Topic 9: Ecology 9b. Biodiversiy 9b1. Waned Poser Resources: Miller, K., Levine, J. (2004). Biology. Boson, MA: Pearson Prenice Hall. 22 May 2009. Top New Species of 2008 [Inerne]. Mongabay. Cied 4 Aug. 2009. Available from: hp://news.mongabay.com/2009/0522-new_species.hml Building on: Links o Chemisry and Physics: Sories: This aciviy is very open-ended. I can be used in los of differen places wihin he biology curriculum. I can be used o inroduce one of he kingdoms such as animals or proiss. I could be used o inroduce organs and organ sysems. Here i is used o disinguish funcional rolls of creaures wihin ecosysems. The eacher can choose a couple of ecosysems such as a pond, a coral reef, a deciduous fores, and a deser. For each ecosysem specific producers, consumers and decomposers could be assigned. The eacher migh no ell he sudens which ecosysem heir organism is argeed for, bu le he sudens see which posers are dependen on each oher afer hey have all been displayed. They can pu ogeher he differen ecosysems. The emphasis is on he niche of each organism. How he niche of one organism affecs oher organisms should become apparen. From he oher angle, he sudens could be assigned an ecosysem and a rophic level in ha ecosysem, and hey have o go and find an organism ha occupies ha level and make a waned poser for ha creaure. Each ecosysem could display heir posers ogeher, arranging hem o reflec he inerdependence of he niches. Organizaion of informaion Presenaion of informaion Sudens hink ha all he living organisms on earh have been found and classified. I is imporan for hem o undersand ha his is hardly he case. According o he Inernaional Insiue for Species Exploraion a Arizona Sae Universiy, 18,516 new species were idenified in 2007 alone. Of hose species, 75.6% were inverebrae animals, 11.1 % were vascular plans, 6.7% were verebraes, and he remainder were mosly proiss and baceria. You migh hink ha all of hese newly discovered organisms were small and obscure, bu a 2-foo-long insec was discovered during 2008 in Malaysia. I looks a lo like a walking sick and is classified as Phobaeicus chani. Anoher organism, he ghos snail Selenochlamys ysbryda, was discovered in a densely populaed area of Wales in England.
Maerials for he Aciviy: Compuers Reference books Paper Small creaures were also found including he inies species of sea horses ever discovered. They are only.54 inches long a mauriy and were found off he coas of Borneo. They were named Hippocampus saomiae. Ineresingly, heir genus name, saomiae, came from Miss Saomi Onishi, who was he diving guide for he expediion ha found he sea horses. Par of he reason i is imporan o mainain habias hroughou he world is because we jus don really know wha is ou here. The following URL will ake you o he websie wih phoos of he op 10 species discovered in 2008: hp://news.mongabay.com/2009/0522- new_species.hml Noes o he Teacher: You could assign his for poser board, bu I have found ha he assignmen can be consruced on 8½ X 11 plain whie paper and here should be he space needed for he informaion. I have he sudens pu he bibliography on he back of he page. This saves he sudens he expense of poser board and a rip o he sore. Besides, he waned posers in he pos office are generally smaller. You could develop a search aciviy where sudens have o go around he posers and idenify which are producers, which are consumers, and if consumers, a which rophic level hey are mos commonly found. You could have hem read he posers and hen pu ogeher heir own food web looking for relaionships beween he ecosysems. I have included an example poser and an example bibliography ha can be used so ha he sudens ge he idea of wha is expeced of hem.
Biology Organism Waned Poser Phylum assigned: Poser due dae: Value: 20 poins Assignmen: 1. You mus pick a specific member of he phylum you were assigned. 2. Deermine he scienific classificaion of ha organism including is binomial name. 3. Find a picure of he organism. 4. Develop a descripion of he organism ha would help o disinguish i from oher organisms in is phylum. 5. Learn he ype of environmen ha is bes for finding his paricular organism. 6. Find ou he names of several oher organisms ha migh also be found in ha environmen. 7. Deermine wha niche (occupaion) your organism carries ou in is environmen. 8. Include any special concerns o address when looking for your organism. 9. Find a leas hree ineresing facs abou your organism. 10. Using he above informaion, consruc a Waned poser for your organism. I mus include: a. The common name of he organism. (1 p.) b. The genus and species name of he organism (Also known as). (1 p.) c. The scienific classificaion of your organism from kingdom o species (Classificaion). (2 ps.) d. A descripion of he environmen where he organism lives (Las Seen). (3 ps.) e. Several (a leas 3) oher organisms ha occupy he same environmen (Known Associaes). (2 ps.) f. A descripion of your organism ha could be used o idenify i (Descripion). (3 ps.) g. Informaion abou is funcion in he environmen and hings o consider when rying o cach he organism (Modus operandi). (3 ps.) h. Ineresing Facs (a leas 3). (2 ps.) i. Conac informaion if found (your name and e-mail address). j. A bibliography using NoodleTools and including a leas hree sources. (3 ps.)
Waned Honeybee Classificaion Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arhropoda Class: Inseca Order: Hymenopera Family: Apidae Genus: Apis Also known as Apis mellifera Ineresing Facs No naive o N. America All drones are males. All workers are females. Pollen provides proeins and oher nuriens for he bees. Species: mellifera Las Seen Environmens wih many flowering plans; paricularly frui rees Live in hives wih an average of 50,000 bees per hive. Hives inacive in winer, bu bees cluser o mainain inernal hive emperaure of 93 o F regardless of he ouside emperaure. If found, conac: name here E-mail address here Known Associaes Bumble Bees Swea Bees Mies found on bees or in heir hives Modus operandi Armed wih a singer Responsible for he pollinaion of abou 130 differen kinds of crops in he U.S. 30% o 60% reducion in number on he wes coas of he U.S. due o Colony Collapse Disorder Descripion Compound eyes 2 pairs of wings Fly a up o 20 miles per hour. Dance o inform oher bees of desired pollen locaions. 6 legs Yellow/black-sriped abdomen 3 forms including queen, drones, and workers N o n a i v e o N. A m e r i c a
Bibliography Backyard Beekeepers Facs [Inerne]. Backyard Beekeepers Associaion. Cied 2 Feb. 2008. Available from: www.backyardbeekepers.com/facs.hml Barrionuevo, A. Colony Collapse Disorder. New York Times [Inerne]. 27 Feb. 2007. Cied 2 Feb. 2009. Available from: www.nyimes.com/2007/02/27/business/27bees.hml Honeybees [Inerne]. Texas A&M Universiy, Deparmen of Enomology, College Saion, TX. Cied 2 Feb. 2009. Available from: www.honeybee.amu.edu