Hey, there! Wondering what all those acronyms mean?
HW/CW 1
You have been earning 2-4 points on your homeworks. You can look up your progress in the green folder by the homework board ... use your student number to find out what you have and have not gotten graded. Please bring anything you think might be a mistake to Ms. Levy's attention.
VLO
We will practice this week with writing evidence-based explanations, and you will have the opportunity to re-write your Violet Leaf Observation and get the entire packet back to Ms.Levy by Friday at 2:15.
Taxonomy Self-Study, Chapter 20 will now be due Thursday Oct 6
REXAC
now due Weds Oct 12
Convince an Alien that a candle is alive!
Use all 5 of the REXAC characteristics of life ...
-Responds to its environment
-utilizes Energy
-X: reproduces
-changes as it Ages
-made up of Cells
Sunday, October 2, 2016
Wednesday, September 28, 2016
Wednesday, July 27, 2016
Get ready for the 7th Annual Lake Wallace Cleanup!
Mark your calendars for the morning of Saturday, September 24, put on your grubbiest clothes and get ready to get dirty!
Ecomentors, in conjunction with UMass' Mass Impact 2016, will be conducting the cleanup inspired by the Connecticut River Watershed Councils' Source-to-Sea Cleanup. You'll be part of a cast of thousands up and down the Connecticut River putting in time, muscle-power and smiles to making the world a better place, one DD cup at a time!
Meet at the picnic tables by the lake on Foley Field at 8am, don some gloves (and maybe waders) and pick your mission. We'll be doing trash pickup along (and in) the edges of the lake, as well as trail maintenance along the loop trail.
CRWC is also holding a photo contest, so selfie-away ... the more mud the better!
and contact MsLevy to get on the roster and for more information llevy@belchertownps.org
Ecomentors, in conjunction with UMass' Mass Impact 2016, will be conducting the cleanup inspired by the Connecticut River Watershed Councils' Source-to-Sea Cleanup. You'll be part of a cast of thousands up and down the Connecticut River putting in time, muscle-power and smiles to making the world a better place, one DD cup at a time!
Meet at the picnic tables by the lake on Foley Field at 8am, don some gloves (and maybe waders) and pick your mission. We'll be doing trash pickup along (and in) the edges of the lake, as well as trail maintenance along the loop trail.
CRWC is also holding a photo contest, so selfie-away ... the more mud the better!
Hard Work, Real Fun, True Impact! (CRWC)
register at http://www.ctriver.org/projects/source-to-sea-cleanup/join-a-group/and contact MsLevy to get on the roster and for more information llevy@belchertownps.org
Monday, June 13, 2016
Prep for the Arthropods Unit Test
See the assignment with links to the pages on the Ecology page .... to the right
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
2014 - 2015 ... What a long winter!!
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| Doves in snow |
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| Downy and Carolina share ... sort of |
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| chipmunk tracks |
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| squirrel tracks |
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| Fox tracks ... notice the perfect "registration" on the straight-line tracks |
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| The Fox stopped to check something out under the shrub |
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| is it a squirrel or a meatloaf? |
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| vole tracks, revealed by the melt and, not surprisingly, when it came out to grab some seeds, it squeaked and ran back into the tunnels! |
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
BEST archive - Life prepares for Lasagna Gardening (Oct 2014)
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| collecting leaves and looking good |
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| End of Summer ... soooo sad |
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| Lots o' leaves! |
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| Lasagna'd and wrapped up for the winter |
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| Ok, ready for some serious composting over the winter! |
BEST archive - October 2014
Biology
explores Bean Bunny populations
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| Original Bean Bunny gene pool |
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| Hungry hawks eat their lunch |
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| ... after lunch |
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| Data: constrained proportions |
Sunday, March 22, 2015
Want to do something great/sustaining for beautiful Western Mass?
Vote for the Connecticut River Valley watershed! (it translates into better chances for our fish&wildlife representatives to win grants and project funding!)
http://www.10best.com/awards/travel/best-national-wildlife-refuge/silvio-o-conte-national-fish-and-wildlife-refuge/share/
You can vote for the refuge once a day, every day, until March 30th.
The River says, Thanks!!!
http://www.10best.com/awards/travel/best-national-wildlife-refuge/silvio-o-conte-national-fish-and-wildlife-refuge/share/
You can vote for the refuge once a day, every day, until March 30th.
The River says, Thanks!!!
Saturday, February 21, 2015
Ecology visiting Lake Wallace, October 2014
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| Ah, a field trip within walking distance ... |
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| have gear, will explore |
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| BHS students aren't the only ones exploring |
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| waders, they'll get you a lot closer to the action |
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| sure looks like he's walking on water, but not to worry ... he's on the submerged dock footing |
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| Fall color |
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| now that's one small caddisfly larva |
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| using the tangent gauge and artists' thumb to estimate tree height |
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| nothing quite like a game of knots to end off the trip! |
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| knot, unknotted |
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| the image is a bit blurry, but this is one of the more unusual dragonfly larvae |
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| The Hickory Tussock Moth caterpillar, in its natural environment and treated with respect |
BEST visits Lake Wallace, Sept 2014W
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| Yeah, gotta love New England in late Summer!! |
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| A limpet gets comfortable on a golf ball ... |
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| ... and decides it can share with a leech (see limpet as a "blemish" on the right side of the golf ball) |
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| ... we would love to know what this thing is! |
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| Exploration, data collection and appreciation |
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| We know the water's low when we can see the dock footing! |
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