WEEK 1 - April 8 - 12

Mon (Apr 8)

1. Meet in energy groups and review what you learned about your topic

2. Time to work with your group to create a poster to explain your energy topic
   Use these instructions to help you know what you should put on your poster
   The posters are due the NEXT CLASS so they need to be completed today

HOMEWORK
Finish your poster

Tue/Wed (Apr 9/10)

1. Groups can have the first 10 minutes to practice using their poster to explain the main concepts

2. HALF of each group should stay with their poster and use it to help explain their energy topic while the other half of the group walks around and visits the other groups. (15 or 20 minutes)

3. Group members switch so everyone gets a chance to present and visit the other posters (15 or 20 minutes)

4. While walking around, students should use THIS Graphic organizer to take notes on each of the energy topics

5. Take a 5 minute break

6. Use your graphic organizer to write about which two fuels you get most excited about and why (10 min)

7. Practice FRQ - Start THIS FRQ in your notebook.  Finish for HW (10 min)

HOMEWORK
Finish THIS FRQ in your notebook

Thu/Fri (Apr 11/12)    

1. Please fill out the form below so I know when I cann expect you in class during AP testing
   Period 2,  period 3, period 5

2. Take this air pollution survey

3. HERE is the rubric for the practice FRQ

4. Discuss the electrical grid

5. Practice for the AP (Nitrogen cycle)

6. Smart energy usage

7. Nuclear energy and EROEI

8. Look at the word wall

HOMEWORK
Study for Energy Test on Monday (Chapter 12 and 13)
HERE is a study guide with links to presentations
LINK to vocabulary list and answers to questions in book (great way to see what you need to study)
Great review videos (7-10 min) Watch #18, 19 and 20

HERE is the rubric for the practice FRQ

WEEK 2 - April 15 - 18

Mon/Tues (Apr 15/16)

1. QUIZ on chapters 12 and 13

2. Introduction to Air polution  (Through slide #20)

HOMEWORK
1 - Read the opening story of chapter 15 (page 537-538)
In your notes, write down all the words or concepts that you do not understand well (There should be about 9 if you are honest)

2 - Read module 46 and fill out the graphic organizer (pollutant table) as you go along
Spend a little time going over the pollutants in the graphic organizer to try to remember the important information

Wed/Thu (Apr 17/18)

Graphic organizers for the unit: 

HERE is a graphic organizer for you to use on our unit on AirPollution. Use to keep track of the information that you learn in this important unit and as a study guide

HERE is a graphic organizer to help test your knowledge about ozone. Fill it out without using notes to test your knowledge about ozone AFTER you have learned the material. Pay attention the the column headings. As you move to the right, your answers should include more detail.  Do this more than once!

HERE is a graphic organizer to help you test your knowledge of chemical equations and formulas. You don't have to memorize the formulas, but you should understand them enough to recognize them when you see them. Don't try to do this until we have learned all of these. '

1. Review major air pollutants, their sources and consequences (puzzle piece activity)

2. Review air pollutants with these questions

3. NOTES - Ozone formation in the stratosphere and troposphere
   If you missed class, be sure to watch THIS video and take notes on all the diagrams

4. OZONE Lab - Find patterns of ozone using THIS DATA, make conclusions

5. Review ozone with these questions

6. Ozone depletion notes (HERE is a video) Take notes!

HOMEWORK:

1. Watch these two Edpuzzles on 3 important air pollutants.
   These are also covered in modules 47 and 50 of your text (take notes!)
       1 - Acid rain and 2 - inversions
       3 - Indoor air pollutants

2. Keep-up #9 on Air pollution (Due NEXT Thu/Fri)

WEEK 3 - April 22 - 26

Mon (Apr 22 - EARTH DAY!)

1. GROUP review of indoor air pollutants

2. What is a Hydrocarbon?

3. Ozone practice, chemical equation practice, study guide

4. Pollution control poster - Each student should be assigned a number between 1 and 8. Look up your topic on this handout
   You will turn in a picture of your poster HERE (find the instructions and an example here too)

HOMEWORK:
Keep-up #9 on Air pollution (Due on Thu/Fri)
Finish your pollution control diagrams. Submit a photo of your poster HERE but bring it to class too!

Tue/Wed (Apr 23 - 24) 

1. Create  groups of 8
   Take turns teaching each other about the various pollution control measures using your poster
         Focus on WHAT POLLUTANT is removed and the basics of HOW
         Use THIS graphic organizer to take notes (or make a similar table in your notebook)
   When finished, turn in your poster to the bin (although you were supposed to upload a picture as well)

2. Spend some time to study using our graphic organizers

3. Watch "We Call it Life" 

4. Begin Climate change unit (presentation)

HOMEWORK:
Keep-up #9 on Air pollution
Read Modules 62 and 63. Add notes to our study guide

Thu/Fri (Apr 25/26) 

1. Finish Climate change presentation if needed

2. Watch THIS short video

3. Feedback loops presentation

4. Feedback loop activity

5. Consequence of climate change and Introduce wedge concept (Presentation)

6. Discuss the climate change wedge concept

7. Read about the 15 different wedges.   Read more details about each HERE

8. Part 1 - Individual students decide on which 8 wedges we should pursue and why

HOMEWORK:
Finish your wedge worksheet (Both sides)
Read module 64 and complete your study guide

WEEK 4 - April 29 - May 3

Mon (Apr 29)

1. With a partner, agree on 8 wedges and make a new wedge sheet

2. Part 2 - Analyize your choices

HOMEWORK:

Watch this presentation: International treaties on Climate Change

Study for our  Air pollution/Climate change test THIS week!
  Use the 3 graphic organizers (Use the below documents to check your work, not to fill in your organizer!)
      Answers to Chemical Equations Practice
      Answers to Ozone practice
  Take the end of module practice tests (answers posted at the bottom of THIS resource page)

Watch any presentations that you missed or want to review
  Intro to air pollution
  Stratospheric and tropospheric ozone
  Ozone depletion
  Indoor air pollutants
  Acid rain and inversions

Tue/Wed (Apr 30 / May 1) 

1. Practice FRQ - go over answers

2. Climate change test

3. General information about the AP exam next week

4. AP link with everything you want to know including all old tests 

5. Make these statements stronger
   Period 2, Period 3, Period 5

Thu/Fri (May 2/3) 

1. APES Practice math (HERE are a lot more problems)

2. Review each topic jamboard
   Period 2, period 3, period 5

3. Test question circles

HOMEWORK:

WEEK 5 - May 6 - May 10

Mon (May 6)

1. Start birth of a city
   If you were not here, you can start the activity on Tue/Wed
   HERE is the narration if you can't be in class when we finish.  We ended at #31

Tue/Wed (May 7/8) 

2. Finish birth of a city activity
   If you had to miss today's class, you can finish your city by following THESE directions. Start at instruction # 31

3. Urban sprawl presentation and the problem wiith cars

Thu/Fri (May 9) 

1. AP EXAM!!!
   BAGELS and juice at 7:30
   Bring a calculator if you have one (We will have calculators for those that don't but don't have enough for everyone)

Thu/Fri (May 10)
Hike?

WEEK 6 - May 13 - May 17

Mon/Wed (May 13/15)

1. Smart Growth presentation
   IF you missed class PLEASE Watch this presentation
   Use this graphic organizer to jot down details

Thu/Fri (May 16/17)
Learn about some alternatives to driving that you can use in your 20 year master plan

1. Get into groups of 6 (you can sit at two different tables for the first part)

2. Each person in the group should research a different Transportation option (on your Smart Growth Concepts / Tools handout)
   If you were not here for the last class, get one of these
   Fill out your hanoout so you can discuss it with your group

3. When everyone in your group has finished, have a discussion about each topic lead by the one who did the research
   Is this something you would consider in your plan?

Finish your Urban Design Practice (I will give you some feedback on your plan before you start your project)

4. With your partner, compete what you started last class
   If you were not in class last time, you should watch the presentation you missed on Smart Growth, and fill out the handout
   If there is time, start the practice with someone who also was not here last time

5. Turn in what you completed to the substitute

WEEK 7 - May 20 - May 24

Mon/Tue (May 20/21)

1. Introduce our final project
   PRESENTATION - Project instructions with examples
   INSTRUCTIONS - Complete written instructions with rubric and timeline

2. Choose partners and let me know who you will be working with HERE

3. Look at some examples of environmental inventories (HERE, slides 5 and 6)

4. Write Environmental Inventory and vision

5. Start to write goals if time

HOMEWORK
Look over the following documents as necessary:
PRESENTATION - Project instructions with examples
INSTRUCTIONS - Complete written instructions with rubric and timeline
Blank map to use if you need a new one
MORE RESOURCES if you need ideas

Get examples of Vision statements, Goals, maps
Town of Carrboro Comprehensive Plan
Chapel Hill Future Land Use Map

Wed/Thu (May 22/23) 

1. Review practice planning activity

2. Strategies for writing ordinances...

3. Write goals and ordinances, adding to your FLUM as necessary

4. Look at some examples of Goals and ordinances

WEEK 8 - May 28 - May 31

Tue/Wed (May 28/29)

1. Review some ordinances by looking at some examples

2. Work on ordinances and FLUM

Thu (May 30) 

1. Finish ordinances and FLUM

HOMEWORK:
There are several flextimes that are available to you on Friday, Monday, and Tuesday
During these flextimes, you need to create some plan highlight (see instructions)
Project is due next Thu/Fri depending on your period

WEEK 9 - Jun 3 - 7

Thu (Jun 6)

1. 2nd and 3rd periods
   Presentation of projects (Walkabout)

2. Final exam (multiple choice)

Fri (Jun 7) 

1. 5th period
   Presentation of projects (Walkabout)

2. Final exam (multiple choice)