Unit 7, "The Study of House" was all about our ecosystems and how they function and how to help them. We learned about food chains and food webs and how they show where energy is passed between organisms as well as how the 10% rule states that only 10% of energy is passed on between organisms.
We also learned about populations in an ecosystem and how/why they increase and decrease, either because of migration, birth and death, disease, predators, the abiotic factors, and the carrying capacity. When things affect the reproduction of organisms [Genetics Infographic], it changes the population of the ecosystem. We learned that the main causes of species loss is because of humans. Habitat loss is caused by humans destroying organisms' habitats. When humans introduce new species to an ecosystem, it creates competition between the native species and can completely change the ecosystem. Overexploitation is also caused by humans when we harvest more animals and plants faster than they can reproduce. Climate change could also be due to the effects that humans have on the planet.
I would like to learn more about how to restore ecosystems that humans have destroyed and what other things we can do to help. I'd also like to learn a lot more about the food chains/webs because they sound very interesting and it's nice to have a chart like the food web to let me see what is happening. I also thought the 10% rule was quite interesting and would like to learn more in depth why only 10% of energy is passed on and how the animal's systems use that energy. This unit made me wonder what would happen to the planet if we keep on doing damaging it like this because at this rate, I would probably still be alive to see what happens to the Earth and I would not like to know what our planet will look like.
Our Conservation Biologist Project was very successful. We were all always on task and productive every day that we worked on it. I think our team had great collaboration and teamwork and we all worked very hard on the project. What didn't go so well was that one of our group members missed a couple days in the beginning and the research days, so we were worried we wouldn't get everything done on time. But we were very focused on the project and got everything done on the days we needed it to be finished. I learned about the ecosystem of the Coral Triangle as well as other coral reef ecosystems and that many of the coral reefs are endangered mostly because of overexploitation and climate change.
In the self-assessment quiz to find out how assertive and self-aware you are, my highest score was in the assertive category and was much higher than the other three categories. It said that I have a "particularly strong preference for this behavior". In the Wellcast video "How to be More Confident", the narrator provided helpful tips on how to be more assertive and confident. The first tip was to know your boundaries and keep your priorities in mind. The second tip was to be honest and direct rather than avoiding things. Tip three was "fake it 'til you make it", a phrase well-known to those in the guard world. If you don't know what you're doing, just make it seem like you do by pretending you know exactly what you're doing. The last tip was to speak to people by expressing your own feelings, instead of talking to someone by saying "you" a lot.
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| 10% Rule in the Energy Pyramid |
I would like to learn more about how to restore ecosystems that humans have destroyed and what other things we can do to help. I'd also like to learn a lot more about the food chains/webs because they sound very interesting and it's nice to have a chart like the food web to let me see what is happening. I also thought the 10% rule was quite interesting and would like to learn more in depth why only 10% of energy is passed on and how the animal's systems use that energy. This unit made me wonder what would happen to the planet if we keep on doing damaging it like this because at this rate, I would probably still be alive to see what happens to the Earth and I would not like to know what our planet will look like.
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| Soil Food Web |
Our Conservation Biologist Project was very successful. We were all always on task and productive every day that we worked on it. I think our team had great collaboration and teamwork and we all worked very hard on the project. What didn't go so well was that one of our group members missed a couple days in the beginning and the research days, so we were worried we wouldn't get everything done on time. But we were very focused on the project and got everything done on the days we needed it to be finished. I learned about the ecosystem of the Coral Triangle as well as other coral reef ecosystems and that many of the coral reefs are endangered mostly because of overexploitation and climate change.
In the self-assessment quiz to find out how assertive and self-aware you are, my highest score was in the assertive category and was much higher than the other three categories. It said that I have a "particularly strong preference for this behavior". In the Wellcast video "How to be More Confident", the narrator provided helpful tips on how to be more assertive and confident. The first tip was to know your boundaries and keep your priorities in mind. The second tip was to be honest and direct rather than avoiding things. Tip three was "fake it 'til you make it", a phrase well-known to those in the guard world. If you don't know what you're doing, just make it seem like you do by pretending you know exactly what you're doing. The last tip was to speak to people by expressing your own feelings, instead of talking to someone by saying "you" a lot.
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