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Environmental Science. Spring 2014 Agendas. Environmental Science 1/8/14. REMIND101 Text to 706 434-8709 Period 1: @1d10e Period 4: @cd298 Period 5: @ed840. Intros Syllabus Find Someone Who…. To Get Textbook On-Line. Go to my.hrw.com Login: allper_stude
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Environmental Science Spring 2014 Agendas
Environmental Science 1/8/14 • REMIND101 • Text to 706 434-8709 Period 1: @1d10e Period 4: @cd298 Period 5: @ed840 • Intros • Syllabus • Find Someone Who…
To Get Textbook On-Line • Go to my.hrw.com • Login: allper_stude • Fill in the _ with your period number • Example: if you are in 4th period, your login would be allper4stude • Password: • Per 1: k8j6s • Per 4: p9s7b • Per 5: v2t7z KEEP TEXTBOOK AT SCHOOL; USE ON-LINE CODE AT HOME
Environmental Science T 2/25/14 Warm Up • Which uses infrastructure more efficiently, urban or rural development? Explain. Agenda • Ag. History video w/ notes (1/2 sheet) • Ch 14 Land Use Lecture HW: Ch 14 – ALL end of section Q’s (including critical thinking Q’s), + p. 397-8 #1-22 – due Thursday
Environmental Science M 2/24/14 TURN IN Ch 15 Food and Agriculture Notes WarmUp: • Read Barbara Kingsolver excerpt; take 10 notes in journal Test Returns TED talk on sustainable fishery (aquaculture) HW: Ch 14 – ALL end of section Q’s (including critical thinking Q’s), + p. 397-8 #1-22 – due Thursday
Environmental Science F 2/21/14 Warm Up • About how long does it take to naturally produce 1” of topsoil, on average? • Where does the soil go when it erodes? • Brainstorm methods of soil conservation at home AGENDA Complete China deforestation video notes Ch 15 – Agriculture and Feeding the World • Lecture • CW/HW: Complete Ch 15 Notes from book
Environmental Science Th 2/20/14 TURN IN LAND USE PROJECT All Warm Ups in your notebook from now on; take composition book home. Warm Up • What is arable land? • How much of the earth’s land surface is arable? • What is the biggest threat to arable land? • Compare/contrast rangeland/arable land. Earth apple: http://www.farmland.org/Flash/appleEarth.html Dust Bowl video clips China topsoil loss BRING TEXTBOOK TOMORROW
Environmental Science W 2/19/14 • Complete Land Use Project
Environmental Science F 2/7/14 Work on Land Use plan – to complete next Wednesday (after break) Turn in at end of class, done or not – NO EXCEPTIONS BRING TEXTBOOK MONDAY – NO PHONES WILL BE ALLOWED FOR TEXTBOOK.
Environmental Science Th 2/6/14 • Turn in Land Use webquest • Land Use project • Find 3 partners (groups of 3 or 4) • Sit together, facing the front of room • Open book to p 402-403 and begin reading • Wait for further instruction
Land Use Project pp 402-403 • Choose 3 other partners and sit together. • Read page 402-403 in text. • Complete top of rubric and get signed off for approval • Get map sheet. • Complete # 1-4 on p. 402 today. • Begin rough draft work on # 5 a-g. Also required on separate notebook paper: • A paragraph selling your town to prospective homeowners (this will be attached to your map at the bottom.) • Answer Q’s 1-5 on p. 403 • 1 acre = 209’ x 209’ (a little less than a football field) • Roads should be no wider than • Neighborhoods 1/10 wide • Connectors ¼ wide • Highways ½ - 1 wide
Environmental Science W 2/5/14 New Unit: Land Use and Agriculture Warm Up • What are some categories of land use in the US? • Who decides how to distribute the use of land? • Do you think this is a position without controversy? Explain. Land Use Webquest & health survey
Environmental Science T 2/4/14 • Staple & Turn in: • Study Guide, • “quiz” sheet, • Biodiversity Notes • Biodiversity test
Environmental Science M 2/3/14 • Biodiversity test postponed to tomorrow • Also due tomorrow: • Study Guide, “quiz” sheet, Biodiversity Notes Warm Up • Has the rate of extinction been steady throughout the planet’s evolution? Explain. • What is the #1 cause of today’s extinctions? • What is the rate difference of pre-human vs post-human extinctions?
Environmental Science T1/28/14 Stamp “Quiz” ws Warm Up • How can increasing diversity reduce the need for pesticides and herbicides? • Compare and contrast native and endemic. • What are the specific criteria for biodiversity hotspots? • What types of areas are critical to biodiversity? Review “Quiz” ws & answer Q’s on Study Guide BIODIVERSITY TEST TOMORROW Due tomorrow: Study Guide, “quiz” sheet, Biodiversity Notes.
Environmental Science M1/27/14 Turn in Shade Grown Coffee summary Warm Up • Have humans ID’d most of the species that exist? Explain. (see chart p. 259) • What types of organisms do most antibiotics come from? Other medicines? • Which government agency is in charge of ID’ing and maintaining lists of endangered species? CW/HW: Complete review sheet (due Wed) & Practice Quiz (due today) BIODIVERSITY TEST WEDNESDAY
Environmental Science F 1/24/14 • Complete biodiversity hotspot presentations • Shade Grown Coffee article • Future of Biodiversity lecture & ws • Bring textbook Monday Biodiversity Test Wednesday Ch 10
Environmental Science T 1/21/14 • Turn in electronic project • Biodiversity Hotspot Presentations
Environmental Science F 1/17/14 Warm Up • What is the most effective way to save the most species at once? Explain. • Biodiversity Hotspot project Q & A • Population video contest www.Worldof7Billion.org/student_video_contest. • Metro Water District HS Video Contest: FOG http://www.cleanwatercampaign.com/Educator/high-school-video-contest • Lecture: the future of biodiversity (10.3) Biodiversity Hotspot presentations begin Tuesday
Environmental Science W1/15/14 Warm Up • Explain two reasons why invasive species are so successful in new lands/waters. • List examples of invasives in the US. Biodiversity Hotspots • intro project • Media center MEET IN MEDIA CENTER TOMORROW
Environmental Science T1/14/14 • Stamp Biodiversity Notes: Ch 10 ws • Invasive Species: Cane Toads Video with notes
Environmental Science M1/13/14 • Turn in Monarch article Q’s • keystone species lecture/video clip In Journal (After Keystone species lecture) • Write the characteristics that can make a species a keystone species • Why is the otter considered a keystone species? CW: Wolf article – turn in HW: Complete Biodiversity Notes: Ch 10 ws
Environmental Science F 1/10/14 • No textbook needed – sorry • Turn in signed syllabus • Complete/Review Bird Migration activity ws WarmUp • What is the greatest threat to biodiversity? • http://www.npr.org/2014/01/10/261120968/when-big-carnivores-go-down-even-vegetarians-take-the-hit • Monarch butterflies article
Environmental Science 1/9/14 • Turn in syllabussignature sheet only Warm Up • What are the benefits of biodiversity? • List and describe the 3 types of biodiversity? • Which type is the most commonly discussed (default)? CW: Biodiversity game BRING TEXTBOOK TOMORROW