Ecology Doodle Notes UNIT Food Webs, Cycles, Populations, Ecological Succession

Beautifully illustrated Doodle Notes for your Ecology unit. Students love using Doodle Notes to review and understand concepts visually. Unique illustrations bring ecological processes to life for students. They cover an introduction to ecology, symbiotic relationships, food chains and food webs, ecosystems and biomes, population growth, and biogeochemical cycles – phew!

My Doodle Notes are super easy for you to use and save hours of time. They make differentiation effortless, with multiple versions to choose from. Answer key presentations are included, so you can reveal the answers one by one.

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Each set of Doodle Notes includes:

• Illustrated pages in the following versions:
  • Open response for higher challenge
  • Scaffolded with fill-in-the-blanks for support
  • Black and white, perfect for coloring in
  • Color versions for digital assignments
• A completed example for modeling
• An answer key presentation - Google Slides & PowerPoint options
• A quick start guide

Content covered in my Ecology Doodle Notes Unit:

• Introduction to Ecology: What ecology is and why it is important to study it; Characteristics of life; Biotic and abiotic factors in ecosystems - looking at the example of a pond ecosystem; Levels of ecological organization - organisms, populations, communities, ecosystems and the biosphere - looking at the example of a savannah ecosystem
  
• Symbiotic Relationships*: Definition of symbiotic relationships; descriptions and examples of mutualism, parasitism, and commensalism *Note, this set of Doodle Notes is provided as a bonus file and is not available separately in my store*
  
• Food Chains and Food Webs: Levels of food chains; Keywords: autotroph, heterotroph, producer, consumer, decomposer, predator, herbivore, carnivore, omnivore, apex predator; Energy pyramids - structure, trophic levels, 10% energy transfer rule; How energy is lost from one trophic level to the next; Construction of food webs; Impact of species loss on an ecosystem
  
• Ecosystems and Biomes: Keywords: habitat, niche, ecosystem, biomes; Biomes: location, climate, animals and vegetation found in each; Ecological succession: primary and secondary succession; Biodiversity: what is is, how it changes with distance from the equator, the importance of biodiversity; Types of species: keystone species, foundation species and invasive species - information and examples of each
  
• Population Growth: Definition of population; Importance of tracking population growth; Measurements of populations: population size, population density, population dispersion patterns; Types of population growth curves: logistic and exponential; Analyzing population growth curves; Human population growth; Limiting factors: density-dependent limiting factors and density-independent limiting factors; Types of competition: intraspecific and interspecific competition; Predator-prey cycles; Survivorship curves
  
• Biogeochemical Cycles: What biogeochemical cycles are; The Carbon cycle, Water Cycle, Nitrogen Cycle and Phosphorus Cycle; The importance of each element/nutrient to living organisms; The process of eutrophication

How do I use these Doodle Notes?

1. After checkout, you can immediately download the Doodle Notes
2. Then you’ll choose which version you want students to use
3. Simply print & copy one set of notes for each student
4. Let students work through the Doodle Notes independently, or complete together as a class by projecting a blank copy on your board
5. Present the answer key slides - students complete any remaining gaps in their notes

Benefits of my Doodle Notes:

• Low prep and easy for you to use
• Age appropriate - I create my own custom pictures
• Differentiation is easy, with multiple versions included
• They are rigorous and driven by content
• Visually stimulating - students LOVE them!

They can be used as a review, graphic organizer or note-taking activity, test prep lesson, worksheet alternative, sub plan, or homework assignment.

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