CHAPTER+5+RESEARCH+AND+PRESENTATION

- Students work alone or in pairs.
 * CHAPTER 5 RESEARCH AND PRESENTATION **

- The topics are listed below and correspond to the Chapter 5 section titles (in green font) - Create a Google Slide presentation that teaches the topic/section (in chapter 5) you were assigned that is no less than 10 slides (rubric provided) - Share your Google Slide presentation with me - You and your partner will present your information with your slide show - a presentation grade rubric will be provided - Classmates takes notes on your presentation - notes will be handed in and graded - Include visuals such as graphs, tables, diagrams, flow charts, photographs, 3-D models, etc. - Include 3-5 multiple choice questions (question and four choices) Share these questions with me on Google drive

Mon. Oct 17 and Tues Oct. 18 - Work in class on laptops. Create Powerpoint or Prezi for your assigned topic (topics listed below) Mon. Oct 24 - Wed. Oct 26 - Presentations in the order listed below. I will do the water cycle, nitrogen and phosphorus cycles
 * TIMELINE: **

**1)** VICTORIA **GULF OF MEXICO DEAD ZONE** (Central Case Study and Science Behind the Story)

Positive and Negative Feedback Loops Homeostasis Emergent Properties watershed eutrophication
 * 2) ** DAVIS
 * SYSTEMS SHOW SEVERAL DEFINING PROPERTIES **
 * ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS INTERACT **

3) EMILY AND ANNA (you will also use another textbook as a resource - I will provide it and show you what to do)  lithosphere  atmosphere  hydrosphere  biosphere  exosphere
 * WE MAY PERCEIVE THE EARTH’S SYSTEMS IN VARIOUS WAYS **
 * ECOSYSTEMS ARE SYSTEMS OF INTERACTING LIVING AND NON-LIVING ENTITIES **

4) PATRICK gross and net primary production  primary productivity
 * ENERGY IS CONVERTED TO BIOMASS **
 * NUTRIENTS INFLUENCE PRODUCTIVITY **

5) CARSON AND BEN landscape ecology  patches  mosaic  metapopulation
 * ECOSYSTEMS INTERACT SPATIALLY **
 * LANDSCAPE ECOLOGISTS STUDY GEOGRAPHIC PATTERNS **

6) CHARLIE G.I.S. (Geographic Information System)
 * REMOTE SENSING HELPS US APPLY LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY **
 * MODELING HELPS ECOLOGISTS UNDERSTAND SYSTEMS **

7) SOPHIE AND CRICKET nutrient cycle  reservoir or pool  residence time  flux and source
 * ECOSYSTEMS PROVIDE VITAL SERVICES **
 * NUTRIENTS CIRCULATE THROUGH ECOSYSTEMS IN BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES **

8) AURORA
 * THE CARBON CYCLE CIRCULATES A VITAL ORGANIC NUTRIENT **
 * WE ARE SHIFTING CARBON FROM THE LITHOSPHERE TO THE ATMOSPHERE **
 * FACING A HIGH-CO2 FUTURE **

9) BEYLA AND MARILLA nitrogen fixation  nitrogen-fixing bacteria  denitrifying bacteria  Haber-Bosch Process
 * THE NITROGEN CYCLE INVOLVES SPECIALIZED BACTERIA **
 * WE HAVE GREATLY INFLUENCED THE NITROGEN CYCLE **

10) MEGHAN AND VICTORIA
 * THE PHOSPHORUS CYCLE INVOLVES MAINLY THE LITHOSPHERE AND OCEAN **
 * WE AFFECT THE PHOSPHORUS CYCLE **
 * PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR SOLUTIONS TO THE DEAD ZONE **


 * //** WE WILL WATCH A VIDEO ON THE WATER SITUATION **//
 * //** WE WILL HAVE A CLASS DEBATE ON A TOPIC RELATED TO THE NITROGEN CYCLE **//