Each week I spend a lot of time trying to find cool video clips...like that "Battle at Kruger." This weekend I was looking for video clips on succession and pond succession. After watching a lot of video clips, I found one succession video that I liked.
It isn't as exciting as I would have liked, but it will do the trick. Watch the video above. Write at least three sentences about what you learned. Then see if you can find a cool video clip or article about one of the following topics:
Overpopulation Global Warming Energy Crisis
Invasive Species Genetically Modified Crops
Label what the video is about and include the URL.
What a perfect way to start off Homecoming week with my favorite endangered species, the Sumatran Tiger, Panthera tigris sumatra. This week I want you to change your Google+ profile picture to an endangered species. The Sumatran Tiger is a critically endangered species with fewer than 400 remaining organisms. Living on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia, these tigers need all the help they can get. Despite laws to protect the Sumatran Tiger, there is a substantial market for tigers and tiger parts.
Once you have changed your Google+ profile picture, in a scholarly paragraph you need to briefly explain why you picked that endangered species. Be sure to give both the common and scientific names. (Scientific names should have the Genus capitalized, species lowercase and be in italics) Ideally, I would like you each to pick a different species, so be sure to look at what your peers have already posted. Those of you that post early will have the best pick. In addition to providing details about your endangered species, I would also like you to define biodiversity. Look in the book or online. What happens to biodiversity when organisms go extinct?
Hosting the Olympics is crazy expensive. It is estimated that Rio spent over $12 billion to host the Olympics...is it worth it? What will happen to all those fancy venues once the glory of the Olympics has been forgotten? Watch this short video clip of what has happened to other Olympic venues.
Perhaps the money would have been better spent cleaning up the pollution in Guanabara Bay? Read this article from TIME magazine.
This week we are starting the next unit on Ecology, the study of how organisms interact with each other and their environment. Is there a solution to this excessive spending of money to host the Olympics? Can that money be better spent? Can you provide an alternative solution? What do you think about the pollution in the water in Rio? Was spending money on buildings really the best use of resources? Can you find any research about the long term effects of hosting the Olympics has on the surrounding environments? Magazine articles? Newspaper articles? Video clips?
In a scholarly paragraph, respond to the video clip and article above. Remember that a descent paragraph should have at least five sentences, proper punctuation, correct spelling and grammar. I am not an English teacher, but I do know what a scientific paragraph should look like. Read the questions that I posted above and find research to support what you think. Include your research at the end of your response. In addition to posting a response, I would like you to comment on at least one of your peers. This is a public blog meaning anything that you post will be visible to the world, so put your best self out there. I am going to share this link with your parents so they can see your work.
