This PowerPoint was one very small part of my Ecology Interactions Unit from the website http://sciencepowerpoint.com/index.html .This unit includes a 3 part 2000+ Slide PowerPoint loaded with activities, project ideas, critical class notes (red slides), review opportunities, challenge questions with answers, 3 PowerPoint review games (125 slides each) and much more. A bundled homework package and detailed unit notes chronologically follow the PowerPoint slideshow.
Areas of Focus within The Ecology Interactions Unit: Levels of Biological Organization (Ecology), Parts of the Biosphere, Habitat, Ecological Niche, Types of Competition, Competitive Exclusion Theory, Animal Interactions, Food Webs, Predator Prey Relationships, Camouflage, Population Sampling, Abundance, Relative Abundance, Diversity, Mimicry, Batesian Mimicry, Mullerian Mimicry, Symbiosis, Parasitism, Mutualism, Commensalism, Plant and Animal Interactions, Coevolution, Animal Strategies to Eat Plants, Plant Defense Mechanisms, Exotic Species, Impacts of Invasive Exotic Species. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me. Thank you again and best wishes.
Sincerely,
Ryan Murphy M.Ed
www.sciencepowerpoint@gmail.com
3. • How to play…
– Don’t play like Jeo_ _ _ _ y.
– Class should be divided into several small groups.
– Groups should use science journal (red slide
notes), homework, and other available materials to
assist you.
– Groups can communicate quietly with each other
but no sharing answers between groups.
• Practice quietly communicating right now?
• Practice Communication Question:
• Your group gets to order one pizza, and you can have
two toppings, what does your group want?
4. Questions 1-20 = 5pts Each
Final Category (Bonus) = 1pt Each
Final Questions = 5 pt wager
If you wager 5 on the last question and get it wrong you lose
5 pts. Wager 5 and get right you get 5 pts.
Find the Owl =
Secretly write “Owl” in the correct box
worth 1pt.
“I’ll be about
this big.”
111. Questions 1-20 = 5pts Each
Final Category (Bonus) = 1pt Each
Final Questions = 5 pt wager
Find the Owl =
Secretly write “Owl” in the correct box
worth 1pt.
114. • “AYE” Advance Your Exploration ELA and
Literacy Opportunity Worksheet
– Visit some of the many provided links or..
– Articles can be found at (w/ membership to NABT
and NSTA)
• http://www.nabt.org/websites/institution/index.php?p=1
• http://learningcenter.nsta.org/browse_journals.aspx?journal
=tstPlease visit at least one of the
“learn more” educational links
provided in this unit and
complete this worksheet
115. • “AYE” Advance Your Exploration ELA and
Literacy Opportunity Worksheet
– Visit some of the many provided links or..
– Articles can be found at (w/ membership to NABT and
NSTA)
• http://www.nabt.org/websites/institution/index.php?p=1
• http://learningcenter.nsta.org/browse_journals.aspx?journal=
tst
116. • This PowerPoint is one small part of my Ecology
Abiotic Factors Unit. This unit includes…
• A 4 Part 2,400+ Slide PowerPoint
• 14 page bundled homework packaged that
chronologically follows PowerPoint, + modified
version
• 16 pages of unit notes with visuals
• 2 PowerPoint review games
• Rubrics, Answer Keys, games, and much more.
• http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Ecology_Abiotic_Facto
rs_Unit.html
117.
118. Areas of Focus within The Ecology: Abiotic Factors Unit
Abiotic Factors, Biotic Factors, The Big 7 Abiotic Factors, Organisms Range of Tolerance,
Light, How light affects Organisms, Photosynthesis, Factors in the Environment that Affect
the Amount of Light, How Organisms Movements are affected by light, Bioluminescence,
How temperature affects organisms, Thermoregulation, Physiological Regulation, Behavioral
Regulation, Adaptation, Hypothermia, Hyperthermia, Warm-Bloodedness (endothermy),
Cold-Bloodedness, Hibernation / Torpor, Advantages of Warm-Bloodedness, Disadvantages
of Warm-Bloodedness, Advantages of Cold-Bloodedness, Disadvantages of Cold-
Bloodedness, Water, Water Requirements and Plants, Adaptations of Plants and Water,
Adaptations of Animals and Water, Wind, Positives and Negatives of Wind to Organisms,
How animals use Wind, How Plants use Wind, Wind Dispersal, Water Dispersal, McArthur-
Wilson Island Biogeography Theory, Animal Seed Dispersal, Fire Ecology, Fire Dependence,
Biogeochemical Cycles, Water Cycle, Carbon Cycle, Photosynthesis, Cellular Respiration,
Oxygen-Carbon Dioxide Balance, Nitrogen Cycle, Phosphorus Cycle, Importance of
Phosphorus, Nutrients, Nutrient Pollution and Aquatic Systems, Eutrophification.
Full Unit can be found at…
http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Ecology_Abiotic_Factors_Unit.html
125. • Please visit the links below to learn more about
each of the units in this curriculum
– These units take me about four years to complete with
my students in grades 5-10.
Earth Science Units Extended Tour Link and Curriculum Guide
Geology Topics Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Geology_Unit.html
Astronomy Topics Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Astronomy_Unit.html
Weather and Climate Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Weather_Climate_Unit.html
Soil Science, Weathering, More http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Soil_and_Glaciers_Unit.html
Water Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Water_Molecule_Unit.html
Rivers Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/River_and_Water_Quality_Unit.html
= Easier = More Difficult = Most Difficult
5th – 7th grade 6th – 8th grade 8th – 10th grade
126. Physical Science Units Extended Tour Link and Curriculum Guide
Science Skills Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Science_Introduction_Lab_Safety_Metric_Methods.html
Motion and Machines Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Newtons_Laws_Motion_Machines_Unit.html
Matter, Energy, Envs. Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Energy_Topics_Unit.html
Atoms and Periodic Table Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Atoms_Periodic_Table_of_Elements_Unit.html
Life Science Units Extended Tour Link and Curriculum Guide
Human Body / Health Topics
http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Human_Body_Systems_and_Health_Topics_Unit.html
DNA and Genetics Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/DNA_Genetics_Unit.html
Cell Biology Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Cellular_Biology_Unit.html
Infectious Diseases Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Infectious_Diseases_Unit.html
Taxonomy and Classification Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Taxonomy_Classification_Unit.html
Evolution / Natural Selection Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Evolution_Natural_Selection_Unit.html
Botany Topics Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Plant_Botany_Unit.html
Ecology Feeding Levels Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Ecology_Feeding_Levels_Unit.htm
Ecology Interactions Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Ecology_Interactions_Unit.html
Ecology Abiotic Factors Unit http://sciencepowerpoint.com/Ecology_Abiotic_Factors_Unit.html
127. • The entire four year curriculum can be found at...
http://sciencepowerpoint.com/ Please feel free to
contact me with any questions you may have. Thank
you for your interest in this curriculum.
Sincerely,
Ryan Murphy M.Ed
www.sciencepowerpoint@gmail.com
128. • Thank you for your time and interest in this curriculum
tour. Please visit the welcome / guide on how a unit works
and link to the many unit previews to see the PowerPoint
slideshows, bundled homework, review games, unit notes,
and much more. Thank you for your interest and please
feel free to contact me with any questions you may have.
Best wishes.
• Sincerely,
• Ryan Murphy M.Ed
• ryemurf@gmail.com