Ecosystems and Biosphere
Reading
OpenStax book: Ch. 20 - "Ecosystems and the Biosphere"
BJU: Ch. 19 - "Ecology" sections B and C
AP students additional reading: Princeton Review "Ecology"
Topics
Labs
Memo: 2020-2021 labs will include hands-on and virtual, and may vary as the Covid-19 situation changes.
Here is a list of possible labs for this lesson. I will choose from this list when we get here.
OpenStax book: Ch. 20 - "Ecosystems and the Biosphere"
BJU: Ch. 19 - "Ecology" sections B and C
AP students additional reading: Princeton Review "Ecology"
Topics
- Energy and food webs
- Water cycle
- Oxygen and Carbon cycles
- Nitrogen cycle
- Phosphorus and sulfur cycles
- Biomes - terrestrial and aquatic
- Pollution and pollution-control
Labs
Memo: 2020-2021 labs will include hands-on and virtual, and may vary as the Covid-19 situation changes.
Here is a list of possible labs for this lesson. I will choose from this list when we get here.
- Fruitfly Behavior lab (this fulfills AP "dirty dozen" lab #12)
- HHMI Population Regulation in the Serengeti
- Bio-Rad "pGLO Bacterial Transformation" lab
- Various water purification and/or wastewater treatment labs