During our first week of school we looked at laboratory safety and WHMIS which will be applicable throughout the year. After jogging our memories on that front, we are ready to move into week 2 and it's time to start our first unit in science; Biodiversity! Biodiversity is our most language intensive unit with at least 68 specific terms related to the curriculum. To keep track of these and to make them meaningful, we will create a website throughout the unit. For the website, we will be using Google sites and will be starting on it's creation this week.Part 1 Select an organism that can be found here in Coventry Hills. With this organism in mind, you and one partner are to brainstorm a testable question that you can ask about the organism. A testable question is the type of question found in professional scientific papers and science fairs. They not only involve an inquiry but also have the potential for the scientist (you!) to conduct an experiment. After choosing a question and/or an organism that can be used to focus on your question, set up your homepage. On your homepage the following are required: 1. The name of your organism and an image. 2. The structural and behavioral adaptations of the organism. 3. The variation that can be found within the species. 4. The food web and habitat that the organism exists in. How important is it to the food chain? What happens if it is removed or if another organism is removed from the environment? 5. How does a high biodiversity benefit your organism? How might a low biodiversity harm your organism (relate this to #4). 6. On the page, include a classification of your organism (Kingdom, phylum, classes, order, genus, species) and a breakdown of how the naming system came to be (hint: investigate Carl Linnaeus).
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