Teaching Schedule

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Teaching Schedule VCE Biology Unit 2 AOS 2 Dynamic Ecosystems
Outline: 8 Week term 3x75 minute periods per week
Week
 Leaning Focus
 Link to VCE study design
 Activities /Resources
1
 Components of ecosystems
 Communities of living organisms, ecological groupings, ecological niche.
2
 Relationships between organisms
 Feeding including parasite/host, predator/prey, of mutual benefit including mutualism and symbiosis
3
 Flow of energy
 Inputs and outputs of the system; productivity; trophic levels and trophic efficiency
4
 Cycling of matter
 Principle of exchange between living and non-living components of the ecosystem, including inputs and outputs; biogeochemical systems including those of water, carbon, oxygen, nitrogen; bioaccumulation
5
 Population dynamics
 Carrying capacity of ecosystems; factors affecting distribution and abundance of organisms including birth and death rates, migration
6
 Change to ecosystems over time
 – scope and intensity of regular and irregular natural changes; succession
– human activity and the sustainability of ecosystems
– historical practices of indigenous peoples and settlers
7
Techniques for monitoring and maintaining ecosystems.
 This includes one day spent at the Cranbourne Botanical Gardens
8
 Revision and Assessment