Backyard ecosystem

Describe your backyard ecosystem.  Remember to include land (slope, flat, etc.),water, animals (yes, the yucky bugs are important,) plants, and climate.  Use the following labels:  cultures, g&he, geography,maps,ecosystem

Here is an example to get you started.....

My back yard has a very gradual slope and most of the water collects at the bottom. We don't have an irrigation system because we get plenty of water and if we don't we use our hose. In my yard we have many plants in our yard such as raspberries, black berries, strawberries, peas, beans, squash, and tomatoes. We also have many trees, our non-fruit bearing are a maple tree and about 30 arborvitae. Our fruit bearing trees are Asian pears and 2 persimmon trees. I don't have many animals at my house mainly just blue jays, robins, guarder snakes, squirrels, and little tiny birds I can't identify. One very special time we had a red tailed hawk in one of the persimmon trees. Sometimes on summer nights we can hear frog croaking in our back yard and occasionally we find them in our rain barrel. Our climate is Marine West Coast.

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Urbanization Reflection

This response should be your longest so far.....and will be your longest of the project.

Mentally go through your typical day and think of all the ways you use energy and how your life would be affected if you no longer had access to energy.  Specifically, how would your life change without access to energy?

Now, think about the population in your neighborhood.  What problems will increase if more people move into the Portland Metro area?  

Finally, think about the urbanization and population articles.  You read three and learned about one more.  Were there parts that surprised you?  Were there parts you didn't understand?  By 2050, the world is projected to have 10 billion people.  You will be approximately 50 years old (scary, I know)  What problems do you think the world will be facing with that many  people?

Your response should be around 2 paragraphs (10 or so sentences.)  Use standard Geography and the Human Experience labels.  Yes, an image would be nice....

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Environment Reflection

Now that you have researched and presented on how humans interact with their environment, please reflect on what you have learned.  You may include information from your two presentations on invasive species and environmental disasters.  Be specific when referring to places, plants, and environments.  Include a picture or two in your post.  Your post should be around two paragraphs (5-7 sentences each) long.  Use ghe, cultures, environment, presentations, learning, technology as your labels (tags)  In your reflection please include the following:

• How did using technology help you understand the problem/situation?
• Why do humans make changes to the environment?
• Are these changes justified?  Why or why not?
• How can a single change in the environment affect other aspects of the environment?
• How do you interact with your ecosystem or environment?  How do your actions affect your environment?

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Boundary Simulation Debrief

Please REPLY to this blog post.  DO NOT post to your own blogs.  In your reply, please answer the following questions as fully as you need to.  There is no limit to the length of your reply.

The following questions are about your role/feelings/participation in the boundary simulation activity you just completed.

1.  What was your group like?  Give a concrete example or two.
2.  What did YOU do to help your group achieve its goals?
3.  Is there any real life situation in the world today which reminds you of this activity?
4.  How did you feel during the activity?  Did you ever feel frustrated?  How do you feel about your group now?
5.  Was this activity helpful to you?  Why/Why not?

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7,000,000,000 and Counting

This response should be your longest so far.....and will be your longest of the project.

Mentally go through your typical day and think of all the ways you use energy and how your life would be affected if you no longer had access to energy.  Specifically, how would your life change without access to energy?

Now, think about the population in your neighborhood.  What problems will increase if more people move into the Portland Metro area?  

Finally, think about the article.  Were there parts that surprised you?  Were there parts you didn't understand?  By 2050, the world is projected to have 10 billion people.  You will be approximately 51 years old (scary, I know)  What problems do you think the world will be facing with that many  people?

Your response should be around 2 paragraphs (10 or so sentences.)  Use standard Geography and the Human Experience labels.  Yes, an image would be nice....

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