2019/2020 Daily Agenda
Tuesday Oct 8
DUE: Unit 2 study guide
IN CLASS:
1. Unit 2 quiz
2. Introduction to Unit 3 (populations): slide 1
What To Do If You Missed Class: Take the quiz ASAP. review slide 1
HOMEWORK: N/A
Friday Oct 4
DUE: unit 2.4 homework
IN CLASS:
What To Do If You Missed Class: study for the unit 2 quiz. complete the study guide.
HOMEWORK: study for the unit 2 quiz. complete the study guide.
Wednesday Oct 2
DUE: (1) "Unearthing Ancient Climate Change" presentations (2) Ecological Succession Webques (3) unit 2.3 homework
IN CLASS:
1. "Unearthing Ancient Climate Change" presentations
2. Intro to Ecological Succession: slides 1-3
3. Ecological Succession Webquest
What To Do If You Missed Class: Review these slide sets: Astronomic Forces, Fossil Record, Sea Sediments, Ice Cores, Lake Sediments and answer the summary questions on your own.
Identify the similarities in findings for each of the data sets.
Summarize how we use each of the 5 types of information below to understand changes in Earth’s atmosphere and oceans.
preview slides 1-3 above and do the webquest.
HOMEWORK: unit 2.4 homework
Monday Sept 30
DUE: N/A
IN CLASS:
1. Intro to natural ecosystem change: slides 1-5
2. "Unearthing Ancient Climate Change" (we will present at the beginning of next class)
What To Do If You Missed Class: Review slides 1-5. Choose one of the topics and write a couple of paragraphs that show: (1) How or why we can get paleoclimate data from that source and what assumptions are necessary to have confidence in the data (2) What is the data that this source has produced (3) What are the interpretations from that data.
HOMEWORK: unit 2.3 homework
Thursday Sept 26
DUE: (1) unit 2.2 homework
IN CLASS:
2. Finish Recommendation for Treatment of the “South Slope Stand” in the Conifer forest
What To Do If You Missed Class: Get the forest data from the common doc. Write the recommendation on your own.
HOMEWORK: N/A
Tuseday Sept 24
DUE: (1) unit 2.1 homework
IN CLASS:
1. Intro to ecosystem services: slides 1-3
2. Recommendation for Treatment of the “South Slope Stand” in the Conifer forest
What To Do If You Missed Class: Get the forest data from the common doc. Write the recommendation on your own.
HOMEWORK: (1) unit 2.2 homework
Thursday Sept 19
DUE: (1) Biodiversity on Bird Island
IN CLASS:
1. Biodiversity on Bird Island: “Biodiversity on Bird Island” and Graphs for “bird island”
What To Do If You Missed Class: Do “biodiversity on bird island” on your own.
HOMEWORK: unit 2.1 homework
Tuesday Sept 17
DUE: (1) Unit 1 study guide
IN CLASS:
1. Unit 1 quiz
2. Introduce unit 2: slides 1-4 (including the video "can hunting preserve biodiversity"
What To Do If You Missed Class: Take the quiz tomorrow during seminar. review slides 1-4 and watch the video on slide 4.
HOMEWORK: N/A
Friday Sept 13
DUE: (1) 1.3 homework
IN CLASS:
What To Do If You Missed Class: work on the unit 1 study guide
HOMEWORK: (1) Finish the study guide (2) study for the unit 1 quiz next class
Wednesday Sept 11
DUE: (1) 1.2 homework
IN CLASS:
1. Intro to biogeochemical cycles: slides 1-5
2. The Carbon Cycle Game: game sheet and reservoir cards
3. Introduce aquaponics project
What To Do If You Missed Class: review slides 1-5, do the carbon cycle game on your own - you don’t need to print anything, just use a dice app and the reservoir cards online.
HOMEWORK: 1.3 homework
Monday Sept 9
DUE: (1) 1.1 homework
IN CLASS:
1. Cheetoh Calorimetry Challenge
What To Do If You Missed Class: review slides 1-6, be sure to do the Dietary Energy Lab (link here or on slide 4)
HOMEWORK: 1.2 homework
Tuesday Sept 5
DUE: (1) Dimensional Analysis Practice (2) unit 0 Study guide
IN CLASS:
1. Unit 0 quiz
2. Introduce unit 1.2: slides 1-4
What To Do If You Missed Class: review the slides for the introduction to unit 1. Do "funnel of death and killer spoons" on your own. Study for unit 0 quiz next class.
HOMEWORK: 1.1 homework
Tuesday Sept 3
DUE: (1) Wind Energy Challenge Paper (2) "Funnel of Death and Killer Spoons"
IN CLASS:
1. Dimensional Analysis Practice solutions
2. Introduce unit 1 (slides 1-6)
3. "Funnel of Death and Killer Spoons"
What To Do If You Missed Class: review the slides for the introduction to unit 1. Do "funnel of death and killer spoons" on your own. Study for unit 0 quiz next class.
HOMEWORK: finish study guide and study for the unit 0 quiz. Unit 1.1 homework (due Monday
Thursday Aug 29
DUE: Unit 0.4 homework
IN CLASS:
1. Wind Energy Challenge - competitions.
2. Introduce energy conversions and dimensional analysis: slides 15-18
3. Dimensional Analysis Practice check your answers here
What To Do If You Missed Class: review slides 15-18. Work on the dimensional analysis practice on your own.
HOMEWORK: finish study guide and study for the unit 0 quiz (both quiz and study guide will be thursday 9/5
Tuesday Aug 27
DUE: Unit 0.3 homework
IN CLASS: (with substitute)
1. work on the Study guide and/0r wind energy challenge papers. We will do the competitions and introduce the dimensional analysis next class. We're still planning on a quiz next tuesday.
What To Do If You Missed Class: Do the study guide and make sure your contribution to the wind energy paper is sound.
Homework: Unit 0.4 homework
Friday Aug 23
DUE: N/A
IN CLASS:
1. Wind Energy Challenge - competitions next class.
What To Do If You Missed Class: Confer with your group on your responsibilities for the wind energy challenge.
HOMEWORK: Unit 0.3 homework (due next class)
Wednesday Aug 21
DUE: Unit 0.2 homework
IN CLASS:
1. Introduction to the wind energy challenge: slides 1-6.
What To Do If You Missed Class: Preview slides 1-3. Talk to your group about what progress they’ve made on their device.
Monday Aug 19
DUE: (1) "Externalities Cost/Benefit Analysis + Mercury Cap and Trade Game"
IN CLASS:
1. Intro to Environmental Economics: slides 1-10
2. Externalities Cost/Benefit Analysis + Mercury Cap and Trade Game
What To Do If You Missed Class:
HOMEWORK: 1. Unit 0.2 homework
Thursday Aug 15
DUE: (1) Summer Assignment (2) "Go Fish!"
IN CLASS:
1. Intro to APES: slides 1-6
2. "Go Fish!" - game #1 only. Answer questions 1-6 in groups, the rest will be class discussion questions.
3. summarize with slides 7-13
What To Do If You Missed Class: Preview slides 1-6. Play the game "Go Fish" on your own (you don't need actual goldfish) and answer questions 1-13 on your own. Read slides 7-13. Do the self-assessment.
HOMEWORK: Unit 0.1 homework