Ecology B/C

Re: Ecology B/C

Postby amerikestrel on Sun Nov 01, 2009 10:00 pm

haedy909777 wrote:hey does anyone know any good web sties about biomes?

Go on soinc.org, they have tons of websites!
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Re: Ecology B/C

Postby Paradox21 on Mon Nov 02, 2009 12:10 am

amerikestrel wrote:I just thought of something: Does anyone think it odd that ecology is listed under "LIFE, PERSONAL & SOCIAL SCIENCE" on soinc.org? It seems like it would fit much better in "EARTH & SPACE SCIENCE".

Life, Personal and Social Science is just code for Biology. Ecology is the study of the interactions between living organisms and their interaction with the environment. You cover the topic in a biology class. It definitely belongs in the life science category of SO.
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Re: Ecology B/C

Postby amerikestrel on Mon Nov 02, 2009 4:09 pm

Paradox21 wrote:
amerikestrel wrote:I just thought of something: Does anyone think it odd that ecology is listed under "LIFE, PERSONAL & SOCIAL SCIENCE" on soinc.org? It seems like it would fit much better in "EARTH & SPACE SCIENCE".

Life, Personal and Social Science is just code for Biology. Ecology is the study of the interactions between living organisms and their interaction with the environment. You cover the topic in a biology class. It definitely belongs in the life science category of SO.

Oh, that makes sense.

I'm taking a tryout test in 5 minutes to see if I get onto my school's SO team. It's on ecology. I hope I don't forget anything important at the last minute.
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Re: Ecology B/C

Postby sweetcoop on Wed Nov 04, 2009 10:42 pm

I am actually glad that there is a page of notes even tho my schools "A" team will not use the notes. I remember three years ago my school almost took last place in this event.

Can anyone give me advice on teaching Ecology to the members on your team that are interested in the event.
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Re: Ecology B/C

Postby gneissisnice on Thu Nov 05, 2009 8:54 pm

sweetcoop wrote:I am actually glad that there is a page of notes even tho my schools "A" team will not use the notes. I remember three years ago my school almost took last place in this event.

Can anyone give me advice on teaching Ecology to the members on your team that are interested in the event.


You know, you dont get extra points for not using notes. Your A team should make notes anyway. It's always nice to have, even if they never use em. Try to convince them not to let foolish pride get in the way of winning.
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Re: Ecology B/C

Postby amerikestrel on Thu Nov 05, 2009 9:01 pm

gneissisnice wrote:
sweetcoop wrote:I am actually glad that there is a page of notes even tho my schools "A" team will not use the notes. I remember three years ago my school almost took last place in this event.

Can anyone give me advice on teaching Ecology to the members on your team that are interested in the event.


You know, you dont get extra points for not using notes. Your A team should make notes anyway. It's always nice to have, even if they never use em. Try to convince them not to let foolish pride get in the way of winning.

I agree. I always try to make the most of every resource that I can have.
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Re: Ecology B/C

Postby AlphaTauri on Thu Nov 05, 2009 9:02 pm

I have to agree with gneiss. Even the most prepared team can fail if they forget things on competition day. I would bring the note sheet anyways, even if they're not going to use it. Just as insurance, you know.

sweetcoop wrote:Can anyone give me advice on teaching Ecology to the members on your team that are interested in the event.
I would pretend that you're teaching a class and do it that way. I'd also get plenty of notes and problems/questions from the internet, so that the people who are interested can see what the event covers and what the questions would be like.
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Re: Ecology B/C

Postby sweetcoop on Thu Nov 05, 2009 9:05 pm

gneissisnice wrote:
sweetcoop wrote:I am actually glad that there is a page of notes even tho my schools "A" team will not use the notes. I remember three years ago my school almost took last place in this event.

Can anyone give me advice on teaching Ecology to the members on your team that are interested in the event.


You know, you dont get extra points for not using notes. Your A team should make notes anyway. It's always nice to have, even if they never use em. Try to convince them not to let foolish pride get in the way of winning.


well more than likely we will have notes prepared but i think i will let my partner in the event do the notes cause my page would be unhelpful. you are right tho saying that we won't use notes is foolish pride.
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Re: Ecology B/C

Postby sewforlife on Sat Nov 07, 2009 12:34 pm

AlphaTauri wrote:I have to agree with gneiss. Even the most prepared team can fail if they forget things on competition day. I would bring the note sheet anyways, even if they're not going to use it. Just as insurance, you know.

sweetcoop wrote:Can anyone give me advice on teaching Ecology to the members on your team that are interested in the event.
I would pretend that you're teaching a class and do it that way. I'd also get plenty of notes and problems/questions from the internet, so that the people who are interested can see what the event covers and what the questions would be like.


even if people say that ecology would be really easy with a notes sheet, doesn't mean they're gonna ignore it and not make one entirely, that's stupid.
also, sweetcoop, I think I would suggest finding good online powerpoints and teach like a teacher in bio class. make them take their own notes. and then test later.
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Re: Ecology B/C

Postby trajectoryroxs on Sat Nov 07, 2009 1:32 pm

Yeah but don't feed them the information, teach them a bit, then ask a simple question. Good luck.
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Re: Ecology B/C

Postby AlphaTauri on Sat Nov 07, 2009 1:58 pm

sewforlife wrote:also, sweetcoop, I think I would suggest finding good online powerpoints and teach like a teacher in bio class. make them take their own notes. and then test later.
Yes. Usually, but not all of the time, you can see how dedicated someone is by how much notes they take. If they aren't taking any, that means they either a) have a really, really good memory, b) already know what you're teaching them or c) aren't really that interested. Also, I would periodically make sure that they have some idea of what you're talking about because if none of them know, and you test them on it, you might have an issue.

My school doesn't assign events the way yours does, so feel free to listen to/ignore my comments as you see fit.
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Re: Ecology B/C

Postby sewforlife on Sat Nov 07, 2009 2:22 pm

AlphaTauri wrote:
sewforlife wrote:also, sweetcoop, I think I would suggest finding good online powerpoints and teach like a teacher in bio class. make them take their own notes. and then test later.
Yes. Usually, but not all of the time, you can see how dedicated someone is by how much notes they take. If they aren't taking any, that means they either a) have a really, really good memory, b) already know what you're teaching them or c) aren't really that interested. Also, I would periodically make sure that they have some idea of what you're talking about because if none of them know, and you test them on it, you might have an issue.

My school doesn't assign events the way yours does, so feel free to listen to/ignore my comments as you see fit.

my school is probably the only one on this whole site that does it the way we do.
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Re: Ecology B/C

Postby AlphaTauri on Sat Nov 07, 2009 3:18 pm

Oops. I wasn't very clear. I meant sweetcoop's school, not yours. Sorry for any confusion I may have caused.
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Re: Ecology B/C

Postby sweetcoop on Sat Nov 07, 2009 11:30 pm

AlphaTauri wrote:Oops. I wasn't very clear. I meant sweetcoop's school, not yours. Sorry for any confusion I may have caused.


At my school we choose the events that we wanted to do that teams were assigned for the people that wanted to do certian events.
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Re: Ecology B/C

Postby gyourkoshaven on Sat Nov 07, 2009 11:33 pm

Just made a grasslands section for the wiki. I'll continue. Try to keep the format if you'd like to edit as well.

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