Week of April 13 - 16

Date	Classwork	Eval	Homework	Assessment Criteria
April 13	Climate Change Presentations Engage – Page 706, P/P 1-4,		Page 707, R/C 1-2 PR watch these videos and write a description of exponential growth Video and Must watch video	(2) Describe population density and/or the factors that affect population density. (3) Calculate population density given an area and the number of a given organism within the area.
14	Explore - Part II, Pages 713-719, P/P 1-6		Pages 719-720, R/C 1-5
15/16	Explain – Pages 720-725, 1-4, Page 726 S/T 1-4		No homework,  turn in notebook	1) Describe factors that limit growth of plant and/or animal populations in a natural ecosystem. Explain how a change to a factor (e.g., matter, energy, space, predatory,or competing organisms) would limit the population of a species.

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Next Generation Science Standards

HS-LS2-1.	Use mathematical and/or computational representations to support explanations of factors that affect carrying capacity of ecosystems at different scales
HS-LS2-6.	Evaluate the claims, evidence, and reasoning that the complex interactions in ecosystems maintain relatively consistent numbers and types of organisms in stable conditions, but changing conditions may result in a new ecosystem.