Marine Biology

Wednesday June 13, 2018

Agenda:

1. Tank nutrients!
2. Work on your oral presentation!

HW:

• Hand in the Annotated Bibliography assignment # 3 for 20 sources!!!
  • Use the 5 W's of Source Evaluation to help find a reliable source
• Work on your oral presentation rough draft! This is due on THURSDAY!

Monday June 11, 2018

Agenda:

1. Final project presentations!
2. Goodbye seniors! Ice cream party!

HW:

• Hand in the Annotated Bibliography assignment # 3 for 20 sources!!!
  • Use the 5 W's of Source Evaluation to help find a reliable source
• Work on your oral presentation rough draft! This is due on THURSDAY!

Wednesday June 6, 2018

Agenda:

1. Whale Watch Naturalist Notes!
2. Finish your Annotated Bibliography!
3. Work on your oral presentation!

HW:

• Hand in the Annotated Bibliography assignment # 3 for 20 sources!!!
  • Use the 5 W's of Source Evaluation to help find a reliable source
• Work on your oral presentation rough draft!

Thursday May 31, 2018

Agenda:

1. Conferences!
2. Finish the Annotated Bibliography assignment # 3 for 20 sources
   1. Use the 5 W's of Source Evaluation to help find a reliable source

HW:

• Hand in the Annotated Bibliography assignment # 3 for 20 sources!!!
  • Use the 5 W's of Source Evaluation to help find a reliable source

Friday May 25, 2018

Agenda:

1. Field Trip forms!!!
2. Review field trip times and expectations for Tuesday
3. Mantis Shrimp Punch video
4. Conferences! Essential questions - make sure you have at least 2 essential questions for your topic!
5. Work on the Annotated Bibliography assignment # 3 for 20 sources
   1. Use the 5 W's of Source Evaluation to help find a reliable source

HW:

• Field Trip is on Tuesday!!!
• Complete the Annotated Bibliography assignment # 3 for 20 sources
  • Use the 5 W's of Source Evaluation to help find a reliable source

Wednesday May 23, 2018

Please Do Now:

• Hand in your Annotated Bibliography assignment # 2 on Google classroom!

Agenda:

1. Field Trip forms!!!
2. Conferences! Essential questions - make sure you have at least 2 essential questions for your topic!
3. Tank nutrients!
4. Work on the Annotated Bibliography assignment # 3 for 20 sources
   1. Use the 5 W's of Source Evaluation to help find a reliable source

HW:

• Field Trip forms!!!
• Complete the Annotated Bibliography assignment # 3 for 20 sources
  • Use the 5 W's of Source Evaluation to help find a reliable source

Friday May 18, 2018

Please Do Now:

• Hand in your Narrowing your Topic and Annotated Bibliography assignment # 1 on Google classroom!

Agenda:

1. Disruptus!
2. Work on your Annotated Bibliography! 10 sources due Monday!

HW:

• Annotated Bibliography # 2 Due Monday (10 total sources)

Tuesday May 15, 2018

Please Do Now:

• Hand in your Capstone Assignment 2 - Narrow your Topic assignment on Google classroom!

Agenda:

1. Look at the updated Capstone Project Master Schedule
2. Complete the Annotated Bibliography assignment # 1 for 5 sources
   1. Use the 5 W's of Source Evaluation to help find a reliable source

Requirements

• Submit a Google document to the assignments for Annotated Bibliography (This will occur in 3 stages. Each time the number of sources will increase).
• Use the correct citation formatting (MLA format)
• Organize alphabetically
• When citing websites use accurate hyperlinks (teachers will be visiting these sites)
• Annotation following the citation must be written in paragraph form:
  • Thorough summary of the source
  • Complete CRAAP analysis

HW:

• Complete the Annotated Bibliography assignment # 1 for 5 sources
  • Use the 5 W's of Source Evaluation to help find a reliable source

Thursday May 10, 2018

Agenda:

1. Complete Capstone Assignment 2 - Narrow your Topic
2. Done?
   1. Submit the assignment to Google classroom
   2. Work on writing and editing your lab report! Stuck? Have a classmate read it and give you suggestions!

HW:

• Work on Finish Capstone Assignment 2 - Narrow your Topic - due tomorrow! Please submit to Google classroom!

Monday May 7, 2018

Please Do Now:

• Submit your lab report edits to Google classroom

Agenda:

1. Field Trip Forms!!!
2. Tank Cleaning and water change
3. Complete Step 3 - For all responses- read the topic and ask a short answer- ask a few questions or provide brief thoughts about what the peer may think about or research if they select this topic for their project. Repeat this process for each topic on each form for all members of your class.

HW:

• Work on Step 4 - due Wednesday!

Tuesday May 1, 2018

Agenda:

1. Marine Ecology Video Scavenger Hunt
2. Time to work on Step 1 of your Capstone Project

HW:

• Submit Step 1 of the Topic Investigation to Google Classroom

Thursday April 26, 2018

Agenda:

1. Acid Test: The Global Challenge of Ocean Acidification video (20 minutes)
2. How to graph and create a data table
3. How to write a results section
4. Read the Anthropogenic ocean acidification over the 21st century and its impact on calcifying organisms article and complete the journal article scavenger hunt
5. How to find a good source - introduction to Google Keep
   1. Find at least 3 resources to use for your introduction paragraph and 3 more to use for your conclusions
6. Start doing your experiment/ work on your experiment!
7. Work on your lab report!
8. Check ins on weekly plan and project progress

HW:

• Finish lab report - due Monday! Turn in on Google classroom!

Monday April 23, 2018

Please Do Now:

• Homework Check! Procedure section of your lab report

Agenda:

1. Tank Cleaning!
2. Finish planning the dodgeball tournament!
3. Complete your weekly plan for your experiment
4. Time to work on your experiment - work on your results if you have finished your experiment!

HW:

• Work on lab report - due Monday! Turn in on Google classroom!

Wednesday April 11, 2018

Agenda:

1. Finish designing your experiment/ start doing your experiment/ work on your experiment!

Friday April 6, 2018

Agenda:

1. Tank Cleaning! Do a partial water change and test the nutrient levels!
2. Global Issues Network Reflection
3. Watch “Plastic Paradise: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch” video (57 minutes)

Tuesday April 3, 2018

Please Do Now!

• Hand in your field trip forms!!!

Agenda:

1. Test the tank nutrients
2. Design your own experiment!
3. Complete your experiment! Make sure you collect your data in an easy way that you can analyze it!

HW:

• Finish any missing/ late work by tomorrow!!!
• Get your field trip forms signed! You MUST hand them in tomorrow in order to attend!!!

Friday March 30, 2018

Please Do Now!

• Hand in your field trip forms!!!

Agenda:

1. The Power of pH: Changing Ocean Chemistry - Investigation 2
2. Design your own experiment!

HW:

• Finish any missing/ late work
• Get your field trip forms signed! You MUST hand them in tomorrow in order to attend!!!

Tuesday March 27, 2018

Please Do Now!

• Hand in your field trip forms!!!

Agenda:

1. Finish PSA Viewing - Provide Feedback
   1. PSA Reflection Handout
   2. PSA Peer Critique Handout
   3. Self-Reflection on Project
2. Tank Cleaning
3. The Power of pH: Changing Ocean Chemistry - Investigation 1

HW:

• Finish any missing/ late work
• Get your field trip forms signed!

Thursday March 22, 2018

LTs: I can…

• Analyze the impact of the human footprint on climate change
• Design, evaluate, and refine a solution for reducing the impacts of human activities on the environment and biodiversity (HS-LS2-7)
• NGSS Practices: Analyzing and Interpreting Data

Agenda:

1. Register for Global Issues Network - Choose a morning presentation and sign up for “Ocean Acidification and Pollution”
2. Tank Cleaning
3. Finished?
   1. Edit your PSA!
   2. Finish your Aquarium Exhibit!
      1. Exhibit Rubric

Tuesday March 20, 2018

LTs: I can…

• Analyze the impact of the human footprint on climate change
• Design, evaluate, and refine a solution for reducing the impacts of human activities on the environment and biodiversity (HS-LS2-7)
• NGSS Practices: Analyzing and Interpreting Data

Agenda:

1. Help Nemo find his home!
2. Calculate your carbon footprint - be as honest as possible!
3. Join the Ocean Acidification Discussion - either choose a thread and respond to a post or create your own thread!
4. Finished?
   1. Finish filming and editing your PSA!
   2. Finish your Aquarium Exhibit!
      1. Exhibit Rubric

HW:

• Finish filming and editing your PSA!
• Finish your Aquarium Exhibit!
  • Exhibit Rubric

Thursday March 15, 2018

LTs: I can…

• Analyze the impact of the human footprint on climate change
• Design, evaluate, and refine a solution for reducing the impacts of human activities on the environment and biodiversity (HS-LS2-7)

Agenda:

1. Finish the observations and inferences about biotic and abiotic factors!
2. Work on your Aquarium Exhibit - Due tomorrow!
   1. Exhibit Rubric

HW:

• Be ready to film tomorrow!
• Finish your aquarium exhibits!

Monday March 12, 2018

LTs: I can…

• Analyze the impact of the human footprint on climate change
• Design, evaluate, and refine a solution for reducing the impacts of human activities on the environment and biodiversity (HS-LS2-7)

Agenda:

1. Human Impacts Jigsaw Activity
   1. Scientists figure out why female turtles are born at higher temperatures
   2. Greenland's ice loss is already massive and now it's speeding up
   3. Giant waves quickly destroy Arctic Ocean ice and ecosystems
2. Tank Cleaning
3. Work on either your pre-production planning for your PSA or your Aquarium Exhibit
   1. Exhibit Rubric

HW:

• Work on pre-production planning for your PSA! Filming is TOMORROW!

Tuesday February 27, 2018

LTs: I can…

• Analyze the impact of the human footprint on climate change
• Design, evaluate, and refine a solution for reducing the impacts of human activities on the environment and biodiversity (HS-LS2-7)

Agenda:

1. Clean Water is Ours to Protect PSA
2. Simple but Powerful PSA Example
3. Finalize Storyboard Presentation for the middle school tomorrow!
4. Self-assess your work - Critical Thinking Rubric (independent work) or Collaboration Rubric (group work)

HW:

• Matt - Choose a journal article for us to discuss by Thursday!
• Finalize Storyboard Presentation for the middle school tomorrow!

Thursday February 15, 2018

Do Now:

• Show Ms. Scavotto your Become an Expert on your Topic! Graphic Organizer

LTs: I can…

• Analyze the impact of the human footprint on climate change
• Design, evaluate, and refine a solution for reducing the impacts of human activities on the environment and biodiversity (HS-LS2-7)

Agenda:

1. How to Make a PSA Video
2. Create groups - who is interested in which topic?
3. Develop a list of 4-5 questions to ask peers and teachers about their views and knowledge on your topic.
4. Interview at least 10 peers/ teachers.
5. Introduce the PSA Task Sheet and Project Rubric
6. Hand out the Storyboarding 101 Handout
7. Start the Storyboard Template
8. Collaboration Self-Assessment

HW:

• Continue to develop your PSA idea!

Monday February 12, 2018

Do Now:

• Complete the critical thinking questions on the Climate change in the U.S. Northeast article

LTs: I can…

• Analyze the impact of the human footprint on climate change
• Design, evaluate, and refine a solution for reducing the impacts of human activities on the environment and biodiversity (HS-LS2-7)

Agenda:

1. Class Discussion: Climate change in the U.S. Northeast article (30 mins)
   1. Journal Article Discussions
   2. Sarah: Choose journal article for 2/26/18 and come up with discussion format and questions for the journal article discussion - Due Thursday!!!
2. What happens if we do nothing?
   1. Video: Boyan Slat: How we will rid the oceans of plastic (30:08)
3. Introduction to the Design Thinking, 5 Stage Process
4. Introduction to Sustainable Development Goals:
   1. Partners will become an expert on one of the following:
      1. Goal 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation
      2. Goal 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
      3. Goal 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
      4. Goal 13 - Climate Action
      5. Goal 15 - Life on Land

You will ALSO need to become an expert on Goal 14 and connect your other goal to impacts on the oceans.

Goal 14 - Life Below Water

1. Introduction to “Save the Ocean: Start a Motion!”
   1. Driving Question: You are an expert on one of the major problems facing today’s oceans, how will you create an engaging PSA to educate others about it and what they can do to help?
2. Complete Graphic Organizer #1 (complete individually)

HW:

• Complete Graphic Organizer #1 (complete individually)

Thursday February 8, 2018

Do Now:

• Sit down and get ready to hear some proposals!

Learning Targets: I can...

• Evaluate the claims, evidence, and reasoning that the complex interactions in ecosystems maintain relatively consistent numbers and types of organisms in stable conditions, but changing conditions may result in a new ecosystem. (NGSS HS-LS2-6)
• Use mathematical representations to support claims for the cycling of matter and flow of energy among organisms in an ecosystem. (HS-LS2-4)

Agenda:

1. Aquarium fish proposals - Cat, Amber, CJ, and Becca
2. Add to your decisions from Tuesday -
   1. Has your opinion changed or stayed the same? Why?
   2. What do you think the most compelling argument was for the chosen ecosystem and fish species? Why?
3. Amber - test the tank!
4. Class Discussion - Open up Trello on your computers!
   1. Choose the ecosystem.
   2. Choose the fish species.
   3. Input the fish species into AqAdvisor
   4. Decide on number of fish species
   5. Make a proposed budget

HW:

• Make a proposed budget for your fish species in Google sheets. Embed this into your Google sites. Include the outcome of your AqAdvisor research in your post.
• Finish your aquarium curation project blog post if you have not already!

Friday February 2, 2018

Do Now:

• Pick up a reading from the front!

Learning Targets: I can...

• Evaluate the claims, evidence, and reasoning that the complex interactions in ecosystems maintain relatively consistent numbers and types of organisms in stable conditions, but changing conditions may result in a new ecosystem. (NGSS HS-LS2-6)
• Use mathematical representations to support claims for the cycling of matter and flow of energy among organisms in an ecosystem. (HS-LS2-4)

Agenda:

1. The Nitrogen Cycle Reading
2. The Nitrogen Cycle Discussion Questions
3. The Nitrogen Cycle Activity
4. Work on your aquarium curation project!

HW:

• Work on your aquarium curation project! You will be defending your arguments on Tuesday!
• Read the National Geographic Keystone Species article and be prepared to discuss on Monday!

Wednesday January 31, 2018

Do Now:

• Take out your Chromebooks

Learning Targets: I can...

• Evaluate the claims, evidence, and reasoning that the complex interactions in ecosystems maintain relatively consistent numbers and types of organisms in stable conditions, but changing conditions may result in a new ecosystem. (NGSS HS-LS2-6)

Agenda:

1. Clean tank - put Hermy in?
2. Work on your aquarium curation project!

HW:

• Work on your aquarium curation project!

Monday January 29, 2018

Do Now:

• Take out:
  • Animal activists find a pet problem with “Finding Dory” article

Learning Targets: I can...

• Evaluate the claims, evidence, and reasoning that the complex interactions in ecosystems maintain relatively consistent numbers and types of organisms in stable conditions, but changing conditions may result in a new ecosystem. (NGSS HS-LS2-6)

Agenda:

1. Review the Animal activists find a pet problem with “Finding Dory” article
2. In a new section of your blog entitled “Journal articles,” I’d like you to respond in complete sentences to the following:
   1. What is the main point of this article?
   2. What has the impact on marine pet trade been?
   3. Briefly explain the Rising Tide Program.
   4. What is a good resource for researching the correct fish? (This will come in handy soon!)
   5. What have been the impacts of other movies like Finding Dory?
   6. What is one thing that could have been done before the release of Finding Dory to educate the public about this problem?
3. Class Discussion - Animal activists find a pet problem with “Finding Dory” article
   1. Discussion Game Protocol
   2. Red Card = I think
   3. Blue Card = I know (because)
   4. Yellow Card = Pose a Question
   5. Green Card = I feel
   6. Orange Card = Connect (to yourself, to the world, to another text/idea/subject)
   7. You must play each card once, but can play the Question card multiple times after using all other cards.
4. Listen to: Changing Ecosystem Threatens Florida's Manatees
   1. Discussion Game Protocol
5. Finish the Marine Food Webs Research
6. Start your poster!

HW:

• Enjoy your afternoon!

Thursday January 25, 2018

Do Now:

• Hand in:
  • Signed syllabus and General information sheet

Learning Targets: I can...

• Evaluate the claims, evidence, and reasoning that the complex interactions in ecosystems maintain relatively consistent numbers and types of organisms in stable conditions, but changing conditions may result in a new ecosystem. (NGSS HS-LS2-6)

Agenda:

1. Introduction to Marine Food Webs Notes
2. Build your own Marine Food Web!

HW:

• Complete Part II of Introduction to Blogging!
  • Blogging rubric

Tuesday January 23, 2018

Do Now:

• Pick up one piece of paper from each of the stacks at the front of the room.
• With the index card:
  • Write your nickname at the top next to your name if you go by another name.
  • Divide the index card into quadrants.
  • Q1- Something that you do outside of school that makes you who you are.
  • Q2- Something that you want me to know about you as a learner.
  • Q3- I love it when teachers....
  • Q4- I hate it when teachers....
  • On the back side: Write 2 truths and 1 lie!

Learning Targets:

• I have talked to each classmate and learned one thing about them today.

Agenda:

1. General Class Information
   • Course Expectations and Grading Policy
   • Letter to Parents/ Guardians
2. Lab Safety
   • Contract
   • Equipment
3. Sign up for:
   • Google classroom: Check your email!
   • Trello: Check your email!
   • Slack Invite Link
4. Make a bookmarks folder in Google Chrome
   • Save in the folder: Virtual Classroom, Trello, and Slack links

HW:

• Show your parents/ guardians the letter, syllabus, and lab safety contract. Have them read and sign them and return it to me in class tomorrow.
  • Tell your p/gs about this Google site!