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MP #1 Signed Contracts and Course Descriptions. Complete Personal Environmental Survey.
9/3 read ch 1, complete questions 1-10 9/4 Env Advertisement - Who is advertizing what? 9/8 Complete CH 1 reading. Complete Georges Banks Fisheries assignment. --See Docs Page
CH 1 Exam Friday, Sept 11 9/14 Complete CH 3 Questions 3.1 9/21Read Ch 4 complete 4.1 questions 9/23 Ecotone 9/24 4.2 Questions
9/28 Read An Elephant Crackup (see docs page) 9/29 Complete Acorn Essay (22 min only!!!) and read Conservation for the People (class handout) 10/5 Global Population and the Nitrogen cycle 10/6 CH 5.1 questions CH 4-5.1 (Nitrogen, Phosphorous, Carbon, Sulfur cycles) Exam Thursday 10/8
10/9 Read Chapter 5 part 2 - pgs 95-109. Review Specific Heat lab. We will perform this Tues. 10/14 Question set 5.2 10/16 Read the remainder of Chapter 5 and complete the current event Assignemnt.
10/19 Surface ocean currents assignment 10/20 Read 505 -515 - Water Quality - We will be evaluating water quality on Friday afternoon. 10/21 Geology self-tutorial - ANyone who did not submit Permission slips today must put them in my box before school starts Friday morning. 10/22 Complete stream cleaner from class and Geology self-tutorial 10/23 Geology Self-tutorial - I expect you to have worked through pages 1-3 by Tuesday. The last page is optional. 10/26 CH 5 exam Wednesday 10/28 (Hydrologic cycle-atmosphere -geology. Be sure to include coriolos adn El Nino in your studies. Climate affects ecosystems and these both affect climate). 10/28 Read chapter 6. Group Project will be annonced in class Thurs. Have your groups of 3-4 ready.
11/2 Complete CH 6 Questions. They are due Wed in class. I will discuss Aquatic ecosystems, but will expect you to be up to speed--ready to ask supplemental questions. If you are unclear on how to respond to the wetland questions or feel you just need need more information, I STRONGLY suggest that you check out this EPA resource: http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/. --what,why, how...Wetlands will be discussed in numerous upcoming units as we discuss human interaction and regulation. 11/6 Read chapter 15 - Soils. Be sure you know the contents of chapter 6 - even the topics I did not review in class. You will have a CH 6 exam late next week (Friday) after presentations are completed. I will be giving notes on CH 15 between presentations. 11/9 Ch 15 Questions 1-7 (see docs page) 11/11Study for CH 6 Quiz. Complete the take home (discussion) questions for submission Friday. Selected questions will be graded and added to your quiz grade Friday. No, I will not tell you which ones they are. 1/13 Quiz tomorrow. Bring in your take home section questions. Be sure to review all sections of CH 6, including the case study segments featuring ecosystems and natural places we did not have he chance to discuss. We talked about a number of aquatic ecosystme which tied in nicely which the stream quality investigation we did at Indian Ledge. Be sure to review the effects of human activities on aquatic ecosystems and the tests commonly done to assess water quality. Finally, review your presentation notes. Know those biomes. 11/13 CH 6 MC Quiz - Including questions about natural place presentations. |