Rockstar - Kristal Ambrose
Water - Poudre Water Shed - Kristal Ambrose (4 min vid)
Big Question - How do human populations affect the water cycle, and how does this impact water security (and sustainable development)? (4.2)
How do water systems support life on Earth, and how do they interact with other systems, such as the carbon cycle? (4.1)
Updated form PSD field trip link. Driver Permission Slip. (Need to turn in this field trip request to front desk staff - PHSFieldtrips email) - Talk to IB admin for chaperones
Homework: Chapter Notes - 1.1, 4.1, 4.2, and 4.4 (at least 1 page of concepts and vocabulary) consider drawing diagrams too.
Lesson 0 - No Backpack Day, trash statement, school phone policy - Aug 19
Lesson 1 - Water Quality Mini Labs (4.4) - Aug 20, 21
Lesson 2 - Water Cycle Review Day (4.1) - Aug 24, 25
Lesson 3 - Water Pollution (3.1) - Aug 26, 27
Lesson 4 - Water Access and Society (4.2) - Aug 28, 31
Lesson 5 - Water Security vs. Scarcity and Field Trip Prep (macroinvertebrate practice) - Sept 1, 2
Lesson 6a Field Trip #1 - Poudre River Field Trip (2.5) - Sept 3, 4
Lesson 6b Field Trip #2 - Field Trip Data Analysis - Sept 8, 9
Lesson 7 - Impacts on Water Quality - Eutrophication (4.4) - Sept 10, 11
Lesson 8 - Big Question: Sharing Water Resources (4.2) - Sept 14, 15
Test Review - Test - Test Review
Unit Test - Sept 16, 17
- Hand out IB Command Terms
- Graded - Do a check about reading notes. (1.1, 4.1, 4.2, and 4.4)
Lesson 9 - Plastic Pollution in Water (4.4) - Sept 18, 21 (Use as Sub Lesson if needed)
(NEED to Share Seal of Climate Literacy with other science teachers/classes)
Announcement - CAS idea or for any interested students - (we will go to a conference for this at CSU in February) https://sustainablelivingassociation.org/youth-climate-action/ - Sign up for the Climate Action Day - mid to late September - Full commitment - Can be used for your Seal of Climate Literacy. Plan to commit to multiple days -
https://sustainablelivingassociation.org/youth-climate-action/ - Scroll down for the Action Resources Guide
Sept - 22-29 (also grade water tests this week)
Internal Assessment Week - 2 or 3 lessons to get students started off better - Day 1 explore ideas - Where could we "collect" data and how could we process it? Must link environment to society. - Day 2 Topic selection and research and planning? Rough draft by Dec ___ or call parents.
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/world-of-change (ideas of interest visually)
Lesson 1 - IA Equipment Overview - Sept 22, 23
Prep equipment with topics for a brief data collection day.
Lesson 2 - Make this topic research day - Internal Assessment Overview (2.5) Sept 24, 25 - Rough draft due in Early December. Put out equipment as reminders.
Lesson 3 - Make this - IA Topic Research and Method - Sept 28, 29 - IA topic research day. - be sure to leave out some probes for this day so students know what is available (but not to take) - including air quality. Rough draft due in early December.