Q1 B FALL 2025 APES

Week 6 - September 29 - October 3

Mon - Sep 29

1. Go over FRQ from last test

2. Go over stormwater project math

3. Time to work on stormwater project

4. Go over home water audit

HOMEWORK

1. Finish stormwater project (Due WEDNESDAY)

2. Watch THIS Edpuzzle video about water conservation

3. Complete your Residential Water Audit if it isn't already. We will use the first page tomorrow

4. Nature journal #5 (Due next Monday)

Tue - Sep 30

1. Quicky Quiz! Stormwater and water conservation

2. Watch THIS presentation with a partner
   It starts with some review but then shows you how to do the next assignment
   Be sure to do this with a partner and watch it delibertely!

3. Use your Residential Water Audit to design a grey water system for your home (second page)

4. Discussion/presentation on CA water history and salinity in agriculture (presentation)

HOMEWORK: 

1. Finish stormwater project (Due tomorrow)

2. Finish your greywater system if not done in class (and SUBMIT)

3. Read about our next lab by watching THIS presentation and then
   design an experiment HERE This assignment must be done by Wednesday morning. NO LATE CREDIT

4. Read Module 27 paying close attention to dams
   Create a PROS and CONS table in your notes
   And summarize the two types of desalination 

5. Keep up #4 (due Friday)

Wed - Oct 1

1. Reading Check - Dams and desalination

2. Set up experiment on Salinity

3. Be sure data table is in notes

4. Groups help each other make hypotheses
   Write a group hypothesis and share with the class (find your slide number)
   2nd period, 3rd period

5. Use THIS graphic organizer to record information about water sources

HOMEWORK

1. Keep up #4 (due Friday)

Fri - Oct 3

1. Join your APES Quizlet class  -  2nd period, 3rd period

2. Check seeds and record data (and notes!)

3. Salinity Issues CANVA (follow the directions on document)

4. Brainstorm some solutions to this issue on the bottom of the CANVA page

5. Time to complete THIS graphic organizer 

HOMEWORK: 

1. Be sure you have read Modules 26, 27 and 28 and take notes as necessary

2. Nature journal #5 (Due Monday)

Week 7 - October 6 - 10

Mon - Oct 6

1. PAIRS work on practice problems (front of class) Turn in when complete

2. Quicky Quiz! - (Modules 27 and 28)

3. Check seeds and record data (and make notes!)

4. Brainstorm sewage treatment in pairs on the white boards
   Don't look it up online!  Just come up with a plan from scratch! 

5. Sewage treatment diagram (part 1)

6. Review sewage treatment (Slides)

7. Take notes on Septic Systems

HOMEWORK

1. If you missed class last today watch THIS video and put the diagram in your notes 

2. Read Modules 42, 43 and 44 (in chapter 14) and take notes as necessary on your graphic organizer
   This should be completed by Friday. HERE is some information about the water quality tests we will do on Friday
   Use this information to help you fill out Part I of your organizer

3. Nature journal #6 (due next Monday)

Tue - Oct 7

1. "Super cool" parts of sewage treatment

2. Collect seed data and clean up lab

3. Review the lab's purpose and look over THIS lab report format

4. Time to do calculations (percent germination) and create graph
   HERE are some directions on how to get the spreadsheet to do the work for you and how to make a graph

5. Start analysis

HOMEWORK: 

1. Write lab report Purpose, intro, procedure, data, anaylsis (with graph) analysis and first 5 check boxes in conclusion (turn in rough draft #1 HERE!)

Wed - Oct 8

1. Look at these samples of intros (introductions to analysis)

2. Read THIS overview of the kinds of error and discuss with your group possible sources of error in our lab  (Good Error example)

3. Discuss next steps

4. Begin to write your error analysis section and add to your conclusion

5. Begin our discussion of Water Quality wiht water quality intro activities

6. Watershed model  (Slides)

HOMEWORK:
Finish conclusion, (Submit rough draft #2 HERE!)

Thu - Oct 9

1. Look at some examples of conclusions on THIS Canva

2. Use THIS Rubric to help give feedback on someone else's conclusion

3. Discuss the connection between land use and water quality (presentation)

4. Discuss tomorrow's water quality lab

HOMEWORK: 

1. Redo lab report as necessary and PRINT A HARD COPY!

2. If you missed class, watch THIS presentation

3. IMPORTANT! To get ready for our lab on MONDAY, be sure to wacth Video - MORE water quality parameters.
   Add this information into your study guide and add the data table into your notes so you are ready. (you don't need a hypothesis)

4. 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 (all on one side)

Fri - Oct 10

1. Test your groups water sample (6 tests)
   One person needs to Input your data into THIS SPREADSHEET

2. Groups practice making conclusions with sample data

3. Create a googledoc and include the following:TWO conclusions under your data table.
   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
   Describe in some detail what your conclusion means for fish and people
   You do not need to use ALL your data but inlcude all RELEVANT data in your discussion 

HOMEWORK:

1. Finish writing two Water Quality conclusions and upload HERE (You will create a googledoc)

2. Do this FRQ practice in your notebook. Try to spend no more than 23 minutes!
   Upload a picture of your response when you are finished

3. Nature journal #6 (due Monday)

Week 8 - October 13 - 16

Mon - Oct 13

1. Quick review of FRQ practice

2. Look at data from up and down the creek for patterns (Each table group will be assigned one parameter)
     Groups brainstorm new water quality test

3. Groups present ideas for new tests

4. HERE are 13 review questions to work on

5. (Slides)

6. Good slides about riparian buffers! and FRQ mistakes

HOMEWORK: 

Study for test on WEDNESDAY

1. Read module 45 about Water pollution laws (it is short)
   There are two laws you need to understand

2. Review the learning goals from the beginning of each module and try to answer them. Check your answers by checking the answers at the end of each chapter 

3. HERE is a study guide (questions) that covers both chapter 9 and 14. If you can answer these, you'll do fine!

4. Complete your Chapter 14 study guide

5. Review your water diagram (aquifers)

6. Use the vocabulary lists and essential questions posted on the resource page

7. HERE are 13 review questions we worked on in class

8. Practice FRQs and strategies for how to write them can be found HERE

9. Watch one of THESE Videos (Number 24 is good review of water pollution)

10. ALSO, there are quesitons I have assigned for review in AP Classroom. Good practice!

Tue - Oct 14

1. Pre-ACT/PSAT

Wed - Oct 15

1. TEST - Water 

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Week 9 - October 21 - 24

Tue - Oct 21

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Wed - Oct 22

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Week 10 - October 27 - 31

Mon - Oct 27

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Tue - Oct 28

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Wed - Oct 29

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Thu - Oct 31

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Fri - Oct 31

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