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 link. Field Trip Permission Slip. Driver Permission Slip. (Need to turn in this field trip request to front desk staff)
Homework: Chapter 4 notes - 4.1, 4.2, and 4.4 (at least 1 page of concepts and vocabulary) consider drawing diagrams too.
Lesson 0 - No Backpack Day - Aug 14
Lesson 1 - Water Quality Mini Labs (4.4) - Aug 18
Lesson 2 - Water Cycle Review Day (4.1) - Aug 20
Lesson 3 - Water Pollution and Macroinvertebrates (3.1) - Aug 22
Lesson 4 - Water Access and Society (4.2) - Aug 26
Lesson 5 - Impacts on Water Quality - Eutrophication (4.4) - Aug 28
Lesson 7 - Water Security vs. Scarcity and Field Trip Prep (shared water simulation) - Sept 2
Lesson 8a Field Trip #1 - Poudre River Field Trip (2.5) - Sept 4
Lesson 8b Field Trip #2 - Field Trip Data Analysis - Sept 8
Lesson 6 - Big Question: Sharing Water Resources (4.2) - Sept 10
Lesson 9 - Plastic Pollution in Water (4.4) - Sept 12
Test Review - Test - Test Review
Unit Test - Sept 16
- Hand out IB Command Terms
- Graded - Do a check about reading notes. (4.1, 4.2, and 4.4)
Sept - 18, 22, and 24 (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 18
Prep equipment with topics for a brief data collection day.
Lesson 2 - Make this topic research day - Internal Assessment Overview (2.5) Sept 22 - Rough draft due in Early December. Put out equipment as reminders.
Lesson 3 - Make this - IA Topic Research and Method - Sept 24 - 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.