1. 9Manu 25 Pipiri 2014 What we will do What we will learn
Preliminaries and roll
The importance of starting well
Revisit plagiarism, what it is, how to avoid it and what will happen if you do it
How to avoid being an “academic thief”
Find a method for sourcing, sorting, storing and presenting information without being a Plagiarist – Mrs Wati’s revised super flash version
A more refined method of sorting new information.
A method that will work when we are using the laptops
Set Scipad pages on Ecology and have some time, in class on them (+ marking)
How to make good use of time.

2. HW item Skills practiced Scipad pages 116 – 123
Due Friday 4th of April 2014
Cells and Microscopes
Scipad pages
Due: Tues 8th of April 2014
Seeds, germination and seed distribution
Scipad pages 83 – 85, 87 (bottom), 88, 91, 93 (bottom), 94, 95 (bottom), 96 – 103,
Due: Friday 6th June 2014
Intro to light, reflection, refraction, dispersion, atmospheric effects, the human eye, shadows (including eclipses)
Ecology project due
Due: Tues 22nd of July 2014
Native animal project
Scipad pages
Due: Wed 2nd of July 14
Ecology

6. Niche is the role of an organism within its community. It involves:
Their role eg herbivore, omnivore, carnivore.
What they eat,
When they eat (time of day/night)
How they eat (eg catching prey on the wing, or ambushing prey...) Where they eat (eg on the forest floor, up in the branches, in the shallow waters) Lastly, who eats them (predators).