By doing this activity I learned what bimagnification was. In the picture above, we used paper clips as an example of fishes starting from the bottom to the top of the food chain. The gold represented mercury, green represented phytoplankton, blue represented zooplankton, purple represented small fish, and the pink represented the large fish. Each phtoplankton ate a specific amount of mercury, so whoever eats it well have the amount of mercury transferred to them. This means that the mercury can continue to increase more and more until it transfers to the larger fish that we humans eat. I learned that the amount of mercury is very easy to transfer on from fish to fish just by eating it.
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- Chapter #5 Guided Reading
- Borneo Reflection
- Natural Selection
- Keystone Species
- Ecosystem Services Infogram
- Biology Essentials- Exponential Growth
- Biology Essentials- Logistic Growth
- Galapagos Island Case Study
- Chapter #8 Guided Reading
- APES: Something’s Fishy – Population Study Lab
- Biodiversity Hotspot
- How Big is My Population?
- APES-Comparing Biodiversity: Spiders, Spiders Everywhere!-
- Gorillas in the Mist
- Endangered Species Newsletter
- Wanted poster
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Unit #4
- Threats to Biodiversity: An Overview Guided Viewing
- APES in a box: Endangered Species
- Fish Harvesting Techniques
- Which Species Will Live?
- On the Terminatation of Species
- Can Sustainable Management Help Save Tropical Forests?
- Bushmeat Assignment
- Saving the Honeybee
- Conservation for the People
- Rangelands, Grasslands, and Parks
- Mapping the National Parks
- Corridors Case Study
- Endangered Species Graphic Organizer
- Invasive Species Graphic Organizer
- The Omnivore's Dilemma
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Unit #6
- Human Population Growth and Carrying Capacity
- Chapter Four Guided Viewing
- Human Population Guided Viewing
- Four Stages of Demographic Changes
- Chapter 27 Guided Viewing
- Population, Poverty and the Local Environment Article
- Economics in a Full World Article
- Urban Heat Island Effect Guided Viewing
- Urban Heat Islands Activity
- How Green is My City Article
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Unit #7
- Kermit or Kermette? Case Study
- Ch. 10 Guided Reading
- Lung Toxicology Problem Set
- Toxicology Problem Set
- Home toxins audit
- Toxics in your neighborhood
- The story of cosmetics/electronics
- Biomagnification activity
- Tuna for lunch case study
- Everyday exposure to toxic pollutants
- Radioactive smoke article review
- Risk Survey
- Lead Shot Toxicity
- Solid & Hazardous Waste
- Arsenic in Drinking Water
- Omnivores Dilemma Ch. #2
- Ch. 23 Guided Reading
- Fast food project
- Excessive packaging article
- Recycle city
- Landfill-Notes
- Addicted to Plastic Newsletter
- LD-50 Lab Report
- Rescue Worker's Dilemma
- Radon Guided Viewing
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Unit #8
- Fracking Article
- Ch. 19 Guided Reading
- Gasland
- Water Contamination #1
- Water Contamination #2
- Water Contamination #3
- Wading in Waste article
- Water Pollution Notes
- Bioremediation Assignment
- Mountain top Removal webquest
- WQI Testing
- Article clean energy from filthy water
- Home water audit
- Ch. 18 guided viewing
- Water division webquest
- Blue gold reflection
- NG water footprint calculator
- Go down the dams
- facing the freshwater crisis
- Wading in the waste article
- Poison in the rockies summary
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Unit #10
- Ch. 11 Guided Viewing
- Phosphorus- A Looming Crisis
- APES in a box: soil profile
- Dirt summary
- APES in a box: Soil Pyramid
- Food Inc. summary
- Omnivores dilemma ch. #4
- Harvest of fear guided reading
- Persuasive essay
- Guess whos coming to dinner? notes
- Should we grow GM crops? arguments
- Engineer a crop
- Integrated pest management & biological pest control
- Michael Pollan notes
- CAFO case study questions
- Could food shortages bring down civilization? article
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