Ecology
Division:Div C – High SchoolNC Essential Standards Alignment:Bio.2.1, Bio.2.2Event Rules:NoneEvent Score Sheet:NoneNational Event Page:HereRequired Materials:Students must bring something to write with.Clarifications:None
Description:
This event is typically done as either stations or as a sit down test, where all the stations have been copied into a test book. Teams will answer questions and be presented with information in the form of pictures, graphs, charts, written descriptions, etc. which they will the be asked to use science process skills to analyze (make calcuations, make hypotheses and predictions, create graphs or charts, etc). The topic for the 2018 tournament season is the ecology and biomes of North American deserts and grasslands.
Materials:
None
Scoring:
High score wins. Questions will have pre-assigned point values. Predetermined questions will be used to break ties.
Common Mistakes:
None
Recommendations:
None
Event Resources:
2017 Coaches Clinic Presentation
Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute – North American Biomes
Major Biomes of North America
Biomes of North America
Biomes Series
Rule of 70 and calculating growth in a population
Food Chain and Trophic Level lessons
Sample Events:
2017 National Test Example Div B
2017 National Test Example Div C
2010 Regional Event (Grasslands and Taiga)
2009 Regional Test (Desert and Grassslands)
Media:
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