~“Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher.”
William Wordsworth~
~”If we want children to flourish, to become truly empowered, let us allow them to lovethe earth before we ask them to save it.” David Sobel ~
ECOLOGY is the study of the interaction (and interdependence) of living things with their environment.
Ecosystem: any area, large or small, where biotic components interact with abiotic components.
Outside for some Science, and we finally get to meet
Mrs. Nerg (also know as Mrs. Gren) ha ha!
We learn the 7 characteristics of living things. Your assignment, Biotic or Abiotic, You Decide! and notes are attached below (first page for you to complete). You must choose at least one abiotic item and one plant. Use the notes and review the videos to enhance your understanding! Use the mnemonic, MRS. NERG to help your memory!
We will also lean about view the the “Organization of Life” and use the graphic organizer attached below for note taking:
Find the letters of your name in the natural environment, take a picture of each, then thread the pictures together to write your name with nature. For example: you could use a woodpecker whole as an “O”, or the junction of a branch as a “Y”. Have fun on your walk around the school grounds, forest neighbourhood or in the park.
The challenge is not to manipulate nature to make the letters but to find them in nature.
~Do you have a favorite example of a pattern found in nature?~
“Into the Wild”
“Based on a true story. After graduating from Emory University, Christopher McCandless abandoned his possessions, gave his entire savings account to charity, and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters who shape his life.” (Written by Lisa Kelley)
TASK:
Read the following poem by Lord Byron.
Answer the following questions:
1. What is the poem about?
2. What does the poem potentially reveal about Chris McCandless? What can we learn about him as a person?
An excerpt from Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage [Canto Four, Stanzas 178-186]
Written by Lord Byron between 1812 and 1818
There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,
There is a rapture on the lonely shore,
There is society where none intrudes,
By the deep Sea, and music in its roar:
I love not Man the less, but Nature more,
From these our interviews, in which I steal
From all I may be, or have been before,
To mingle with the Universe, and feel
What I can ne’er express, yet cannot all conceal.
Back in October, our wonderful Tulip Team planted tulips at the front of Beaufort Building. The blooms are glorious and now it is time to learn about sexual reproduction in flowers and enjoy a hands-on lab! Another reason plants are amazing!
