Environmental Science - Daily Log

Week 6 (9.22-26)

Monday, September 22

Review Chemistry unit to prepare for test

Warm Up: Unit Review (teacher)

MIOD: Biogeochemical Cycles

Notebook Items:

WS - Unit Review

Daily Assignments: (digital/paper)

Module Checklist Chemistry due T 9.23 

Tuesday, September 23

Review, turn in Module Checklists and Test

Warm Up: none

MIOD: none

Daily Assignments: (digital/paper)

Module Checklist Chemistry due T 9.23

Chemistry Unit Test due T 9.23 

Wednesday, September 24

Begin looking at the major components of the earth’s dynamic systems

Warm Up: The Unit Title

MIOD: USA water usage

Notebook Items:

Unit Study Guide Spheres & Cycles

Notes - Composition of the Hydrosphere

Graph - Distribution of Water

Maps - World water (presentation) 

Week 5 (9.15-19)

Monday, September 15

Water and the need for safe drinking water

Warm Up: Water is WET

MIOD: Lead pollution over time

Notebook Items:

Notes - Water Properties

Resource:

Case Study - Pollutants (Flint, MI)

Tuesday, September 16

We continue to explore water and review Flint.

Warm Up: GrapH20s

MIOD: Clearwater Lakes (wiki)

Notebook Items:

Activity - Water’s Impact Group work

Daily Assignments: (digital/paper)

DDA: Case Study Summary - Flint, MI in Classroom blk 1/blk 2 due R 9.16

Resource:

Review the "Where/What/Who/When/Why and How" of Flint, MI

Crash Course - Liquid Awesome: Water

Wednesday, September 17

Things are moving around

Warm Up: Don’t Go Chasing Waterfalls

MIOD: Iguazu, Angel, and Victoria

Notebook Items:

Vocabulary - Biogeochemical Cycles

Daily Assignments: (digital/paper)

DDA: Water Cycle in Classroom blk 1/blk 2 due F 9.19 

Thursday, September 18

More work with cycles, work on Water Cycle

Warm Up: Pandemic Pollution

MIOD: LA, New Delhi and some real science

Notebook Items:

Diagrams - C/O Cycle, Nitrogen Cycle, Nutrient

Daily Assignments: (digital/paper)

DDA: Water Cycle in Classroom blk 1/blk 2 due F 9.19 

Friday, September 19

Review cycles and energy, chemical reactions

Warm Up: Round and Round

MIOD: CERN Hair/LHC

Notebook Items:

Notes - Chemical Reactions and Energy

WS - Energy, Phase Changes and Chemical Reactions

Resource:

Types of Energy (review) 

Week 4 (9.8-12)

Monday, September 8

Review and test

Daily Assignments: (digital/paper)

WS - Unit Review

Unit 1 Test

Tuesday, September 9

Introduction to the matter and energy of Environmental Science

Warm Up: Energy

MIOD: Global Raw Materials

Notebook Items:

Study Guide - Chemistry

Chemistry Diagrams - Matter, Atomic Structure, Elements, Molecules and Compounds

Daily Assignments: (digital/paper)

PDA: Case Study - PCBs in Orca due R 9.11 

Wednesday, September 10

More details on basic chemistry

Warm Up: Simple Math

MIOD: Chemical Safety

Notebook Items:

Drawing Atoms

Handout - Important Chemicals

Daily Assignments: (digital/paper)

PDA: Case Study - PCBs in Orca due R 9.11 

Thursday, September 11

Continue exploring the variety of chemicals important in Environmental Science

Warm Up: Periodic Tables

MIOD: Ytterby

Notebook Items:

Continue with Handout - Important Chemicals

DiB: London’s Pollution Problem

Resource:

Biological Magnification

Friday, September 12

Summary of Case Study (and nature walk) 

Warm Up: The Blacklist

MIOD: Orca by NYCHOS

Notebook Items:

DiB: London’s Pollution Problem

Daily Assignments: (digital/paper)

DDA: Case Study Summary - PCBs in Orca (group) in Classroom Blk 1/Blk 2 due M 9.15 

Week 3 (9.2-5)

Tuesday, September 2

Review Nature/Numbers & Surry Activities -

Warm Up: See Without Seeing

MIOD: Bingham Canyon Mine

Notebook Items:

Handout - Surry/VA Map (info) 

Wednesday, September 3

Finish overview of Virginia, Superfund…

Warm Up: DIB...American Land Use

MIOD: Methane Emissions

Notebook Items:

The Old Dominion - paired partner activity

Daily Assignments: (digital/paper)

PDA: Superfund Site Summaries due F 9.5 

Thursday, September 4

Closure on Unit 1 material

Warm Up: Like Oil and Water 

MIOD: Virginia Biodiversity Intactness

Notebook Items:

Vocabulary: Perspectives and Impacts

Daily Assignments: (digital/paper)

PDA: Superfund Site Summaries due F 9.5

Resource:

Group Discussion - Nature of Science

Friday, September 5

Review for test 1

Warm Up: Unit Review (teacher)

Notebook Items:

WS - Unit Review

Daily Assignments: (digital/paper)

Module Checklist due M 9.8

Resource:

Review Presentation

Week 2 (8.25-28)

Monday, August 25

Discuss Hadal Ecosystems, begin Case Study - Surry County

Warm Up: The Power Plant

MIOD: Ride the Lightning

Notebook Items:

Chart - Federal & State Agencies

Case Study - Surry County part 1 - work in pairs

Resources: Hadal Ecosystems part 4 

Tuesday, August 26

A dive into data and analysis and more Surry.

Warm Up: Logos

MIOD: Environmental Science Meme 1

Notebook Items:

WS - The Numbers of Science

Case Study - Surry County part 2 (add to 1) - work in pairs 

Wednesday, August 27

More numbers and Surry, plus a little science

Warm Up: EPA Budget & Workforce

MIOD: Bhopal Infographic

Notebook Items:

Continue working on WS - The Numbers of Science

Case Study - Surry County part 3,4,6 - work in pairs

Handout - The Nature of Science 

Thursday, August 28

Starting to connect the numbers and nature of science.

Warm Up: What’s Right?

MIOD: biodiversitymapping.org

Notebook Items:

Case Study - Surry County part 3,4,6 - work in pairs

Handout - The Nature and Numbers of Science

Week 1 (8.118-22)

Monday, August 18

Introduction to Environmental Science and classroom policies.

Warm Up: Simple Possessions

Notebook Items:

Study Guide - Enviro Sci Obj & Vocab

Daily Assignments: (digital/paper)

PDA: Environmental Science Syllabus/Class Policies signed by student and parent due F 8.22

DDA: Join Google Classroom (blk 1 - vz2moxrj) (blk 2 - xx2viicy) due F 8.22

DDA: Complete the Survey in Classroom blk 1/ blk 2 due F 8.22

Resources:

Daily Announcements / Daily Log / Website / Canvas Modules / Canvas Syllabus / Classroom 1:2

Brinkman

Tuesday, August 19

Start diving into key ideas and terms

Warm Up: Summer 2025 Environment

Notebook Items:

Vocabulary - Environmental Science

Daily Assignments: (digital/paper)

DDA: Complete the Survey in Classroom blk 1/ blk 2 due F 8.22 

Wednesday, August 20 and Thursday August 21

Pretest and Classwork alternate

Warm Up: DiB: Like Tokyo in Summer

MIOD: Baobab 

Notebook Items:

Activity - Defining Natural Systems and Social Systems (take outside if possible…)

Daily Assignments: (digital/paper)

DDA: Environmental Survey- Perspectives and Impacts in Classroom Blk 1/Blk 2 due F 8.22

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DDA: Pretest in Canvas due Blk 1 W 8.20/Blk 2 R 8.21

PDA: Case Study - Hadal Ecosystems Vocab due F 8.22

DDA: Case Study - Hadal Ecosystems Images in Classroom Blk 1/Blk 2 due F 8.22 

Friday, August 22

Warm Up: no warm up - Case Study part 2 pair/group discussion

MOID: The Republic of Maldives

Notebook Items:

Notes - History of Environmental Policy

Daily Assignments: (digital/paper)

PDA: Case Study - Hadal Ecosystems Article Questions due M 8.25