June 19, 2015
Friday 150 min
9:00 - 11:30
I administered test for Chapter 54. This consists of approximately 100 multiple choice questions similar to self-test questions included in the AP Biology text, provided by Campbell Reece AP Biology eighth edition test bank.
June 18, 2015
Thursday 60 min
12:30 - 01:30
Lab exercise.
This hour was dedicated to preparation for field lab. Keaton was tasked with demonstrating his ability to construct an investigation using the proper methods of Scientific procedure. He designed an experiment he will conduct next week by posing a question, forming a hypothesis, and designing a methodology with the proper materials. He was asked to prepare his notebook for data collection and bring it with him on our field survey on Wed.
June 16, 2015
Tuesday 180 min
09:00 - 12:00
Chapter 54 Community Ecology.
Keaton and I continued our discussion on Community ecology. Themes included competition for resources, ecological niches, predation, character displacement, symbiosis, parasitism, mutualism, and commensalism. Keaton was tasked with using different equations to measure nd monitor species diversity, to see how the higher the diversity the healthier the environment, and vice versa. The chapter ended with examples of community structure around dominant and keystone species.
June 15, 2015
Monday 60 min
12:30 - 01:30
Chapter 54 Community Ecology.
Keaton and I discussed the processes associated with Community ecology. We compared the Population ecology (which involves a single species) to the ecology of interspecific interaction. Examples of different influences on a community were explored, and contrasted while Keaton reasoned out the processes that lead to the success and failures of biological communities.
June 12, 2015
Friday 150 min
9:00 - 11:30
Chapter 53 Population Ecology
I administered test for Chapter 53. This consists of approximately 100 multiple choice questions similar to self-test questions included in the AP Biology text, provided by Campbell Reece AP Biology eighth edition test bank. Subjects covered included density, distribution, and demographics - factors in each that influence populations. For example how clumping density is best when reproductive strategies include high parental investment and few offspring. Keaton was tested on graphing exponential growth compared to logistical growth, and the rate of increase per capita. He also had to use life tables, reproductive tables and life history trait variables, to determine how diversity enriches a population.
June 11, 2015
Thursday 60 min
12:30 - 01:30
Chapter 53 Population Ecology
We discussed life tables, reproduction tables and variables that effect diversity. The two basic types of reproduction: big-bang and repeated, and the contrast of small clutches and high parental investment vs. large clutches and low investment. We explored the exponential growth of populations and how these can exceed carrying capacity. Finally Keaton studied population growth equations and associated patterns to see how exponential, zero, and logistical growth appear on a graph.
June 08, 2015
Monday 60 min
12:30 - 01:30
Chapter 53 Population Ecology
We discussed the three “d’s” of population ecology - density, dispersal, and demographics, and the factors that lead to the patterns of density and dispersal, the Biological processes that can change a demographic.
Biology AP Chapter 52 Intro Ecology and Biosphere - part 2
Lesson Outline
June 04, 2015
Thursday 60 min
12:30 - 01:30
Biology AP Chapter 52 Intro Ecology and Biosphere - part 2
This section includes Environmental species distribution, Biome structure and distribution, and Climate change. Quiz chapter questions
Biology AP Chapter 52 Intro Ecology and Biosphere- part 1
Lesson Outline
June 02, 2015
Tuesday 90 min
03:00 - 04:30
Biology AP Chapter 52 Intro Ecology and Biosphere- part 1
This section includes ecological integration in research, and environment-organism interactions. We examined some videos showing interesting animal behavior including examples of empathy, group decision-making and social ranking in primates.
