5 Minute Check 1/03/17 What do you think a habitat is? What do you think an environment is? If you were going to describe yourself if one word what would you use? Another name for this is your niche. Today’s Standard: MS-LS2-1 - Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.

Current World Population Scientist say Earth’s Carrying Capacity is 4 billion, what does that actually mean? Example Car Talk about resources are there for 5 even though 7 are in the car

Unit 5 Date Assignment title Page # 1/3/17 Habitats 1

Mars After giving think time, I ask for a few volunteers to share their thoughts, explaining why they believe humans would or would not be able to live on Mars in the near or distant future. This is an image from Mars. Do you think humans will ever be able to live successfully on the planet?

Mars This website believes they will have someone on Mars by 2032. http://www.mars-one.com/ While on the page let’s look at their roadmap.

Mars Think about what humans might need to bring or build on Mars in order to make it possible for us to live there. Think about the basic needs of living things and how they would meet these on a faraway planet that’s very different from Earth.

Think about what humans might need to bring or build on Mars in order to make it possible for us to live there. Make a list of things here: After making the list, I ask the students how we could categorize these items, asking questions such as: Which ones are not necessary and can be eliminated? Which needs appear on everyone’s drawing? Why are these items so important?

Habitat You basically have just drawn your own habitat. A habitat is a home, the place where humans get all that they need to survive. Humans, like all animals, require certain habitats that can meet their four basic survival requirements - food, water, shelter, and the ability raise young (this can mean safety, space, and potential mates). Look at your pictures again and circle all of the items that meet these four basic needs.

So what’s the difference between a habitat and an environment?

Environment An environment is all the living and nonliving things in a place. The environment is the surroundings: air, water, plants, and animals. Each kind of environment has many different kinds of animal habitats.

Habitat Every animal has a habitat. The place where an animal or plant lives and grows is called its habitat. A habitat is where an animal finds the food, water, and shelter it needs to live. For example, a toucan’s habitat is the rainforest.

Habitat Habitats can be very small Habitats can be very large A barnacle’s habitat is a tiny piece on a rock, shell, boat, or even a whale Habitats can be very large Polar bears habitat covers the annual sea ice and they can be found 200 miles off sure.

Different Land Habitats Desert Tundra Grasslands Rainforest Forest

1. Desert Habitats A desert is a very warm place. The air is very hot and dry. There is very little rain. The soil is very sandy. Most animals that live in the desert sleep during the day because it is too hot. They come out at night to eat. Some desert animals burrow in the ground during the day Many plants have thick leaves in the desert to retain water. Most desert animals get their water from the food they eat.

2. Rain Forest Habitats A rain forest is an environment where rain falls almost every day. A rain forest has warm weather year round. A rain forest has millions of plants and animals. Rain forests are located along the equator.

3. Forest Habitats A forest is an environment that gets enough rain and warm temperatures for lots of trees to grow. When the fall arrives, the leaves will turn red, orange, and yellow. Once winter comes, the trees lose their leaves.

4. Tundra Habitats A tundra is an environment that is very cold and windy. It is a treeless area. It is the coldest environment. The land is covered with snow and ice most of the year. Much of the land has ground that is permafrost, permanently frozen. The summers are short.

5. Freshwater Habitats Pond Lake Stream River You might find frogs, ducks, beavers, turtles, dragonflies, and many kinds of fish in a freshwater habitat.

6. Saltwater Habitats Oceans Sharks, starfish, whales, dolphins, lobster, and coral are some of the animals found in the ocean.

Home Sweet Habitat: Crash Course Kids https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p15IrEuh Ymo

Ecosystem An ecosystem is how plants, animals, and nonliving things in an environment effect each other. Every organism has it’s own purpose, and that purpose is called a niche.

Niche A niche is an organism's role (job) in the ecosystem. It includes what it eats, where it lives and what it does. For Example a beaver’s niche Cutting down trees Building a dam to flood an area and make a pond Raising a family of beavers Chewing bark and wood No two species can occupy the same niche, because no two species do the exact same thing for an ecosystem. If they do, or try to, one will do it better and the other will have to change or become extinct.

Habitat & Niche-Places To Go, Things To Do https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX433Q ZD77Y

I want you to think for tomorrow… What would happen if an animal’s habitat were threatened or destroyed?

5 Minute Check 1/04/17 What is the relationship between a habitat and a niche? What is the habitat and the niche of rattle snake? What do you think happens if an animal’s habitat were threatened or destroyed? Today’s Standard: MS-LS2-1 - Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.

Let’s review from yesterday A habitat differs from a niche. A habitat is the natural environment where an organism lives. Species can share habitats and resources, but competition occurs when two species use the habitats resources the same way (they have similar niches) A niche is the role a species has in its environment; how it meets its needs for food, shelter, how it survives, how it reproduces.

Unit 5 Date Assignment title Page # 1/3/17 Habitats 1 1/4/17 Habitat and Niche Article 2

Habitat and Niche Article Let’s read the article, watch a video and answer the questions

Competition, Predation, and Symbiosis | Biology | Ecology https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1aRSeT -mQE

An ecosystem is all the living and non-living things in an area. Abiotic Factor: Are the non-living parts of an ecosystem For example: Water Air Light Minerals Temperature Soil Biotic Factors: The living parts of an ecosystem Animals Fungi Bacteria plants

Some more key vocabulary Population: All the organisms of the same species living in an area. Community: All the populations living in an area

Abiotic and Biotic Factors https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1pp_7- yTN4

5 Minute Check 1/05/17 What is an abiotic factor? Give one example What is an biotic factor? Give one example Today’s Standard: MS-LS2-1 - Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.

Let’s review We have been talking about habitats and how everything has their own niche in their ecosystem. Within each habitat there are abiotic and biotic factors. Turn back to pg. 1 in your notes and we are going to do a review activity.

Let’s go back Go back to pg. 1 in your notebook and we are going to do an activity on the back of it.

Let’s review Today we are going to look at what happens when one of the abiotic or biotic factors are threatened or destroyed and are no longer part of that habitat.

Unit 5 Date Assignment title Page # 1/3/17 Habitats 1 1/4/17 Habitat and Niche Article 2 1/5/17 Water Crisis 3

Water California has been suffering the last few year with sever drought http://imgur.com/gallery/IgoUq

1.  Compare and contrast the two pictures.  What do you notice? 2.  What do you think is the major cause of this drought?  3.  What do you think this impact is having and will have on the populations of organisms that live in California? 4.  What are some possible ways that we can help California recover from this drought?

California Drought This video was made 12/7/16 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7fsO1H jI04 While watching the video, list the affects because of the lack of water.

Gizmos Activity https://www.explorelearning.com/ Today we are going to register and just play around with the first gizmo I am assigning you.

5 Minute Check 1/06/17 Suppose you had a pet rabbit. What would the rabbit need to stay alive and healthy? A female rabbit can give birth to over 40 baby rabbits a year. Suppose all of her offspring survived and reproduced, all of their offspring survived and reproduced, and so on. If that happened, in only eight years the mass of rabbits would exceed the mass of Earth! Today’s Standard: MS-LS2-1 - Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.

Unit 5 Date Assignment title Page # 1/3/17 Habitats 1 1/4/17 Habitat and Niche Article 2 1/5/17 Water Crisis 3 1/6/17 Gizmo Activity Packet 4

Gizmos Activity https://www.explorelearning.com/ Today we are going to answer the questions as you work through the gizmo activity.