Ecology: Abiotic Factors Unit

 Areas of Focus within The Ecology: Abiotic Factors Unit -Abiotic Factors, Biotic
Factors, The Big 7 Abiotic Factors, Organisms Range of Tolerance, Light, How light
affects Organisms, Photosynthesis, Factors in the Environment that Affect the Amount
of Light, How Organisms Movements are affected by light, Bioluminescence, How
temperature affects organisms, Thermoregulation, Physiological Regulation, Behavioral
Regulation, Adaptation, Hypothermia, Hyperthermia, Warm-Bloodedness
(endothermy), Cold-Bloodedness, Hibernation / Torpor, Advantages of
Warm-Bloodedness, Disadvantages of Warm-Bloodedness, Advantages of
Cold-Bloodedness, Disadvantages of Cold-Bloodedness, Water, Water Requirements
and Plants, Adaptations of Plants and Water, Adaptations of Animals and Water, Wind,
Positives and Negatives of Wind to Organisms, How animals use Wind, How Plants
use Wind, Wind Dispersal, Water Dispersal, McArthur-Wilson Island Biogeography
Theory, Animal Seed Dispersal, Fire Ecology, Fire Dependence, Biogeochemical
Cycles, Water Cycle, Carbon Cycle, Photosynthesis, Cellular Respiration,
Oxygen-Carbon Dioxide Balance, Nitrogen Cycle, Phosphorus Cycle, Importance of
Phosphorus, Nutrients, Nutrient Pollution and Aquatic Systems, Eutrophification.  
Teaching Duration = 7 Weeks.    Difficulty rating of 6.5 (Ten is most difficult).