Monday, May 21
Goals and Objectives
Name five primary air pollutants,and give sources for each.
Name the two major sources of air pollution in urban areas.
Describe the way in which smog forms.
Explain the way in which a thermal inversion traps air pollution.
Learning Activities or Instructional Strategies
Do Now: questions on Danora reading. 1. Boardworks presentation "Air Pollution" and answer iclicker questions on sources of air pollution. 2. Watch segments of Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth". 3. Discuss the relationship between personal values and environmental protection.
Assessments
CW: participation and iClicker responses
Tuesday, May 22
Goals and Objectives
Describe three possible short-term effects and long-term effects of air pollution on human health.
Explain what causes indoor air pollution and how it can be prevented.
Describe three human health problems caused by noise pollution.
Describe solutions to energy waste caused by light pollution.
Learning Activities or Instructional Strategies
Do Now: review questions 1.Take a quiz on notes from 5/22. 2. Take notes and answer iclicker questions on indoor polltuion, health effects of air pollution, noise and light pollution. 3. Watch segments of Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth".
Assessments
CW: do now (quiz) and participation and iClicker responses
Wednesday, May 23
Goals and Objectives
Describe three possible short-term effects and long-term effects of air pollution on human health.
Explain what causes indoor air pollution and how it can be prevented.
Describe three human health problems caused by noise pollution.
Describe solutions to energy waste caused by light pollution.
Learning Activities or Instructional Strategies
Do Now: review questions 1.Take a quiz on notes from 5/22. 2. Take notes and answer iclicker questions on indoor polltuion, health effects of air pollution, noise and light pollution. 3. Watch segments of Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth".
Assessments
CW: participation and iClicker responses
Thursday, May 24
Goals and Objectives
Describe three possible short-term effects and long-term effects of air pollution on human health.
Explain what causes indoor air pollution and how it can be prevented.
Describe three human health problems caused by noise pollution.
Describe solutions to energy waste caused by light pollution.
Learning Activities or Instructional Strategies
Do Now: review questions 1.Take a quiz on notes from 5/23. 2. Complete notes on light and noise pollution. 2. Watch segments of Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth" and answer questions/discuss video segment.
Assessments
CW: Do now (quiz) and participation and iClicker responses
Monday, May 14
Goals and Objectives
Identify patterns of global water use.
Explain how water is treated so that it can be used for drinking.
Identify how water is used in homes, in industry, and in agriculture.
Describe how dams and water diversion projects are used to manage freshwater resources.
Identify five ways that water can be conserved.
Learning Activities or Instructional Strategies
Do Now: Final exam review questions. 1. use iclickers to review prior and take notes on water use and management and answer questions. 2. activity: 20 minutes with questions "Tapped" exploring the consequences to aquatic ecosystems of use of bottled water and other plastic materials.
Assessments
CW: Do now: final exam review questions
HW: Watch the online slide show "Tracking our Water Footprint" http://www.cnbc.com/id/39156898?slide=1 - make a list of all of the items shown in the slide show and the amount of water used to produce them. Check-off the items you have in your house.
Tuesday, May 15
Goals and Objectives
Compare point-source pollution and nonpoint-source pollution.
Classify water pollutants by five types.
Explain why groundwater pollution is difficult to clean.
Describe the major sources of ocean pollution, and explain the effects of pollution on ecosystems.
Describe six major laws designed to improve water quality in the United States.
Learning Activities or Instructional Strategies
Do now: Review question water resources. 1. Boardworks: Water Pollution and take notes. 2. Use white boards to brainstorm sources of pollution that enter waterways. 3. Use iclickers to answer questions on water, water resources and water pollution.
Assessments
CW: iClicker responses
HW: Read Chpt 11.3 and answer 11.3 review questions 1 - 5, and begin working on the Chpt 11 test study guide, test Thursday, May 17.
Wednesday, May 16
Goals and Objectives
Compare point-source pollution and nonpoint-source pollution.
Classify water pollutants by five types.
Explain why groundwater pollution is difficult to clean.
Describe the major sources of ocean pollution, and explain the effects of pollution on ecosystems.
Describe six major laws designed to improve water quality in the United States.
Learning Activities or Instructional Strategies
Do now: Questions on Water pollution. 1. iClicker questions and students will take notes in preparation for lab activity. 2. Lab activity - cleaning up an oil spill. 3.Review and Discussion
Assessments
CW: iclicker and lab participation
HW: Complete the study guide for Chpt 11 test on Thursday, May 17
Thursday, May 17
Goals and Objectives
Compare point-source pollution and nonpoint-source pollution.
Classify water pollutants by five types.
Explain why groundwater pollution is difficult to clean.
Describe the major sources of ocean pollution, and explain the effects of pollution on ecosystems.
Describe six major laws designed to improve water quality in the United States.
Learning Activities or Instructional Strategies
Do now: study and prepare questions to ask in review. 1. Take the chpt 11 test. 2. Read article on air pollution in Danora, Pa and complete questions and/or puzzle.
Assessments
CW: test
HW: Danora Questions
Friday, May 18
Goals and Objectives
Name five primary air pollutants,and give sources for each.
Name the two major sources of air pollution in urban areas.
Describe the way in which smog forms.
Explain the way in which a thermal inversion traps air pollution.
Learning Activities or Instructional Strategies
Do Now: questions on Danora reading. 1. use white boards to brainstorm possible sources of air pollution. 2. Take notes and answer iclicker questions on sources of air pollution. 3. Watch segments of Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth".
Assessments
CW: participation and iClicker responses
HW: Chpt 12.1 review questions.
Monday, May 7
Goals and Objectives
Describe the diversity of species types on Earth, relating thedifference between known numbers and estimated numbers.
List and describe three levels of biodiversity.
Explain four ways in which biodiversity is important to ecosystems and humans.
Analyze the potential value of a single species.
Learning Activities or Instructional Strategies
Do now: answer quiz question on reading for today's case study. 1.complete the iClicker case study "You Poured it Where?" - casefocuses on the invasive aquarium strain of Caulerpa taxifolia. 2. Summarize theactivity.
Differentiation
Resources Provided
Assessments
CW: iClicker responses
HW: Complete the study guide.
Tuesday, May 8
Goals and Objectives
Describe the diversity of species types on Earth, relating thedifference between known numbers and estimated numbers.
List and describe three levels of biodiversity.
Explain four ways in which biodiversity is important to ecosystems and humans.
Analyze the potential value of a single species.
Learning Activities or Instructional Strategies
Do now: review question biodiversity. 1.Lab - examine freshwatermicroinvertebrates. 2. discuss importance of bottom of food chain organisms inmaintaining a stable ecosystem and discuss the importance of an abundance ofspecies in a foodweb. 3. iClicker quiz to identify organisms.
Differentiation
Resources Provided
Assessments
CW: drawings
HW: Complete study guide
Wednesday, May 9
Goals and Objectives
Describe the diversity of species types on Earth, relating thedifference between known numbers and estimated numbers.
List and describe three levels of biodiversity.
Explain four ways in which biodiversity is important to ecosystems and humans.
Analyze the potential value of a single species.
Learning Activities or Instructional Strategies
Do now: Study notes and prepare questions to be reviewed. 1.Review biodiversity. 2. Take test on Biodiversity.
Differentiation
Resources Provided
Assessments
CW: Test biodiversity.
HW: Reading and puzzle.
Thursday, May 10
Goals and Objectives
Describe the distribution of water resources.
Explain why fresh water is one of Earth's limited resources.
Describe the distribution of Earth's surface water.
Describe the relationship between groundwater and surface water in a watershed.
Learning Activities or Instructional Strategies
Do Now: Final exam review questions. 1. use iclickers to review prior knowledge of water resources and take notes and answer questions. 2.activity: properties of water. 3. discussion of properties of water and howthose properties affect water quality.
Differentiation
Resources Provided
Assessments
CW: Do now: final exam review questions
HW: The Ogallala Aquifer:An Underground Treasure
Friday, May 11
Goals and Objectives
Identify patterns of global water use.
Explain how water is treated so that it can be used for drinking.
Identify how water is used in homes, in industry, and in agriculture.
Describe how dams and water diversion projects are used to manage freshwaterresources.
Identify five ways that water can beconserved.
Learning Activities or Instructional Strategies
Do Now: Final exam review questions. 1. use iclickers to reviewprior and take notes and answer questions. 2. activity: 20 minutes withquestions "Tapped" exploring the consequences to aquatic ecosystemsof use of bottled water and other plastic materials.
Differentiation
Resources Provided
Assessments
CW: Do now: final exam review questions
HW: Standard test prep reading and questions (HSPA)
Monday, April 30
Goals and Objectives
2.1 Explain the process of evolution by natural selection.
2.2 Explain the concept of adaptation.
2.3 Describe the steps by which a population of organisms becomes resistant to
a chemical.
Learning Activities or Instructional Strategies
Do now: Study notes and prepare questions to be reviewed. 1. Review heredity, evolution through natural selection, and artifical selection. 2. Take test on Heredity, Evolution and Natural Selection.
Assessments
CW: Test Heredity, Evolution and Natural Selection
HW: Reading and puzzle
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Tuesday, May 1
Goals and Objectives
Describe the diversity of species types on Earth, relating the difference between known numbers and estimated numbers.
List and describe three levels of biodiversity.
Explain four ways in which biodiversity is important to ecosystems and humans.
Analyze the potential value of a single species.
Learning Activities or Instructional Strategies
Do now: answer questions based on reading assignment. 1. Take notes and answer iClicker questions on biodiversity. 2. Watch video. 3. Discuss potential problems with taking one species out of an ecosystem.
Assessments
CW: iClicker Questons
HW: Read handout from text on measures used to preserve biodiversity and answer multiple choice questions.
Wednesday, May 2
Goals and Objectives
Describe the diversity of species types on Earth, relating the difference between known numbers and estimated numbers.
List and describe three levels of biodiversity.
Explain four ways in which biodiversity is important to ecosystems and humans.
Analyze the potential value of a single species.
Learning Activities or Instructional Strategies
Do now: Answer questions from reading. 1. Activity determining the level of biodiversity in two different aquatic ecosystems. 2. Take notes and answer questions on biodiversity. 3. Take an iClicker quiz on Chpt 10.1 and 10.2.
Assessments
CW: Do now and iClicker Qs.
HW: Complete the reading and worksheet on biodiversity
Thursday, May 3
Goals and Objectives
Describe the diversity of species types on Earth, relating the difference between known numbers and estimated numbers.
List and describe three levels of biodiversity.
Explain four ways in which biodiversity is important to ecosystems and humans.
Analyze the potential value of a single species.
Learning Activities or Instructional Strategies
Do now: Calculate the diversity index given a set of data. 1. Use mini-laptops to complete a webquest on biodiversity and threats to biodiversity. 2. Discuss the exercise. 3. Review for assessment on 5/7.
Assessments
CW: Participation in webquest and completion of tasks
Friday, May 4
Extra help 7:15 Room 107Goals and Objectives
Describe the diversity of species types on Earth, relating the difference between known numbers and estimated numbers.
List and describe three levels of biodiversity.
Explain four ways in which biodiversity is important to ecosystems and humans.
Analyze the potential value of a single species.
Learning Activities or Instructional Strategies
Do now: answer quiz question on reading for today's case study. 1. complete the iClicker case study "You Poured it Where?" - case focuses on the invasive aquarium strain of Caulerpa taxifolia. 2. Summarize the activity.
Assessments
CW: iClicker responses
HW: Read the New York Times article "A Delicate Pacific Seaweed Is Now a Monster of the Deep" and read handout from text on invasive species with questions
Monday, April 24
Goals and Objectives
2.1 Explain the process of evolution by natural selection.
2.2 Explain the concept of adaptation.
2.3 Describe the steps by which a population of organisms becomes resistant to
a chemical.
Learning Activities or Instructional Strategies
Do now: When was Earth Day first celebrated? 1. Activity -"Recipe for a Trait". 2. Introduce concept of the gene, genotype,phenotype and natural selection using boardworks "Genetic Variation"and taking notes and answering iClicker questions.
HW Reading and questions on natural selection
Goals and Objectives
Describe the diversity of species types on Earth, relating the difference between known numbers and estimated numbers.
List and describe three levels of biodiversity.
Explain four ways in which biodiversity is important to ecosystems and humans.
Analyze the potential value of a single species.
Learning Activities or Instructional Strategies
Do now: answer quiz question on reading for today's case study. 1. complete the iClicker case study "You Poured it Where?" - case focuses on the invasive aquarium strain of Caulerpa taxifolia. 2. Summarize the activity.
Assessments
CW: iClicker responses
HW: Complete the study guide.
Tuesday, April 24
Goals and Objectives
2.1 Explain the process of evolution by natural selection.
2.2 Explain the concept of adaptation.
2.3 Describe the steps by which a population of organisms becomes resistant to
a chemical.
Learning Activities or Instructional Strategies
Do Now: Define terms "Gene"; genotype; phenotype;natural selection. 1. demonstrate probability of inherting genes from members within a population. 2. Take notes and answer questions on genes and heredity.3. Discuss the variation in traits and relate to "gene pool".
HW - Case Study: Darwin's Finches and questions.
Wednesday, April 25
Goals and Objectives
2.1 Explain the process of evolution by natural selection.
2.2 Explain the concept of adaptation.
2.3 Describe the steps by which a population of organisms becomes resistant to
a chemical.
Learning Activities or Instructional Strategies
Do now: Solve monohybrid cross. 1. Activity: use mini-laptops toinvestigate evolution and genetic change in a webquest. 2. Discuss the webquestand watch and discuss video clips that illustrate concepts explored inwebquest.
HW Reading and questions on topic of evo-devo
Thursday, April 26
Goals and Objectives
2.1 Explain the process of evolution by natural selection.
2.2 Explain the concept of adaptation.
2.3 Describe the steps by which a population of organisms becomes resistant to
a chemical.
Learning Activities or Instructional Strategies
Do now: Answer multiple choice questions on natural selection inrock pocket mouse populations. 1. Take notes on mutation and participate usingiClickers. 2. Activity- identify mutations in rock pocket mouse using moleculargenetics data. 3. Discuss the activity and extend idea to artifical selectionof favorable and unfavorable traits in domesticated animals and wild populations,like pests.
HW Complete the study guide
Friday, April 27
Goals and Objectives
2.1 Explain the process of evolution by natural selection.
2.2 Explain the concept of adaptation.
2.3 Describe the steps by which a population of organisms becomes resistant to
a chemical.
Learning Activities or Instructional Strategies
Do now: Study notes and prepare questions to be reviewed. 1.Review heredity, evolution through natural selection, and artifical selection.2. Take test on Heredity, Evolution and Natural Selection.
HW: Reading and puzzle.
Tuesday, April 17
Goals and Objectives
Explain what sustainability is, and describe why it is a goal ofenvironmental
science.
Learning Activities or Instructional Strategies
Do Now-quiz on use of resources and discussion. 1. Notes on main humanimpacts on environment. 2. Video "Tapped" and worksheet (topic:bottled water and the over-use of resources) and discussion. 3. discusshomework assignment.
Wednesday, April18
Goals andObjectives
Explain what sustainability is, and describe why it is a goal of environmental
science.
Learning Activities or Instructional Strategies
Do Now - How large is your footprint? What resources do you use?1. Students will use mini-lap tops to use various calculators to estimate their impact on the environment
http://www.footprintnetwork.org/en/index.php/GFN/page/calculators/. 2. Make a footprint model that illustrates personaluse of resources for hallway display.
Thursday, April 19
Goals and Objectives
Chpt 1 2.4 Explain what sustainability is, and describe why it isa goal of environmental
science. Chpt 10: 1.1 Define four properties that scientists use to predictpopulation sizes.
1.2 Make predictions about population trends based on a population pyramid.
1.3 Describe the four stages of demographic transition.
Learning Activities or Instructional Strategies
Do Now: Describe your own needs and wants that contribute most toyour personal ecological footprint. 1. Take notes and answer questions usingiclickers on human population growth. 2. Watch segment of video"Tapped" with worksheet and discuss video. 3. Assign and discusshomework assignment.
Friday, April 20
Goals and Objectives
Chpt 1 2.4 Explain what sustainability is, and describe why it isa goal of environmental
science. Chpt 10: 1.1 Define four properties that scientists use to predictpopulation sizes.
1.2 Make predictions about population trends based on a population pyramid.
1.3 Describe the four stages of demographic transition.
Learning Activities or Instructional Strategies
Do now: visit Earth day presentation by ecofriendly. 1. Using awriting prompt, write a five paragraph essay that includes/relies onexperiences from this week’s lessons on human over-use of resources.
