Ecosystems & Energy

 Everywhere on the plant organisms interact with their environment.  Whether these interactions are with living or non-living components of an ecosystem they have implications for not only the individual but often all other living organisms around them.  This is the study of ecology: the interactions of organisms with their environment.  Not surprisingly this is a broad topic and this unit will introduce and examine many of the different aspects of ecology including communities, populations, interactions within ecosystems and energy transfer.

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Ecosystems & Energy Standards
Ecosystems & Energy Notes Packet

Resources

Lab Standards Explained
Ecology (former unit) Quizlet Set

Communities & Ecosystems:

• Crash Course Biology: Ecology
• McGraw-Hill: Energy Flow Animation
• Ted Talk: 6 Ways Mushrooms Can Save the World
• Ted Talk: My Mushroom Burial Suit

Populations:

• Ted Talk: Global Population Growth, Box by Box
• Crash Course Guy: The Science of Overpopulation
• Population Interactive Simulation
• Population Changes Animation

Chi-Squared Calculations:

• Using Contingency Tables
• Khan Academy: Contingency Table Chi-Squared Test
• Chi-Squared Table​

Notes & Lectures:

C4.1 Populations & Communities Part 1

C4.2 Energy & Matter Transfer Part 1

C4.1 Populations & Communities Part 2

C4.2 Energy & Matter Transfer Part 2

Shelby Unit Summary

Some of the content below is from the previous IB curriculum and not relevant to the new curriculum unit