APES Quarter 2
November 1
Finish water diagram from last class. HERE is the blank copy
Class Readings- as a full table split the following two articles amongst yourselves
Notes- How we manage water
Notes- Stormwater
HW
Begin reading & take notes on module 26& 28
Have a conversation with your parents/ guardians about water use. Questions to ask
how often is the washing machine, dishwasher etc used
November 3
Quiz- natural water flow & storm water
Notes- Storm water management
Assign the following projects
Storm water project
water system design
HW
Storm water project
Answer the first 3 questions on the handoutWater system design
Complete page 1 - Approximate the amount of water your family uses at your house. Ask your parents/guardians if you have questions!!!
November 6
Go over storm water math instructions
Time to work on poster
HW
Storm water design project due Thursday. Submit HERE. You will find samples of projects on THIS slideshow
Watch THIS video and take notes
If you have not competed the first page of THIS assignment, do so. We will use these values next class
November 9
Turn in project
Review Grey Water and water catchment- slides
Use your Residential Water Audit to design a grey water system for your home
Discussion/presentation on CA water history and salinity in agriculture -slides
HW
Finish your greywater system if not done in class- due Monday
Read about our next lab by watching THIS presentation and then upload a copy of your experimental design idea HERE. This assignment will not be accepted LATE
Read Module 27 paying close attention to dams (create a PROS and CONS table in your notes) and summarize the two types of desalination
November 13
Go over our experimental ideas about testing salinity
Set up experiment on Salinity
Find the data table HERE to copy into your notebook
HW
Make sure you have the data table copied into your notes
November 15
Groups help each other make hypothesis
write your group hypothesis HERE to share with the class
Check seeds and record data as well as any observations
Salinity Issues Jamboard- make copy and follow the directions on the jamboard
Brainstorm some solutions to this issue on page two of your jamboard
Finish looking at THESE slides
Use THIS graphic organizer
HW
Read Module 28 and take notes as necessary
review your notes and fill out the graphic organizer I gave you in class
November 17
Play Quizlet live
Brainstorm sewage treatment
Sewage treatment diagram- part 1
HW
Read modules 42,43,44 in chapter 14 and take notes as necessary on your graphic organizer
November 20
collect seed data & clean up lab
HW- have a great break!
November 27
Inform about OWASA panel this Wednesday during FLEX time- make sure to sign up!
Review lab's purpose and read THIS handout on lab report format
Time to do calculations (percent germination) and start analysis -create graph of data
Get Chapter 14 study guide- most of you already have this
HW
1- Write lab report from Purpose to analysis Analysis and finish graph. Submit just your rough draft HERE.
2- Read Modules 42, 43 and 44 (in chapter 14) and take notes as necessary. Fill out the Chapter 14 study guide as these topics come up
3- Test on Chapter 9 and 14, Dec 8
November 29- no class
December 1
Groups critique lab reports on jamboard below
Groups work on lab report
Share analyses (They should all be very similar!)
Discuss conclusions that can be made from your data
Read THIS overview of the kinds of error and discuss with your group possible sources of error in our lab
Begin to write your error analysis section and add to your conclusion
Water quality intro activities (Slides)
HW
Finish writing your lab report. The lab report is due Monday. Print a hard copy for class Monday(There will be no redos of this lab so get it right!)
Video - MORE water quality parameters or watch THESE slides. Add this information into your study guide!
Put THIS data table into your notes on the top of a new page
For a hypothesis, make a statement about the creek's water quality for HUMANS and a different statement about the creek's water quality for the ENVIRONMENTExam on Ch 9 & 14 is next Friday.
Here is the unit resource page
Study guide
AP Classroom Review is also available
December 4
Turn in lab reports
Test your groups water sample (6 tests)
One person needs to Input your data into THIS SPREADSHEET
Create a googledoc and include the following TWO conclusions under your data table. Include the following information
Title of lab
Reproduce your data table (you don't need to include healthy values)
Write TWO conclusions, each in complete sentences
Is your water sample healthy for people? Is your water sample healthy for the environment? Each conclusion should include specific data that help support the conclusion
HW
Finish writing two Water Quality conclusions(see above for what to include in your conclusion) and upload HERE.
Do this FRQ practice in your notebook. Try to spend no more than 23 minutes! Upload a picture of your response HERE
Exam Friday on Chapters 9 & 14
Here is the unit resource page
Study guide- chapter 9; Chapter 14
AP Classroom Review is also available
December 6
Go over FRQ practice
Groups practice making conclusions with sample data
Look at data from up & down the creek for patterns
Each table group will be assigned one parameter
Groups brainstorm new water quality test
Groups present ideas for new tests
Below are 13 review questions to work on
HW
Study for exam Friday.
Read module 45 about water pollution laws( it is short). There are two laws you need to understand
Here is the unit resource page
Study guide- chapter 9; Chapter 14
AP Classroom Review is also available
Here is another reference for chapter 9& 14
Review your water diagram( aquifers)
Watch THESE Videos (24) to review the unit
HERE are 13 review questions we did in class -Period 4, Period 6
December 8
Water Quality Legislation
Exam- Chapters 9 & 14
HW
Read the beginning of chapter 4 (Module 9)
Take notes using the LEARNING GOALS as a guide for headers (Little diagrams work well for this module). Take a picture of your notes and upload it HERE
December 11
Groups go over notes
HW
Complete THIS reflection from our test last week- hard copies given out in class
Take notes on THIS video
December 13
Mini lab- Where is the humidity higher
Notes- Hadley Cells & Rain Shadows
Predicting the location of the world's deserts - check answer HERE
December 15
Relative Humidity practice
Review Hadley Cells and Rainshadows using THIS jamboard
ACTIVITY - Predicting the direction of prevailing winds and ocean currents
We will need to look at the maps below
Map of air currents
Map of ocean currents
Have a great break!! See you in 2024 :)
January 3
Use the book to determine which biome they belong to
Starting on page 128
HW
Finish graphing your two mystery climatagrams using THESE instructions (done on paper unless you were absent)
Review and take notes as necessary from Module 10 (Air currents) and Module 11 (Ocean currents)
View this presentation- not enough time in class and add to your notes- especially on latent heat release
Next Monday - Short quiz on chapter 4 - RH, adiabatic cooling, Hadley cells, rainshadows, desert belts, coriolis, thermohaline circulation, ENSO, AND all 9 terrestrial biomes
January 5
Groups share climatograms to help each other determine the correct biome- starts on page 101 in the old book
Practice biome vocabulary with quizlet
Link to QUIZLET LIVE- let me know if the link does not work
HW - Use one of the biomes you graphed to create a dating profile (See HW below)
NOTES - Uplwelling and El Nino/La Nina
Start THIS FRQ
HW
Create a biome dating profile
(You were assigned a specific biome in class. If you were not in class, email me and I will tell you your biome)Read about the other biomes by filling out the biome graphic organizer (or put into your notes)
Practice FRQ - Spend 23 minutes answering THIS FRQ into your notebook. Read each question carefully and answer as best as you can
You will upload a picture of your response to CANVAS. HEREStudy for the quiz on Wednesday- RH, adiabatic cooling, Hadley cells, rainshadows, desert belts, coriolis, thermohaline circulation, ENSO, AND all 9 terrestrial biomes
Study your diagrams and notes
Review biomes by doing a DESMOS biome sort activity
Join your class by clicking HERE
Use passcode period 4 -
period 6 -
HERE is the key (Don't peak until you've done your best!)
Next week- Groups exchange biome dating profiles and read "best" ones to class
January 8
Warm-up: Describe the steps that cause normal conditions, El Nino and La nina conditions
Use THIS rubric to go over the practice FRQ
Groups discuss dating profiles and pick the best one
Complete biome card sort. Join our class
HW
Study for the quiz on Wednesday- RH, adiabatic cooling, Hadley cells, rainshadows, desert belts, coriolis, thermohaline circulation, ENSO, AND all 9 terrestrial biomes
Study your diagrams and notes
Review biomes by doing a DESMOS biome sort activity
We are skipping module 24 which is about the Rock Cycle and Plate Tectonics.This is fascinating stuff and the AP exam could include questions from this unit but we can't cover everything in class.I highly recommend that you read Module 24, take, notes, and watch this very good 9 minute video review
January 10
Quick Quiz
Soil Observations
HW
View THIS presentation and complete succession activity
Read about soil your text and take notes as necessary (Module 25)
Maybe split the reading up (284-290 tonight about weathering, soil horizons and physical properties of soil tomorrow)We are skipping module 24 which is about the Rock Cycle and Plate Tectonics.
This is fascinating stuff and the AP exam could include questions from this unit but we can't cover everything in class.
I highly recommend that you read Module 24, take, notes, and watch this very good 9 minute video review
January 12- Ms. Lewis out
While I am out do the following
Review Succession
Use THIS Jamboard to review primary vs secondary succession
Take notes on soil horizons
Finish 1-3? Work on the homework below
HW
Finish reading about soil your text (Module 25)
Read about the Chemical properties of soil (pages 290-298)Keep up #5 on any topic you find interesting from chapter 4 or 8 (Due Tue/Wed)
Your Step up essay (with pictures, documentation, and verification forms) is due Monday, Jan 22 at 8:55 am
We are skipping module 24 which is about the Rock Cycle and Plate Tectonics.
This is fascinating stuff and the AP exam could include questions from this unit but we can't cover everything in class.
I highly recommend that you read Module 24, take, notes, and watch this very good 9 minute video review
January 17
Learn how to use the soil triangle
Add to our soil notes (pie chart)
Discuss chemical properties of soil and add to notes (pie chart)
Soil lab
Instructions for what to put into your notebook and how to do tests
Collect data: Read soil columns, take pH, measure porosity
HW
Make sure you have completed the succession POGIL from last week
Write the RESULTS of our soil lab. In this section, you will just state the final calculations that we made in sentences. HERE are the instructions
Step Up essay is due Monday. Submit HERE
January 19
Share keep up article with partners
Read about Rainforest soils and write DRAWINGS (as a group) on the jamboard below to help explain answers to these questions
1 - What are rainforest soils like? Are they very fertile?
2 - How can they support such a high degree of biodiversity? What is their special skill?
3 - What happens when rainforests are burned and cleared for agriculture?
Make sure to put THESE soil parameters into your notes so you know them for your lab
Take this practice quiz on soil data
Time to write your Soil lab
Instructions including a checklist of what to include
This presentation has ALL the information about the lab and soils tests and NOTES
HW
Step Up essay is due Monday. Submit HERE
Complete a rough draft of your lab report for Tuesday's class in a google doc. We will peer review next class
January 23
Time to peer review( 20 minutes)
Work on THIS study guide when finished/ until time is called on peer review
Begin our population unit
work on THESE population graphs
Start THIS case study about Isle Royal( first 4 questions done in class)
HW
Completed soil lab - PRINT a hard copy and bring to class
Use the checklist before submitting!Finish Isle Royal questions. You will need to read THIS new information after to answer questions 10-14
QUIZ on soils next MONDAY.
January 25
Discuss Isle Royal. Add THESE terms to your graph.
Assign group topics
Groups learn and put together short presentation to teach their topic
NO WORDS ON SLIDES (except for your terms)
HW
Create visuals for your presentation. NO WORDS
Study for our Monday QUIZ on SOIL and SUCCESSION
Work on THIS study guide when you finish (open in KAMI to make it easy to write on). HERE is the resource page
January 29
Soils Quiz
Reminder of policies for S2
Time to polish presentation
Start presenting
notes sheet