Thursday, March 7, 2019

1. Lecture and practice mini-FRQ in class

2. Read and annotate this current event article from Mother Jones: "Coal Burning Plants Aren't Just Polluting the Air—They're Poisoning Water" (you need to be logged in to nv.ccsd.net to access)

3. Answer the questions from the article in your notebook. Do this by tomorrow.

Friday, March 8, 2019

1. Debrief from yesterday's homework.

2. Participate in a case studying answering the question: "What is the cause of the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico?" (It's a good presentation, check it out if you were absent or if you want to see it again... The concept is very "FRQ-able")

3. Begin working on the Water Pollution Reading Guide (assignment due on Water Pollution Exam Day)

Monday, March 11, 2019

1. Groundwater Contamination Lab (due Thursday, March 14, 2019)

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

1. Lecture and practice

Thursday, March 14, 2019

1. Participate in Part I of the BOD Lab (Access here)

Friday, March 15, 2019

1. Lecture and practice

Monday, March 18, 2019

1. Complete the Sewage FRQ on page 4 of notes packet 14.3 - Treating Wastewater. Write the FRQ in your notebook. This is due tomorrow.

2. In your reading guide, work on 14.4 - Heavy Metals. Use the textbook to find the answers on pages 389-394. I have also scanned the pages for you. Find them at crjust.us/pp389394.(must be logged in to nv.ccsd.net)

Tuesday, March 19, 2019

1. Howdy students, sorry about it, but I'm not feeling well today!

2. Please use your time wisely in class to complete section 14.4 of your reading guide. Once you are finished with that section, move onto section 14.5 of the reading guide. The content for the sections can be found at crjust.us/pp394399 (must be logged in to nv.ccsd.net)

3. I will award Quarter 4 points tomorrow for the following:

   1. Progress on reading guide (14.4 finished, 14.5 started)

   2. Sewage FRQ found on the back of notes packet 14.3.

   3. Your procedures for the BOD lab (as a lab group pick a factor like pH, salinity, food type, or temperature and write procedures on how your lab group will test its effect on yeast and methylene blue)

Wednesday, March 20, 2019 & Thursday, March 21, 2019

1. Lecture on heavy metals, oil pollution, and other water pollution.

Monday, March 25, 2019

1. Investigate a factor that affects BOD levels in a test tube containing methylene blue and yeast.

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Complete the following by the end of the period:

1. Turn in your BOD Vee Map. As a group, add your claim from the BOD lab to THIS PADLET >>

2. Read through the notes packet 14.5—Other Types of Water Pollution, Part II then watch this video at crjust.us/gyre to answer the questions on the back.

3. Read through 14.6—Water Laws and answer the questions on the back.

4. Prepare for the Water Pollution Exam... Study all notes packets (including the FRQ on 14.1, 14.3, and 14.5) and study the BOD lab!

Wednesday, March 27, 2019

1. Water Pollution Exam + FRQ

Thursday, March 28, 2019

• Chapter 15

• Air pollution lecture and embedded practice

• Read the Newsweek "Article Air Pollution Could Be Causing Psychotic Experiences in Teenagers" (DUE TOMORROW... you will receive this in class only)

Friday, March 29, 2019

• Chapter 15

• No lecture... We will learn about smog through reading, writing, and talking about it! The full, multi-page assignment can be found in the notes packet. This assignment is worth points and is due at the end of the period.

• The assignment in French for our foreign exchange guests

Monday, April 1, 2019

• Chapter 15

• Smog and ozone layer lecture and embedded practice

• Homework Due Tuesday, April 2, 2019 - Read about indoor air pollution on pages 427-430 in our textbook (take pictures of the pages with your phone, if you’d like). Answer the questions in your notes packet.

Tuesday, April 2, 2019

• Chapter 19

• Greenhouse gases and effect - notes.

• Use the terms from the Vee Map in your Greenhouse Effect notes and create a concept map on the last page. Concept map due Wednesday, April 3, 2019.

Wednesday, April 3, 2019

• Chapter 19

• Lab - Greenhouse effect

Homework Assigned Wednesday, April 3, 2019

Homework DUE Thursday, April 4, 2019

1. Complete all components of the Vee Map for our greenhouse effect investigation.

Homework DUE Friday, April 5, 2019

1. On your phone or computer, read the article “The Uninhabitable Earth” on Intelligencer. You can access the article at crjust.us/climate

2. In your notebook, summarize the main points from each of the subheadings: ‘Doomsday’; Heat Death; The End of Food; Climate Plagues; Unbreathable Air; Perpetual War; Permanent Economic Collapse; Poisoned Oceans; and The Great Filter.

Thursday, April 4, 2019

• Chapter 19

• Pear Deck Presentation - Evidence for and cause of global climate change

• Translated version for our French-speaking guests

Homework Assigned Wednesday, April 3, 2019

Homework DUE Thursday, April 4, 2019

1. Complete all components of the Vee Map for our greenhouse effect investigation.

Homework DUE Friday, April 5, 2019

1. On your phone or computer, read the article “The Uninhabitable Earth” on Intelligencer. You can access the article at crjust.us/climate

2. In your notebook, summarize the main points from each of the subheadings: ‘Doomsday’; Heat Death; The End of Food; Climate Plagues; Unbreathable Air; Perpetual War; Permanent Economic Collapse; Poisoned Oceans; and The Great Filter.

Friday, April 5, 2019

• Chapter 19

• Pear Deck Presentation - Evidence for and cause of global climate change, continued.

Monday, April 8, 2019

• Chapter 19

Global Climate Change Organizer

Directions: Complete the work in your notebook. You may create your organizer in any manner you wish, as long as the information requested below is all present.

1. Explain how anthropogenic increases of greenhouse gases enhances the greenhouse effect.

2. In class we discussed three sources of evidence of global climate change: increasing global temperatures, rising sea levels, and decreasing Arctic sea ice coverage. Head over to the climate.nasa.gov website and navigate to ‘Evidence.’ Identify and describe TWO additional sources of evidence of global climate change.

3. Head over to the climate.nasa.gov website and navigate to ‘Solutions.’ Explain mitigation and TWO ways humans can decrease the chances of global climate change.

Tuesday, April 9, 2019

• Chapter 19

• Positive feedback, thawing permafrost, and loose ends.

Homework will be assigned in class and can be found on the "Consequences — Global Climate Change Notes" handout and is DUE WEDNESDAY.

Wednesday, April 10, 2019

• Chapters 15 + 19

• Clean Air Act, Montreal Protocol, Kyoto Protocol, Paris Agreement, and carbon sequestration.

Spring Break Assignment:

Complete the following for 80 classwork points. DUE April 26, 2019:

• Read chapters 16 and 17 in our textbook.

• Complete the questions at the CHECKPOINT at the end of each section.

• Take the multiple choice exam at the end of both chapters.

• Complete FRQ 1 on page 460 and FRQ 1 on page 488.

Thursday, April 11, 2019

• Finish all work and notes in preparation for the exam on Friday.

Friday, April 12, 2019

• Chapters 15 & 19 Multiple choice and FRQ exam