Bird Wings and Paper Planes Lesson Plan by Kim Trinkle S.C. Science Standards: 8-1: The student will demonstrate an understanding of technological design and scientific inquiry‚ including process skills‚ mathematical thinking‚ controlled investigative design and analysis‚ and problem solving. 8-2.1: Explain how biological adaptations of populations enhance their survival in a particular environment. Have you ever noticed how wings of different species of birds are shaped differently? Even
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1. Define ecology. Identify the two features of organisms studied by ecologists. Ecology is the scientific study of the interactions between organisms and the environment‚ which in turn determine both the distribution of organisms and their abundance. Ecologists study how interactions between organisms and the environment affect phenomena such as the number of species living in a particular area‚ cycling of nutrients in a habitat‚ and the growth of populations. 2. Describe the relationship between
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gratifying to me. After five exciting years of bonding with my grandfather‚ as well as painstakingly building and flying model aircraft‚ there is nothing that I enjoy more than visiting that same flying field. The familiar gravel road to the spacious grassland raises a film of dust‚ which not only obscures my vision‚ but is also blown every which way by the wind that unintentionally affects the aircraft. After parking‚ we struggle to unload the crammed vehicle filled with the covered wooden frames as carefully
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The Dairy Industry puts not only your health in danger from consuming their products‚ but the lives of the cows that produce them. There is severe environmental damage brought on by cattle ranching‚ including the destruction of rainforests and grasslands. Since 1960 more than 25 percent of Central America’s forests have been cleared to create pastureland for grazing cattle. By the late 1970’s two-thirds of all agricultural land in Central America was occupied by cattle and other livestock. More
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The tropical monsoon climate is found in those regions where there is a complete seasonal reversal of winds. It is mainly found beyond the equatorial region between 10° and 25° North and South of the Equator. On-shore summer winds blowing from over tropical warm oceans generate the abundant precipitation‚ while the off-shore winds from over land make the weather dry during winter. The most clearly defined monsoon climates are located in the coastal areas of the eastern and southern Asia. For example
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COVENTRY UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF BUSINESS‚ ENVIRONMENT & SOCIETY Module M58: Ecological management and assessment Re-sit Coursework 2010 Submitted by: ELAICHOUNI MEHDI 2009/2010 Executive summary CONTENTS I. Introduction II. Importance of herbivore foraging in terrestrial environments III. Negative impact IV. Conclusion and recommendations V. References Introduction An herbivorous animal is an animal that feeds almost exclusively on vegetation
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Canada’s Ecozones An ecozone is an area where organisms and their physical environment form a system. Most of the features which are used to determine an ecozone are normally thought of as natural—landforms‚ soils‚ water features‚ vegetation and climate. However‚ where human activities are extensive and are key to sustaining the character of the area‚ they must also be considered a factor. “The Terrestrial Ecozones of Canada” is a nationwide ecological framework developed by Environment Canada
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Introduction The ability for wildland firefighters to protect urban centers is decreased as the amount of urban areas encroach on wildland habitat. The cabin on the mountain is a great place to live. The views over the vast valleys‚ forests‚ and other mountain peaks make a mountain peak a perfect place to set up a home. A problem occurs when a lighting storm or human action causes a fire. When a forest fire threatens the cabin‚ wildland firefighters are called to put the fire out so the cabin does
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Chapter Three Farm as Mind Case Study Introduction We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time (Eliot‚ 1943‚ cited in Bateson‚ 1979‚ p.xi) Within this concluding chapter the Criteria of Mental Process considered in Chapter One are applied as a holistic theory to a case-study farm: my family’s farm. Hinging this
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“Eight hundred years ago‚ during the 13th Century‚ a small tribe from the grasslands or steppes of central Asia conquered much of the known world” (background essay). Most of the world called the Mongols “barbarian” referring to people who lived beyond the reach of civilization‚ people who savage‚ evil. Were they barbarians spreading death and destruction‚ or is there more to the story? Cultures had both expanded through conquest and changed the dynamics of regions. The Mongols were important for
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