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GMRI - Intertidal Crab Mission

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  Resources to Look at and review. Green crabs:  Maine Clammer’s Association:  http://maineclammers.org/what-we-do/war-on-invasive-green-crabs/    Interview with Marissa McMahan, Mission Intertidal Crab scientist: https://www.inc.com/emily-canal/green-crab-invasive-species.html   Green crab video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Rcy71DSBus   Asian shore crabs:  Interview with Elizabeth Stephenson, Mission Intertidal Crab scientist: https://youtu.be/VCKtfoWLeQk   Maine’s Department of Marine Resources: - https://www.maine.gov/dmr/science-research/species/invasives/asian-shore-crab.html   Eat the invaders: , http://eattheinvaders.org/blue-plate-special-asian-shore-crab/   Native crabs (Rock crab and Jonah crab): Jonah crab species information: http://www.asmfc.org/species/jonah-crab   Rock crab species information: https://www.fishaq.gov.nl.ca/research_development/fdp/pdf/rock_crab.pdf   Maine’s Native crab seafood:  https://modernfarmer.com/2018/09/how-new-englands-jonah-crab-turned-f
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Flowering Plant Dissection.

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1. WATCH the Video on Flower Dissection Instructional Video 2. Parts of a flowering plant Slide Show PASS/FAIL - Dissection of a Flower Take pictures with your handheld microscope and insert them into the slide show. Click here to access 
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Structures of a Flowering Plant.

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  1.  Start by reading  -  Wonder of a Flowering Plant found below Text Reading found here - Wonders of Flowering Plants Reading Question found here 2. Then watch the video on how pollination occurs. Amoeba Sisters and Pollination Click here for the flower foldable.    6 Terms to identify: stigma, style, ovary, anther, filament, sepal How to do the Flower Foldable- Video
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Natural Selection and Adaptations

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  What is it? Natural selection is the process through which populations of living organisms adapt and change. Individuals in a population are naturally variable, meaning that they are all different in some ways. This variation means that some individuals have traits better suited to the environment than others. Individuals with adaptive traits—traits that give them some advantage—are more likely to survive and reproduce. These individuals then pass the adaptive traits on to their offspring. Over time, these advantageous traits become more common in the population. Through this process of natural selection, favorable traits are transmitted through generations. Watch this Video from the Ameoba Sisters Read through the example from Manchester England Moth's vs Birds - Dr. Kettlewell Find the link here Then Play the Game  - Be able to discuss your results. Also you can watch this  Branpop on Natural Selection. Another interactive with foxes and bunnies.   Link found here
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Planting Seeds -

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  The following are pictures of how to make the grow system. You   do not need   the two cups and a water wick. You could use one cup and be sure that it is watered well. What you will need: A plastic cup soil seeds (bean and corn) filter paper or coffee filter Follow the 5 Part Video Series - You are sure to have a laugh with my boys. Evan is giving quite the comic relief! Part 1 - Materials Part 2 - Position the filter paper in the cup Part 3 - Fill with the Soil Part 4 - Placing the Seed Part 5 - The grow system is done!
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Trophic Cascades

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Ideas to consider: 1. What is a biotic factor vs an abiotic factor? 2. What is a trophic cascade? 3. How does one organism impact another? Video 1 - How the Wolves Changed the Rivers Video 2 - Another link to PBS Documentary on the Wolves of Yellowstone. Watch the videos - then complete the Worksheet Linked here Link to Worksheet - Click here to access. A hard copy will be given in class.
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Food Chain vs Food Web

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  Food Webs vs. Food Chains/ Trophic Levels and Energy Pyramids. By the end of this lesson you should be able to: Understand Food webs vs. Food chains Understand the terms producer, consumer and decomposer Be able to create your own food web or food chain of a local ecosystem. Watch the videos Food Web and the Ameoba Sisters Brain pop - Food Chain and Food Webs Complete the Task Food Web Project -  Click here to access Link to Mr. Cuthbert making his Draft of a Food Web Click here to access Examples of a food chain vs. a food web. and Interactives
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