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Welcome!. 1. Please put your name sign on your desk. 2. Please pass your completed safety contract to the front of your row. 3. Please get out your “Environmental Systems Guidelines” Thank you. Home Sweet Home: Houston!. Houston . Intersection of four ecological zones: Prairies Bayous

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  1. Welcome! 1. Please put your name sign on your desk. 2. Please pass your completed safety contract to the front of your row. 3. Please get out your “Environmental Systems Guidelines” Thank you.

  2. Home Sweet Home: Houston!

  3. Houston • Intersection of four ecological zones: • Prairies • Bayous • Forests • Galveston Bay • How did these areas shape the growth of Houston? Do they still matter today? Could they have brought your family to the area?

  4. Gulf Coastal Prairie/Katy Prairie

  5. Oak motts

  6. Piney woods –

  7. Red Cockaded Woodpecker

  8. We are the Bayou City!

  9. Buffalo Bayou

  10. We have many bayou systems!

  11. Galveston Bay

  12. Kemp’s ridley Sea Turtle

  13. Houston’s Ecoregions

  14. Dig deeper: 5 min • Read the handout about your ecosystem. • As you read, underline the distinguishing characteristics of the ecosystem. • When you are finished reading, color your ecosystem to show its location.

  15. With your shoulder partner: • Agree on the distinguishing characteristics –

  16. Compare/contrast • Work with another pair to fill in the Venn Diagram below the map.

  17. Homework: • Write your name on the sticky note now. Put it safely inside your notebook. • Tonight: • Write the year your family first came to Houston • Write why they came to Houston • Due tomorrow at the beginning of class.

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