 
2. Why is the equatorial region warmer (sunlight hits the equator on a straight line most of the year)
3. The earth layers (the crust is like the peal on a peach)
4. Tectonic plates (first video)
5. Earthquakes
6. Continental drift theory (second video)
7. Photosynthesis
8. Trophic pyramid (food chain)

Week 1

This week we learned about

1. Ecosystems:
• Organism
• Popullation
• Community
• Ecosystem
2. Biomes