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Find a friend or family member and explain to them why a tertiary consumer (like Tuna) would have more Mercury in its body than a primary consumer.

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For those of you who were away today or who want additional information on bio-magnification please watch the video below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZk6vcmLcKw&t=328s

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Complete the diagram from the board.

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Today's lesson was a chance to build on what we learnt about the food chain and energy flow by looking at how toxins like mercury build up in higher level consumers.

We began by copying down the diagram below followed by completing questions 8 - 13 from our revision booklet.

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Have a look over your notes for Monday, based on your notes could you discuss and evaluate your chosen solution in relation to at least one factor? (see task sheet in lesson 104)

If not I have put together a few questions to help you answer that question for either Economic or Environment (see below).

Economic:

1.       How much does your solution cost?

This could include

a)       Cost to pay staff

b)      Cost to capture and feed
animals

c)       Cost to protect them from
predators

d)      Cost to buy land

2.       How much will it cost to keep
running each year?

3.       How much money does the
Australian Government spend each year on protecting animals each year?

4.       Based on this do you think that your solution is cheap or expensive?

Environmental:

1.       What type of environment does your animal need?

a)       Rain Forest

b)      Swamp

c)       Desert

d)      Ocean

2.       What parts of Australia have this type of environment?

3.       Will your solution impact the environment?

If so will your solution….

a)       Benefit the local animals (not just your creature)

or

b)      Harm the local animals

4.       Based on this does your solution help your creature without causing too much damage to the environment?

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No additional resources for today but please look at the revision suggestions for Monday.

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Complete questions from today's class.

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Today's lesson was to build on our last class by looking at how animals can be considered energy converters (from an ecological point of view).

We read through the worksheet below and then answered 3 think questions and 2 remember questions.

You had the choice of exactly which ones to do depending on your own area of interest

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Have a look over your notes for Monday, based on your notes could you discuss and evaluate your chosen solution in relation to at least one factor? (see task sheet in lesson 97)

If not I have put together a few questions to help you answer that question for either Economic or Environment (see below).

Economic:

1.       How much does your solution cost?

This could include

a)       Cost to pay staff

b)      Cost to capture and feed
animals

c)       Cost to protect them from
predators

d)      Cost to buy land

2.       How much will it cost to keep
running each year?

3.       How much money does the
Australian Government spend each year on protecting animals each year?

4.       Based on this do you think that your solution is cheap or expensive?

Environmental:

1.       What type of environment does your animal need?

a)       Rain Forest

b)      Swamp

c)       Desert

d)      Ocean

2.       What parts of Australia have this type of environment?

3.       Will your solution impact the environment?

If so will your solution….

a)       Benefit the local animals (not just your creature)

or

b)      Harm the local animals

4.       Based on this does your solution help your creature without causing too much damage to the environment?

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No additional resources for today but please look at the revision suggestions.

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Complete the diagram from the board today.

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Today's lesson was our second chance to revise ecology and the use of technical scientific terms.

By the end of today you should have completed the diagram below:

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Please complete worksheet from today's lesson

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Complete the worksheet from today's lesson.

For those of you who need extra help with the worksheet or those of you who were absent today you can get some extra help from the video below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlnFylwdYH4

Also the notes that I drew on the board (see image below) will also help.

Complete as much as you can.

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Today's class was a chance to revise all that we have learnt about ecology this term.

This sheet (see below) can be answered with the help of chapter 9 of the textbook and your notes from weeks 1 - 4.

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No revision suggestions for today.

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For those of you looking for a good source on programs to help endangered animals try the Perth Zoo:

https://perthzoo.wa.gov.au/savingwildlife

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Provided you have completed all of your work from today then you have no homework, however if you did not complete all of the points from today's lesson please make sure that you have them done by tomorrow.

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Native Flora and Fauna Impact Task.

In today's class we will continue our research on Australia's Endangered animals.

I have left some suggestions on the board to help guide your research but for those of you who are not in class today I have taken a photo of the board and uploaded it below.

Basically in today's lesson I want you to start adding more to your scientific explanation of your proposed solution to help your chosen animal or plant.

Try looking over your notes from ecology this term.

Look at how the following things things could improve or reduce the chances of your chosen animal surviving:

1. Predators
2. Food sources
3. Habitat
4. Biotic and Abiotic factors

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Provided you have completed all of your work from today then you have no homework, however if you did not complete all of the points from today's lesson please make sure that you have them done by tomorrow.

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Native Flora and Fauna Impact Task.

Today in class we continued our research.

By the end of today on top of what we covered yesterday you should have done the following:

1. Chosen at least one method to help increase the chances for survival of your animal.

2. Found some reliable information on it including:

a) Is this technique currently being used in Australia?
b) What is good/effective about it?
c) Are there any problems with it?
- For example it is really expensive?

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Provided you have completed all of your work from today then you have no homework, however if you did not complete all of the points from today's lesson please make sure that you have them done by tomorrow.

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Native Flora and Fauna Impact Task.

Today in class we began our next research task.

By the end of the day I expect you to have:

1. Chosen an endangered animal or plant.

2. Describe why your animal is endangered (3 - 4 sentences).

3. Find a way to help save the species.
- Captive Breeding Program
- Remove predators
- Laws to protect animals/plants
- National Parks

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If you were absent from today's class please find the definitions for the following words and copy them into your notebooks:

1. Mutualism
2. Parasitism
&
3. Commensalism

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Today's lesson was a chance to apply what we have learnt in a new way and classify ecological relationships into three types:

1. Mutualism
2. Parasitism
3. Commensalism

At the end you were given the opportunity to be creative with one of the examples of animal relationships that we looked at by creating a role play demonstrating how the creatures interact with each other.

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For revision please go over your notes from lesson 89 on:

1. Ecosystems
2. Biotic and Abiotic factors
3. Competition
4. Mutualism
5. Parasitism
6. Interdependence

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For those of you have missed lessons over the last few weeks or would like some additional info on energy transfer please watch the video below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oVavgmveyY

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Complete the questions 1 - 7 from today's experiment sheet.

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In today's lesson we went over our work from yesterday and then did an experiment (see below) to explore the passage of energy through ecosystems.

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Find a friend or family member and explain one of the ecological relationships that we covered today.

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Complete questions from today's class we will go over answers on Tuesday.

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Since we have been away from normal classes for a week today's lesson will focus on the ecological relationships that we have been looking at this term.

The lesson will go like this:

1. Watch the Amoeba sisters "Ecological Relationships" video and use it to complete the worksheet below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNjPI84sApQ&t=215s

2. Read pages 348 - 355 from the textbook and then complete questions 12 & 13.

These questions can be found on page 356.

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Nitrogen Cycle

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For those of you who were not in class today and need some additional material on the Nitrogen Cycle would you be able to watch the video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHqEthRCqQ4&t=325s) that we started with today and then look over the document below.

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Complete notes from today's lesson.

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See additional resources for today's lesson.

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If you were not in class today (or you would like some additional help with today's work) please read pages 361 - 366.

Make sure that you take note of the following terms/concepts:

1. Figure 9.2.2 (Diagram of how energy floes through the food chain).
2. What decomposers are (page 362)
3. Figure 9.2.5 (Diagram of how decomposers recycle materials back into the ecosystem).
4. Figure 9.2.6 (Diagram of how only 10% of the potential energy from each stage of the food chain is transferred, the remaining 90% being lost as heat).

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Today's lesson was an opportunity for us to observe the ecological facts we have been discussing in the gardens outside of St Brigid's.

We focused on the following concepts:

1. Producers
2. Consumers
3. Decomposers

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Please complete the notes from today's lesson.

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Human Impact on Biodiversity

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Today was our first Ecology lesson.

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No revision suggestions for today.

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For those of you who were absent from today's lesson please watch the video below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHU1UVsuMxw

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Hearing and sight investigation task

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In today's lesson we built on what we covered in lesson 86 by making holograms

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If you have not completed your notes/bibliography please find the time to come and speak with me.

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Provided you have completed your notes with in-text references (see example of in-text referencing below) and bibliography you have no notes from this class.

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Today's lesson was our last research session.

By the end of today's class you are expected to have your notes and you bibliography finished (see example below).

If you have not you will need to do this in your own time.

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Over the weekend tell a friend or family member 3 things you have learnt about your chosen condition and/or solution.

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The in text referencing document that we looked at last week is saved below. It focuses on how to in text references for your work on Monday week 10.

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Please email me your notes and reference lists.

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Today is our third research lesson for our sound/hearing investigation.

By today you should have finished most of your research and begin writing your notes and your bibliography.

We will be working through some examples of how to in text reference as well as using the following webpage:

http://www.citethisforme.com/

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If you did not complete the 4 things from today's class make sure you have them ready for our next lesson.

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Today was our fist lesson studying for the Hearing and Sight Impact Task (see below).

At the end of this lesson you should have completed the following:

1. Chosen one hearing OR one sight problem from the list below:
a. Myopia
b. Hyperopia
c. Presbyopia
d. Astigmatism
e. Cochlea Damage
f. Hearing loss due to exposure to ongoing loud noises

2. Found the cause of your chosen problem.

3. Found a solution for this problem.

4. Be able to explain the science behind the solution to this problem

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Read pages 137 - 142 and pages 165 - 167 of the text book.

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For those of you who were away or need a little more help with referencing please watch the video below: https://youtu.be/RQAMUtwPAtc

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APA References.

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For those of you who were away please watch this video from class on nearsightedness (people who are short sighted) and farsightedness (people who are long sighted).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1l8fPLqaIZk&t=243s

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Today's lesson was a prac where we dissected an eye from a cow.

For those of you who were away (or did not want to dissect an eye) I recommend reading page 165 - 167 of the textbook and then complete questions 7 - 11 on page 170.

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Please read your textbook pages 137 - 142 (sound waves). There will be a quiz on Friday and I will take all of the questions from these pages

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If you did not finish the work in class today (or were away) please do the following:

1. Copy down the diagram from today's lesson.
2. Read pages 165 - 167 from the textbook.

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In today's lesson we looked at the parts of the eye and copied down the diagram below) followed by a worksheet on the use of eye glasses to correct faulty vision.

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Function of the different parts of the eye

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In today's lesson we looked at the parts of the eye and copied down the diagram below) followed by a worksheet on the use of eye glasses to correct faulty vision.

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Function of the different parts of the eye

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Please read your textbook pages 137 - 142 (sound waves). There will be a quiz on Friday and I will take all of the questions from these pages

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For those of you who were not in class today or would like a bit more material on how light reflection works please watch the video below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwxaq4c9K6k

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In today's lesson we built on what we have learnt about reflection and refraction.

For those of you who were not in class today please read pages 149 - 156 of the textbook.

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Please read your textbook pages 137 - 142

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Please read your textbook pages 137 - 142 (sound waves). There will be a quiz on Friday and I will take all of the questions from these pages

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This is the worksheet that we covered in class today. Most of you completed it in class. Make sure that you have it completed and with you in class tomorrow. but for those of you who did not make sure that you have it with you.

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Light Strikes Back worksheet- characteristics and properties

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Today's lesson was the Sound Investigation.

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Following on from our lesson today where we discussed how black is an absence of light.

Black clothing is not completely black, there is enough other colours in black clothing to reflect enough light to allow us to see it.

The only known example of complete absence of light (pure black) are black holes.

For those of you who would like to know more about black holes please watch the video below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-P5IFTqB98&index=7&list=PLFs4vir_WsTwEd-nJgVJCZPNL3HALHHpF