1. DO NOW
Date:
2/25
Q: How have the ECOREGIONS of Texas been shaped over time?
Take your lined paper and add ONLY your name and the date (2/25/13).
Name
Date

2. DO NOW
Date:
2/25
Q: How have the ECOREGIONS of Texas been shaped over time?
On your lined paper, write about the following:
Describe how two body systems can work together. 
Examples might include:
Respiratory and Circulatory
Digestive and Circulatory
Muscular and Skeletal
Nervous and Intgumentary
Nervous and Endocrine
Excretory and Circulatory

3. ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
What are some different types of natural catastrophic events?
OBJECTIVES:
-Watch videos on 3 types of catastrophic events
-Take Cornell Notes

4. Raging Planet
You will watch video clips about Tornadoes, Hurricanes, and Floods. As you watch each video, you will take two-column notes to group share in between clips.
Topic
Details
Tornadoes
Tornadoes occur when……

5. DO NOW
Date:
2/26
Q: How do catastrophic events shape and restructure the environment?
If you were to become a scientist, which Level of Biological Organization would you be most interested in studying? Why?

6. ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
How do catastrophic events shape and restructure the environment?
OBJECTIVES:
-Complete a Frame Routine using a reading on Catastrophic Events

7. Frame Routine
With your shoulder partner, read your information. Discuss with your partner what information you think is important to include in your frame routine.

8. Turn and Talk
What impact does a tornado have on
an ecosystem?

9. Turn and Talk
How does a hurricane impact an
aquatic ecosystem?

10. Turn and Talk
What negative impact can a flood have on an ecosystem?

11. DO NOW
Date:
2/27 &
2/28
Q: How do catastrophic events shape and change the environment?
Describe one catastrophic event that has happened in your lifetime.

12. ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
How do catastrophic events shape and change the environment?
OBJECTIVES:
-Begin in-class research project on Catastrophic Events

13. Project: Catastrophic Events
Write this website down in your notebook on page:

14. Project: Catastrophic Events
Group Assignments
FLOODS: Groups 2 and 3
HURRICANES: Groups 4 and 5
TORNADOES: Groups 6 and 7
WILDFIRES: Group 8
DROUGHT: Group 9

15. DLL Expectations
-Only visit websites associated with your research project. -Voice Level 2 -STAY ON TASK. We have limited time to complete this project for a major grade.

16. DO NOW
Date:
03/01
Q: How do catastrophic events shape and change the environment?
How do catastrophic events relate to what you've studied about weathering, erosion, and deposition?

17. ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
How do catastrophic events shape and change the environment?
OBJECTIVES:
-Finish In-class research projects.
-Begin class presentations of the project.