CLASS+CALENDAR+2017-2018

__** WEEK OF APRIL 23 **__ Practice Exam and FRQ
 * CLASS CALENDAR 2017-2018 **
 * Mon April 23 - Tues April 24 **


 * Wed April 25 **
 * Thurs April 26 **
 * Fri April 27 **

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 * Mon April 16 **
 * Tues April 17 **
 * Wed April 18 **
 * Thurs April 19 **
 * Fri April 20 **

__** WEEK OF APRIL 9 **__ Read a chapter from the book __Sapiens__ followed by a discussion
 * Mon April 9 **

Exam review booklet (copies made) "Fundamentals of Environmental Science" Multiple choice, math problems, FRQ
 * Tues April 10 - Wed April 11 **

Exam review booklet (copies made) "Introduction to the Living World" Multiple choice and FRQ
 * Thurs April 12 - **** Fri April 13 **

Google Classroom Review - practice tests - environmental law flashcards - math review
 * SPRING BREAK **
 * SPRING BREAK **

The Devastating Effects of Gold Mining https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wq0p5tnFnWs
 * WEEK OF MARCH 26 **
 * MINERALS AND MINING RESOURCES **



Berkeley Pit in Butte, Montana [] Jared Diamond talk - Collapse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IESYMFtLIis

Renewable energy Assignment on Google Classroom Create infographic and present
 * WEEK OF MARCH 19 **


 * WEEK OF MARCH 12 **



How fracking works - 3D animation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFUxq9UolN4 Pro-fracking viewpoint https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qm7e553S7fg Gasland, the movie http://www.gaslandthemovie.com/whats-fracking Hearing on fracking https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0HL4L6Pa-4 Light your water on fire https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LBjSXWQRV8
 * CONVENTIONAL ENERGY RESOURCES **
 * Hydraulic fracturing **

300 Years of Fossil Fuels in 300 seconds [] Ocean pollution and climate change [] Looking for oil and gas [|http://www.sjvgeology.org/oil/exploration.html#wildcat] The Challenges Facing Arctic Pipelines []
 * Oil **

Coal Mining - the most dangerous job in the world https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCsAI6ItU60 Mountaintop removal coal mining http://ilovemountains.org/resources Video - Earth, The Operator's Manual [] Oil and Natural Gas Formation PPT Coal - How it forms and how it's mined [] Energy Resources from the Earth Deepwater Horizon blowout (animation) [] A Return to the coast five years later [] Basic layout of a nuclear power plant [] Nuclear Power simulator (on laptops) [] How a power grid works - infographic [] How the electricity grid works [|https://www.ucsusa.org/clean-energy/how-electricity-grid-works#.WpmuShPwZQJ] [] Power grid simulator (students on laptops) [] Instructions for how to use power grid simulator (hard copies made available) [] DOCUMENTARY: KILOWATT OURS []
 * Coal **

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===================================================================== __** WEEK OF MARCH 5 **__ Two Practice FRQs - check your work with key and bring to class on Wednesday
 * Mon March 5 **

NOAA book: A Good Catch. Accompanying question sheet
 * Tues March 6 **

The Curse of the Bradford Pear https://www.citizen-times.com/story/life/2016/03/21/curse-bradford-pear/82070210/ Las Vegas's Changing Landscape https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv1zd23f-E0 U.S. largest reservoir drops to historic lows https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yk_KIN3_C0M Engineers Dig Deep for Water https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_NQQmUUFQw
 * Wed March 7 **

Groundwater slideshow

Offshore drilling comments Complete questions from "A Good Catch" Discuss FRQ questions
 * Thurs March 8 **

David Sedlak - Civil and environmental engineer Four Ways we can avoid a catastrophic drought https://www.ted.com/talks/david_sedlak_4_ways_we_can_avoid_a_catastrophic_drought What's in the Water? (slideshow) []
 * Fri March 9 **

Off-shore drilling https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/oceana-analysis-offshore-drilling-trump_us_5a9f328ae4b002df2c5ea246 Public comments

__** =============================================== **__ __** WEEK OF FEB 26 **__ "The Bounding Main" from the book: A Short History of Nearly Everything https://erenow.com/common/shorthistory/20.html
 * Mon Feb 26 **

TED Talk - How Pollution is Changing the Ocean's Chemistry https://www.ted.com/talks/triona_mcgrath_how_pollution_is_changing_the_ocean_s_chemistry Ocean Acidification https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/co2/story/Ocean+Acidification
 * Tues Feb 27 **



Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone https://serc.carleton.edu/microbelife/topics/deadzone/index.html Thermohaline ocean circulation [] Textbook powerpoint - focus on ocean pollution and fisheries

Barrier Islands []
 * Wed Feb 28 **

Film: Ribbon of Sand (about Cape Lookout National Seashore and narrated by Meryl Streep)

NC COAST GOOGLE MAP Examine each of the following locations on the NC coast and evaluate whether development is sustainable ACT Day
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 * Thurs Mar 1 **

Animation: How deep is the Ocean? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwVNkfCov1k Barrier Islands https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFqE9FYSe4A Sea level rise in North Carolina https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2WYvH_VcaI Impacts of El Nino and benefits of El Nino prediction [|http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tao/elnino/impacts.html#part3]
 * Fri Mar 2 **

Notes handed out



NOAA - National Climatic Data Center - Global Hazards [] National Geographic - Sea Level Rise [] NOAA Climate.gov - Viewing Sea-level Rise [] NOAA Climate,gov - Heavy Downpours More Intense, Frequent in a Warmer World [] NOAA slide show on ocean currents []
 * __ Ocean Resources __**

BARRIER ISLANDS [] [] []

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 * __ WEEK OF FEB 20 __**
 * Tues Feb 20 **

NOAA Paleoclimatology slide sets [] Lake Bonneville flood [] TED Talk: What Can save the Rainforest - Your Used Cell Phone (Topher White) https://www.ted.com/talks/topher_white_what_can_save_the_rainforest_your_used_cell_phone
 * Wed Feb 21 **

[] National Geographic - Sea-level Rise [] NOAA Climate.gov - Viewing Sea-level Rise []
 * Thurs Feb 22 **
 * TED Talk: James Balog - Extreme Ice **

Chapter 18 slide show

Discussion on "Rotten Ice" article
 * Fri Feb 23 **

Maldives slideshow (accompany case study) [] [] [|http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/edu/learning/8_ocean_currents/ocean_currents.html#slide] []
 * Climate and Paleoclimate Resources **
 * NOAA slide show on ocean currents - Student notes provided **
 * El Nino 2014 **

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 * BBC Documentary - Melting ice **
 * TED Talk: James Balog - Extreme Ice **

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 * __ WEEK OF FEB 12 __**
 * Mon Feb 12 **

Air Quality: A Tale of Three Cities []
 * Tues Feb 13 **

Save Smog City [] Work on Air Pollution web assignment (on GC)
 * Wed Feb 14 **

Coal Combustion and Acid Rain [] CRASH COURSE - INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhL5DCizj5c
 * Thurs Feb 15 **

DOCUMENTARY: KILOWATT OURS []
 * Fri Feb 16 **

EPA Criteria of Air Pollutants https://www.epa.gov/criteria-air-pollutants Air Pollution article (HuffPost) @https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/air-pollution-is-killing-millions-around-the-globe-each-year_us_5a1ed396e4b017a311eb9c5f?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009 Air Pollution chemical formulas http://home.lcusd.net/lchs/mewoldsen/Formulas.htm CITIES OF SMOG - HISTORY OF AIR POLLUTION https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYakRqOcjvI
 * Air Pollution resources **

Ideas from the field trip that may be considered for the new facility?
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 * __ WEEK OF FEB 5 __**
 * Mon Feb 5 **

HuffPost article: What happens when one of the world's biggest cities doesn't recycle? https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/shanghai-informal-recyclers_us_5a537b92e4b0efe47ebadf88?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009

TED Talk: Captain Charles Moore on the "Seas of Plastic" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7K-nq0xkWY


 * Tues Feb 6 **

TED Talk: Boyan Slat - Ocean cleanup []

Tutorial on Earth-Sun relations []

Earth orbiting Sun and the seasons' animation [] Start the animation and observe how and why the seasons change as the Earth orbits the Sun.

Milankovitch cycles []

Lunar phase interactive [|http://highered.mheducation.com/sites/007299181x/student_view0/chapter2/lunar_phases_interactive.html#]

Weather Lectures
 * Wed Feb 7 - Thurs Feb 8 **

Local forecast by "City, St." (upper left corner of page) [] Daily Weather Map (get maps from previous days) [] Weather Underground - Current conditions and forecast maps [] Animated weather map []

Survey of Meteorology [] Sky surfing! []

Environmental Contamination Lab
 * Fri Feb 9 **


 * WEATHER AND CLIMATE RESOURCES**

Tutorial on Earth-Sun relations [] Earth orbiting Sun and the seasons animation [] Milankovich cycles [] Lunar phase interactive [|http://highered.mheducation.com/sites/007299181x/student_view0/chapter2/lunar_phases_interactive.html#]

Ozzy Ozone animation [] Survey of Meteorology [] Sky surfing! []

Ocean Currents and El Nino

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NOAA Slide Show on Ocean Currents

Environmental Pollutants Quiz
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 * __ WEEK OF JAN 29 __**
 * Mon Jan 29 **

Ch 13 powerpoint

Urban Sprawl http://www.everythingconnects.org/urban-sprawl.html

Challenge: Create a Facebook page informing others about recycling and hazardous waste disposal Alamance County https://www.alamance-nc.com/landfill/ Orange County http://www.orangecountync.gov/departments/solid_waste_management/index.php Chatham County http://www.chathamnc.org/services/solid-waste-recycling Durham County
 * Tues Jan 30 **
 * So****lid Waste investigation by counties**

Waste Management
 * Wed Jan 31 **

The Story of Stuff (list of movies offered) https://storyofstuff.org/movies/


 * Thurs Feb 1 **

Field Trip
 * Fri Feb 2 **

//**SOIL CONTAMINATION LAB ON MONDAY**//
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Cradle to Cradle chapter discussion
 * __ WEEK OF JAN 23 __**
 * Tues Jan 23 **

Environmental Ethics Videos
 * Wed Jan 24 **

Belle Mere Island
 * Thurs Jan 25 **

Belle Mere Island
 * Fri Jan 26 **

__STUDY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS QUIZ ON MONDAY__

QUIZ ON CHAPTER 14 GROUP ACTIVITY Chapters 1-4 of the book Cradle to Cradle assigned; one chapter per small group Read and discuss among group members; each group will teach the class about their chapter
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 * __ WEEK OF JAN 14 __**
 * Tues Jan 14 **


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 * __ WEEKS OF JAN 2 AND JAN 8 __**
 * Tues Jan 2 **


 * Wed Jan 3 **


 * Thurs Jan 4 - SNOW DAY **


 * Fri Jan 5 - SNOW DAY **


 * Mon Jan 8 **


 * Tues Jan 9 **


 * Wed Jan 10 **

Chapter 14 Quizlet https://quizlet.com/class/195932/
 * Thurs Jan 11 **
 * Chapter 14 Review**

Cradle to Cradle - William McDonnough TED Talk https://www.ted.com/talks/william_mcdonough_on_cradle_to_cradle_design
 * Fri Jan 12 **

GROUP ACTIVITY Chapters 1-4 of the book Cradle to Cradle assigned; one chapter per small group Read and discuss among group members; each group will teach the class about their chapter


 * QUIZ ON CHAPTER 14 ON TUESDAY**



- Chapters 6 & 7 study guides - Environmental ethics video project
 * WINTER BREAK ASSIGNMENTS **
 * Check Google Classroom **

- Online practice quiz - Chapter 6 http://wps.aw.com/bc_withgott_enviro_4_oa/178/45816/11729108.cw/index.html - Environmental Ethics Quizlet https://quizlet.com/13007427/ch-2-ap-environmental-science-ethics-and-economics-values-and-choices-flash-cards/ - Online practice quiz - Chapter 7 http://wps.aw.com/bc_withgott_enviro_4_oa/178/45816/11729147.cw/index.html - Environmental Policy Quizlet https://quizlet.com/13013029/ch-3-ap-environmental-science-policy-decision-making-and-problem-solving-flash-cards/

- Online practice quiz - Chapter 13 http://wps.aw.com/bc_withgott_enviro_4_oa/178/45817/11729381.cw/index.html - Urbanization/Livable Cities Quizlet https://quizlet.com/13162031/ch-13-ap-environmental-science-urbanization-and-creating-livable-cities-flash-cards/ - Online practice quiz - Chapter 14 http://wps.aw.com/bc_withgott_enviro_4_oa/178/45818/11729420.cw/index.html - Environmental Health and Toxicology Quizlet https://quizlet.com/13162342/ch-14-ap-environmental-science-environmental-health-and-toxicology-flash-cards/ - Online practice quiz - Chapter 22 http://wps.aw.com/bc_withgott_enviro_4_oa/178/45819/11729732.cw/index.html - Waste Management Quizlet https://quizlet.com/13176213/ch-22-ap-environmental-science-waste-management-flash-cards/
 * LOOKING AHEAD - THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT (Ch. 13, 14 & 22) **

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============================================================================= Guest presenter: Ross of Left Bank Butchery - Sustainable agriculture
 * __ WEEK OF DEC 11 __ **
 * MON DEC 11 **

Ch 12 powerpoint
 * TUES DEC 12 **

NASA - A Year in the Life of Earth's Carbon Dioxide https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1SgmFa0r04

Guest presenter: Lauren Munach - Bees and beekeeping
 * WED DEC 13 **

Discussion of Net Neutality issue and calls to Congressmen Guest presenter - Rio Tazewell
 * THURS DEC 14 **

FRQ - Fire Suppression
 * FRI DEC 15 **



Endangered species and invasive species Research and presentations
 * __ WEEK OF DEC 4 __ **
 * MON DEC 4 - THURS **** DEC 7 **

Ch. 9 - Soil and Agriculture http://wps.aw.com/bc_withgott_enviro_4_oa/178/45817/11729225.cw/index.html Ch. 10 - Agriculture, Biotechnology and the Future of Food http://wps.aw.com/bc_withgott_enviro_4_oa/178/45817/11729303.cw/index.html Ch. 11 - Biodiversity http://wps.aw.com/bc_withgott_enviro_4_oa/178/45817/11729303.cw/index.html Ch. 12 - Forests, Forest Management, and Protected Areas http://wps.aw.com/bc_withgott_enviro_4_oa/178/45817/11729342.cw/index.html
 * FRI DEC 8 **
 * Online Practice Quizzes **

Ch. 9 - Soil and Agriculture https://quizlet.com/13053143/ch-9-ap-environmental-science-soil-and-agriculture-flash-cards/ Ch. 10 - Agriculture, Biodiversity and the Future of Food https://quizlet.com/13053619/ch-10-ap-environmental-science-agriculture-biotechnology-and-the-future-of-food-flash-cards/ Ch. 11 - Biodiversity https://quizlet.com/13058059/ch-11-ap-environmental-science-biodiversity-and-conservation-biology-flash-cards/ Ch. 12 - Forests, Forest Management, and Protected Areas https://quizlet.com/13058743/ch-12-ap-environmental-science-resource-management-forestry-land-use-and-protected-areas-flash-cards/
 * Quizlets for each chapter **

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 * __ WEEK OF NOV 27 __ **
 * MON NOV 27 **
 * Class discussion - ** __Food, Inc__. and __Dirt__ Questions on Google Classroom

Cesar Chavez - A Person Who Made a Difference
 * TUES NOV 28 **

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zB1ySI4I3sA

Chapter 10 Powerpoint

Case study: "Of Silt and Ancient Voices: Water and the Zuni Land and People http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/files/zuni.pdf
 * WED NOV 29 - THURS NOV 30 **

A - Anthropologist - Anna, Emily, Marilla, Patrick, Meghan B - Soil Scientist - Carson, Ben, Beyla, Cricket, Aurora C - Economist/Policy Analyst - Victoria, Davis, Charles, Sophie
 * EXPERT WITNESSES**


 * FRI DEC 1 **



__** THANKSGIVING BREAK ASSIGNMENTS: **__ __** Chapter 9 (Soils) take home paper test **__ __** Chapters 10-12 Google Classroom reading guide **__ __** Dirt - The Movie Google Classroom assignment **__ __** Prepare to discuss questions about Food, Inc. **__ __** ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS RE-TEST - FRI DEC 1 **__

__FRQ - Population__ __Begin work on Google Classroom assignment - Ch 10-12 reading guide__
 * WEEK OF NOV 13 **

__** TUES NOV 14 - **** WED NOV 15 **__ __ Movie: Food, Inc. __

__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56vZ1WvfxOM__ __See Google Classroom for discussion questions.__

__ HOMEWORK: Soil textural triangle worksheet DUE THURS. __

__** THURS NOV 16 **__ __Hawbridge Science Fair__

__** FRI NOV 17 **__ __BOOK DISCUSSION - ISHMAEL__

__** MON NOV 6 **__ __Populations (Ch. 8) Quiz__
 * WEEK OF NOV 6 **
 * WEEK OF NOV 6 **

__** TUES NOV 7 **__ __** Soils Overview (notes) **__ __ [] __ __** Soil Triangle practice (worksheet) **__ __ [] __ __** Alamance County Soil Survey **__ __https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MANUSCRIPTS/north_carolina/alamanceNC1960/text.pdf__



__** WED NOV 8 - THURS NOV 9 **__

__ GROUP ACTIVITY: SOIL ORDER POSTER __ __ Following links will assist with the poster __ __** Soil Horizons **__ __ [] __ __** Soil Orders Poster Activity **__ __ [] __ __ [] __

__ Soil order posters hung around room and hallway. Students took notes on each poster __

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 * WEEK OF OCT 3O __**

On google classroom - Due Fri Nov 3
 * MON OCT 30 **
 * HOMEWORK: CHAPTER 8 READING GUIDE **

Freakonomics segment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zk6gOeggViw

Populations textbook powerpoint

Ch. 8 online textbook quiz - try this at home http://wps.aw.com/bc_withgott_enviro_4_oa/178/45817/11729186.cw/index.html

ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS QUIZLET https://quizlet.com/99315549/apes-environmental-laws-and-treaties-vocabulary-flash-cards/

Environmental Laws Quiz Biodiversity Investigation
 * TUES OCT 31 **


 * WED NOV 1 **

What is a T-test? []


 * THURS NOV 2 - FRI NOV 3 **

Parking Lot Diversity investigation

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=================================================================== Long-term: Read __Ishmael__ and answer questions. Prepare for seminar just before Thanksgiving break https://archive.org/details/DanielQuinnMyIshmael Short term: Worksheet packet on biogeochemical cycles **DUE: FRI OCT 27**
 * __ WEEK OF OCT 16 __ **
 * HOMEWORK:**
 * Environmental Laws quiz - MON OCT 30**

Went over Chapters 4 & 5 take-home
 * Mon Oct 23 **

Does the Matrix matter? (Case Study about bird fragmentation) http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/files/matrix.pdf
 * Tues Oct 24 **

Haw River macroinvertebrate inquiry
 * Wed Oct 25 **

Population Pyramids activity
 * Thurs Oct 26 **

Populations textbook powerpoint
 * Fri Oct 27 **

Chapter 5 presentations
 * __ WEEK OF OCT 16 __ **
 * Mon Oct 16 - Tues Oct 17 **
 * Mon Oct 16 - Tues Oct 17 **

Research and develop presentation on an assigned topic from Chapter 5
 * __ WEEK OF OCT 9 __ **
 * MON OCT 9 - THURS OCT 13 **
 * MON OCT 9 - THURS OCT 13 **

Chapter 5 presentations
 * FRI OCT 13 **
 * __ WEEK OF OCT 2 __ **
 * CHAPTER 4 TEST - THURS OCT 12 **
 * STUDY ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS FOR MATCHING QUIZ ON MON OCT 16 **
 * STUDY ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS FOR MATCHING QUIZ ON MON OCT 16 **

Chapter 4 textbook powerpoint Species Interactions and Community Ecology

Crash Course - Ecology https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZKIHe2LDP8&list=PLF7DgS63tpAUR0t5o-oxf9sFQ2VZsr3Ik&index=3
 * MON OCT 2 **




 * TUES OCT 3 **

Primary succession []

Planet Earth - Pole to Pole

CHAPTER 3 TEST
 * WED OCT 4 **

Science behind the stories

Group 1 - Determining zebra mussels impact on fishing communities

Group 2 - Otters, urchins, kelp and a whale of a chain reaction

Seminar on Science Behind Stories topics
 * THURS OCT 5 **


 * FRI OCT 6 **


 * __ WEEK OF SEPT 26 __**
 * MON SEPT 26 - **
 * MON SEPT 26 - **


 * TUES SEPT 27 - WED SEPT 28 **







What Darwin Never Knew

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ov00SrBwjKQ

Take notes in composition notebook

"Darwin's Dangerous Idea" []

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=YnZzZC5vcmd8bmF0aGFuLWhvYmJzfGd4OjJiNGJiMDAyYjhiNWE1Mzc
 * POWERPOINT FOR EVOLUTION, BIODIVERSITY AND POPULATION ECOLOGY **

How 100 years of breeding changed these popular dog breeds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgpBwnMBfBw

Modeling the Natural Selection of Forkies Lab
 * THURS SEPT 29 **


 * FRI SEPT 30 **
 * Day off **


 * CHAPTER 3 - EVOLUTION TEST ON WED. OCT 4 **


 * __ WEEK OF SEPT 18 __**
 * __ WEEK OF SEPT 18 __**

//** EXTRA RESOURCES FOR CHAPTER 2 TEST **// Positive and negative feedback loops []


 * MON SEPT 18 **
 * TEST ON CHAPTER 2 **

Seminar on Collapsed Societies: - Mayans - Anasazi - Vikings
 * TUES SEPT 19 **

FRQ Practice (2008 - question 34) HOMEWORK: FRQ PRACTICE (2008 - question #3) - DUE TUES SEPT 26
 * WED SEPT 20 **

Go Fish activity
 * THURS SEPT 21 **


 * FRI SEPT 22 **

__**=========================================================================**__ __** WEEK OF SEPT 11 **__ PREPARE FOR CHAPTER 2 TEST ON MON SEPT 18 READING GUIDE DUE: WED SEPT 13

APPALACHIAN GEOLOGY ON GOOGLE CLASSROOM DUE: WED SEPT 13

COLLAPSE DISCUSSION (Maya, Anasazi and Vikings) - Tues Sept 19

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT - DUE FRI SEPT 15 Here is the file for the written assignment I'll provide a hard copy in class
 * Carbon Footprint Web Quest **

Here is the web page with the instructions []

Changes to some of the links on this site: STEP ONE - Link works fine STEP TWO - [] STEP THREE - CARBON FOOTPRINT CALCULATOR [] []

1. Outstanding landscapes - how they formed http://rgreenbergscience.wikispaces.com/WEATHERING%2C+EROSION+AND+DEPOSITION
 * MON SEPT 11 **


 * TUES SEPT 12 **

Review of basic chemistry, the molecules of life, and the early earth // *** note that the chapter numbers for the power points do not match those in the textbook. The power points are from the 3rd edition and you are using the 4th edition. The chapter numbers are not the same, however, the material is.** //

History of the Earth in 5 1/2 minutes []

BBC - History of Life on Earth []

WED SEPT 13
 * Appalachian Geology assignment due **
 * Chapter 2 reading guide is due **

Dynamic Earth https://www.learner.org/interactives/dynamicearth/index.html Plate Tectonic images - Appalachian Mountains http://rgreenbergscience.wikispaces.com/CLASS+CALENDAR+HONORS+EARTH+2013-2014

Investigation of minerals and rocks from my collection

THURS SEPT 14 1. Parts per million lab 2. Textbook Reading and discussion: The Anthropocene PREP FOR CLASS DEBATE - WHEN DID THE ANTHROPOCENE BEGIN? 1 - Beginning of farming - 5000-4000 BC 2 - Exploration and conquering - 1400s-1500 3 - Industrial Revolution - 1800 4 - Post WW2 Boom - 1945

FRI SEPT 15 CLASS DEBATE - WHEN DID THE ANTHROPOCENE BEGIN? Continue discussion (from 8/30) on Natural and human-made disasters

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 * __ WEEK OF SEPT 5 __**

// HOMEWORK: START ON STUDY GUIDE FOR CHAPTER 2 // // UPLOADED TO GOOGLE CLASSROOM //

TUES SEPT 5
 * REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC METHOD AND ANALYZING EXPERIMENTS**

WED SEPT 6 Test on Chapters 1 & 24.


 * https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf_lQ41-ky9037ijdxskK3mjROxZxLVMrp1T7VpqKyabbPPlA/viewform**






 * This powerpoint will help you review the scientific method**

WED SEPT 6 - THURS SEPT 7
 * Images of Appalachian geology **
 * http://rgreenbergscience.wikispaces.com/APPALACHIAN+GEOLOGY **

// Appalachian Geology Investigation assignment (finish for homework if not completed in class by Thursday) //
 * Uploaded to Google Classroom for in-class work **
 * Here are the links to the videos you will need to watch to answer questions **


 * Appalachian Geology Part 1 **
 * @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpC31JbMY-A **
 * Appalachian Geology Part 2 **
 * @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSnrFld3EE8 **
 * Appalachian Geology Part 3 **
 * @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H72I_kVFbJM **
 * Appalachian Geology Part 4 **
 * @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeNlAIndO7s **
 * Appalachian Geology Part 5 **
 * @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NE_tDjhNwfA **

FRI SEPT 8 LANDSCAPES INTERPRETATION
 * Scroll through the images and think about what forces and conditions helped form the landscapes **
 * http://rgreenbergscience.wikispaces.com/WEATHERING%2C+EROSION+AND+DEPOSITION **

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 * MARK YOUR CALENDAR: CHAPTER 1 & 24 TEST - TUESDAY SEPT 5 **

MON AUG 28 THE EARTH'S SYSTEMS (OR SPHERES) INQUIRY




 * Each group (2-3) selects a card (on each card is a specific real natural disaster **
 * Use smart phones to find out about your selected natural disaster **
 * Use Earth Spheres template and come up with causes and effects due to the natural disaster **

TUES AUG 29
 * Earth spheres inquiry research**

WED AUG 30
 * Earth's spheres inquiry discussion**

THURS AUG 31- FRI SEPT 1
 * Review for test: Ch 1 & 24 **



NEXT WEEK **

Watch The Lorax (original version) []

Create Venn diagram comparing the Lorax with the Easter Island story

Read The Truax (illustrated story projected on to screen)






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__** WEEK OF AUG 21 **__ Partial solar eclipse
 * MON AUG 21 **

The Day They Parachuted Cats on Borneo []
 * TUES AUG 22 **

1. Class discussion on The Day They Parachuted Cats on Borneo 2. Video: How Wolves Change Rivers
 * WED AUG 23 **

HOMEWORK - Read the essay from Lives of a Cell entitled An Earnest Proposal (link below) and answer questions on the sheet handed out in class.


 * THURS AUG 24 - FRI AUG 25 **

1. Review questions from Earnest Proposal 2. We will watch David Attenborough's documentary on Easter Island (links below). Once finished, The book __ Collapse __ will be given to each group as a resource for a Google Classroom assignment

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 * Mystery of Easter Island **

History lesson - [] __** WEEK OF AUG 17 **__
 * THURS AUG 17 **

Tragedy of the Commons class discuss
 * FRI AUG 18 **