{"id":4209,"date":"2017-08-01T14:36:11","date_gmt":"2017-08-01T18:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/environmental-education\/?page_id=4209"},"modified":"2017-10-26T08:21:46","modified_gmt":"2017-10-26T12:21:46","slug":"gr-9-aquatic-ecology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/environmental-education\/our-programs\/nature-center-programs\/wrigley-corners\/gr-9-aquatic-ecology\/","title":{"rendered":"Gr. 9 Aquatic Ecology"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>SNC 1D\/1P &#8211; Biology<\/h2>\n<h2>The Sustainability of Ecosystems &#8211; Ecosystems and Human Activity<\/h2>\n<p>Students work in groups to describe abiotic and biotic components of an aquatic environment. Abiotic factors measured include dissolved oxygen, carbon dioxide, temperature, pH, etc. Students use various resources to identify and classify organisms. By the end of the activity the students should be able to describe important characteristics of a healthy aquatic ecosystem and current threats to our water resources. \u00a0Gathered data can be readily used in class.<\/p>\n<h3>Key Concepts Discussed:<\/h3>\n<p>\u2022 Photosynthesis and cellular respiration<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Influence of biotic and abiotic factors<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Ecosystem change<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Cycling of matter<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Trophic levels<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Community structure<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Quick Links:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/environmental-education\/files\/2017\/08\/1-SNC-1P-1D-Aquatic-Ecology-Overview.docx\">(1) SNC 1P-1D Aquatic Ecology &#8211; Overview<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/environmental-education\/files\/2017\/08\/2-SNC-1P-1D-Ecology-Schedule.docx\">(2) SNC 1P-1D Ecology &#8211; Schedule<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/environmental-education\/files\/2017\/08\/Academic-Aquatic-Ecology-Handout-2017.2.pdf\">Academic Aquatic Ecology Handout 2017.2<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/environmental-education\/files\/2017\/08\/3b-SNC-1P-ESL_Applied-Aquatic-Ecology-Handout-2016.pdf\">(3b) SNC 1P &#8211; ESL_Applied Aquatic Ecology Handout 2016<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SNC 1D\/1P &#8211; Biology The Sustainability of Ecosystems &#8211; Ecosystems and Human Activity Students work in groups to describe abiotic and biotic components of an aquatic environment. Abiotic factors measured include dissolved oxygen, carbon dioxide, temperature, pH, etc. Students use various resources to identify and classify organisms. By the end of the activity the students [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\" role=\"complementary\"><a href=\"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/environmental-education\/our-programs\/nature-center-programs\/wrigley-corners\/gr-9-aquatic-ecology\/\"><strong>Read more about<\/strong> <cite>Gr. 9 Aquatic Ecology<\/cite> &#187;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13969,"featured_media":0,"parent":1584,"menu_order":12,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4209","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-wrigley-corners"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/environmental-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/environmental-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/environmental-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/environmental-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13969"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/environmental-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/environmental-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4209\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/environmental-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/environmental-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/environmental-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/environmental-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}