Click on the Quiz and Lab Report” link and open the document. This completed “Post-Lab July 31. document and Journal questions must be e-mailed to Mrs. Ferguson at by Any student who will have difficulty meeting that deadline should discuss it with me June before 24, 2014. Click on Exercise” to open the Virtual Lab entitled Ecosystems”. “Lab “Model The left side of the page contains background information and instructions in the “Question” area. On the bottom of the page are the following icons for your use: (these are “Journal” questions that will be answered/submitted to your instructor), (working “Calculator” calculator function), Table”, (turns sound on/off) and (prints the “Data “Audio” “Print” screen). Read the background information found under the area first, and then continue “Question” on to reading the procedure information posted there as well. At this point, you are ready to begin the lab exercise. You will need to first open the Quiz and Lab Report”, which can be found on the previous page. Click on the “Field Guide” on the lower portion of the activity area and read through the information presented. When you are ready, please begin by selecting the ecosystem type that you would like to model from the pull down menu in the laboratory area. Then click and drag the various organisms to their correct locations on the pyramid (note: you must place them in just the right area of the pyramid or else they will bounce back or replace another organism…this does not mean that they do not belong there, just try again in a different area of the pyramid). Remember to follow the directions given to you in the as “Question” well as in the Quiz and Lab Report” areas, and refer back to the notes in the “Post-Lab “Field Guide” area if necessary. Complete the exercise as directed, recording any data or information needed in your “Lab Report”. Note: As no value is given for the amount of energy given off by the sun, your E.C.E. for the producers in each ecosystem should be estimated based on the background reading. When you are finished, please answer all of the questions found at the end of the “Post-Lab Quiz and Lab Report”.
Click on the “Post-Lab Quiz and Lab Report” link and open the document. This completed document and Journal questions must be e-mailed to Mrs. Ferguson at by July 31. Any student who will have difficulty meeting that deadline should discuss it with me before June 24, 2014. Click on “Lab Exercise” to open the Virtual Lab entitled “Model Ecosystems”. The left side of the page contains background information and instructions in the “Question” area. On the bottom of the page are the following icons for your use: “Journal” (these are questions that will be answered/submitted to your instructor), “Calculator” (working calculator function), “Data Table”, “Audio” (turns sound on/off) and “Print” (prints the screen). Read the background information found under the “Question” area first, and then continue on to reading the procedure information posted there as well. At this point, you are ready to begin the lab exercise. You will need to first open the Quiz and Lab Report”, which can be found on the previous page. Click on the “Field Guide” on the lower portion of the activity area and read through the information presented. When you are ready, please begin by selecting the ecosystem type that you would like to model from the pull down menu in the laboratory area. Then click and drag the various organisms to their correct locations on the pyramid (note: you must place them in just the right area of the pyramid or else they will bounce back or replace another organism…this does not mean that they do not belong there, just try again in a different area of the pyramid). Remember to follow the directions given to you in the “Question” as well as in the “Post-Lab Quiz and Lab Report” areas, and refer back to the notes in the “Field Guide” area if necessary. Complete the exercise as directed, recording any data or information needed in your “Lab Report”. Note: As no value is given for the amount of energy given off by the sun, your E.C.E. for the producers in each ecosystem should be estimated based on the background reading. When you are finished, please answer all of the questions found at the end of the “Post-Lab Quiz and Lab Report”.