Monday September 15th

“All ethics so far revolved around a central premise: that the individual is a member of a community of interdependent parts. . . . The land ethic simply enlarges the boundaries of the community to include soils, waters, plants, and animals, or collectively: the land. . . . In short, a land ethic changes the role of Homo sapiens from conqueror of the land-community to plain member and citizen of it. It implies respect for his fellow members, and also respect for the community as such.”
                                                            -Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac

Notice that Leopold speaks of "interdependent" parts... how do we change the way that we think of ourselves to allow for the idea that we are as important as the banana slug or polar bear or microbe?

The Plan for the Week:

1. Evolution & Species Interaction
1. Mini-Lab Activity
1. Vocabulary
1. carrying capacity
2. primary productivity
3. ecosystem
4. acre -vs- hectare
5. diameter at breast height (dbh)
6. population density
7. succesion
2. Complete the graph and data analysis questions in class.
2. Biodiversity Lab
1. Vocabulary
1. biodiversity
2. 
   
2. Review the Sustainability Research Question
3. Review of Warm-Up #4
4. Introduction of Warm-Up #5
5. Unit #1 Test on Thursday