Welcome to December!   Welcome back from Thanksgiving Break!  We will tackle the often confused topic of El Nino and La Nina today.  Pay close attention as it is in the "Top Five" of topics students want to carefully review before the May APES exam.

Dew Point and Relative Humidity Lab Investigation.   You will be investigating aspects of atmospheric moisture in this lab investigation.

Topic 4.7 - FRQ and Lab Quiz.   You will hand in your lab investigation and then take a quick lab quiz over yesterday's investigation.  Afterwards you will be completing an FRQ to see how much you remember about trophic levels, food chains, and food webs.

Unit 4B Test.   After you finish today's assessment we will be moving on to Unit 5:  Land and Water Use.

Topic 5.1.   We will be revisiting the "Tragedy of the Commons" today.

Welcome to a look at forestry issues.   Lots to listen to today so be alert and ask questions if you have them.  We are primarily taking a close look at deforestation and its implications both economically and ecologically.

Sustainable forestry.   How can we take trees, a renewable resource and manage them effectively?

What Tree is that?   Today's lab investigation is focused on how to use dichotomous keys to help identify the myriad of different trees that occupy our neighborhoods.

Topics 5.3 and 5.4.   The Green Revolution and impact of modern agricultural practices will be discussed today.

Sustainable Agriculture and Irrigation Methods?   We will finish our discussion of sustainable agriculture and students will read about irrigation methods

Topics 5.6 and 5.16.   What pesticides are all about and how IPM can be an answer to our overuse of pesticides

Topic 5.7 on Meat Production.   The good and bad of how we produce our nation's and the world's meat.

Semester 1 Exams and a half day.  Hours 1 and 2 have their exams today.  Each exam is 90 minutes long and there is a 10 minute break between each exam.

Semester 1 Exams and a half day.  Hours 3 and 4 have their exams today.  Each exam is 90 minutes long and there is a 10 minute break between each exam.