Notes on different types of forests, including niches, succession, and soil/atmospheric cycling: oxygen, carbon, nitrogen, & water cycles with video links.

1. FORESTS PPt. by, Robin D. Seamon

16. Nature Trail LINK

17. Poison Ivy X http://www.jmgkids.us/media/PoisonIvyVine.jpg

21. camouflage

22. Hawk moth mimicry Viceroy Monarch

24. Carbon CYCLE * photosynthesis : plants use carbon dioxide from air to make sugars & breathe out oxygen * Animals get carbon & energy from plants * Respiration: ‘breathing’ animals break down sugars to release carbon dioxide back into the air H 2 O O 2 CO 2 = + + C 6 H 10 O 2 H 2 O +

25. Carbon Cycle ENVIRONMENT LESSON 1 (Jag Jam) INTERNET ANIMATION 1: Greenhouse effect INTERNET ANIMATION 2: Water Cycle INTERNET ANIMATION 3: Carbon Cycle

26. CYCLES To/From soil: Nitrogen, phosphorous, Potassium To/From atmosphere: Oxygen, carbon, carbon dioxide, methane Carbon Cycles ONLINE GAME

27. Cycling of chemicals: NITROGEN CYCLE * decomposers : bacteria, earthworms, insects break down wastes & dead material: puts Nitrogen in soil * nitrogen fixation : bacteria in soil & on plant roots convert Nitrogen in the soil into a useable form for plants * Lightning causes some nitrogen fixation * Soil roots of plants take in nutrients * Animals get Nitrogen from plants

28. Nitrogen Cycle http://www.ucar.edu/news/backgrounders/nitrogen.shtml INTERNET ANIMATION 3: Cycle

29. Nitrogen Cycle GAME LINK

30. Temperate Forest

32. Survival Zone: Foraging for food (not saved) Surviving Mountain Predators (not saved) Man vs. Wild: Bare Hands Fishing (not saved) Man vs. Wild: Larvae Lunch (not saved)