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Chapter 20 – Ecosystems and the Biosphere
Chapter 19 – Population and Community Ecology
Chapter 18 – Animal Reproduction and Development
Chapter 17 – The Immune System and Disease
Week 37 – Bonus Credit Opportunity
This week’s bonus credit opportunity is called, “Movie Time!” To earn +10 bonus credit in the assignment category, you must share with me the title, a brief summary (must be your own writing!), and an explanation of why this movie is your all-time favorite science-related movie. Click here for the bonus credit Google Form. I will compile submissions into an anonymous list of movies and summaries below so we all have a resource to come back to this summer.
Week 35 – Bonus Credit Opportunity
Looking to earn some bonus credit and boost your grade? You’ve come to the right place! Each week, you will have the opportunity to earn bonus credit for completing extra learning about science.
This week’s bonus credit opportunity is called…The Art of Science. Create a piece of art themed around our current unit of work. Any format is fine, as long as it is school-appropriate and can be uploaded to the Week 35 Bonus Credit Opportunity Google Form. If you are willing to share your work publicly, please make sure your name is not visible. Have fun and be creative!
Week 34 – Bonus Credit Opportunity
Looking to earn some bonus credit and boost your grade? You’ve come to the right place! Each week, you will have the opportunity to earn bonus credit for completing extra learning about science…or maybe “just” thinking what you would do with a pile of cold hard cash.
This week’s bonus credit opportunity is called…Invest in Your Future. We all dream about what we might do if we won the lottery. It’s a great way to unshackle ourselves from our current realities and think about what we might do if we had a pile of money. For this week’s bonus credit opportunity, I want to know exactly what you would do with $100,000. How would you invest in your future? I want specifics! “Save for college” is a phrase, not a paragraph. Where would you attend college and what would you major in? “Buy a car” – what kind and why? “Start a business” – what kind and why? “Invest in the stock market” – which stocks and why? Click here and fill out the Google Form. That’s it! +10 bonus in the Assignment category.
Week 33 – Bonus Credit Opportunity
Looking to earn some bonus credit and boost your grade? You’ve come to the right place! Each week, you will have the opportunity to earn bonus credit for completing extra learning about science…or practicing a scientific skill.
This week’s bonus credit opportunity is called…Write a Procedure. To earn credit this week, you have to write out the procedure for how to make something you love to eat, using ingredients you currently have access to. No special trips to the store! It doesn’t have to be a complicated procedure, but it does have to be extremely detailed. When you think you are finished, ask someone at home to read the procedure to you. Follow each step exactly as it is written. Can you make your food item? If more detail is required, revise your procedure and try again. When you have enough detail to complete the task, take a picture of your food item and upload it to the Google Form. The finished Procedure and uploaded picture together earn you +20 bonus points in the Lab Report category. Click here and fill out the Google Form.
Week 33 – Biological Warfare and the Co-Evolutionary Arms Race
For the final part of our work this week, it’s time for college! Visit the UC Berkeley Understanding Evolution website and complete the following:
- In your Week 33 Google Doc, create a section titled “UC Berkeley Understanding Evolution”
- Read through the Co-evolution section (page 20) and answer the following question:
- How are Acacia plants and ants an example of co-evolution?
- Read through the Case Study of Co-evolution section (page 21 and page 22) and answer the following questions:
- Explain the co-evolutionary relationships between Red Squirrels, Crossbilled Birds, Lodgepole Pines.
- Read through the Biological warfare and the co-evolutionary arms race case study. Click the link to go to the first slide. There are 12 slides total. Read through the slides, then answer the following questions:
- What is co-evolution?
- How do living and non-living environments shape organisms through natural selection?
- How do evolutionary trade-offs restrict adaptation?
- How can we use the methods of science to answer questions about the natural world?
Return to the Week 33 – Co-Evolution post and continue our work for the week.
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