Document typical changes in development with childhood photos of students and parents. Study the placebo effect. Look at tissue slides. Ecology Unit Outline Big Ideas Ecosystems are in a constant state of change, much of which is predictable and cyclic. Living things and the physical environment interact with each other.
Human activities cause dramatic changes in the environment.
Living things have adaptations that allow them to survive in a specific range of certain physical conditions in their environment. Measuring, Identifying, Observing, Recording, Analyzing Field Observations Titration Researching Applying Models Presenting Writing Percent Increase Calculations Analyzing Charts and Graphs Objectives To gain a working definition of ecology. To heighten students' awareness of their environment. To understand landscape geology and its relationship to an area's ecology. To study local endangered species.