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October 28th - Go over the Exam for Chapter 5. Continue with notes over Chapter 13, sections 2 & 3. Your Free Response for Chapter 13 is due on Friday and your online resources are due on Monday! Plan on a test for Monday/Tuesday of next week!

October 29th - Sub Today - Continue working on your sustainability project. You should be working on your presentation, and be sure to follow the guidelines that are posted on Classroom!

October 30th - Go over the set-up for the Atmosphere/Steel Wool lab on Classroom - We will complete this lab tomorrow and it will be due on Tuesday. We will continue with Chapter 13 tomorrow. Plan for a test on Tuesday of next week! Do not forget about your due dates: Free response is due on Friday, Both online assignments through the text and College Board are due on Monday, as well as your lab that we began today. Plan on an exam over Chapter 13 on Tuesday!

October 31st - Complete the second step of the Atmosphere/Steel Wool lab. All questions as well as the lab write-up will be due Monday by the time listed on Classroom! Continue with notes over chapter 13, sections 3 & 4. Your exam is on Tuesday! Do not forget about your due dates: Free response is due on Friday, Both online assignments through the text and College Board are due on Monday, as well as your lab that we began today. Plan on an exam over Chapter 13 on Tuesday!

November 1st - Continue with chapter 13 Notes, sections 5, 6 & 7. Do not forget your assignments that are due on Monday! Your exam will be on Tuesday!

November 4th - Complete notes over Chapter 13, section 7. Go over the review for tomorrow's exam.

November 5th - TEST Chapter 13! We will begin Chapter 11 tomorrow!

I Can Statements for Chapter 11:

• I can explain Earth's major geological processes and hazards. {11-1}
  • Dynamic processes move matter within the Earth and on its surface, and can cause volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis, erosion, and landslides
• I can explain how the Earth's rocks are recycled {11-2}
  • The three major types of rock found in the Earth's crust - sedimentary, igneous, metamorphic - are recycled very slowly by the processes of erosion, melting, and metamorphism
• I can describe mineral resources and explain the environmental effects of using them {11-3}
  • We can make some minerals in the Earth's crust into useful products, but extracting and using these resources can disturb the land, erode soils, produce large amounts of solid waste, and pollute the air, water and soil
• I can analyze how long supplies of nonrenewable mineral resources will last. {11-4}
  • All nonrenewable mineral resources exist in finite amounts, and as we get closer to depleting any mineral resource, the environmental impacts of extracting it generally become more harmful
  • Raising the price of a scarce mineral resource can lead to an increase in its supply, but there are environmental limits to this effect
• I can determine how to use mineral resources more sustainably {11-5}
  • We can try to find substitutes for scarce resources, reduce resource waste, and recycle and reuse minerals

November 6th - Begin Notes over Chapter 11, section 1. Read over Chapter 11! Bring in your soil sample tomorrow! Lab: Begin watching the Japan Earthquake video.

November 7th - Go over the Chapter 13 exams. Continue with notes over Chapter 11, sections 2 & 3. Finish watching the Japan Earthquake video. Do not forget your soil sample! The due dates for your assignments are as follows: Chapter 11 Free Response is due on Tuesday of next week, Online book resources are due by 3:00 PM on Wednesday & your online AP College Board Questions are due at 9:00 AM on Friday. Remember to complete ALL questions except for # 9, 10, 11, 16 and 24. Your exam is planned for Friday of next week!

November 8th - Continue with notes over Chapter 11, sections 3 & 4.

November 11th - Double Period Soil lab - Lab #9. We will make our final data reading on Tuesday, and this lab will be due on Wednesday. Free response is due tomorrow! Don't forget about the due dates for the various assignments for this week!

November 12th - Finish up the soil lab / cleanup - The lab is due tomorrow completed! Remember to follow the instructions that are on classroom. Also remember that your Online book resources are due by 3:00 PM tomorrow & your online AP College Board Questions are due at 9:00 AM on Friday. Remember to complete ALL questions except for # 9, 10, 11, 16 and 24. Your exam is planned for Friday!

November 13th - Continue with notes over Chapter 11, sections 4 & 5. Study for your exam which will be on Friday! Do not forget the due dates for your various assignments.

November 14th - Complete notes over Chapter 11, sections 5 & 6 and go over the review for tomorrow's exam.

November 15th - TEST Chapter 11. We will begin Chapter 3 on Monday!

I Can Statements for Chapter 3:

• Describe what keeps us and other organisms alive {3-1}
  • The four major components of the Earth's life-support system are the atmosphere, the hydrosphere, the geosphere and the biosphere
  • Life is sustained by the flow of energy from the sun through the biosphere, the cycling of nutrients within the biosphere, and gravity
• Explain the major components of an ecosystem {3-2}
  • Some organisms produce the nutrients they need, others get the nutrients they need by consuming other organisms, and some recycle nutrients back to producers by decomposing the wastes and remains of other organisms
• Describe what happens to energy in an ecosystem {3-3}
  • As energy flows, through ecosystems in food chains and webs, the amount of chemical energy available to organisms at each successive feeding level decreases
• Describe what happens to matter in an ecosystem {3-4}
  • Matter, in the form of nutrients, cycles within and among ecosystems and the biosphere, and human activities are altering these chemical cycles
• Explain how scientists study ecosystems {3-5}
  • Scientists use both field research and laboratory research, as well as mathematical and other models to learn about ecosystems

November 18th - Begin notes/discussion over Chapter 3, Sections 1 & 2. Free response is due on Thursday! Plan on an exam over Chapters 3 & 6 on Tuesday of next week! Work on the Trophic Level lab with a partner and submit all work by Wednesday at 9:00 AM.

November 19th - Continue with notes over Chapter 3, sections 3 & 4. You partner trophic level lab is due tomorrow and your Chapter 3 Free Response is due on Thursday. Be prepared for an exam on Tuesday!

These are the due dates for the following items. Be sure not to wait until the last minute to complete them!

AP Classroom Chapter 3 material is due on Friday by 3:00 PM! Be sure to submit it! AP Classroom Chapter 6 material is due on Tuesday by 9:00 AM! Do not do questions # 13, 21, 23, 52, 53. Your exam over Chapters 3 & 6 is on Tuesday! Do not do question # 21.

November 20th - Continue with and conclude notes over Chapter 3, sections 4 & 5. Your test over Chapter 3 is on Tuesday! Do not forget about all of your due dates! We will begin Chapter 6 tomorrow!

I Can Statements for Chapter 6 (Old Chapter 8):

• Analyze the general nature of aquatic systems {6-1}
  • Saltwater and freshwater aquatic life zones cover almost three-fourths of the Earth's surface, with oceans dominating the planet.
  • The key factors determining biodiversity in aquatic systems are temperature, dissolved oxygen content, availability of food, and availability of light and nutrients necessary for photosynthesis
• Formulate why marine aquatic ecosystems are important {6-2}
  • Saltwater ecosystems are irreplaceable reservoirs of biodiversity and provide major ecological and economical services
• Extrapolate how human activities have affected marine ecosystems {6-3}
  • Human activities threaten aquatic biodiversity and disrupt ecological and economic services provided by saltwater systems
• Detail why freshwater ecosystems are important {6-4}
  • Freshwater ecosystems provide major ecological and economic services, and are irreplaceable reservoirs of biodiversity
• Extrapolate how human activities have affected freshwater ecosystems {6-5}
  • Human activities threaten biodiversity and disrupt ecological and economic services provided by freshwater lakes, rivers and wetlands

I Can Statements continued for Chapter 6 (Old Chapter 11):

• Analyze the major threats to aquatic biodiversity {11-1}
  • Aquatic species are threatened by habitat loss, invasive species, pollution, climate change, and overexploitation, all made worse by the growth of the human population.
• Detail the steps to protect and sustain marine biodiversity {11-2}
  • We can help to sustain marine biodiversity by using laws and economic incentives to protect species, setting aside marine reserves to protect ecosystems, and using community based integrated coastal management.
• Research how we should manage and sustain marine fisheries {11-3}
  • Sustaining marine fisheries will require improved monitoring of fish and shellfish populations, cooperative fisheries management among communities and nations, reduction of fishing subsidies, and careful consumer choices in seafood markets.
• Hypothesize how we should protect and sustain wetlands {11-4}
  • To maintain the ecological and economic services of wetlands, we must maximize the preservation of remaining wetlands and the restoration of degraded wetlands.
• Detail how we should protect and sustain freshwater lakes, rivers and fisheries {11-5}
  • Freshwater ecosystems are strongly affected by human activities on adjacent lands, and protecting these ecosystems must include protection of their watersheds.
• Hypothesize our priorities for sustaining aquatic biodiversity {11-6}
  • Sustaining the world's aquatic biodiversity requires mapping it, protecting aquatic hotspots, creating large fully protected marine reserves, protecting freshwater ecosystems, and carrying out ecological restoration of degraded coastal and inland wetlands.

November 21st - Begin notes over Chapter 6, sections 1 & 2. Your exam over Chapter 3 is on Tuesday!

November 22nd - No Class / Assembly Do not forget that your Chapter 6 AP Classroom Online Materials are due on Tuesday by 9:00 AM!

November 25th - Continue with notes over Chapter 6, section 3. Work on your Sustainability presentations. Your exam over Chapter 3 is tomorrow! STUDY! You AP online material is due by 9:00 AM...DO NOT FORGET TO HIT SUBMIT!

November 26th - TEST Chapter 3! Do not forget that your Chapter 6 exam is on Tuesday when we return from break!

December 2nd - Complete notes over Chapter 6, sections 4 & 5. Go over the review for tomorrow's exam. STUDY!

December 3rd - TEST Chapter 6! We will begin Chapters 4 & 9 tomorrow!

I Can Statements for Chapters 4 & 9:

• Analyze the idea of Biodiversity and interpret why it is important {4-1}
  • The biodiversity found in genes, species, ecosystems, and ecosystem processes is vital to sustaining life on Earth.
• Determine how Earth's life changes over time {4-2}
  • The scientific theory of evolution explains how life on Earth changes over time through changes in the genes of populations.
  • Populations evolve when genes mutate and give some individuals genetic traits that enhance their abilities to survive and to produce offspring with these traits (natural selection)
• Interpret how geological processes and climate change affect evolution {4-3}
  • Tectonic plate movements, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and climate change have shifted wildlife habitats, wiped out large numbers of species, and created opportunities for the evolution of new species
• Formulate how speciation, extinction, and human activities affect biodiversity {4-4}
  • As environmental conditions change, the balance between the formation of new species and the extinction of existing species determines the Earth's biodiversity
  • Human activities are decreasing biodiversity by causing the extinction of many species and by destroying or degrading habitats needed for the development of new species
• Define species diversity and relate its importance to an ecosystem {4-5}
  • Species diversity is a major component of biodiversity and tends to increase the sustainability of some ecosystems
• Analyze the roles that species play in an ecosystem {4-6}
  • Each species plays a specific ecological role called its niche
  • Any given species may play one or more of five important roles - native, nonnative, indicator, keystone, or foundation within a particular ecosystem

December 4th - Go over the stipulations for the group project that is posted on Classroom. Be sure to follow the requirements of the project and adhere to all due dates! I will be giving you a guideline of due dates for other assignments that will be due with these Chapters tomorrow!

December 5th - Continue working on your presentations, and be prepared to present on Monday! I have listed the various assignments that you will need to complete at your leisure prior to the due dates of Sunday, December 15th or Monday, December 16th! Be sure that you click the submit button for the AP Classroom materials!

• Online Textbook work for Chapters 4 & 9 - This is through the textbook login here. Remember that you have to look under the week that the assignment is due in order to access it! This is due by 9:00 AM on Monday, December 16th!
• AP Classroom work for Chapter 4 - I have broken up the multiple choice questions and free response questions into two separate assignments. You will complete all of the multiple choice questions on the one assignment, and all 4 essays on the free response assignment. Remember to click submit! This is due on Sunday, December 15th by 8:00 PM. After that time, you should be able to view the correct answers.
• AP Classroom work for Chapter 9 - As with chapter 4, I have broken up the multiple choice questions and free response questions into two separate assignments. You will complete all of the multiple choice questions on the one assignment, and essay questions 2, 4, 5 & 9 on the free response assignment. Remember to click submit! This is due on Sunday, December 15th by 8:00 PM. After that time, you should be able to view the correct answers.
• In your presentation groups, you will need to bring in a total of 3 two liter bottles per group for a lab that we will be doing. You need to have the bottles in by Thursday, December 12th!
• Plan for an exam over Chapters 4 & 9 on Monday, December 16th!

December 6th - Continue working on your presentations, which are due on Monday. If you have completed this, you may work on all of your assignments that are due above!

December 9th - Begin presentations over Chapter 4 - We will have the first three groups present today. Be sure that all of your information has been uploaded to Classroom, including your summary. Do not forget to work on your assignments that are due at the end of the week, beginning of next, in advance of your exam! Also, do not forget to bring in your three 2 liter bottles per group for Thursday!

December 10th - Continue with presentations over Chapters 4 and 9 - The second group of three will present today. Do not forget about all of your assignments!

December 11th - Continue with the final round of presentations. Be sure to work on completing all of your online assignments, and do not forget that you need your three two liter bottles by tomorrow!

December 12th - Work on the Simpson's Diversity Index worksheet that is posted on Classroom, and complete for homework. DO NOT FORGET ABOUT ALL OF YOUR ONLINE ASSIGNMENTS AND THEIR DUE DATES! Do not forget that you have an exam over Chapters 4 & 9 on Monday!

December 13th - Go over your past two exams, Chapter 3 and Chapter 6. Go over the review for your exam over Chapters 4 & 9, which is on Monday! Study, and do not forget to complete your assignments that are due!

December 16th - TEST - Chapters 4 & 9.

December 17th - Midterm Review

MIDTERM: 2nd Period: Wednesday, December 18th @ 9:25 - 10:55

I Can Statements for Chapter 10:

• Analyze the major threats to forest ecosystems {10-1}
  • Forest ecosystems provide ecological services far greater in value than the value of raw materials obtained from forests.
  • Unsustainable cutting and burning of forests, along with diseases and insects, all made worse by projected climate change, are the chief threats to forest ecosystems.
• Detail how we should manage and sustain forests {10-2}
  • We can sustain forests by emphasizing the economic value of their ecological services, removing government subsidies that hasten their destruction, protecting old-growth forests, harvesting trees no faster than they are replenished, and planting trees.
• Explain how we should manage and sustain grasslands {10-3}
  • We can sustain the productivity of grasslands by controlling the numbers and distribution of grazing livestock, and by restoring degraded grasslands.
• Explain how we should manage and sustain parks and nature reserves {10-4}
  • Sustaining biodiversity will require more effective protection of existing parks and nature reserves, as well as the protection of much more of the Earth's remaining undisturbed land area.
• Analyze the ecosystem approach to sustaining biodiversity {10-5}
  • We can help to sustain terrestrial biodiversity by identifying and protecting severely threatened areas, restoring damaged ecosystems, and sharing with other species much of the land we dominate.

January 6th - Work on your Ecosystem Bottle Project. Be sure that you are following through the steps of the project AND include all aspects that are required.

January 7th - Continue work on your Ecosystem Bottle Project - Be sure that you are completing your write-up that accompanies the project!

January 8th - Begin notes over Chapter 10, sections 1 & 2. Remember the due dates that I gave you for everything! You will have a quiz over Chapter 4 in the review book on Friday! AP Classroom Multiple Choice Questions are due on Monday and the Free response questions, #1, 2 & 4 are due on Tuesday. Online book work for Chapter 10 is due on Wednesday morning! Be sure you refer to the dates and times that everything is due!

January 9th - Continue with notes over Chapter 10, section 2. Your quiz over Chapter 4 in the prep book is tomorrow! Do not forget the due dates for all of your assignments!

January 10th - Quiz over Chapter 4 in the review book. Continue with notes over Chapter 10, sections 2 & 3. Do not forget the due dates for your various assignments! Plan for an exam over Chapter 10 on Wednesday!

January 13th - Continue with notes over section 10-3. Do not forget the due dates and times for your online work! Complete the Chapter 11 math assignment that is posted on classroom. Your exam over Chapter 10 is on Wednesday!

January 14th - Complete notes over Chapter 10, sections 4 & 5. Study for your exam! Your online book work is due before class tomorrow! You will have a quiz over Chapter 5 in the review book on Thursday!

January 15th - TEST - Chapter 10! We will begin Chapter 12 tomorrow! You will have a quiz tomorrow over Chapter 5 in the review book.

January 16th - Quiz over chapter 5 in the review book. Return and go over the Chapter 4/9 Exam, as well as the multiple choice from the midterm. We will continue going over the midterm questions on Tuesday.

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October 17th - Be sure that you are reviewing the material in the text as we cover the notes! Homework: Complete the work that is listed on the website and is due each day this week. Your online resources are due tomorrow! Prepare for your exam on Thursday!

Begin working on the partner lab that is on classroom, Water Diversions - Lab #14. This lab will be due prior to the start of your class period on Thursday. Your test over Chapter 13 is Thursday! STUDY!

Time to work on the partner lab from yesterday, which is due tomorrow. Also, complete lab #13 for Friday. STUDY!

Begin working on the rock identifications. Chapter 14 free response questions are due Wednesday! Online assignments are due on Thursday.

October 31st - 2nd period: Mining Lab - This is located in Classroom and is due on Friday. 4th period: Continue with notes over Chapter 14, sections 4 & 5. Online book resources are due tomorrow.

November 14th - Go over your Chapter 14 Test. Begin notes over Chapter 4, sections 1 & 2. Homework: Online material is due on Tuesday and free response is due Monday.

November 15th - Continue with notes over Chapter 4, sections 2 and 3. Lab: Begin watching Blackfish.

November 16th - Sub Today - Finish watching Blackfish in class. Do not forget your assignments that are due on Monday and Tuesday of next week!

November 19th - Continue with notes over Chapter 4, sections 3 and 4. Return and go over the Chapter 3 exams. Keep up with your readings! Your online work is due tomorrow!

November 20th - Continue with notes/discussion over Chapter 4, Sections 4 & 5. Begin watching King Corn!

November 26th - Complete notes over Chapter 4, sections 5 & 6. Begin watching the Coral Reef Adventure video. Read over Chapter 4 in the Test Prep Book in preparation for a quiz on Wednesday! Free responses for Chapter 8 will be due on Thursday, and all online work for Chapter 8 is due on Friday!

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Do not forget that your exam over Chapters 4 & 8 is on Monday! Free response for Chapter 8 is due on Thursday and your online book work for Chapter 8 is due on Friday. Study for tomorrow's quiz over Chapter 4 of the Study Guide!

November 28th - Quiz over Chapter 4 of the test prep book. Free response questions are due tomorrow, online work is due on Friday, and your exam is on Monday over Chapters 4 & 8! Work on your sustainability presentations.

December 11th - Begin notes over Chapter 11, section 1. Homework: Complete the Chapter 11 Free response for Thursday! Chapter 6 review book quiz is tomorrow and your online materials for Chapter 11 are due Friday! Do not forget that your test over Chapters 10 & 11 is on Friday.

December 12th - Continue with notes over Chapter 11, sections 2 & 3. Quiz over Chapter 6 in the review book. Homework: Complete the Chapter 11 Free Response for tomorrow. Your exam over Chapters 10 & 11 will be on Friday, which is also the same date that your online work is due!

December 13th - Continue with notes over Chapter 11, sections 3, 4, 5 & 6. Study for your exam over Chapters 10 & 11 which is tomorrow!

December 14th - TEST - Chapters 10 & 11! We will begin our midterm review on Monday! Do not forget that your presentations are due on Friday, January 4th!

December 17th - Midterm Review / Work on Projects - Do not forget that these are due on Friday, January 4th!

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January 2nd - Begin watching The Cove. Work on your presentations, which are due this Friday. We will continue with the video tomorrow in class.

January 3rd - Finish watching The Cove. We will begin Chapter 12 tomorrow. Your Free responses are due on Thursday of next week, and your online work will be due on Tuesday, 1/15 at 3:00 PM. Study for your quiz over Chapter 7 in the test prep book, which is on Tuesday of next week.

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November 10th - Go over the review for tomorrow's exam. Plant your rapid seeds in preparation for your lab next week. Complete the Trophic Levels lab that is on classroom for Tuesday by noon. Study for your exam!

Begin working on your Natural Areas partner project, which is due on Monday.

Begin presentations of your Natural areas.