Holistic Assessment Journal
The holistic assessment is a journal that can be used as you type up your response to your Willamette Promise Lab.
All entries must be the work of the student, it must abide by the WP academic integrity and plagarism statement.
No direct citations, no copying of student work.
Diagrams and models may be recreated from existing sources; if the source is cited properly.
These will be checked by Mrs. Steinke prior to your holistic assessment. If any individual page is disqualified, it will be removed from your notebook prior to the holistic assessment. Make sure to have each page be physcially different (no front/back) or you may lose multiple resources.
All entries must be the work of the student, it must abide by the WP academic integrity and plagarism statement.
No direct citations, no copying of student work.
Diagrams and models may be recreated from existing sources; if the source is cited properly.
These will be checked by Mrs. Steinke prior to your holistic assessment. If any individual page is disqualified, it will be removed from your notebook prior to the holistic assessment. Make sure to have each page be physcially different (no front/back) or you may lose multiple resources.
Allowable content on Page 1:
You can create a food web, label all trophic levels, have an example of energy movement (with numbers). Provide a disruption and write a series of steps to evaluate the disruption. You can include example of direct and indirect influence.
Allowable content on Page 2:
You create a table or organizer that identifies all density dependent and density independent factors. including competition. Explicit explanation of competition (interspecific and intraspecific), including the competitive exclusion principle should be included.
Allowable content on Page 3:
You can create a graph showing logistical and exponential growth. You can show different factors that affect the carrying capacity of a popuation--including predator-prey relationships. Including population density (clumped, random, uniform) and adaptations and mechanisms that arise from direct competition (intra and interspecific)
Allowable content on Page 4:
Example of a keystone species and how the removal and reintroduction influenced both biodiversity and trophic cascade.
Explanation of the different ways resilience in a population is measured, species diversity and vs abundance.
Allowable content on Page 5
Detailed explanation of Yellowstone in three stages: Wolves, No Wolves, Reintroduction of Wolves
This is a summative piece in which you consoldiate key information from pages 1-4 in your holistic assessment.
You should be able to complete a food web, evaluate disruption, identify density dependent and independent factors germane to this case study, graph the population of wolves with at least 2 other species during this transistion. Identify the population density and distribution of wolves and the same species you graphed them with. Evaluation of the Wolf as a keystone species and specifically how the Yellowstone ecosystems biodiversity is affected by its presence and removal.
Allowable content on Page 6
Mt. St. Helens is a case study in how ecological succession works. Explain the physical and biological impact from the eruption and determine the necessary events and stages necessary for life to return to Mt. St. Helens since the eruption. Make sure to use key ideas from Pages 1-3 in your explanation.
Allowable content on Page 7
Humans are changing our environment and that change is having a direct effect on ecosystems. You may identify the direct and indirect ways humans use energy in a way that negatively affects the ecosystem.
Allowable content on Page 8
The presence of humans on Earth has altered the carbon dioxide in our atmosphere. From respiration to the extraction of carbon-rich sources from our planet and the burning of these fossil fuels, we have disrupted the carbon cycle. Explain the carbon cycle and how humans are removing carbon sinks and continually adding more carbon sources into our atmosphere.
Allowable content on Page 9
Humans consume resources, evaluate the type of renewable and non-renewable resources used by humans that impact the ecosystem and either pollute habitats or entirely destroy them.
Allowable content on Page 10
Identify the ways humans have impacted the climate that has lead to climate change. This includes population size, dietary choices, consumerism, globalism, fossil fuel dependence, industrialization of 3rd world countries and the evidence that supports humans are affecting the climate.
Allowable content on Page 11
Explain the anthroprocene era. What indicators/evidence are we observing that mass extinction on planet Earth may be imminent? Discuss cause/effect/mitigation of this problem.
Limits of your holistic assessment journal.
Page is loosely defined as a single or series of pages that all have the same page number. For example. Page 1 may actually be 3 physical pages but they are all labeled Page 1-1, Page 1-2 and Page 1-3.
Content from Midterm I will be used on the holistic assessment but that information is not allowable in your journal pages. This is an assessed skill. The use of key ideas from scientific methods, definition of life, classification, and evolution unit will be dependent on the prompt which you will not see until December. Misconceptions have been identified in the grade book on my Midterm I. You need to address any of these issue prior to starting our prompt, once the prompt is live--I cannot offer any more feedback or teach any further concepts.
Organization and staying current on your journal entries is important. I would encourage you to complete rough drafts of your journal entries and only put your final product in the journal when you feel like you can see how this information should be organized.
These journals are references for writing your paper. The inability to cite specific details as evidence will hinder the quality of your paper.
You can create a food web, label all trophic levels, have an example of energy movement (with numbers). Provide a disruption and write a series of steps to evaluate the disruption. You can include example of direct and indirect influence.
Allowable content on Page 2:
You create a table or organizer that identifies all density dependent and density independent factors. including competition. Explicit explanation of competition (interspecific and intraspecific), including the competitive exclusion principle should be included.
Allowable content on Page 3:
You can create a graph showing logistical and exponential growth. You can show different factors that affect the carrying capacity of a popuation--including predator-prey relationships. Including population density (clumped, random, uniform) and adaptations and mechanisms that arise from direct competition (intra and interspecific)
Allowable content on Page 4:
Example of a keystone species and how the removal and reintroduction influenced both biodiversity and trophic cascade.
Explanation of the different ways resilience in a population is measured, species diversity and vs abundance.
Allowable content on Page 5
Detailed explanation of Yellowstone in three stages: Wolves, No Wolves, Reintroduction of Wolves
This is a summative piece in which you consoldiate key information from pages 1-4 in your holistic assessment.
You should be able to complete a food web, evaluate disruption, identify density dependent and independent factors germane to this case study, graph the population of wolves with at least 2 other species during this transistion. Identify the population density and distribution of wolves and the same species you graphed them with. Evaluation of the Wolf as a keystone species and specifically how the Yellowstone ecosystems biodiversity is affected by its presence and removal.
Allowable content on Page 6
Mt. St. Helens is a case study in how ecological succession works. Explain the physical and biological impact from the eruption and determine the necessary events and stages necessary for life to return to Mt. St. Helens since the eruption. Make sure to use key ideas from Pages 1-3 in your explanation.
Allowable content on Page 7
Humans are changing our environment and that change is having a direct effect on ecosystems. You may identify the direct and indirect ways humans use energy in a way that negatively affects the ecosystem.
Allowable content on Page 8
The presence of humans on Earth has altered the carbon dioxide in our atmosphere. From respiration to the extraction of carbon-rich sources from our planet and the burning of these fossil fuels, we have disrupted the carbon cycle. Explain the carbon cycle and how humans are removing carbon sinks and continually adding more carbon sources into our atmosphere.
Allowable content on Page 9
Humans consume resources, evaluate the type of renewable and non-renewable resources used by humans that impact the ecosystem and either pollute habitats or entirely destroy them.
Allowable content on Page 10
Identify the ways humans have impacted the climate that has lead to climate change. This includes population size, dietary choices, consumerism, globalism, fossil fuel dependence, industrialization of 3rd world countries and the evidence that supports humans are affecting the climate.
Allowable content on Page 11
Explain the anthroprocene era. What indicators/evidence are we observing that mass extinction on planet Earth may be imminent? Discuss cause/effect/mitigation of this problem.
Limits of your holistic assessment journal.
Page is loosely defined as a single or series of pages that all have the same page number. For example. Page 1 may actually be 3 physical pages but they are all labeled Page 1-1, Page 1-2 and Page 1-3.
Content from Midterm I will be used on the holistic assessment but that information is not allowable in your journal pages. This is an assessed skill. The use of key ideas from scientific methods, definition of life, classification, and evolution unit will be dependent on the prompt which you will not see until December. Misconceptions have been identified in the grade book on my Midterm I. You need to address any of these issue prior to starting our prompt, once the prompt is live--I cannot offer any more feedback or teach any further concepts.
Organization and staying current on your journal entries is important. I would encourage you to complete rough drafts of your journal entries and only put your final product in the journal when you feel like you can see how this information should be organized.
These journals are references for writing your paper. The inability to cite specific details as evidence will hinder the quality of your paper.