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    • Unit 7 Muscular System
    • Unit 8 Cardiovascular System
    • Unit 9 Respiratory System
    • Unit 10 Digestive System
    • Unit 11 Urinary System
    • Unit 12 Reproductive System
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    • Unit 14 Endocrine System
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Unit 1 The Living World:  Ecosystems

Topic 1.1  Intro to Ecosystems
Topic 1.2  Terrestrial Ecosystems
Topic 1.3:  Aquatic Ecosystems
Topic 1.4 The Carbon Cycle
Topic 1.5 The Nitrogen Cycle
Topic 1.6 The Phosphorus Cycle
Topic 1.7 The Hydrologic Cycle
Topic 1.8 Primary Productivity
Topic 1.9 Trophic Levels
Topic 1.10 Energy Flow and the 10% Rule
Topic 1.11 Food Chains and Food Webs
Wright
4.3
5.3
5.3
3.5
3.5
3.5
3.1, 3.3-5, 5.1-2
3.4-5, 5.1-2
3.4-5, 5.1-2
3.4-5, 5.1-2

Friedland
20
12
13
7
7
7
7
6 and 7
6 and 7
​6 and 7

Labs and Activities

The Lorax Book
The Truax Book
Lorax Assignment
Tragedy of the Commons Paper to read
Tragedy of the Commons Assignment
Allelopathy Experimental Design
Graphing and Data Tables
Graphing and Data Tables Practice
Descriptive Statistics
​Using Descriptive Statistics Practice
Stats chart
graph choice chart
winogradsky column
winogradsky column diagram
nutrient cycle pogil
energy dynamics painted lady
nitrogen cycle game
carbon budget
how to measure height of a tree

urban tree carbon sequestration
ecological pyramids pogil
energy transfer pogil
owl pellets
dissolved oxygen
trophic levels
ecocolumn directions
ecocolumn data analysis

Papers for Abstracts

Arctic plants feel the heat
Fixing the global nitrogen problem
Living on a new earth
Plants that once ruled the seas
Swept from Africa to Amazon
Coming Megafloods
Can we control the weather
Circular Economy
Sickness across the arctic
Future of coastal upwelling 

Videos 1-6

Videos 7-12

Videos 13-17

Video 18-21

Video 22-25

Video 26