All of this weeks material can be found in Google Classroom!
Last Thursday, students spent time catching their arthropods from their samples and we will be sorting and classifying the arthropods in class on Monday. The following class period will be dedicated to data processing, calculating the Simpson's Biodiversity Indices, and running T-tests between samples to determine if there is statistical significance between group's independent variables on the biodiversity of arthropod morphospecies at Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden. Finally, on Friday, students will spend some time learning about how plants and animals are classified through pairing up, researching a specific phylum of plants or animals, and presenting their research to their peers. September 30th, 2019
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All of this weeks material can be found in Google Classroom!
This week students will start to work on their Biodiversity Inquiry. They have spent some time designing their experiments and practicing their procedures. We will go out to the field on September 24th, and students will collect samples from their two sites, take some field notes, and geotag their locations. On Thursday, students will spent time catching their arthropods from their samples and so that we can look at species richness and evenness the following week as a measure of Biodiversity at Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden. September 24th, 2019
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The first week was complete with a number of introductory activities including but not limited to:
1. Introduction to Mr. Shalman 2. Overview of the course via looking at the syllabus (linked here and in google classroom) 3. And doing some ice breakers so that we can get to know each other. 4. We also started an introduction to Unit 1: Ecology, Cellular Energy, and Climate Change by watching some introductory videos on the Great Barrier Reef and looking at the phenomenon of how it's dying at a rapid rate. next week we will be doing the following: September 4th, 2019
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