Grade+8+tree+project

__Unit 4: Tree project __

**Our new unit is about ecology. Attached below is the unit plan and the study guide that goes along with it. Each of you will be given a study guide; be sure to take care of it- you're going to need it!**

**Unit planner:**



**Study Guide:**



=**__Activity #1:Classification activity __**=

You will be asked to choose your tree and create a map to locate it within the school. Try to choose a tree that´s not too close to a footpath or any area where people are generally around. This tends to scare away any animals and part o what you want to observe is the ecosystem that has evolved around your tree. You´ll need to take some details about the tree itself.. one of these needs to be the height. The video below will show you some quite simple ways to obtain a good estimate of the tree height.

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To help you find the name of your tree look through this powerpoint:

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To help you describe your tree look through these documents:

__**Activity #2: Plant Reproduction **__

How do plants reproduce?





[|Seed dispersal activity]

[|plant reproduction review]

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[|BBC bitesize plant reproduction review]

=**__Activity #3: Soil study __**=

In this activity you need to study the soil around your plant. Here are some resources that can help you out:

Types of Soil: [|Soil Layers]

Soil pH:

[|Worms introduction]



Here are pages 63, 64 and 65 from textbook 2



__**Activity #4: Soil analysis **__

Criteria F: In pairs

You have collected data in activity 3 and now you need to make sense of it.

1. Answer all of the questions in Activity 3 and 4 2. Organise the information into an analysis: Observation, data and possible reasons.

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Here's an article with more specific details on how abiotic and biotic factors work together:

Below you will find some links that will help you review your seventh grade cycles work: First we will begin with the carbon cycle...

Tom and Moby explain the carbon cycle

Tim and Moby explain the Carbon Cycle

Below is a game to continue the carbon cycle revision.

[|Carbon cycle game]

Then the Water cycle:

[|Water cycle animation]

Here are the pages from the textbook:



Read through the workbook and complete the concept map linking trees to the water and carbon cycles.

__**<span style="color: #f70d0d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Activity #6: Food Chains **__

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 * __<span style="color: #f64242; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Activity #7: Forest __<span style="color: #f64242; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;"> visit **

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Be sure to have your permission slip in one time and come dressed appropriately!


 * __<span style="color: #e16d6d; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">Activity #8: Compare and contrast trees __**

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