AP Biology Practice - Ecology

Unit 7 Practice Questions

Living Environment Review
Exam overview
Online resources
Past Regents Exams
Study Aids
Games!
Live Review

Living Environment Endocrine System Disorders

Use your endocrine system diagram to help you understand the following disorders: 
Type I Diabetes
Type II Diabetes
Osteoporosis
Addison's Disease
Cushing's Disease
Growth Hormone Deficiency
Thyroid Cancer
Graves Disease
Hyperthyroidism
Hypothyroidism
Low Testosterone
Obesity (as related to the endocrine system)
Goiters

Using the following websites to research your disorder:

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/endocrinesystem.html
http://www.endocrineweb.com/
http://www.umm.edu/endocrin/index.htm
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/anatomy_of_the_endocrine_system/article_em.htm

On a separate sheet of paper write the following:

Your name, date, and "Endocrine Disorder Research"
Name of your disease
Population type affected by the disease
Glands affected
Hormones affected
Organs affected
Symptoms of the disorder (how does the disorder show itself?)
Prognosis (what will life be like with this disease)

Periodic Table of Elements Poster Project 2012

Gigantic Eighth Grade Periodic Table Poster Project 

The Project Outline (download if you lose yours)

An Example of an "A" level Poster!! - (using an Element I made up)

Please be sure to cite your sources - do not cite our class blog as a source, please give me the name of the website you took information from. Add your sources to the information page of your project.

 Use the LINKS Below to research your element. Be sure to use your rubric as a guide!!

This site will help you find the number of protons, electron and neutrons in your element
Use this site to find some interesting facts regarding your element

Use this site to help you find how your element was discovered, the boiling point, melting point, etc.

This site will give you compounds, mixtures, uses, properties, history and sources of your element

 History and uses of your elements

This site will give you additional environmental and health effects - also some properties

Year of discovery
About.com

Some additional Sites:

http://www.periodicvideos.com/#

http://elements.wlonk.com/

http://www.azuregrackle.com/periodictable/table/

http://periodictable.com/

Lenntech Periodic Table

Biology: Children's Book of Environmental Issues

Here are a few websites t get you started.  

Please feel free to find your own!

Global Climate Change
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/
http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/

Ozone Layer Depletion
http://www.epa.gov/sunwise/kids/kids_ozone.html
http://www.research.noaa.gov/climate/t_ozonelayer.html
http://www.un.org/en/events/ozoneday/science.shtml

Acid Rain
http://www.epa.gov/acidrain/
http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/acid-rain-overview/

Deforestation
http://greenliving.nationalgeographic.com/deforestation-effects-global-scale-2214.html
http://www.wri.org/publication/content/8368

Potable (safe to drink) Water
http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/mdg1/en/index.html
http://blueplanetnetwork.org/water/
http://globalwater.org/whywater.htm

Landfills
http://greenliving.lovetoknow.com/Environmental_Problems:_Landfills
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/environmental-problems-associated-with-landfill/1576.html
http://people.hws.edu/halfman/Data/PublicInterestArticles/Landfills.pdf

General/Human Population
http://redpath-museum.mcgill.ca/Qbp/3.Conservation/impacts.htm

8th Grade Honors Consumer Claims Science Project

Judging Rubric

10th grade Living Environment - Biome Project

Please be SURE to follow your rubric (in your notes)! I'll be grading directly from that.
Here are a few sources to get you started.
Be sure to CITE all of your sources and DO NOT use Wikipedia as one of your sources.

Pages 111-115 in your books will give you a breif introduction

PLEASE SAVE YOUR WORK ON THE S DRIVE: if you are not here and your partener needs to work on the slideshow, they will have access to it on the S drive.

S:\High School\Student Shared Files\Ms. Costa\Living Environment Period 1 or 6

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/biomes/

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome/

https://php.radford.edu/~swoodwar/biomes/