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Environmental Science
Homework/Projects= 25%
Participation= 20%
Assessment= 45%
Final Exam= 10%
Monday, Jan. 6th- Sink Challenge, About you "Note Card", Journal - Species List-5 minutes. What is a Specie?,
Tuesdsay, Jan. 7th- Drop off Recycling, Walk to the South Campus Train Tracks, Journal- Why do we care about the Environment? Why should we take care of it? Journal-What do you hope to learn about in the class? Bean Time Lapse-Plant Movement, Food Web Assignment,
Wednesday, Jan. 8th-Syllabus: Food/Phones/Passes/Safety/Basket/Binders; Indian Grass Movement, Recycling
Thursday, Jan. 9th- Food Web Assignment,
Friday, Jan. 10th- Jimmy Carter Env. Legacy Video, Bird Flu Video, Food Web Assignment,
Monday, Jan. 13th- Food Web Assignment Due Tomorrow, How Wolves Change Rivers in Yellowstone video and discussion , Watch Isle Royale Video with Rolf, Isle Royale Pictures, Book Ideas,
Tuesday, Jan. 14th-Settera, Isle Royale Graph, Food Web Assignment Due, Yellowstone Wolves CBS Video, Book Ideas,
Wednesday, Jan. 15th-Recycling, Book Ideas,
Thursday, Jan. 16th- Book Ideas, Lynx and Hare (and graph),
Friday, Jan. 17th- Finish Lynx and Hare (and graph), Work on Mammals Presentation
Monday, Jan. 20th- No School, Teacher PD
Tuesday, Jan. 21st- Snow Day
Wednesday, Jan. 22nd-Snow Day
Thursday, Jan. 23rd- Read, Work on Mammals Presentation,
Friday, Jan. 24th-Read, Read, Start Invasive Brackets using the Invasive Fighter Profiles, if you get done, work on studying Mammals (test on Wednesday)
Monday, Jan. 27th- Recycle, and Invasive Brackets using the Invasive Fighter Profiles,
Mammals Practice 1, Mammals Practice 2, Mammals Practice 3, Mammals Practice 4, Mammals Practice 5, Mammals Practice 6, Mammals Practice 7
Tuesday, Jan. 28th-Read, Finish Invasive Brackets using the Invasive Fighter Profiles, Study Mammals
Wednesday, Jan. 29th- Go over Invasive Brackets, Read,
Bracket Challenge Results: Round 1 Top Half Results, Round 1 Bottom Half Results Round 2 MS EAB, Round 2 GM FS , Round 2 ES GM , Round 2 BS MS Final Four BS GM, Final Four EAB FS http://greatlakesecho.org/page/2/?s=Rachael+Gleason, Finish going over specie brackets, and watch Championship Video, (2).
Thursday, Jan. 30th- Mammals Test, Welland Canal and Ballast Explanation,
Friday, Jan. 31st- Python Invasive Video, Read, Fish and Amphibians Presentation,
Monday, Feb. 3rd- Recycle, Fish and Amphibians Presentation, Study Fish and Amphibians
A&F 1, A&F 2, A&F 3, A&F 4, A&F 5, A&F 6, A&F7
Tuesday, Feb. 4th- Sturgeon Article, Read, Collect Brack Background papers, Vice Banana Video,
Wednesday, Feb. 5th- Discuss Vice Banana Video, Wolf Articles discuss as a class. Start Invasive Presentation
Thursday, Feb. 6th- Snow Day
Friday, Feb. 7th- Reading, Work on Invasive Presentation
Monday, Feb. 10th- Reading, Invasive Presentation , Study for Amphibians, Fish, and Mammals
Group 1 F & A, Group 2 F & A, Group 3 F & A, Group 4 F & A, Group 5 F & A, Group 6 F & A, Group 7 F & A
Fish and Amphibian Extra Practice 1, Fish and Amphibian Extra Practice 2, Fish and Amphibian Extra Practice 3, Fish and Amphibian Extra Practice 4, Fish and Amphibian Extra Practice 5, Old Fish & Amphibian Practice 1, Old Fish & Amphibian Practice 2, Old Fsh & Amphibian Practice 3, Old Fish & Amphibian Practice 4, Old Fish & Amphibian Practice 5, Old Fish & Amphibian Practice 6
Tuesday, Feb. 11th-Recycling, Amphibian and Fish Test (along with Mammals),
Wednesday, Feb. 12th-Read, Present Invasive Presentation,
Thursday, Feb. 13th- Read, Present Invasive Presentation, Make "presentations" for Reptiles,
Friday, Feb. 14th- Recycling, Reading, Reptiles Practice 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Monday, Feb. 17th- No School- Mid Winter Break
Tuesday, Feb. 18th- No School- Mid Winter Break
Wednesday, Feb. 19th- Science Reading, Prairie Habitat Presentation,
Thursday, Feb. 20th- Natural Areas Website, Monoculture Lawns- Monarch Video . Study Amphibians
Friday, Feb. 21st- Review Clover, Watch Bee Videos- How is Honey Made?
Monday, Feb. 24th-Read, Recycle, Study Amphibians
Tuesday, Feb. 25th- Reptiles Quiz, Read Start on and Birds Presentation,
Wednesday, Feb. 26th- What about the native pollinators? , Yellowstone Blooming at Different Times
Discuss as a group: 1. Is there social pressure related to lawn maintenance and what do you think about it; 2. How does lawn care impact the environment?; 3. What alternatives are there?
Thursday, Feb. 27th- Read, Clover, Grist Video- Lawns Irrigation, How Americans Learned to Love their Front Lawn NYT, Work on and Birds Presentation,
Birds 1, Birds 2, Birds 3, Birds 4, Birds 5, Birds 6, Birds 7
Friday, Feb. 28th-Read, Food discussion, Introduce- Food Presentation,
Monday, March, 3rd- Read, Recycle, Work on Food Presentation
Tuesday, March 4th- Read, Work on Food Presentation
Wednesday, March 5th- Work on Food Presentation,
Thursday, March 6th- Study Birds, Present Food Presentations
Friday, March 7th- Study Birds, Present Food Presentations
Monday, March 10th- Present Food Presentations, Recycle, Study Birds
Tuesday, March 11th- Finish Presentations. Mediterrenean Diet, Study Birds- Birds 1, Birds 2, Birds 3, Birds 4, Birds 5, Birds 6, Birds 7
Birds extra practice- Birds Practice 1, Birds Practice 2, Birds Practice 3, Birds Practice 4, Birds Practice 5, Birds Practice 6
Wednesday, March 12th- Practice Birds, Bird Call Video
Thursday, March 13th- Bird Test, Watch Loon Vox Video, Mix 107 Loon Article,
Friday, March 14th- No School
Monday, March 17th- Recycle
Tuesday, March 18th- Outside Hike
Wednesday, March 19th- Outside Hike
Thursday, March 20th- Talk about Spring, Read, MacroInvertebrate List
Friday, March 21st- Read, Finish up MacroInvertebrate List
Monday, March 24th- Read and Recycle
Tuesday, March 25th-Taco Bell Loon Call, Watch Loon Vox Video, Mix 107 Loon Article, Food and The Environment Presentation
Wednesday, March 26th-Read, Food and The Environment Presentation
Thursday, March 27th-Read, Food and The Environment Presentation, Macro Practice 1, Macro Practice 2, Macro Practice 3, Macro Practice 4, Macro Practice 5, Macro Practice 6
Friday, March 28th-Food and The Environment Presentation,
Monday, March 31st- Recycle Plastic Wars Video, Study Macroinvertebrates
Tuesday, April 1st-Read, Plastic Wars Video,
Wednesday, April 2nd-Read, Plastic Wars Video, Study Macroinvertebrates, Extra Study Help: Macro Group 1, Macro Group 2, Macro Group 3, Macro Group 4, Macro Extra Practice 1, Macro Extra Practice 2, Macro Extra Practice 3, Macro Extra Practice 4, Macro Extra Practice 5, Macro Extra Practice 6, Macro Extra Practice 7, Macro Extra Practice 8, Macro Extra Practice 9, Macro Extra Practice 10, Macro Extra Practice 11, Macro Extra Practice 12, Macro Extra Practice 13,
Thursday, April 3rd- Macro Test
Friday, April 4th- Spring Break
Monday, April 7th- Spring Break
Tuesday, April 8th- Spring Break
Wednesday, April 9th- Spring Break
Thursday, April 10th- Spring Break
Friday, April 11th- Spring Break
Monday, April 14th- Outside Hike
Tuesday, April 15th-Recycle, Tree ID Presentation
Wednesday, April 16th- Read the Foreward of A Sand County Almanac, Outside to pick up trash
Thursday, April 17th- State Testing
Friday, April 18th- Read, Finish Tree ID Presentation
Monday, April 21st- Outside Hike to Macroinvertebrate Pond
Tuesday, April 22nd- Outside Hike to Macroinvertebrate Pond
Wednesday, April 23rd- Outside Hike to "Tick Pond"
Thursday, April 24th-Outside Hike to Lakeside Park
Friday, April 25th-Outside Hike to find salamanders, Trees Practice 1, Trees Practice 2, Trees Practice 3, Trees Practice 4, Trees Practice 5, Trees Practice 6, Tree Practice 7
Monday, April 28th- Student 1/2 Day, Outside Journaling/Observations/Drawings
Tuesday, April 29th- Recycling
Wednesday, April 30th-
Thursday, May 1st- Watch Bottle Deposits in Michigan
Friday, May 2nd- Take Trees Test (on google classroom), Work on Grasses presentation
Monday, May 5th- Outside Hike, San Diego Watersheds, Finish Grasses presentation
Tuesday, May 6th- Recycle
Wednesday, May 7th- Outside Hike
Thursday, May 8th- Outside Hike, Study Grasses- Grasses Group 1, Grasses Group 2, Grasses Group 3, Grasses Group 4, Grasses Group 5, Group 1 GWSV, Group 2 GWSV, Group 3 GWSV, Group 4 GWSV, Group 5 GWSV, Group 6 GWSV
Friday, May 9th-
Monday, May 12th-
Tuesday, May 13th-
Wednesday, May 14th-
Thursday, May 15th-
Friday, May 16th-
Monday, May 19th-
Tuesday, May 20th-
Species List-
Fish and Amphibians Presentation,
Wednesday, May 21st-
Thursday, May 22nd-
Friday, May 23rd-
Monday, May 26th-
Tuesday, May 27th-
Wednesday, May 28th- 1/2 Day Finals
Thursday, May 29th- 1/2 Day Finals
Friday, May 30th- 1/2 Day Finals
USDA Link to Food and $, Plastic Wars Video, Svalbard Seed Bank, Plastic Wars Video,
Declining Quality, Vox Going Green , Bottle Deposits in Michigan, Apple Obsolescence,
Consumption Presentation, Lawmaker Letter, Is Recycling Worth It Anymore? Video
81 days and 3 exam days
Monday, August 19th- Outside Hike, Journal - Species List-5 minutes.
Tuesday, August 20th- Recycle, Walk to the South, What is a Specie?, Journal- Why do we care about the Environment? Why should we take care of it? Journal-What do you hope to learn about in the class?
Wednesday, August 21st- Outside Hike, Syllabus: Food/Phones/Passes/Safety/Basket/Binders;
Thursday, August 22nd- Sink Challenge, About you "Note Card",
Friday, August 23rd- No School
Monday, August 26th- Recycle
Tuesday, August 27th- Outside short hike to prairie habitat. Select Books
Wednesday, August 28th-Solidy Book Choices, Prairie Walk, Start Food Web Assignment,
Thursday, August 29th- Food Web Assignment,
Friday, August 30th- No School
Monday, Sept. 2nd- No School
Tuesday, Sept. 3rd- Outside
Wednesday, Sept. 4th- Recycle, Food Web Assignment,
Thursday, Sept. 5th- Outside
Friday, Sept. 6th- Outside
Monday, Sept. 9th- Outside
Tuesday, Sept. 10th- Outside
Wednesday, Sept. 11th-Read 15 minutes, Outside
Thursday, Sept. 12th- Read 15 minutes, Work on Food Web Assignment,
Friday, Sept. 13th- Read 15 minutes, Tree ID Presentation
Monday, Sept. 16th-Campus Train Tracks, Recycle, Work on Trees
Tuesday, Sept. 17th- Read, Finish Trees, Start up on Grasses presentation
Wednesday, Sept. 18th-Work on Grasses presentation, Outside Observations of Forest Habitat
Thursday, Sept. 19th- Outside Observations of Prairie Habitat
Friday, Sept. 20th- Study Trees, Finish Grasses, Read
Monday, Sept. 23rd- Recycling
Tuesday, Sept. 24th- Read, Finish Grasses Presentation,
Extra Tree Studying- Trees Practice 1 , Trees Practice 2, Trees Practice 3, Trees Practice 4, Trees Practice 5
Trees Group 1, Trees Group 2, Trees Group 3, Trees Group 4, Trees Group 5, Trees Group 6
Wednesday, Sept. 25th- Take Tree Test, Read
Thursday, Sept. 26th- Collect Bee Balm Seeds
Friday, Sept. 27th- Collect Milkweed Seeds
Monday, Sept. 30th- Recycling and Read
Tuesday, Oct. 1st- Milkweed Seed Collection
Wednesday, Oct. 2nd- Milkweed Seed Collection
Thursday, Oct. 3rd- Black Locust Cutting
Friday, Oct. 4th- Trash Clean Up, Black Locus Cutting
Monday, Oct. 7th- Recycling
Tuesday, Oct. 8th- Read and MacroInvertebrate List
Wednesday, Oct. 9th- Outside to collect Macroinvertebrates
Thursday, Oct. 10th- Outside of collect Macroinvertebrates and collect Shagbark Hickory Nuts
Friday, Oct. 11th- Grasses Test
extra practice- Grasses Group 1, Grasses Group 2, Grasses Group 3, Grasses Group 4, Grasses Group 5
Extra Grasses Practice- Group 1 GWSV, Group 2 GWSV, Group 3 GWSV, Group 4 GWSV, Group 5 GWSV, Group 6 GWSV
Monday, Oct. 14th- Cutting down of invasive species on hill north of practice football field.
Tuesday, Oct. 15th- Recycling, Work on finishing Macroinvertebrates, and then studying Macroinvertebrates
Our Class "Presentations" :
Macro 1, Macro 2, Macro 3, Macro 4, Macro 5
Past year study guides: Macro Practice 1, Macro Practice 2, Macro Practice 3, Macro Practice 4, Macro Practice 5, Macro Practice 6
Wednesday, Oct. 16th- Reading
Thursday, Oct. 17th- Outside Hike
Friday, Oct. 18th- Outside Hike
Monday, Oct. 21st- Outside Hike
Tuesday, Oct. 22nd- Outside Hike
Wednesday, Oct. 23rd- Recycle
Thursday, Oct. 24th- Read, Collect Seeds (Little Bluestem, Indian Grass, and Gray Headed Coneflower
Friday, Oct. 25th- Read for 15 minutes, Work on Mammals Presentation,, Study Macroinvertebrates for Tuesday's test.
Macro 1, Macro 2, Macro 3, Macro 4, Macro 5
Past year study guides: Macro Practice 1, Macro Practice 2, Macro Practice 3, Macro Practice 4, Macro Practice 5, Macro Practice 6
Monday, Oct. 28th- Recycle, Outside
Tuesday, Oct. 29th- Outside
Wednesday, Oct. 30th- Outsdie
Thursday, Oct. 31st- Half Day, Outside
Friday, Nov. 1st- Macro Test
Monday, Nov. 4th- Read, Recycle
Tuesday, Nov. 5th- Recycle, How Wolves Change Rivers in Yellowstone video and discussion
Wednesday, Nov. 6th- Yellowstone Wolves CBS Video, Wolf Articles discuss as a class.
Thursday, Nov. 7th- Finish Wolf Articles discuss as a class. Watch Isle Royale Video with Rolf, Isle Royale Pictures,
Friday, Nov. 8th- Gray Headed Coneflower Collection
Monday, Nov. 11th- Recycle, Read
Tuesday, Nov. 12th-Read, Lynx and Hare
Mammal Practice- Mammal ID 1, Mammal ID 2, Mammal ID 3, Mammal ID 4, Mammal ID 5,
Extra Practice- Extra Practice Quiz Mammals Practice 1, Mammals Extra Practice 2, Mammals Extra Practice 3, Mammals Extra Practice 4, Mammals Extra Practice Quiz , Mammals Extra Practice Quiz 6, Mammals Extra Practice Quiz 7, Mammals Extra Practice Quiz 8, Mammals Extra Practice Quiz 9, Mammals Extra Practice Quiz 10
Wednesday, Nov. 13th-Lynx and Hare, Mammals Test,
Thursday, Nov. 14th- Isle Royale Graph, Lynx and Hare (and graph), Fish and Amphibians Presentation, Invasive Presentation
Friday, Nov. 15th-Start Invasive Presentation ,
Monday, Nov. 18th- Recycle, work on Invasive Presentation ,
Tuesday, Nov. 19th- Present Invasive Presentation ,
Wednesday, Nov. 20th-Start Invasive Brackets using the Invasive Fighter Profiles, Welland Canal and Ballast Explanation,
Thursday, Nov. 21st-Finish Invasive Brackets using the Invasive Fighter Profiles, Bracket Challenge Results: Round 1 Top Half Results, Round 1 Bottom Half Results Round 2 MS EAB, Round 2 GM FS , Round 2 ES GM , Round 2 BS MS Final Four BS GM, Final Four EAB FS http://greatlakesecho.org/page/2/?s=Rachael+Gleason, Finish going over specie brackets, and watch Championship Video, (2). Python Invasive Video, Read article and watch video on Pythons and Invasive Species;
Practice Amphibians-Group 1 F & A, Group 2 F & A, Group 3 F & A, Group 4 F & A, Group 5 F & A, Group 6 F & A, Group 7 F & A
Fish and Amphibian Extra Practice 1, Fish and Amphibian Extra Practice 2, Fish and Amphibian Extra Practice 3, Fish and Amphibian Extra Practice 4, Fish and Amphibian Extra Practice 5, Old Fish & Amphibian Practice 1, Old Fish & Amphibian Practice 2, Old Fsh & Amphibian Practice 3, Old Fish & Amphibian Practice 4, Old Fish & Amphibian Practice 5, Old Fish & Amphibian Practice 6
Friday, Nov. 22nd- Fish and Amphibian Quiz (along with Mammals), Continue with- Reptiles Presentation,
Monday, Nov. 25th- Recycle and Read
Tuesday, Nov. 26th-Reptile Test, Prairie Habitat Presentation, Natural Areas Website, Monoculture Lawns- Grist Video- Lawns Irrigation, How Americans Learned to Love their Front Lawn NYT, Review Clover
Discuss as a group:
1. Is there social pressure related to lawn maintenance and what do you think about it
2. How does lawn care impact the environment?
3. What alternatives are there?
Wednesday, Nov. 27th- Thanksgiving Break
Thursday, Nov. 28th- Thanksgiving Break
Friday, Nov. 29th- Thanksgiving Break
Monday, Dec. 2nd- Introduce- Food Presentation, Watch Bee Videos- How is Honey Made? What about the native pollinators? Reptile Practice
Reptiles 1, Reptiles 2, Reptiles 3, Reptiles 4, Reptiles 5, Reptiles 6, Reptile Extra Practice 1, Reptile Extra Practive 2, Reptile Extra Practice 3, Reptile Extra Practice 4, Reptile Extra Practice 5, Repltile Extra Practice 6
Tuesday, Dec. 3rd- Recycle
Wednesday, Dec. 4th- Reptile Test, Birds Presentation,
Thursday, Dec. 5th- Recycle
Friday, Dec. 6th-Finish Birds Presentation, Watch Loon Vox Video, Mix 107 Loon Article,
Monday, Dec. 9th-Work on Food Presentation
Tuesday, Dec. 10th-Work on Food Presentation
Wednesday, Dec. 11th- Present Food Presentations
Thursday, Dec. 12th- Work on Consumption Presentation,
Friday, Dec. 13th- Work on Consumption Presentation,
Monday, Dec. 16th- Present Consumption Presentation,
Tuesday, Dec. 17th- Test over Mammals, Fish, Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds
Wednesday, Dec. 18th- Exams
Thursday, Dec. 19th- Exams
Friday, Dec. 20th- Exams
Watch King Corn and answer questions (if you miss a few questions that is ok, but you should be paying attention and get most of them.)
Work on Food Presentation (presenting on Friday)
During this time you welcome to move around and work with others (inside the classroom, not in the hall), but make sure you return all lab chairs back on the side of the classroom at the end of the hour. You can have headphones in but phones should be in the door holder.
Present Food Presentation to the class, Watch Loon Vox Video, Mix 107 Loon Article,
Finish Food Presentation, Go over videos in Food Energy Notes, (FITB Notes) In Defense of Food PBS Clip, Svalbard Seed Bank, Revolution Farms, Things in our food not found in other countries, USDA Link to Food and $
Review from King Corn:
Why is it a good thing that we’ve been able to dramatically reduce the amount of money we spend on food?
Why is it a bad thing that we’ve been able to dramatically reduce the amount of money we spend on food?
How does cheap food impact the environment?
What are three insights you take away from watching King Corn?
Declining Quality, Vox Going Green , Bottle Deposits in Michigan, Apple Obsolescence,
92 Days and 3 Exam Days
Monday, Jan. 8th- Sink Challenge, About you "Note Card", Journal - Species List-5 minutes. What is a Specie?, Journal- Why do we care about the Environment? Why should we take care of it? Journal-What do you hope to learn about in the class?
Tuesday, Jan. 9th- Syllabus: Food/Phones/Passes/Safety/Basket/Binders; Recycle, Walk to the South Campus Train Tracks,
Wednesday, Jan. 10th- Snow Day
Thursday, Jan. 11th- Bean Time Lapse-Plant Movement, Indian Grass Movement, Food Web Assignment
Friday, Jan. 12th- Snow Day
Monday, Jan. 15th- Teacher PD Day
Tuesday, Jan. 16th- Food Web Assignment,
Wednesday, Jan. 17th- SNOW DAY
Thursday, Jan. 18th- Food Web Assignment, Recycle
Friday, Jan. 19th- How Wolves Change Rivers in Yellowstone video and discussion , Food Web Assignment,
Monday, Jan. 22nd- Watch Isle Royale Video with Rolf, Isle Royale Pictures, Wolf Articles discuss as a class.
Tuesday, Jan. 23rd- SNOW DAY
Wednesday, Jan. 24th- Finish Wolf Articles discuss as a class. Isle Royale Graph, Yellowstone Wolves CBS Video, Lynx and Hare
Thursday, Jan. 25th- Food Web Assignment Due, Recycle, Lynx and Hare (and graph)
Friday, Jan. 26th- Finish Lynx and Hare Graph, Work on Mammals Presentation, and Start Invasive Brackets using the Invasive Fighter Profiles,
Monday, Jan. 29th-Finish Working on Mammals Presentation, and Finish Invasive Brackets using the Invasive Fighter Profiles, if you get done, work on studying Mammals (test on Thursday)
Tuesday, Jan. 30th- Welland Canal and Ballast Explanation, Go over Brackets, DNR Stocking Fish, Python Invasive Video, Read article and watch video on Pythons and Invasive Species; Allegan Feral Swine, Bracket Challenge Results: Round 1 Top Half Results, Round 1 Bottom Half Results Round 2 MS EAB, Round 2 GM FS , Round 2 ES GM , Round 2 BS MS Final Four BS GM, Final Four EAB FS http://greatlakesecho.org/page/2/?s=Rachael+Gleason, Finish going over specie brackets, and watch Championship Video, (2). Vice Banana Video,
Wednesday, Jan. 31st- Read article and watch video on Pythons and Invasive Species; Allegan Feral Swine, Python Invasive Video,
Mammal ID 1, Mammal ID 2, Mammal ID 3, Mammal ID 4, Mammal ID 5, Mammal ID 6
Extra Practice- Extra Practice Quiz Mammals Practice 1, Mammals Extra Practice 2, Mammals Extra Practice 3, Mammals Extra Practice 4, Mammals Extra Practice Quiz , Mammals Extra Practice Quiz 6, Mammals Extra Practice Quiz 7, Mammals Extra Practice Quiz 8, Mammals Extra Practice Quiz 9, Mammals Extra Practice Quiz 10
Thursday, Feb. 1st- Recycle, and then study mammals- Mammal ID 1, Mammal ID 2, Mammal ID 3, Mammal ID 4, Mammal ID 5,
Extra Practice- Extra Practice Quiz Mammals Practice 1, Mammals Extra Practice 2, Mammals Extra Practice 3, Mammals Extra Practice 4, Mammals Extra Practice Quiz , Mammals Extra Practice Quiz 6, Mammals Extra Practice Quiz 7, Mammals Extra Practice Quiz 8, Mammals Extra Practice Quiz 9, Mammals Extra Practice Quiz 10
Friday, Feb. 2nd- Mammals Test,
Monday, Feb. 5th- Fish and Amphibians Presentation, Finish Invasive Presentation
Tuesday, Feb. 6th- Outside Hike (Prairie Habitat)
Wednesday, Feb. 7th- Outside Hike (Woods)
Thursday, Feb. 8th- Outside Hike (Recycle and walk berm around retaining pond)
Friday, Feb. 9th- Pep Assembly, Cut Black Locust and Staghorn Sumac
Monday, Feb. 12th- Environmental News read and share. Discussion on Food (Foods that fit in carb, protein, fats, and super foods. Milk/Lactase. Cheese. Yogurt.)
Tuesday, Feb. 13th- Present Invasive Presentation , Study Fish and Amphibians,
Group 1 F & A, Group 2 F & A, Group 3 F & A, Group 4 F & A, Group 5 F & A, Group 6 F & A, Group 7 F & A
Fish and Amphibian Extra Practice 1, Fish and Amphibian Extra Practice 2, Fish and Amphibian Extra Practice 3, Fish and Amphibian Extra Practice 4, Fish and Amphibian Extra Practice 5, Old Fish & Amphibian Practice 1, Old Fish & Amphibian Practice 2, Old Fsh & Amphibian Practice 3, Old Fish & Amphibian Practice 4, Old Fish & Amphibian Practice 5, Old Fish & Amphibian Practice 6
Wednesday, Feb. 14th- Prairie Habitat Presentation, Natural Areas Website, Monoculture Lawns- Grist Video- Lawns Irrigation, How Americans Learned to Love their Front Lawn NYT,
Discuss as a group:
1. Is there social pressure related to lawn maintenance and what do you think about it
2. How does lawn care impact the environment?
3. What alternatives are there?
Thursday, Feb. 15th- Recycle,Start on Make "presentations" for Reptiles, and Birds Presentation,
Friday, Feb. 16th- Monarch Video . Review Clover, Fish and Amphibian Quiz (along with Mammals), Continue with- Reptiles Presentation, and Birds Presentation, Introduce- Food Presentation
Monday, Feb. 19th- No School- Mid-Winter Break
Tuesday, Feb. 20th- No School- Mid-Winter Break
Wednesday, Feb. 21st- Outside Hike
Thurday, Feb. 22nd- Outside Hike
Friday, Feb. 23rd- Outside Hike
Monday, Feb. 26th- Visit 3 Trees (Alvin, Simon, Theodore), Recycle and Hike
Tuesday, Feb. 27th- Hike to Lakeside Park
Wednesday, Feb. 28th- Finish Reptile and Birds Presentations
Thursdsay, Feb. 29th-Watch Bee Videos- How is Honey Made? What about the native pollinators? Work on Food Presentation
Friday, March 1st- Work on Food Presentation, Recycle
Monday, March 4th-
Watch King Corn and answer questions (if you miss a few questions that is ok, but you should be paying attention and get most of them.)
Tuesday, March 5th-
Help the sub find out where you last left off on the move and finish watching King Corn and answer questions, (turn in answers when you are done, if you miss a few questions that is ok, but you should be paying attention and get most of them.)
Work on Food Presentation, (present on Friday) during this time you're welcome to move around and work with others (inside the classroom, not in the hall), but make sure you return all lab chairs back on the side of the classroom at the end of the hour. You can have headphones in but phones should be in the door holder.
Wednesday, March 6th-
Work on Food Presentation (presenting on Friday)
During this time you welcome to move around and work with others (inside the classroom, not in the hall), but make sure you return all lab chairs back on the side of the classroom at the end of the hour. You can have headphones in but phones should be in the door holder.
Thursday, March 7th- Recycle, Finish working on Food Presentations
Friday, March 8th- Present Food Presentation to the class, Watch Loon Vox Video, Mix 107 Loon Article,
Monday, March 11th- Finish Food Presentation, Go over videos in Food Energy Notes, (FITB Notes) In Defense of Food PBS Clip, Svalbard Seed Bank, Revolution Farms, Things in our food not found in other countries, USDA Link to Food and $
Review from King Corn:
Why is it a good thing that we’ve been able to dramatically reduce the amount of money we spend on food?
Why is it a bad thing that we’ve been able to dramatically reduce the amount of money we spend on food?
How does cheap food impact the environment?
What are three insights you take away from watching King Corn?
Tuesday, March 12th- Finish Food Videos from Yesterday and study Reptiles and Birds
Reptiles 1, Reptiles 2, Reptiles 3, Reptiles 4, Reptiles 5, Reptiles 6
Birds 1, Birds 2, Birds 3, Birds 4, Birds 5, Birds 6
Wednesday, March 13th- Recycle, Hike outside
Thursday, March 14th- Read the foreword of A Sand County Almanac, Study Reptiles and Birds.
Friday, March 15th- Start on Macroinvertebrates Presentation
Monday, March 18th- P/T Conf. Consumers Energy Presentation
Tuesday, March 19th- Reptiles and Birds Quiz,
Wednesday, March 20th- P/T Conf. Recycle and go over Consumers Energy Kits
Thursday, March 21st- MacroInvertebrate List
Friday, March 22nd- Study MacroInvertebrate List
Monday, March 25th- Start Plastic Wars Video,
Tuesday, March 26th- Finish Plastic Wars Video,
Wednesday, March 27th- Recycle
Thursday, March 28th- Water Seeds, Cut Invasive Plants Outside, Study Macro, Birds, and Fish
Friday, March 29th- No School
Monday, April 1st- No School
Tuesday, April 2nd- No School
Wednesday, April 3rd- No School
Thurssday, April 4th- No School
Friday, April 5th- No School
Monday, April 8th- Consumption Presentation
Tuesday, April 9th- Outside Hike
Wednesday, April 10th- Outside Hike , Consumption Presentation
Thursday, April 11th- Declining Quality, Vox Going Green , Consumption Presentation,
Friday, April 12th-Consumption Presentation, Bottle Deposits in Michigan, Apple Obsolescence,
Monday, April 15th- State Testing
Tuesday, April 16th- Outside Hike
Wednesday, April 17th- Work on Consumption Presentation,, Work on Tree ID Presentation,
Thursday, April 18th- Outside Hike, Pondwater collection
Friday, April 19th- Recycling
Monday, April 22nd- Outside for trash pickup and invasive cutting.
Tuesdasy, April 23rd- Present Consumption Presentation, Complete Tree ID Presentation, Start Work on Grasses, Wildflowers, Shrubs, Vines, Presentations, Recycle, Study Macro (Test Friday)
Wednesday, April 24th-Present Consumption Presentations
Thursday, April 25th- Finish Consumption Presentations, Extra Practice Macro Extra Practice 1, Macro Extra Practice 2, Macro Extra Practice 3, Macro Extra Practice 4, Macro Extra Practice 5, Macro Extra Practice 6, Macro Extra Practice 7, Macro Extra Practice 8, Macro Extra Practice 9, Macro Extra Practice 10, Macro Extra Practice 11, Macro Extra Practice 12, Macro Extra Practice 13
Friday, April 26th- Take Macroinvertebrate Quiz, Work on Work on Grasses, Wildflowers, Shrubs, Vines, Presentations
Monday, April 29th- Recycle, Work on Work on Grasses, Wildflowers, Shrubs, Vines, Presentations
Tuesday, April 30th- Outside Hike
Wednesday, May 1st- No School, Teacher PD
Thursday, May 2nd- Outside Hike
Friday, May 3rd- Outside Hike
Monday, May 6th- Outside Hike
Tuesday, May 7th- Outside Hike
Wednesday, May 8th- Outside Hike
Thursday, May 9th- Outside Hike
Friday, May 10th- Recycle
Monday, May 13th- Final Exam
Tuesday, May 14th- Lawmaker Letter
Wednesday, May 15th-Recycling
Thursday, May 16th-Invasive Specie Pull
Friday, May 17th- Lawmaker Letter
Monday, May 20th-
Tuesday, May 21st- Graduation
Wednesday, May 22nd-
Thursday, May 23rd-
Friday, May 24th-
Monday, May 27th-
Tuesday, May 28th-
Wednesday, May 29th- 1/2 Day Exams
Thursday, May 30th- 1/2 Day Exams
Friday, May 31st- 1/2 Day Exams
David Attenborough Seeds
Plant Seeds
Read Prairie Birthday
Read Pages 129-133 Thinking Like a Mountain, and 158-162 Clandenboye from Sand County Almanac. Study birds
Journal Entry # 8 ASCA Foreword Reading and Journal- What are your thoughts about this section of the book. What sticks out to you?, Practice Bird
Water Milkweed,
ASCA reading, Birds Practice, https://recyclingraccoons.org/,
Water Milkweed Plants, Birds Practice
Mlive- How We Got Here Youtube (9:00), Forever Chemicals Vox Video 12min,
Watch Butterfly Video/Calvin/Howell, PFAS Foam at GR Ford Airport Wood TV,
PFAS Articles: 1 DEQ PFAS plumes Mlive Article, 2 Mlive DEQ Ignored Warning Article, 3. Rockford Citizen Sleuths Mlive Article, 4 Mlive- Biggest Company in town poisons the water, Video 1: The Forever Chemicals, PBS, Great Lakes Now (27:00/12) Video 2: MDEQ Looking for help for dump sites youtube,
- PBS Frontline Flint Water, Flint Water Crisis Youtube Video, Hawaii's Water, Flint 60 Minutes Video
Plant Blindness, Wetland Protection Article,
Monday, August 21st- Sink Challenge, About you "Note Card", Journal Entry #1- Species List-5 minutes. What is a Specie?,
Tuesday, August 22nd- Syllabus: Food/Phones/Passes/Safety/Basket/Binders; Journal Entry #2- Why do we care about the Environment? Why should we take care of it? #3-What do you hope to learn about in the class? Outside hike (Black Locust,Maple, Red Oak, White Oak, Beech, Virginia Creeper, Poison Ivy, Spicebush, Queen Anne's Lace)
Wednesday, August 23rd- School Recycling and Outside to drop off at Paper Gator
Thursday, August, 24th- Tree ID Presentation
Friday, August, 25th- No School
Monday, August 28th- Outside Hike- behind school (Poison Ivy, Virginia Creeper, Ash, White Pine, Sycamore, Sassafras, Spice Bush, Elm, Beech, Tulip Tree),, Outside hike (Common Milkweed, Swamp Milkweed, Butterfly Milkweed, Goldenrod, Big Blue Stem, Lanced Leaf Coreopsis, Gray Headed Coneflower, Black Eyed Susan)
Tuesday, August 29th- Outside Hike south side of West Prairie and Central Prairie (Sycamore, Basswood, Shagbark Hickory, Autumn Olive, Silver Maple, Red Maple, Norway Maple,
Wednesday, August 30th- Outside Hike West Prairie and Northern Prairie (Purple Coneflower, and past plants)
Thursday, August 31st- Recycling and outside to drop off,
Friday, Sept. 1st- No School
Monday, September 4th- No School
Tuesday, Sept. 5th- Start on Grasses, Wildflowers, Shrubs, Vines, Presentations
Wednesday, Sept. 6th-Outside hike
Thursday, Sept. 7th- Outside hike
Friday, Sept. 8th- Recycling, and work on Grasses, Wildflowers, Shrubs, Vines, Presentations
Monday, Sept. 11th- Work on Grasses, Wildflowers, Shrubs, Vines, Presentations
Tuesday, Sept. 12th- Collect Beebalm Seeds
Wednesday, Sept. 13th- Outside hike
Thursday, Sept. 14th-Outside hike,
Friday, Sept. 15th- Recycling
Monday, Sept. 18th-- Last year Tree Practice- Trees Group 1, Trees Group 2, Trees Group 3, Trees Group 4, Trees Group 5, Trees Group 6
Tuesday, Sept. 19th- Outsdie Hike
Wednesday, Sept. 20th- Outside Hike Collect Bee Balm Sees
Thursday, Sept. 21st- Tree Test, Recycle
Friday, Sept. 22nd- 1/2 Day, Homecoming
Monday, Sept. 25th- Outside Hike
Tuesday, Sept. 26th- Outside Hike, Collect Milkweed Seeds
Wednesday, Sept. 27th- Recycling. Journal #4- Growing/Moving Plants
Thursday, Sept. 28th- Outside Hike
Friday, Sept. 29th- Outside hike
Monday, Oct. 2nd- Study Grasses
Grasses Group 1, Grasses Group 2, Grasses Group 3, Grasses Group 4, Grasses Group 5
Extra Grasses Practice- Group 1 GWSV, Group 2 GWSV, Group 3 GWSV, Group 4 GWSV, Group 5 GWSV, Group 6 GWSV
Start Macroinvertebrate Presentation
Tuesday, Oct. 3rd- Continue Macroinvertebrate Presentation, Recycling
Wednesday, Oct. 4th- Recycle
Thursday, Oct. 5th- Collect Gray Headed Coneflower and Beebalm Seeds, Collect Gray Headed Cornflower Seeds
Friday, Oct. 6th- Banana Video, and quick nature walk
Monday, Oct. 9th- Nature Walk
Tuesday, Oct. 10th- Read about Renewable Bill, Read about Milkweed Plant, Collect Butterfly Milkweed Seeds
Wednesday, Oct. 11th- Grasses, Wildflowers Test, Recycle
Thursday, Oct. 12th- Collect Macroinvertebrates from wetland
Friday, Oct. 13th- Drop off recycling, Wooly Bear Article, Start up on Food Web Assignment
Monday, Oct. 16th- P/T Conferences
Tuesday, Oct. 17th- Work on Food Web Assignment
Wednesday, Oct. 18th- P/T Conferences, Recycling and outside hike
Thursday, Oct. 19th- Work on Food Web Assignment
Friday, Oct. 20th- Read the Foreword from A Sand County Almanac, Work on Food Web Assignment
Monday, Oct. 23rd- Hike to collect Pond Water
Tuesday, Oct. 24th- Hike to Lakeside Park
Wednesday, Oct. 25th- Recycling, How is Honey Made?
Thursday, Oct. 26th- Drop off recycling. Hike
Friday, Oct. 27th- Make Mammal Presentations, Study Macroinvertebrates and/or work on Food Web
Monday, Oct. 30th- Journal Entry #8 on Bees and Pollinator Video, Read and discuss bird article from Mlive, Study Macroinvertebrates
Tuesday, Oct. 31st- 1/2 Day, Study Macroinvertebrates
Wednesday, Nov. 1st- Recycling
Thursday, Nov. 2nd- Study Macroinvertebrates, Take Macroinvertebrate Test
Friday, Nov. 3rd- Outside to collect Gray Headed Coneflower Seeds
Monday, Nov. 6th- Outside to collect Gray Headed Coneflower Seeds and cut Black Locust
Tuesday, Nov. 7th- Outside to Collect Indian Grass Seeds, and cut Black Locust
Wednesday, Nov. 8th- Recycling, Study Mammals
Thursday, Nov. 9th- Drop off recycling, Outside journaling #9
Friday, Nov. 10th- Study Mammals in preparation for the test that will show up at 1:50pm on Google Classroom.
Make your Fish and Amphibian presentation using the following list: Fish and Amphibian Species List
Monday, Nov. 13th- Outside Hike, Cutting down Black Locust and collecting Gray Headed Coneflower
Tuesday, Nov. 14th- Outside Hike, Cutting down crab apples in prairie habitat
Wednesday, Nov. 15th- Recyling and Outside Hike
Thursday, Nov. 16th- Outisde Hike, Nature Journaling over 59-62 Too Early, and 73-77 of A Sand Counry Almanac
Friday, Nov. 17th-Prairie Habitat Presentation, Natural Areas Website, Monoculture Lawns- Grist Video- Lawns Irrigation, How Americans Learned to Love their Front Lawn NYT,
Discuss as a group:
1. Is there social pressure related to lawn maintenance and what do you think about it
2. How does lawn care impact the environment?
3. What alternatives are there?
Monday, Nov. 20th- Journal: in response to How Wolves Change Rivers in Yellowstone , Tick Article, Python Invasive Video,
Tuesday, Nov. 21st- Recycle, Study Fish & Amphibians
Wednesday, Nov. 22nd- No School- Thanksgiving Break
Thursday, Nov. 23rd- No School- Thanksgiving Break
Friday, Nov. 24th- No School- Thanksgiving Break
Monday, Nov. 27th- Go over watershed map in classroom and Google Map Tour: From Wetlands at Caledonia to the Atlantic Ocean. Isle Royale,- Watch Isle Royale Video with Rolf, Isle Royale Pictures,
Tuesday, Nov. 28th- Yellowstone Wolves, Isle Royale Graph, Wolves Mlive Article, Old Gray Guy Article, 9/23 Winter Study Results Isle Royale, Pass Out- Invasive Brackets, Invasive Fighter Profiles,
Wednesday, Nov. 29th- Work on- Invasive Brackets, Invasive Fighter Profiles,
Thursday, Nov. 30th- Fish and Amphibian Test (with Mammals included), Recycle,
Friday, Dec . 1st- Coal Formation Video, Allegan Feral Swine, Go over answers for Invasive Brackets, Invasive Fighter Profiles, Bracket Challenge Results: Round 1 Top Half Results, Round 1 Bottom Half Results Round 2 MS EAB, Round 2 GM FS , Round 2 ES GM , Round 2 BS MS Final Four BS GM, Final Four EAB FS http://greatlakesecho.org/page/2/?s=Rachael+Gleason, watch Championship Video, (2)
Make "presentations" for Reptiles, and Birds Presentation,
Monday, Dec. 4th- Make "presentations" for Reptiles, and Birds Presentation,
Tuesday, Dec. 5th- Discussion on Food (Foods that fit in carb, protein, fats, and super foods. Milk/Lactase. Cheese. Yogurt.) Food Energy Notes,
Wednesday, Dec. 6th- Study Reptiles and Birds, Recycle, Finish Food Energy Notes,
Thursday, Dec. 7th- Study Reptiles and Birds, Loons- Taco Bell, Vox Loons, Mix 108, David Attenborough Seeds
Friday, Dec. 8th- Plant Seeds
Monday, Dec. 11th In Defense of Food PBS Clip, Svalbard Seed Bank, Revolution Farms, Read Prairie Birthday
Tuesday, Dec. 12th- Review Watersheds, watch Wellland Canal Youtube video and go over how Non-native species ended up in the Great Lakes. Read Pages 129-133 Thinking Like a Mountain, and 158-162 Clandenboye from Sand County Almanac. Study birds
Wednesday, Dec. 13th- Recycle, Study Birds and Reptiles
Thursday, Dec. 14th- Plastic Wars Video, Things in our food not found in other countries,
Friday, Dec. 15th-
Monday, Dec. 18th-
Tuesday, Dec. 19th-
Wednesday, Dec. 20th- Final Exams
Thursday, Dec. 21st- Final Exams
Friday, Dec. 22nd- Final Exams
Introduce- Food Presentation
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Recycling, Continue on, King Corn
Palestine Current News, Detroit Soil Waste,
Why is it a good thing that we’ve been able to dramatically reduce the amount of money we spend on food?
Why is it a bad thing that we’ve been able to dramatically reduce the amount of money we spend on food?
How does cheap food impact the environment?
What are three insights you take away from watching King Corn?
Start on
Bottle Deposits in Michigan, Declining Quality, Apple Obsolescence, Vox Going Green and Journal on the video,
Plant Milkweed seeds in flats,
Journal Entry # 8 ASCA Foreword Reading and Journal- What are your thoughts about this section of the book. What sticks out to you?, Practice Bird
Start Plastic Wars Video
Water Milkweed, Continue Plastic Wars Video
Continue Plastic Wars Video, Journal #9 Plastic Wars- Recycling is good, but how has it led to issues?
ASCA reading, Birds Practice, https://recyclingraccoons.org/,
Water Milkweed Plants, Birds Practice
Watch Welland Canal Video, , more run-off, watershed, invasive talks, Watch Welland Canal Video,
Wednesday, April 19th- Mlive- How We Got Here Youtube (9:00), Forever Chemicals Vox Video 12min,
Last Semester's Macro Quizzes for more help
Watch Butterfly Video/Calvin/Howell, Study macroinvertebrates from 4/17 and 4/19, PFAS Foam at GR Ford Airport Wood TV,
Tuesday, April 25th- PFAS Articles: 1 DEQ PFAS plumes Mlive Article, 2 Mlive DEQ Ignored Warning Article, 3. Rockford Citizen Sleuths Mlive Article, 4 Mlive- Biggest Company in town poisons the water, Video 1: The Forever Chemicals, PBS, Great Lakes Now (27:00/12) Video 2: MDEQ Looking for help for dump sites youtube,
Wednesday, April 26th- PBS Frontline Flint Water, Flint Water Crisis Youtube Video, Hawaii's Water, Flint 60 Minutes Video
Thursday, April 27th- Macroinvertebrate Quiz
Friday, April 28th- Hike, Move
Monday, May 1st- Staff Meeting, Plant Blindness, Wetland Protection Article, Work on Tree ID Presentation,
Tuesday, May 2nd- Recycling
Wednesday, May 3rd- Work on Grasses, Wildflowers, Shrubs, Vines, Presentations
Thursday, May 4th- Outside Hike to Lakeside Park
Friday, May 5th- Outside Hike to cut sumac, black locust, and plant seed.
Thursday, May 11th- Outside Hike,Scavenger Hunt
Tuesday, Jan. 3rd- Journal Entry #1- Species List-5 minutes. What is a Specie?, Sink Challenge, Journal Entry #2- Why do we care about the Environment? Why should we take care of it?
Wednesday, Jan. 4th- About you "Note Card", Syllabus: Food/Phones/Passes/Safety/Basket/Binders; Seed Sort: Gray Headed Coneflower, Purple Coneflower, Butterfly Milkweed, Common Milkweed, Bee Balm, Big Blue Stem, Little Blue Stem, Indian Grass, Canada Wild Rye.
Thursday, Jan. 5th- Recycle and Recycling Plan, Seed Sort: Gray Headed Coneflower, Purple Coneflower, Butterfly Milkweed, Common Milkweed, Bee Balm, Big Blue Stem, Little Blue Stem, Indian Grass, Canada Wild Rye. Plant Seeds, Planting Presentation
Friday, Jan. 6th- Plant Seeds, Planting Presentation
Monday, Jan. 9th- Staff Meeting, Planting Presentation
Tuesday, Jan. 10th- Planting Presentation, Food Web Assignment
Wednesday, Jan. 11th- Outside to Cut Black Locust and Staghorn Sumac
Thursday, Jan. 12th- Recycle, Food Web Assignment
Friday, Jan. 13th- Food Web Assignment
Monday, Jan. 16th- No School
Tuesday, Jan. 17th- Food Web Assignment - due Friday
Wednesday, Jan. 18th- Recycling, Bean Time Lapse-Plant Movement,
Thursday, Jan. 19th- Walk to the South Campus Train Tracks, Visit 3 Trees (Alvin, Simon, Theodore). Invasive Presentation
Friday, Jan. 20th- Invasive Presentation
Monday, Jan. 23rd- Journal #3 : What if? (Journal on two questions: 1. Explain what would happen to your food web if one species from your list left or became extinct. 2. Explain what would happen to your food webs if one species not already on your list were to be added to your food web.) Food Web Journal Entry, Python Invasive Video, Read article and watch video on Pythons and Invasive Species; Allegan Feral Swine,
Tuesday, Jan. 24th- Journal #4: in response to How Wolves Change Rivers in Yellowstone , Wolves Mlive Article, Isle Royale,- Watch Isle Royale Video with Rolf, Isle Royale Graph, Isle Royale Pictures, Old: Michigan Wolves Mlive, Isle Royale Video 1, Isle Royale Video 2, Isle Royale Video 3, Warm Weather Moose/Ticks,
Wednesday, Jan. 25th- Recycle, and Work on Mammals Presentation
Thursday, Jan. 26th- Monarch Video and Journaling #5: Explain what happens from Mexico to Mexico (explain what happens to the species of Monarch in 365 days, starting and then ending back at Mexico), Mlive 9/22 Monarch Article, , Work on Mammals Presentation
Friday, Jan. 27th- Mr. Howell Absent- Track Coach's Meeting, SNOW DAY,
Monday, Jan. 30th- Complete Invasive Brackets using the Invasive Fighter Profiles,
Tuesday, Jan. 31st- Invasive Brackets, Invasive Fighter Profiles, Bracket Challenge Results: Round 1 Top Half Results, Round 1 Bottom Half Results Round 2 MS EAB, Round 2 GM FS , Round 2 ES GM , Round 2 BS MS Final Four BS GM, Final Four EAB FS http://greatlakesecho.org/page/2/?s=Rachael+Gleason, Book List, Finish going over specie brackets, and watch Championship Video, (2)
Banana Video and Journal Vice Banana Video,
Study Mammals Presentations:
Wednesday, Feb. 1st- Prairie Habitat Presentation, Natural Areas Website, Monoculture Lawns- Grist Video- Lawns Irrigation, How Americans Learned to Love their Front Lawn NYT,
Discuss as a group:
1. Is there social pressure related to lawn maintenance and what do you think about it
2. How does lawn care impact the environment?
3. What alternatives are there?
Study Mammals Presentations:
Thursday, Feb. 2nd- Mammals Test, Recycle, Bald Eagle Article
Friday, Feb. 3rd- Review Clover,
Journal on (in response to videos watched on 2/1):
1. Is there social pressure related to lawn maintenance and what do you think about it
2. How does lawn care impact the environment?
3. What alternatives are there?
Fish and Amphibians Presentation
Introduce- Food Presentation
Monday, Feb. 6th- Staff Meeting, Work on- Food Presentation
Tuesday, Feb. 7th- Work on- Food Presentation
Wednesday, Feb. 8th- Recycle, Work on- Food Presentation
Thursday, Feb. 9th- Present Food Presentation
Friday, Feb. 10th- Present Food Presentation, Discussion on Food (Foods that fit in carb, protein, fats, and super foods. Milk/Lactase. Cheese. Yogurt.)
Monday, Feb. 13th- Food Energy Notes, (FITB Notes)
Tuesday, Feb. 14th- Outside
Wednesday, Feb. 15th- Power Outage
Thursday, Feb. 16th- Food Energy Notes, (FITB Notes)
Friday, Feb. 17th- Snow Day
Monday, Feb. 20th- No School
Tuesday, Feb. 21st- Recycling, Things in our food not found in other countries, Continue on Food Energy Notes, Svalbard Seed Bank, In Defense of Food PBS Clip, King Corn
Wednesday, Feb. 22nd- Snow Day
Thursday, Feb. 23rd-Snow Day
Friday, Feb. 24th- Finish Food Energy Notes, Study Fish & Amphibians (and Mammals)
Monday, Feb. 27th- Palestine Current News, Detroit Soil Waste, Take Quiz over Fish & Amphibians (and Mammals). Make "presentations" for Reptiles,
Tuesday, Feb. 28th- Finish "presentations" for Reptiles, King Corn
Wednesday, March 1st- King Corn
Thursday, March 2nd- Finish King Corn,
Journal Entry #7
Why is it a good thing that we’ve been able to dramatically reduce the amount of money we spend on food?
Why is it a bad thing that we’ve been able to dramatically reduce the amount of money we spend on food?
How does cheap food impact the environment?
What are three insights you take away from watching King Corn?
Friday, March 3rd- Recycling, Consumption Presentation
Monday, March 6th- Staff Meeting, Consumption Presentation
Tuesday, March 7th- Work on Consumption Presentation,
Wednesday, March 8th- Presenting of Consumption Presentation
Thursday, March 9th- Finish Presenting of Consumption Presentation, Reptile Quiz (along with mammals, fish, and amphibians).
Friday, March 10th- Snow Day
Monday, March 13th-Recycling, Start on Birds Presentation,
Tuesday, March 14th- Bottle Deposits in Michigan, Declining Quality, Apple Obsolescence, Vox Going Green and Journal on the video,
Wednesday, March 15th- 1/2 Day for Students- Practice Birds
Thursday, March 16th- Plant Milkweed seeds in flats,
Friday, March 17th- Journal Entry # 8 ASCA Foreword Reading and Journal- What are your thoughts about this section of the book. What sticks out to you?, Practice Bird
Monday, March 20th- Loons- Taco Bell, Vox Loons, Mix 108, Start Plastic Wars Video
Tuesday, March 21st- Water Milkweed, Continue Plastic Wars Video
Wednesday, March 22nd- Continue Plastic Wars Video, Journal #9 Plastic Wars- Recycling is good, but how has it led to issues?
Thursday, March 23rd-ASCA reading, Birds Practice, https://recyclingraccoons.org/,
Friday, March 24th- Water Milkweed Plants, Birds Practice
Monday, March 27th- Nature Walk
Tuesday, March 28th-Birds Test
Wednesday, March 29th- Macroinvertebrate Presentation
Thursday, March 30th-
Friday, March 31st- Spring Break
Monday, April 3rd- Spring Break
Tuesday, April 4th- Spring Break
Wednesday, April 5th- Spring Break
Thursday, April 6th- Spring Break
Friday, April 7th- Spring Break
Monday, April 10th- Staff Meeting, Watershed Talk, Follow watershed map from CHS to the Atlantic Ocean with Google Maps, Nature Hike
Tuesday, April 11th- Nature Hike,
Wednesday, April 12th- SAT Testing, Nature Hike
Thursday, April 13th- Nature Hike
Friday, April 14th- Finish Macroinvertebrate ID
Monday, April 17th- Practice Macroinvertebrates and Recycle
Tuesday, April 18th- Go over Macroinvertebrates, Watch Welland Canal Video, , more run-off, watershed, invasive talks, Watch Welland Canal Video,
Wednesday, April 19th- Mlive- How We Got Here Youtube (9:00), Forever Chemicals Vox Video 12min,
Last Semester's Macro Quizzes for more help
Thursday, April 20th- Outside to look for Macroinvertebrates in the ponds
Friday, April 21st- Recycle and study macroinvertebrates from 4/17 and 4/19
Monday, April 24th- Watch Butterfly Video/Calvin/Howell, Study macroinvertebrates from 4/17 and 4/19, PFAS Foam at GR Ford Airport Wood TV,
Tuesday, April 25th- PFAS Articles: 1 DEQ PFAS plumes Mlive Article, 2 Mlive DEQ Ignored Warning Article, 3. Rockford Citizen Sleuths Mlive Article, 4 Mlive- Biggest Company in town poisons the water, Video 1: The Forever Chemicals, PBS, Great Lakes Now (27:00/12) Video 2: MDEQ Looking for help for dump sites youtube,
Wednesday, April 26th- PBS Frontline Flint Water, Flint Water Crisis Youtube Video, Hawaii's Water, Flint 60 Minutes Video
Thursday, April 27th- Macroinvertebrate Quiz
Friday, April 28th- Hike, Move
Monday, May 1st- Staff Meeting, Plant Blindness, Wetland Protection Article, Work on Tree ID Presentation,
Tuesday, May 2nd- Recycling
Wednesday, May 3rd- Work on Grasses, Wildflowers, Shrubs, Vines, Presentations
Thursday, May 4th- Outside Hike to Lakeside Park
Friday, May 5th- Outside Hike to cut sumac, black locust, and plant seed.
Monday, May 8th- Work on Grasses, Wildflowers, Shrubs, Vines, Presentations
Tuesday, May 9th- Outside Hike,
Wednesday, May 10th- Outside Hike, Scavenger Hunt
Thursday, May 11th- Outside Hike,Scavenger Hunt
Friday, May 12th- Take quiz on Trees, Put together Scavenger Hunt
Monday, May 15th- Senior Final Exam
Tuesday, May 16th- Outside Hike
Wednesday, May 17th- Recycle
Thursday, May 18th- Water Plants
Friday, May 19th- Lawmaker Letter
Monday, May 22nd- Lawmaker Letter
Tuesday, May 23rd- Graduation, Recycle
Wednesday, May 24th-Outdoor Hike
Thursday, May 25th- Outdoors Hike
Friday, May 26th- Lawmaker Letter, Study the species on the file at the top of Google Classroom. We will do one more species quiz on the Final Day that goes over Mammals, Amphibians, Fish, Reptiles, Birds, and Macroinvertebrates.
Monday, May 29th-
Tuesday, May 30th-
Wednesday, May 31st- Half Day
Thursday, June 1st- Half Day
Friday, June 2nd- Half Day
Wetland Article, (1), SCA Intro and January, PBB Michigan Video , Macroinvertebrates, Great Lakes Bird Migration
Taco Bell Loon Commercial, Other music Loons, Loons- Taco Bell, Vox Loons, Mix 108,
Ecosystems
Food Web Assignment, (4)
Walk to the South Campus Train Tracks, (and Recycle, 1)
Bean Time Lapse-Plant Movement, Bean Time Lapse-Plant Movement, Visit 3 Trees (Alvin, Simon, Theodore). (1)
Journal in response to How Wolves Change Rivers in Yellowstone Isle Royale,- Watch Isle Royale Video 1, Isle Royale Video 2, Isle Royale Video 3, Isle Royale Pictures, Isle Royale Graph, Michigan Wolves Mlive, Warm Weather Moose/Ticks, (2)
Python Invasive Video, Nile Monitor Lizards Invasive in Florida, Read article and watch video on Pythons and Invasive Species; (1)
Complete and finish Invasive Brackets, Invasive Fighter Profiles, Invasive Brackets, Invasive Fighter Profiles, Bracket Challenge Results: Round 1 Top Half Results, Round 1 Bottom Half Results Round 2 MS EAB, Round 2 GM FS , Round 2 ES GM , Round 2 BS MS Final Four BS GM, Final Four EAB FS http://greatlakesecho.org/page/2/?s=Rachael+Gleason, Book List, Finish going over specie brackets, and watch Championship Video, (2)
Monarch Video and Journaling: Explain what happens from Mexico to Mexico (explain what happens to the species of Monarch in 365 days, starting and then ending back at Mexico), Mlive 9/22 Monarch Article, (1)
Monoculture Lawns- Grist Video- Lawns Irrigation, How Americans Learned to Love their Front Lawn NYT, Discuss as a group: 1. Is there social pressure related to lawn maintenance and what do you think about it? 2. How does lawn care impact the environment? 3. What alternatives are there? Prairie Habitat Presentation, Natural Areas Website, (1.5)
Wetland Article, (1)
Banana Video and Journal Vice Banana Video, (1)
Taco Bell Loon Commercial, Other music Loons, Loons- Taco Bell, Vox Loons, Mix 108,
Watch Great Lakes Bird Migration
FOOD Food Energy Notes, Diet that helps fight climate change Vox, Life of a Strawberry, Revolution Farms, Subsidies and Why Eating Healthy Foods is So Expensive, Svalbard Seed Bank
This paper is going to be a review of one of the following- The Grind Faroe Islands, OR Environmental Impact of Food Meta-Analysis Report,
Subsidies and Why Eating Healthy Foods is So Expensive Food Energy Notes
Life of a Strawberry, Food Energy Notes, Svalbard Seed Bank,
Work on Presentations, Food Inc- 44:20-50:40, 58:07-1:06, 1:24:19-1:30:00
Revolution Farms, Diet that helps fight climate change Vox, Reading, The Oil We Eat Article, The Oil We Eat Questions
CONSUMPTION Natural Resource Harvesting, Fashion's Tiny Hidden Secret, PBB State of Michigan Article, Apple Obsolescence, Bottle Deposits in Michigan, Rare Earth Article US, EU, Japan vs China, Vox Going Green and Journal on the video, , Recycling NPR Story Part 1, Recycling NPR Story Part 2, Michigan's Bottle Recycling Mlive
Story of Stuff, Story of Stuff writing prompts, Declining Quality
Homework- You need to write a one page paper that is due on the Tuesday after Spring Break. This paper is going to be a review of one of the following- The Grind Faroe Islands, OR Environmental Impact of Food Meta-Analysis Report,
Rare Earth Article US, EU, Japan vs China, Recycling NPR Story Part 1,
Loons- Taco Bell, Vox Loons, Mix 108,; Recycling NPR Story Part 2,
Recycling NPR Story Part 2, https://recyclingraccoons.org/,
Michigan's Bottle Recycling Mlive,
Vox Going Green and Journal on the video, Macroinvertebrate Presentation
WATER CYCLE PFAS- PFAS Map, Mlive- How We Got Here Youtube (9:00), DEQ PFAS plumes Mlive Article, Story of Bottled Water, Mlive DEQ Ignored Warning Article, PBS Frontline Flint Water, Rockford Citizen Sleuths Mlive Article, Flint Water Crisis Youtube Video, Hawaii's Water, Flint 60 Minutes Video Follow watershed map from CHS to the Atlantic Ocean with Google Maps, Watch Welland Canal Video, Finish watching Flint 60 Minutes Video, PFAS Foam at GR Ford Airport Wood TV, Go over Macroinvertebrates Forever Chemicals Vox Video 12min, The Forever Chemicals, PBS, Great Lakes Now (27:00/12) MDEQ Looking for help for dump sites youtube, Mlive- Biggest Company in town poisons the water,
ENERGY Nola.com Toxic Air/Chemical Corridor Article, Nissan Ad, Cadillac Ad, Ford Ad, The Guardian- Sacrifice Zones Article, Rare Earth Metals, Fill'er Up Carbon Time, Where does fat go? Article, Veratasium Fat Video
CLIMATE CHANGE IPCC Assignment, Climate "Thing" Article, CNN Carbon footprint Greenwashing/Greensheen-
Read Foreword of A Sand County Almanac
Watch Green Fire,
Loon Call in the Movies Video,
Watch Great Lakes Bird Migration
Start on Birds Presentation,
Go over Birds ID
Fish and Amphibian Presentation,
Macroinvertebrate Presentation
Journal Entry #1- Species List-5 minutes.
Journal Entry #2- Why do we care about the Environment? Why should we take care of it?
Journal Entry #3-What do you hope to learn about in the class?
Thinking Like a Mountain Discussion with Journal Entry
Read January in Sand County Almanac.
Read Beginning of February and Journal on it from Sand County Almanac, and Month of March in Sand County Almanac
Go over Sand County Almanac from yesterday,
searching for macroinvertebrates in pond
Tuesday, Aug. 23rd- Sink Challenge, About you "Note Card", Journal Entry #1- Species List-5 minutes. What is a Specie?,
Wednesday, Aug. 24th- Syllabus: Food/Phones/Passes/Safety/Basket/Binders; Journal Entry #2- Why do we care about the Environment? Why should we take care of it? Set up a Recycling Plan
Thursday, Aug. 25th- School Recycling and Outside to drop off at Paper Gator (Common Milkweed, Spotted Knapweed, Black Locust, Daisy Fleabane, Queen Anne's Lace) Journal Entry #3-What do you hope to learn about in the class?
Class Meetings: 9th Grade- 1st Hour, 10th Grade- 5th Hour, 11th Grade- 3rd Hour, 12th Grade- 2nd Hour
Friday, Aug.26th- Outside hike/water plants (Common Milkweed, Swamp Milkweed, Butterfly Milkweed, Goldenrod, Big Blue Stem, Lanced Leaf Coreopsis, Gray Headed Coneflower, Black Eyed Susan)
Monday, Aug. 29th- Outside Hike- behind school (Poison Ivy, Virginia Creeper, Ash, White Pine, Sycamore, Sassafras, Spice Bush, Elm, Beech, Tulip Tree)
Tuesday, Aug. 30th- No Class- Power Day
Wednesday, Aug. 31st- Outside Hike south side of West Prairie and Central Prairie (Sycamore, Basswood, Shagbark Hickory, Autumn Olive, Silver Maple, Red Maple, Norway Maple,
Thursday, Sept. 1st- Outside Hike West Prairie and Northern Prairie (Purple Coneflower, and past plants)
Friday, Sept. 2nd- NO SCHOOL
Monday, Sept. 5th- NO SCHOOL
Tuesday, Sept. 6th- Recycling and outside to drop off, Monarch Article
Wednesday, Sept. 7th- Collect Gray Headed Cornflower Seeds
Thursday, Sept. 8th- Cut Queen Anne's Lace from Plots Outside
Friday, Sept. 9th- Collect Gray Headed Coneflower and Beebalm Seeds
Monday, Sept. 12th- Outside hike on Cross Country trails
Tuesday, Sept. 13th- Outside hike to water tower and back
Wednesday, Sept. 14th- Outside hike around the back of school to Kraft and wetland boardwalk
Thursday, Sept. 15th- Outside to water 47 Swamp Milkweed Plants.
Friday, Sept. 16th- Recycling and then start researching which book they would like to read in class. This book needs to be something related to science, preferably something that is environmentally focused. I have a classroom library that contains the following books, some of which may be relevant: Howell Science Class Library
Monday, Sept. 19th- Outside hike to Lakeside Park
Tuesday, Sept. 20th- Book Ideas- Howell Science Class Library , Tree ID Presentation
Wednesday, Sept. 21st- Book Ideas- Howell Science Class Library , Tree ID Presentation
Thursday, Sept. 22nd- Finish Tree ID Presentation
Study Trees
Friday, Sept. 23rd- Start Work on Grasses, Wildflowers, Shrubs, Vines, Presentations
Monday, Sept. 26th- Finish Work on Grasses, Wildflowers, Shrubs, Vines, Presentations
Tuesday, Sept. 27th- Recycle
Wednesday, Sept. 28th- Nature Hike (collecting Hickory nuts)
Thursday, Sept. 29th- Nature Hike (journaling in the woods for 15 minutes)
Friday, Sept. 30th- Bee Balm, Canada Wild Rye, and Purple Headed Coneflower Seed Collection
Monday, Oct. 3rd- Scavenger Hunt for Trees, Grasses, Wildflowers
Tuesday, Oct. 4th- Scavenger Hunt for Trees, Grasses, Wildflowers
Wednesday, Oct. 5th- Collect Seeds- Indian Grass, Common Milkweed, Butterfly Milkweed
Thursday, Oct. 6th- Collect Seeds- Common Milkweed, Butterfly Milkweed
Friday, Oct. 7th- Recycle
Monday, Oct. 10th- Outside to collect Big Blue Stem
Tuesday, Oct. 11th- Outside- Nature Journaling
Wednesday, Oct. 12th- Outside to Boardwalk Wetland
Thursday, Oct. 13th- Read Wetland Article, Put together pictures for Plant Presentation
Friday, Oct. 14th- Recycling
Monday, Oct. 17th- Put together Plant Presentations for pictures gathered in scavenger hunt
Tuesday, Oct. 18th- Put together Plant Presentations for pictures gathered in scavenger hunt
Wednesday, Oct. 19th- Put together Plant Presentations for pictures gathered in scavenger hunt, Go over tart cherries, go over Biological Control Methods for Cherry Plants, Start to present plant presentations.
Thursday, Oct. 20th- Continue presenting plant presentations. Food Web Assignment
Friday, Oct. 21st- Recycling, continue on with Food Web Assignment
Monday, Oct. 24th- Continue with Food Web Assignment,
Tuesday, Oct. 25th- Hickory Nut Hunting and Hiking in Prairie Habitat
Wednesday, Oct. 26th- Read Foreword of A Sand County Almanac
Thursday, Oct. 27th- Recycling as a class
Friday, Oct. 28th- Journal in response to Wolves in Yellowstone Video
Monday, Oct. 31st- Student Half Day, Hike in Prairie Habitat
Tuesday, Nov. 1st- Consumers Energy Presentation
Wednesday, Nov. 2nd- Outside Hike and drop off
Thursday, Nov. 3rd- Collect Big Blue Stem Seeds
Friday, Nov. 4th- Pick up Recycling, Monarch Video and Journaling: Explain what happens from Mexico to Mexico (explain what happens to the species of Monach in 365 days, starting and then ending back at Mexico),
Monday, Nov. 7th- Monoculture Lawns- Grist Video- Lawns Irrigation, How Americans Learned to Love their Front Lawn NYT, Discuss as a group: 1. Is there social pressure related to lawn maintenance and what do you think about it? 2. How does lawn care impact the environment? 3. What alternatives are there?
Tuesday, Nov. 8th- Seed sorting and preparing
Wednesday, Nov. 9th- Banana Video and Journal and quick outside hike
Thursday, Nov. 10th- Hike Outside
Friday, Nov. 11th- Recycling and start on
Monday, Nov. 14th- Python Invasive Video, Complete and finish Invasive Brackets, Invasive Fighter Profiles, Invasive Brackets, Invasive Fighter Profiles, Bracket Challenge Results: Round 1 Top Half Results, Round 1 Bottom Half Results Round 2 MS EAB, Round 2 GM FS , Round 2 ES GM , Round 2 BS MS Final Four BS GM, Final Four EAB FS http://greatlakesecho.org/page/2/?s=Rachael+Gleason, Book List,
Study Trees
Study Grasses, Wildflowers, Shurbs
Group 1 Grasses (this group needs to change the sharing settings so everyone can see it)
Extra Practice: Group 1 Trees, Group 2 Trees, Group 3 Trees, Group 4 Trees, Grasses Wildflowers Vines Practice 1, Grasses Wildflowers Vines Practice 2, Grasses Wildflowers Vines Practice 3, Grasses Wildflowers Vines Practice 4, Extra Practice Grasses, Wildflowers, and Vines 1, Extra Practice Grasses, Wildflowers, and Vines 2, Extra Practice Grasses, Wildflowers, and Vines 3
Tuesday, Nov. 15th- Finish going over specie brackets, and watch Championship Video, go over ballast water and invasive species, Welland Canal Video, Study Trees
Wednesday, Nov. 16th- Study Trees and Grasses, Wildflowers, and Vines, Isle Royale,- Watch Isle Royale Video 1, Isle Royale Video 2, Isle Royale Video 3, Isle Royale Pictures, Isle Royale Graph, Michigan Wolves Mlive
Thursday, Nov. 17th- Tree Quiz, Practice Mammals, Fish & Amphibians, Reptiles, and Birds.
Friday, Nov. 18th- Snow Day
Monday, Nov. 21st- Enter in Consumer's Energy papers, Grasses, Wildflowers, Vines Quiz; Practice Mammals,
Practice Mammals:
Tuesday, Nov. 22nd- Recycle, Mammals Quiz,
Wednesday, Nov. 23rd- NO SCHOOL
Thursday, Nov. 24th- NO SCHOOL
Friday, Nov. 25th- NO SCHOOL
Monday, Nov. 28th- Fish & Amphibians, Reptiles, and Birds Practice. Allegan Feral Swine, Bean Time Lapse-Plant Movement, Taco Bell Loon Commercial, Other music Loons, Loons- Taco Bell, Vox Loons, Mix 108,
Tuesday, Nov. 29th- Outside to cut Black Locust and Staghorn Sumac in Central and North Prairie Habitat.
Wednesday, Nov. 30th- Study the practice quizzes from Monday for 20 minutes. Food Energy Notes
Diet that helps fight climate change Vox,
Thursday, Dec. 1st-Food Energy Notes, Life of a Strawberry, Revolution Farms,, Study the practice quizzes from Monday for 20 minutes.
Friday, Dec. 2nd- 3 Quizzes, Recycle,
Monday, Dec. 5th- Take Birds Quiz again,
Tuesday, Dec. 6th- Subsidies and Why Eating Healthy Foods is So Expensive, Svalbard Seed Bank
Wednesday, Dec. 7th-
Thursday, Dec. 8th-
Friday, Dec. 9th-
Monday, Dec. 12th-
Tuesday, Dec. 13th-
Wednesday, Dec. 14th-
Thursday, Dec. 15th-
Friday, Dec. 16th- Student Half Day
This paper is going to be a review of one of the following- The Grind Faroe Islands, OR Environmental Impact of Food Meta-Analysis Report,
Rare Earth Article US, EU, Japan vs China,
Michigan's Bottle Recycling Mlive
Visit 3 Trees (Alvin, Simon, Theodore)
Vox Going Green and Journal on the video, , Macroinvertebrate Presentation
Read Beginning of February and Journal on it from Sand County Almanac, and Month of March in Sand County Almanac
Go over Sand County Almanac from yesterday, Watch Great Lakes Bird Migration
Nature Hike, searching for macroinvertebrates in pond
Follow watershed map from CHS to the Atlantic Ocean with Google Maps, Watch Welland Canal Video, Finish watching Flint 60 Minutes Video, PFAS Foam at GR Ford Airport Wood TV, Go over Macroinvertebrates
Forever Chemicals Vox Video 12min, The Forever Chemicals, PBS, Great Lakes Now (27:00/12) MDEQ Looking for help for dump sites youtube, Mlive- Biggest Company in town poisons the water,
FOOD
CONSUMPTION Natural Resource Harvesting, Fashion's Tiny Hidden Secret, PBB State of Michigan Article, Apple Obsolescence, Bottle Deposits in Michigan,
WATER CYCLE PFAS- PFAS Map, Mlive- How We Got Here Youtube (9:00), DEQ PFAS plumes Mlive Article, Story of Bottled Water, Mlive DEQ Ignored Warning Article, PBS Frontline Flint Water, Rockford Citizen Sleuths Mlive Article, Flint Water Crisis Youtube Video, Hawaii's Water,
ENERGY Nola.com Toxic Air/Chemical Corridor Article, Nissan Ad, Cadillac Ad, Ford Ad, The Guardian- Sacrifice Zones Article, Rare Earth Metals, Fill'er Up Carbon Time, Where does fat go? Article, Veratasium Fat Video
CLIMATE CHANGE IPCC Assignment, Climate "Thing" Article, CNN Carbon footprint Greenwashing/Greensheen-
November Creative Writing Entries
Watch Green Fire,
Loon Call in the Movies Video,
Monday, Jan. 17th- No School, Staff PD
Tuesday, Jan. 18th- Sink Challenge, About you "Note Card", Journal Entry #1- Species List-5 minutes.
Wednesday, Jan. 19th- Journal Entry #2- Why do we care about the Environment? Why should we take care of it? Journal Entry #3-What do you hope to learn about in the class?
Food web assignment- 32 Michigan Species- arrows connecting them showing the flow of energy. Each organism must be drawn with a picture and labeled as: producer, herbivore, carnivore, scavenger, omnivore, decomposer, etc.
Thursday, Jan. 20th- Book List, Continue working on Food Web
Friday, Jan. 21st- Book List, Continue working on Food Web
Monday, Jan 24th- Book List, Continue working on Food Web
Tuesday, Jan. 25th- Book List, Invasive Brackets, Invasive Fighter Profiles, Foreword Sand Country Almanac Journal #4
Wednesday, Jan. 26th- What is a Specie?, Read article and watch video on Pythons and Invasive Species; go over ballast water and invasive species, Invasive Brackets, Invasive Fighter Profiles, Bracket Challenge Results: Round 1 Top Half Results, Round 1 Bottom Half Results Round 2 MS EAB, Round 2 GM FS , Round 2 ES GM , Round 2 BS MS Final Four BS GM, Final Four EAB FS http://greatlakesecho.org/page/2/?s=Rachael+Gleason,
Thursday, Jan. 27th- Terrestrial Terror Smackdown Championship, Journal #5 in response to Wolves in Yellowstone Video, Science Book Reading, Allegan Feral Swine
Friday, Jan. 28th- Sleep Survey , Isle Royale,- Watch Isle Royale Video 1, Isle Royale Video 2, Isle Royale Video 3, Isle Royale Pictures, Isle Royale Graph, Michigan Wolves Mlive, Science Book Reading
Monday, Jan. 31st-Review Wolves in Michigan and Yellowstone, Monoculture Lawns- Grist Video- Lawns Irrigation, How Americans Learned to Love their Front Lawn NYT, Discuss as a group: 1. Is there social pressure related to lawn maintenance and what do you think about it? 2. How does lawn care impact the environment? 3. What alternatives are there?
Tuesday, Feb. 1st- Recycling, Prairie Habitat Presentation, Natural Areas Website, Science Book Reading
Wednesday, Feb. 2nd- Snow Day
Thursday, Feb. 3rd- Snow Day
Friday, Feb. 4th- Bean Time Lapse-Plant Movement, Science Reading
Monday, Feb. 7th- Staff Meeting, Monarch Video and Journaling #6 Monarchs, From Mexico to Mexico (explain what happens to the species of Monach in 365 days, starting and then ending back at Mexico), Journal #7 in response to Lawn Videos- Questions to Consider: 1. Is there social pressure relat ed to lawn maintenance and what do you think about it? 2. How does lawn care impact the environment? 3. What alternatives are there?
Tuesday, Feb. 8th- Thinking Like a Mountain Discussion with Journal Entry #8, Science Reading, Journal Entry # 9- Book Review of what you are reading so far.
Wednesday, Feb. 9th- Warm Weather Moose/Ticks, Work on Mammals Presentation
Thursday, Feb. 10th- Work on Mammals Presentation,
Friday, Feb. 11th- Snow Day
Monday, Feb. 14th- Nile Monitor Lizards Invasive in Florida, Work on Studying the Mammals, Read
Tuesday, Feb. 15th- Unit 1 Test, Read, Make Fish and Amphibian Presentation,
Wednesday, Feb. 16th- Read January in Sand County Almanac. Nature Hike outside.
Thursday, Feb. 17th- Continue working on Fish and Amphibian Presentation, Vice Banana Video,
Friday, Feb. 18th- Transplant Milkweed sprouts into pots, Finish Fish and Amphibian Presentation
Monday, Feb. 21st- King Corn Questions,
Tuesday, Feb. 22nd- King Corn Questions,
Wednesday, Feb. 23rd- 1/2 Day Students Staff PD,
Thursday, Feb. 24th- Mid Winter Break
Friday, Feb. 25th- Mid Winter Break
Monday, Feb. 28th- Go over King Corn, Read Books, Study Fish and Amphibians, Subsidies and Why Eating Healthy Foods is So Expensive
Tuesday, March 1st- Science Reading, Food Energy Notes
Wednesday, March 2nd- Life of a Strawberry, Food Energy Notes, Work on Food Presentations
Thursday, March 3rd- Science Reading, Work on Food Presentations
Friday, March 4th- Food Energy Notes, Work on Food Presentations
Monday, March 7th- Staff Meeting, Food Energy Notes, Work on Food Presentations
Tuesday, March 8th- Work on Presentations, Svalbard Seed Bank, Walk to the South Campus Train Tracks, Visit 3 Trees (Alvin, Simon, Theodore)
Wednesday, March 9th- Work on Presentations, Food Inc- 44:20-50:40, 58:07-1:06, 1:24:19-1:30:00
Thursday, March 10th- Presentations
Friday, March 11th- 1/2 Day Staff Records, Presentations
Monday, March 14th- Presentations, Revolution Farms, Diet that helps fight climate change Vox, Reading
Tuesday, March 15th- Fish and Amphibian Quiz, Reading, The Oil We Eat Article, The Oil We Eat Questions
Wednesday, March 16th- Outside Hike
Thursday, March 17th- Outside Hike
Friday, March 18th- Recycle, The Oil We Eat Article,
Monday, March 21st- Outside Hike
Tuesday, March 22nd- The Oil We Eat Questions,
Wednesday, March 23rd- Reading, Reptile Presentation
Thursday, March 24th- Story of Stuff, Story of Stuff writing prompts,
Friday, March 25th- Recycling, Go over Story of Stuff, Continue working on Reptile Presentation
Monday, March 28th- Finish Reptile Presentation, Start on Birds Presentation, Reading,
Homework- You need to write a one page paper that is due on the Tuesday after Spring Break. This paper is going to be a review of one of the following- The Grind Faroe Islands, OR Environmental Impact of Food Meta-Analysis Report,
Tuesday, March 29th- Rare Earth Article US, EU, Japan vs China, Continue on Birds Presentation, Recycling NPR Story Part 1,
Wednesday, March 30th- Loons- Taco Bell, Vox Loons, Mix 108,; Recycling NPR Story Part 2,
Thursday, March 31st- Recycling,
Friday, April 1st- Spring Break
Monday, April 4th- Spring Break
Tuesday, April 5th- Spring Break
Wednesday, April 6th- Spring Break
Thursday, April 7th- Spring Break
Friday, April 8th- Spring Break
Monday, April 11th- Staff Meeting Finish Recycling NPR Story Part 2, https://recyclingraccoons.org/, Go over Birds ID
Tuesday, April 12th- Nature Hike
Wednesday, April 13th- SAT,
Thursday, April 14th- Michigan's Bottle Recycling Mlive, 15 minutes of Science Reading, Practice Species Quizes, Tuesday of next week Reptiles, and Thursday of next week Birds:
Friday, April 15th- Recycling and study for quizzes
Monday, April 18th- Science Reading, Vox Going Green and Journal on the video, Study for quizzes tomorrow.
Tuesday, April 19th- Go over journals from yesterday, Reptile Quiz (and all past species), Science Reading, Macroinvertebrate Presentation
Wednesday, April 20th-
Thursday, April 21st- Birds Quiz (and all past species)
Friday, April 22nd- 1/2 Day Students/Staff PD , Recycling as a class
Monday, April 25th- Read Beginning of February and Journal on it from Sand County Almanac, and Month of March in Sand County Almanac
Tuesday, April 26th- Go over Sand County Almanac from yesterday, Watch Great Lakes Bird Migration
Wednesday, April 27th- Work on Species Presentations for Macroinvertebrates, Watch Flint 60 Minutes Video
Thursday, April 28th- Nature Hike, searching for macroinvertebrates in pond
Friday, April 29th- Recycling as a class, Nature Hike
Monday, May 2nd- Staff Meeting, Follow watershed map from CHS to the Atlantic Ocean with Google Maps, Watch Welland Canal Video, Finish watching Flint 60 Minutes Video, PFAS Foam at GR Ford Airport Wood TV, Go over Macroinvertebrates
Tuesday, May 3rd- Forever Chemicals Vox Video 12min, The Forever Chemicals, PBS, Great Lakes Now (27:00/12) MDEQ Looking for help for dump sites youtube, Mlive- Biggest Company in town poisons the water,
Wednesday, May 4th- searching for macroinvertebrates in pond
Thursday, May 5th- Outside to work on Tree ID
Friday, May 6th- Recycle, Macroinvertebrate Quiz, Work on Tree ID Presentation, Work on Grasses, Wildflowers, Shrubs, Vines, Presentations
Monday, May 9th- Work on Tree ID Presentation, Work on Grasses, Wildflowers, Shrubs, Vines, Presentations
Grasses Wildflowers Vines Practice 1
Grasses Wildflowers Vines Practice 2
Grasses Wildflowers Vines Practice 3
Grasses Wildflowers Vines Practice 4
Extra Practice Grasses, Wildflowers, and Vines 1
Extra Practice Grasses, Wildflowers, and Vines 2
Extra Practice Grasses, Wildflowers, and Vines 3
Tuesday, May 10th- Work on Tree ID Presentation, Work on Grasses, Wildflowers, Shrubs, Vines, Presentations
Wednesday, May 11th- Outside
Thursday, May 12th- Outside
Friday, May 13th- Outside
Monday, May 16th- Recycle, Senior Exam
Tuesday, May 17th- Lawmaker Letter
Wednesday, May 18th- Lawmaker Letter
Thursday, May 19th- Lawmaker Letter
Friday, May 20th- Recycle
Monday, May 23rd- Outside Hike
Tuesday, May 24th- Graduation, Outside Hike
Wednesday, May 25th-
Thursday, May 26th-
Friday, May 27th-
Monday, May 30th- No School
Tuesday, May 31st- Review
Wednesday, June 1st- Exams
Thursday, June 2nd- Exams
Friday, June 3rd- Exams
FOOD
CONSUMPTION Natural Resource Harvesting, Fashion's Tiny Hidden Secret, PBB State of Michigan Article, Apple Obsolescence, Bottle Deposits in Michigan,
WATER CYCLE PFAS- PFAS Map, Mlive- How We Got Here Youtube (9:00), DEQ PFAS plumes Mlive Article, Story of Bottled Water, Mlive DEQ Ignored Warning Article, PBS Frontline Flint Water, Rockford Citizen Sleuths Mlive Article, Flint Water Crisis Youtube Video, Hawaii's Water,
ENERGY Nola.com Toxic Air/Chemical Corridor Article, Nissan Ad, Cadillac Ad, Ford Ad, The Guardian- Sacrifice Zones Article, Rare Earth Metals, Fill'er Up Carbon Time, Where does fat go? Article, Veratasium Fat Video
CLIMATE CHANGE IPCC Assignment, Climate "Thing" Article, CNN Carbon footprint Greenwashing/Greensheen-
Taco Bell Loon Commercial, Other music Loons,
November Creative Writing Entries
Watch Green Fire,
Loon Call in the Movies Video,
2021/2022 1st Semester Lessons- 86 Class Days (3 half days), 3 Exam Days
Tuesday, August 24th- About you "Note Card", Sink Challenge,
Wednesday, August 25th- Class Meetings, 9th @ 7:55; 12th @ 9:00; 11th @ 10:05am; 10th @ 12:45pm
Thursday, August 26th- Work on two writings prompts: 1. Why do we care about the Environment? What should we take care of it. 2. Write down as many Michigan organisms as you can in 5 minutes. Food web assignment- 32 Michigan Species- arrows connecting them showing the flow of energy. Each organism must be drawn with a picture and labeled as: producer, herbivore, carnivore, scavenger, omnivore, decomposer, etc.
Friday, August 27th- Continue working on Food web
Monday, August 30th- Continue work on Food Web
Tuesday, August 31st- Continue Working on Food Web
Wednesday, September 1st- Check Food Webs, Go on a hike!
Thursday, September 2nd- Organize Classroom Books, Look through Mr. Howell's Classroom Library, Other books that are good options but not ones I own: List 1, List 2; Hike
Friday, September 3rd- No School
Monday, September 6th- No School
Tuesday, September 7th- Check Food Webs, What is a Specie?, RRR- List recyclable products from most important to least important to recycle. Pick out books from Mr. Howell's Classroom Library, Other books that are good options but not ones I own: List 1, List 2; Read, Introduce Mammal Presentation
Wednesday, September 8th- Recycling NPR Story Part 1, Work on Mammals Presentation,
Thursday, September 9th- Recycling NPR Story Part 2, Work on Mammals Presentation,
Friday, September 10th- Hike
Monday, September 13th- Staff Meeting Fish and Amphibian Presentation, Make a Reptile Presentation and share with Mr. Howell, Reading Time #1
Tuesday, September 14th- Continue with Fish and Amphibian Presentation, Make a Reptile Presentation and share with Mr. Howell,
Study the mammal presentations of each group
Wednesday, September 15th- Mammals Quiz, Reading Time #2
Thursday, September 16th- Prairie Hike
Friday, September 17th- https://recyclingraccoons.org/, Birds Presentation
Monday, September 20th- Finish Birds Presentation, Study Amphibians and Fish, Woods Hike
Tuesday, September 21st- Amphibian and Fish Quiz, Read
Wednesday, September 22nd- 1/2 Day (Staff PD) Study Birds
Thursday, September 23rd- Follow watershed map from CHS to the Atlantic Ocean with Google Maps, go over ballast water and invasive species, Watch Welland Canal Video
Friday, September 24th- Homecoming Assembly Take Mammals, Fish, Amphibians, Reptiles Quiz
Monday, September 27th-Work on Macroinvertebrate Presentation, Study Birds
Tuesday, September 28th- Outside to look at Macroinvertebrates in wetland
Wednesday, September 29th- Outside to look at Macroinvertebrates in wetland
Thursday, September 30th- Birds Quiz, Read
Friday, October 1st- Tree Hike Outside
Monday, October 4th- Staff Department Meetings, Read, Work on Tree ID Presentation, Study Macroinvertebrates
Tuesday, October 5th- Salamander Hike
Wednesday, October 6th- Tree Hike
Thursday, October 7th- Read, Practice Macroinvertebrate ID- Practice 1, Practice 2, Practice 3, Practice 4, Practice 5, Practice 6,
Friday, October 8th- Quiz over Mammals, Fish, Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds, Macroinvertebrates; Read
Monday, October 11th- Outside Hike
Tuesday, October 12th- Study Trees, Read
Wednesday, October 13th- Hike
Thursday, October 14th- Study Trees as a class, Hike
Friday, October 15th- Take quiz on Mammals, Amphibians, Fish, Reptiles, Birds, Trees; Read
Monday, October 18th- Work on Scavenger Hunt
Tuesday, October 19th- Work on Scavenger Hunt
Wednesday, October 20th- Work on Scavenger Hunt
Thursday, October 21st- Collect Seed
Friday, October 22nd- Loon Call in the Movies Video, Work on Grasses, Wildflowers, Vines, Presentations
Monday, October 25th- Work on Grasses, Wildflowers, Vines, Presentations, Work on Scavenger Hunt Presentation
Tuesday, October 26th- Work on Grasses, Wildflowers, Vines, Presentations, Work on Scavenger Hunt Presentation
Grasses Wildflowers Vines Practice 1
Grasses Wildflowers Vines Practice 2
Grasses Wildflowers Vines Practice 3
Grasses Wildflowers Vines Practice 4
Extra Practice Grasses, Wildflowers, and Vines 1
Extra Practice Grasses, Wildflowers, and Vines 2
Extra Practice Grasses, Wildflowers, and Vines 3
Wednesday, October 27th- Work on Scavenger Hunt
Thursday, October 28th- Work on Scavenger Hunt, Read
Friday, October 29th- 1/2 Day (Staff Records) Work on Scavenger Hunt
Monday, Nov. 1st- Final Species Quiz
Tuesday, Nov. 2nd- Work on Scavenger Hunt, Read
Wednesday, Nov. 3rd- Present Scavenger Hunts
Thursday, Nov. 4th- Present Scavenger Hunts
Friday, Nov. 5th- Read/Journal Introduction Sand County Almanac
Monday, Nov. 8th- Staff Meeting Read/Journal January and February in Sand County Almanac
Tuesday, Nov. 9th- Read/Journal March in Sand County Almanac
Wednesday, Nov. 10th- Read/Journal April in Sand County Almanac, Nature Hike
Thursday, Nov. 11th- 1/2 Day (Staff PD) Sort Milkweed Seed
Friday, Nov. 12th- Invasive Species Bracket Challenge: Bracket, Fighter Profiles
Monday, Nov. 15th- Bracket Challenge Results: Round 1 Top Half Results, Round 1 Bottom Half Results Round 2 MS EAB, Round 2 GM FS , Round 2 ES GM , Round 2 BS MS Final Four BS GM, Final Four EAB FS http://greatlakesecho.org/page/2/?s=Rachael+Gleason
Terrestrial Terror Smackdown Championship;
Answer Key
Go over month of January in ASCA as groups and as a class.
Tuesday, Nov. 16- Go outside to pick Native Plots in West Prairie Habitat
Wednesday, Nov. 17- Outside Hike
Thursday, Nov. 18th- Sand Bags for Milkweed Seed Preparation and into the Fridge; Read article and watch video on Pythons and Invasive Species; Journal on Wolves in Yellowstone, Start going over over month of February in ASCA as groups and as a class.
Friday, Nov. 19th- Food Waste Video and Journaling
Monday, Nov. 22nd- Monarch Video and Journaling(Monarch Map), Discuss April from A Sand County Almanac, Read May in A Sand County Almanac, Woodcock Flight, Woodcock Flight, Woodcock Dance
Tuesday, Nov. 23rd- Taco Bell Loon Commercial, Other music Loons, Outside to work on Plot Preparation and Seed Planting
Wednesday, Nov. 24th- Thanksgiving Break
Thursday, Nov. 25th- Thanksgiving Break
Friday, Nov. 26th- Thanksgiving Break
Monday, Nov. 29th- Warm Weather Moose/Ticks, Read and Journal from June in A Sand County Almanac
Tuesday, Nov. 30th- Watch Isle Royale Video 1, Isle Royale Video 2, Work on "November" Writing
Wednesday, Dec. 1st- Nile Monitor Lizards Invasive in Florida Edit November writings from yesterday.
Thursday, Dec. 2nd- If Weather is good- Go outside
Friday, Dec. 3rd- Story of Stuff, Story of Stuff writing prompts
Monday, Dec. 6th- Staff Meeting, PFAS-Forever Chemicals Vox Video 12min, PFAS Map, Mlive- How We Got Here Youtube (9:00), PFAS Foam at GR Ford Airport Wood TV
Tuesday, Dec. 7th-
MDEQ Looking for help for dump sites youtube
The Forever Chemicals, PBS, Great Lakes Now (27:00/12)
Wednesday, Dec. 8th- Read November Entries, Rockford Citizen Sleuths Mlive Article, Flint Water Crisis Youtube Video
Thursday, Dec. 9th- Read July from A Sand County Almanac, Read November Creative Writing Entries
Friday, Dec. 10th- Continue reading November Creative Writing Entries, Start Contact a Scientist
Monday, Dec. 13th- Hawaii's Water, Contact a Scientist
Tuesday, Dec. 14th- Contact a Scientist
Wednesday, Dec. 15th- Hike
Thursday, Dec. 16th- Hike
Friday, Dec. 17th- Contact a Scientist
Vox Food Waste Video, Giant Water Bug Bite, DEQ PFAS plumes Mlive Article
Mlive- Biggest Company in town poisons the water
Mlive DEQ Ignored Warning Article
The Guardian- Sacrifice Zones Article
Nola.com Toxic Air/Chemical Corridor Article
Monday, January 3rd- Staff Meeting, Go over returned scientist's letters, Sort out Milkweed Seeds from Fridge.
Tuesday, January 4th- Read Thinking Like a Mountain from A Sand County Almanac and Journal on it. Plant Milkweed Seeds
Wednesday, January 5th- Snow Day
Thursday, January 6th- Snow Day
Friday, January 7th- Nissan Ad, Cadillac Ad, Ford Ad, Watch Green Fire, Final Exam Review,
Monday, January 10th- Watch Green Fire, Final Exam Review, Watering Lawns Video,
Tuesday, January 11th- Final Exam Review, Environmental Impact of Food Meta-Analysis Report, Greenwashing/Greensheen-
Wednesday, January 12th- 1st and 2nd Hour Final Exams
Thursday, January 13th- 3rd and 4th Hour Final Exams
Friday, January 14th- 5th and 6th Hour Final Exams
Grasses Wildflowers Vines Practice 1
Grasses Wildflowers Vines Practice 2
Grasses Wildflowers Vines Practice 3
Grasses Wildflowers Vines Practice 4
Extra Practice Grasses, Wildflowers, and Vines 1
Extra Practice Grasses, Wildflowers, and Vines 2
Extra Practice Grasses, Wildflowers, and Vines 3
Didn't get to-
Past Year's Lessons
Environmental Science
Homework/Projects= 30%
Participation= 10%
Assessment= 50%
Final Exam= 10%
Grasses, Wildflowers, and Vines 1
Grasses, Wildflowers, and Vines 2
Grasses, Wildflowers, and Vines 3
Grasses, Wildflowers, and Vines 4
Grasses, Wildflowers, and Vines 5
Tuesday, August 20th- About you "Note Card", Sink Challenge, Brain Drain, Brainstorm-Environmental Science in the news
Wednesday, August 21st- Class Meetings, Share out on Environmental Science in the news. 5 Minute Species Challenge(how many can you come up with?), Recycling? 40minute Nature Hike Outside
Thursday, August 22nd- https://recyclingraccoons.org/ Recycling NPR Story Part 1, Food Web-needs to include 32 organisms labeled by name and type, need to be organisms from Michigan (also label them as producer, carnivore, omnivore, decomposer, scavenger, etc. ), What is a Specie?,
Friday, August 23rd-Hike,
Monday, August 26th- Impact Team Meeting,Recycling NPR Story Part 2, Continue working on Food Web
Tuesday, August 27th- Work on Food Web
Wednesday, August 28th-Hike outside to Lakeside Park
Thursday, August 29th- Prairie Hike, Introduce Mammals Presentation
Friday, August 30th- No School
Monday, Sept. 2nd- No School
Tuesday, Sept. 3rd- Work on Mammals Presentation, SCA read
Wednesday, Sept. 4th- Food Web Due, Fish and Amphibian Presentation
Thursday, Sept. 5th- Start Reading February in SCA
Friday, Sept. 6th- Mammals Quiz, removing Purple Loosestrife and Queen Anne's Lace from KMMS wetland.
Monday, Sept. 9th- Staff Meeting, Finish Reading February from SCA and discuss, Make a Reptile Presentation and share with Mr. Howell
Tuesday, Sept. 10th-Read March, Outside Hike
Wednesday, Sept. 11th- Read April, Get Purple Loosestrife for South Campus Wetland
Thursday, Sept. 12th- Read May/June
Friday, Sept. 13th- Quiz over Mammals, Fish, Amphibians, Work on Birds Presentation- share with Mr. Howell when finished.
Monday, Sept. 16th- Go over Birds (quiz over all prior species and Birds 1-28 on Friday), Read July in ASCA, Mini-hike (sassafras, black locust)
Tuesday, Sept. 17th- Python Article, 20 Minute Outside Observation Hike
Wednesday, Sept. 18th- Start Macroinvertebrate Presentation, Outside Wetland
Thursday, Sept. 19th-Work on Macroinvertebrate Presentation, go outside to look at Macroinvertebrates
Friday, Sept. 20th- Pep Assembly, Quiz over Mammals, Amphibians, Fish, Birds 1-28, Pesticides and Birds Article,
Monday, Sept. 23rd- Work on Trees Presentation
Tuesday, Sept. 24th- Read Aug and Sept. in SCA, Read about Money and Food, Food and Money Map, Consumerism Atlantic
Wednesday, Sept. 25th- 1/2 Day, Read the start of October in SCA
Thursday, Sept. 26th- Practice Species, read 2nd part of October in Sand Country Almanac
Friday, Sept. 27th- Quiz over Mammals, Amphibians, Fish, Birds, Reptiles
Monday, Sept. 30th- Read November in SCA
Tuesday, Oct. 1st- Pick up trash around prairie habitat
Wednesday, Oct. 2nd- Read first section of December in SCA, studied Macroinvertebrates 1, Introduce Contact an Environmental Scientist
Thursday, Oct. 3rd- Read 2nd section of December in SCA, study Macro 2, Contact an Environmental Scientist
Friday, Oct. 4th- Quiz over Mammals, Amphibians, Fish, Birds, Reptiles, Macroinvertebrates, Watch Yellowstone Wolves and Rivers Video
Monday, Oct. 7th- Staff Meeting, Work on Contact an Environmental Scientist
Tuesday, Oct. 8th- Finish last section of December in SCA; Collection of Macroinvertebrates from retention pond
Wednesday, Oct. 9th- Journaling at retention pond; Work on collecting seed heads from Queen Anne's Lace
Thursday, Oct. 10th- Type Journal into file and share; Collect Seeds from Indian Grass, Big Bluestem, Little Bluestem, Gray headed coneflower
Friday, Oct. 11th- Quiz over Trees, Work on Grasses, Wildflowers, Vines Presentation
Monday, Oct. 14th-Read Marshland Elegy, Monarch Video,
Tuesday, Oct. 15th- Continue watching Monarch Video, go over Grasses
Wednesday, Oct. 16th- Read Clandeboye, go over grasses,
Thursday, Oct. 17th- Work on Contact an Environmental Scientist, Great Lakes Terrestrial Terror Smackdown Bracket , Invasive Fighters Background,
Friday, Oct. 18th- Quiz over Trees and Grasses, Wildflowers, Vines, Species Points List
Monday, Oct. 21st- Go over Brackets:Round 1 Top Half Results, Round 1 Bottom Half Results Round 2 MS EAB, Round 2 GM FS , Round 2 ES GM , Round 2 BS MS Final Four BS GM, Final Four EAB FS http://greatlakesecho.org/page/2/?s=Rachael+Gleason
Terrestrial Terror Smackdown Championship; Read SCA- Thinking Like a Mountain
Tuesday, Oct. 22nd- Work on Contact an Environmental Scientist, work on Species Points List, start researching lawmaker letter
Wednesday, Oct. 23rd- Finish Contact an Environmental Scientist, start researching lawmaker letter
Thursday, Oct. 24th- Outside to take pictures for Species Points List, Reread Prairie Birthday and discuss, while also reading Sun & News Prairie article
Friday, Oct. 25th- Outside to take pictures for Species Points List,
Monday, Oct. 28th- Impact Meeting, Work on Species Points List, Read Eating Bugs Article
Tuesday, Oct. 29th- Present Species Points Project. Read meta-analysis on food, Share Scientists responses,
Wednesday, Oct. 30th- Read SCA Wilderness pg 188, Read Journals that students wrote while at pond
Thursday, Oct. 31st- Read SCA Land Ethic 201-203, Work on lawmaker letter
Friday, Nov. 1st- Nissan Leaf Commercial, Cadillac and Ford Commercials, Lawn Video, Read SCA Land Ethic 203-207, Go over Gore/Agriculture Article, Work on lawmaker letter
Monday, Nov. 4th- Staff Meeting, Plant Blindness
Tuesday, Nov. 5th- Review
Wednesday, Nov. 6th- Exams
Thursday, Nov. 7th- Exams
Friday, Nov. 8th- Exams
Monday, March 11th- About you "Note Card", Sink Challenge, 5 Minute Species Challenge(how many can you come up with?), What is a Specie?, Food Web-needs to include 32 organisms labeled by name and type, need to be organisms from Michigan (producer, carnivore, omnivore, decomposer, scavenger, etc. ),
Tuesday, March 12th- Why do we take care of the environment? entry in Google Classroom. Species Quiz Friday over 1-19 Mammals, Fashions Tiny Secret Article
Wednesday, March 13th- Sophomore Class Meeting, Work on 1-19 Mammals presentation and Food Web
Thursday, March 14th- Share Species Quiz and student the work of other classmates; Work on Food Web
Friday, March 15th- Take species Quiz Mammals 1-19; Start working on species quiz Mammals 20-27, All Fish, and All Amphibians from Species List, Read Beginning Article about Straws. Read Current news on straws, 1 group per article and share out.
Here are the top current news articles on the topic:
Article 1-https://www.ecowatch.com/straws-made-from-seaweed-2631604209.html
Article 2- https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2019/03/14/paper-straws-rising-demand
Article 4- https://www.gainesville.com/news/20190304/florida-bill-would-ban-banning-of-plastic-straws
Article 5- https://www.fastcompany.com/90315817/these-straws-work-like-plastic-but-theyre-hyper-compostable
Article 6- https://dailycaller.com/2019/03/10/devin-nunes-straw-police/
Write personal reflection based on straws.
Monday, March 18th- Continue working on Species List, Gas in Car, Expressing Ideas on E & W in journals, Great Lakes Terrestrial Terror Smackdown Bracket , Invasive Fighters Background, Work on Book List
Tuesday, March 19th- Outside hike, Go over Book List, Introduce idea of Earth Day Books
Wednesday, March 20th-Do plants move? Why are there no climbing trees in the woods? Time Lapse Plants, Spend Time on Book List, Share species presentation, Gas?, Trees,
Thursday, March 21st- Study Species List, Caledonia Natural Areas Presentation, Aldo Leopold Quote reflection.
Friday, March 22nd- Take Species quiz on Mammals, Fish, and Ambhibians. Start working on next presentation over all prior species and 1-28 birds,
Monday, March 25th-Go over Brackets:Round 1 Top Half Results, Round 1 Bottom Half Results Round 2 MS EAB, Round 2 GM FS , Round 2 ES GM , Round 2 BS MS Final Four BS GM, Final Four EAB FS http://greatlakesecho.org/page/2/?s=Rachael+Gleason
Terrestrial Terror Smackdown Championship; Work on finishing birds 1-28; Read about Wolverine Tannery Rockford PFAS
Tuesday, March 26th- Cal Life, Outside Hike, Go over Species
Wednesday, March 27- Go over species, Read, Isle Royale Wolves, Story of Stuff,
Thursday, March 28th- ReadGas in Car,
Friday, March 29th- Spring Break
Monday, April 1st- Spring Break
Tuesday, April 2nd- Spring Break
Wednesday, April 3rd- Spring Break
Thursday, April 4th- Spring Break
Friday, April 5th- Spring Break
Monday, April 8th-
Tuesday, April 9th- SAT Testing Juniors
Wednesday, April 10th- PSAT Testing 9th and 10th, Workeys 11th
Thursday, April 11th- MSTEP Juniors
Friday, April 12th- Bird Migration Video
Monday, April 15th-
Tuesday, April 16th-
Wednesday, April 17th-
Thursday, April 18th-
Friday, April 19th-
Monday, April 22nd- P/T Conferences
Tuesday, April 23rd- Cal Life Day
Wednesday, April 24th-
Thursday, April 25th-
Friday, April 26th-
Monday, April 29th- Impact Meeting
Tuesday, April 30th- Interim Meeting
Wednesday, May 1st-
Thursday, May 2nd- Sub Day
Friday, May 3rd-
Monday, May 6th- Staff Meeting
Tuesday, May 7th-
Wednesday, May 8th- Senior Academic Award Night
Thursday, May 9th-
Friday, May 10th-
Monday, May 13th-
Tuesday, May 14th-
Wednesday, May 15th-
Thursday, May 16th- Senior's Last Day
Friday, May 17th-
Monday, May 20th-
Tuesday, May 21st-
Wednesday, May 22nd-
Thursday, May 23rd- Graduation
Friday, May 24th-
Monday, May 27th-
Tuesday, May 28th-
Wednesday, May 29th-
Thursday, May 30-
Friday, May 31st-
Monday, June 3rd- Interim
Tuesday, June 4th- Interim
Wednesday, June 5th- Interim
Thursday, June 6th- Interim
Friday, June 7th-
Monday, June 10th-
Tuesday, June 11th-
Wednesday, June 12th-
Monday, March 5th-Staff Meeting, About you "Note Card", Sink Challenge, 5 Minute Species Challenge(how many can you come up with?), What is a Specie?, Food Web-needs to include 32 organisms labeled by name and type, 20 need to be organisms from Michigan (producer, carnivore, omnivore, decomposer, scavenger, etc. ), Species Quiz Friday over 1-19 Mammals
Tuesday, March 6th- Food Web, Books, Why do we take care of the environment?
Wednesday, March 7th-Snow Day,
Thursday, March 8th- Pick out books, Food Web, Gas in Car, Expressing Ideas on E & W in journals
Friday, March 9th- ID Quiz over Mammals, Read Straws Article, Journal on Straws
Monday, March 12th- Powers of 10 Videos, Powers of 10 Placemat, Powers of 10 examples, Air Powerpoint, Air "Quiz", 1-27 Mammals, 1-12 Fish, 1-12 Amphibians File Due Wednesday, Food Web due Thursday
Tuesday, March 13th- BTB Trial Blowing Bubbles, BTB and Soda Water Test, Soda Water Carbonic Acid Models,
Wednesday, March 14th- PSC, Read, Great Lakes Terrestrial Terror Smackdown Bracket , Invasive Fighters Background,
Thursday, March 15th- Food Web Due, Ethanol Test, Models Explanations,
Friday, March 16th- 1-27 Mammals, 1-12 Fish, 1-12 Amphibians Quiz, Reading Time for 15 minutes, Start on next Species List 1-27 Mammals, 1-12 Fish, 1-12 Amphibians, Birds 1-28,
Monday, March 19th- Read, Brackets Round 1 Top Half Results, Round 1 Bottom Half Results Round 2 MS EAB, Round 2 GM FS , Round 2 ES GM , Round 2 BS MS Final Four BS GM, Final Four EAB FS http://greatlakesecho.org/page/2/?s=Rachael+Gleason
Terrestrial Terror Smackdown Championship
Tuesday, March 20th- Read, Work on Species List, Go over species so far, Equinox, Go over where does fat go question.
Wednesday, March 21st-Read, Where does weight go, veratasium,Glucose breakdown with models,
Thursday, March 22nd-Read, Where does fat go?, Fat to CO2 article, Outside Hike #1
Friday, March 23rd- Quiz, Read, Outside Hike #2
Monday, March 26th-MTSS Sub Day, Birds 29-50 added to Species List
Tuesday, March 27th-Story of Stuff, Story of Stuff Writing
Wednesday, March 28th- Discuss Story of Stuff, Review Species, Owl, Loon, Killdeer Calls, Read
Thursday, March 29th-Quiz, Read, Rare Earth Metals, PFAS GR Airport, PFAS Wolverine/Rockford
Friday, March 30th-Spring Break
Monday, April 2nd-Spring Break
Tuesday, April 3rd-Spring Break
Wednesday, April 4th-Spring Break
Thursday, April 5th-Spring Break
Friday, April 6th-Spring Break
Monday, April 9th- Staff Meeting, Read, Start on Earth Day Books, Species quiz over all past organisms and 1-14 Reptiles and 1-14 Macroinvertebrates on Thursday, April 19th
Tuesday, April 10th- Testing, Work on Earth Day Books
Wednesday, April 11th- Testing, Work on Earth Day Books
Thursday, April 12th- Testing, Work on Earth Day Books
Friday, April 13th- Work on Earth Day Books
Monday, April 16th-P/T Conference, Work on Earth Day Books, Isle Royale Article 1, Isle Royale Article 2, Isle Royale Article 3
Tuesday, April 17th-
Wednesday, April 18th-
Thursday, April 19th- PSC, Sub Day, Reptiles 1-14 and Macroinvertabrates 1-14 Quiz, and all past species, Finish Work on Books
Friday, April 20th- Read Earth Day Books
Monday, April 23rd- Impact Meeting, Read Earth Day Books
Tuesday, April 24th- Outside
Wednesday, April 25th- Science Meeting, Story of Bottled Water
Thursday, April 26th-
Friday, April 27th- Species Quiz
Monday, April 30th- Outside
Tuesday, May 1st- King Corn QuestionsKing Corn
Wednesday, May 2nd- PSC- King Corn
Thursday, May 3rd- King Corn
Friday, May 4th- Outside
Monday, May 7th- Food Inc., Outside, Quiz over all species except the Plants
Tuesday, May 8th- Food Inc.
Wednesday, May 9th-Food Inc.
Thursday, May 10th- Outside
Friday, May 11th- Quiz over all species
Monday, May 14th-
Tuesday, May 15th-
Wednesday, May 16th-
Thursday, May 17th- Seniors Final Day
Friday, May 18th-
Monday, May 21st-
Tuesday, May 22nd-
Wednesday, May 23rd-
Thursday, May 24th-
Friday, May 25th-
Monday, May 28th-
Tuesday, May 29th-
Wednesday, May 30th-
Thursday, May 31st-Science Meeting
Friday, June 1st-
Monday, June 4th-
Tuesday, June 5th- Interim
Wednesday, June 6th-Interim
Thursday, June 7th-Interim
Friday, June 8th-Interim
Homework/Projects= 30%
Participation= 10%
Assessment= 50%
Final Exam= 10%
Monday, March 6th- Card, Sink Challenge, Chromebooks, Science Book Look Up, Species List (how many can you come up with?)
Tuesday, March 7th- Food Web
Wednesday, March 8th- Why are you taking this class? Work on Food Web
Thursday, March 9th- Food Web
Friday, March 10th- 1/2 Day Food Web
Monday, March 13th- Snow Day
Tuesday, March 14th-Read, Brackets
Wednesday, March 15th- Read, Study Birds
Thursday, March 16th- Read, Go over Brackets, Study Birds, Introduce Isle Royale
Friday, March 17th-Read, Finish Going over Brackets, Study Birds, Introduce Elementary Book Project.
Monday, March 20th-
Tuesday, March 21st-
Wednesday, March 22nd-
Thursday, March 23rd-
Friday, March 24th-
Monday, March 27th-
Tuesday, March 28th-
Wednesday, March 29th-
Thursday, March 30th-
Friday, March 31st- Spring Break
Monday, April 3rd- Spring Break
Tuesday, April 4th- Spring Break
Wednesday, April 5th- Spring Break
Thursday, April 6th- Spring Break
Friday, April 7th- Spring Break
Monday, April 10th-
Tuesday, April 11th- Testing
Wednesday, April 12th- Testing
Thursday, April 13th- Testing
Friday, April 14th-
Monday, April 17th- Impact Meeting
Tuesday, April 18th-
Wednesday, April 19th-Athlete Signing 1st Macro
Thursday, April 20th-
Friday, April 21st-
Monday, April 24th- Parent/Teacher Conferences 5:30-7:30
Tuesday, April 25th-
Wednesday, April 26- Interim Meeting at the end of 3rd Macro
Thursday, April 27th-
Friday, April 28th-
Monday, May 1st
Tuesday, May 2nd-
Wednesday, May 3rd-
Thursday, May 4th-
Friday, May 5th-
Monday, May 8th-
Tuesday, May 9th-
Wednesday, May 10th-
Thursday, May 11th-
Friday, May 12th-
Monday, May 15th-
Tuesday, May 16th-
Wednesday, May 17th- Senior Exams Hours 3, 4, 5
Thursday, May 18th- Senior Exams Hours 1, 2
Friday, May 19th-
Monday, May 22nd-
Tuesday, May 23rd-
Wednesday, May 24th-
Thursday, May 25th- Senior Assembly
Friday, May 26th- No School
Monday, May 29th- No School
Tuesday, May 30th-
Wednesday, May 31st-
Thursday, June 1st- 5th Macro Exams
Friday, June 2nd- 1st and 2nd Macro Exams
Monday, June 5th-3rd and 4th Macro Exams
Tuesday, June 6th- Interim
Wednesday, June 7th- Interim
Thursday, June 8th- Interim
Friday, June 9th- Interim
Homework/Projects= 30%
Participation= 10%
Assessment= 50%
Final Exam= 10%
Thursday, March 10th- Parent Note, syllabus, note cards, hand out books, prequiz, sink challenge, outside, Journal
Friday, March 11th- Outside
Monday, March 14th-Work on Food Web- needs to include 32 organisms labeled by name and type, 20 need to be organisms from Michigan (producer, carnivore, omnivore, decomposer, scavenger, etc. ),
Tuesday, March 15th- Work on ID List
Wednesday, March 16th-Work on ID List
Thursday, March 17th- Work on ID List
Friday, March 18- Work on ID List, Work on Food Web, Introduce book project,
Monday, March 21st-Great Lakes Terrestrial Terror Smackdown Bracket , Invasive Fighters Background, Work on book project,
Tuesday, March 22nd- Review Macroinvertebrates, Outside to look at pond water
Wednesday, March 23rd- Review Macroinvertebrates, Earth Day Book Ideas, Yellowstone Video, Watershed Talk
Thursday, March 24th-Review Macroinvertebrates, Story of Stuff, Book Ideas?,
Friday, March 25th- Round 1 Top Half Results, Round 1 Bottom Half Results Round 2 MS EAB, Round 2 GM FS , Round 2 ES GM , Round 2 BS MS Final Four BS GM, Final Four EAB FS http://greatlakesecho.org/page/2/?s=Rachael+Gleason
Terrestrial Terror Smackdown Championship
Monday, March 28th-Land Ethic, Feral Pig, Isle Royale
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Introduce Non-native project, Finish Species inventory list and share with Mr. Howell, Share Book Project with Mr. Howell, Apple Planned Obsolescence
Tuesday, March 29th- Food Waste Nat. Geo.
Wednesday, March 30th-Jack Johnson Concert Rider,
Thursday, March 31st-Outside hike
Friday, April 1st- No School
Monday, April 4th- No School
Tuesday, April 5th- No School
Wednesday, April 6th- No School
Thursday, April 7th- No School
Friday, April 8th- No School
Monday, April 11th- work on stories
Tuesday, April 12th- 11th Grade SAT 7:45- 11:45, Senior Picture 10am, work on stories
Wednesday, April 13th- 11th Grade Work Keys Test, outside macro
Thursday, April 14th- 11th Grade Work Keys Test, outside macro
Friday, April 15th- Work on stories
Monday, April 18th- Work on stories
Tuesday, April 19th- Work on stories
Wednesday, April 20th- Work on stories
Thursday, April 21st- Read stories to Emmons Lake
Friday, April 22nd- Read Stories to Cal El
Monday, April 25th- P/T Conferences 5:30-7:30, outside macroinvertebrates
Tuesday, April 26th- All school interim meeting 11:00-11:37, Isle Royale Videos 1, 2, 3, 4
Wednesday, April 27th- Reading, Go over Birds and Trees, Praying Mantis Eggs
Thursday, April 28th- Reading, go over birds, trees,
Read Isle Royale Article 1, Artical 2, Article 3, Article 4, Article 5
Friday, April 29th-Isle Royal Research and response
Monday, May 2nd-Isle Royal Research and response, Contact a Lawmaker, Book Project
Tuesday, May 3rd-Read, contact a Lawmakes, Isle Royale Response
Wednesday, May 4th-Read, contact a Lawmakes, Isle Royale Response
Thursday, May 5th-Hike to Lakeside
Friday, May 6th- Hike to Lakeside
Monday, May 9th-King Corn
Tuesday, May 10th- King Corn
Wednesday, May 11th- Work on Lawmaker Project
Thursday, May 12th-Work on Lawmaker Project
Friday, May 13th- Work on Lawmaker
Monday, May 16th-Outside ID
Tuesday, May 17th-Outside ID
Wednesday, May 18th-Outside ID
Thursday, May 19th- Seniors Last Day, Pond ID
Friday, May 20th-20 Minutes of Science Reading, work on book project, work on lawmaker project, study ID species, research Natural Resources and Mining
Monday, May 23rd-
Tuesday, May 24th-
Wednesday, May 25th-
Thursday, May 26- Graduation
Friday, May 27th- No School
Monday, May 30th- No School
Tuesday, May 31st- Final Exam Review
Wednesday, June 1st-
Thursday, June 2nd- 5th Macro Exams
Friday, June 3rd- 1st & 2nd Macro Exams
Monday, June 6th- 3rd & 4th Macro Exams
Tuesday, June 7th- Interim
Wednesday, June 8th- Interim
Thursday, June 9th- Interim
Friday, June 10th- Interim
Homework/Projects= 30%
Participation= 10%
Assessment= 50%
Final Exam= 10%
Amphibians Test Amphibians Pictures
Reptiles Test Reptiles Pictures
Trees and Shrubs Test Trees and Shrurbs Test
Grasses, Wildflowers, & Vines Test Grasses, Wildflowers, & Vines Test
Thursday, March 5th-3rd Tri Starts Parent Note, syllabus, note cards, hand out books, prequiz, sink challenge,
Friday, March 6th- Work on Food Web- needs to include 24 organisms labeled by name and type (producer, carnivore, omnivore, decomposer, scavenger, etc. )
Monday, March 9th- Work on book project, Work on ID List
Tuesday, March 10th- Work on book project, Work on ID List
Wednesday, March 11th- Work on food web
Thursday, March 12th- Work on book project, Work on ID List
Friday, March, 13th- Outside to work on real ID
Monday, March, 16th-Outside to work on real ID
Tuesday, March 17th- Homework due before class starts, Go over homework, Test on Unit 1, read books
Wednesday, March 18th-Go over test, Introduce Non-native project, Finish Species inventory list and share with Mr. Howell, March Madness Bracket, Invasive Fighters Background, Share Book Project with Mr. Howell,
Thursday, March 19th-Read, Pick Non-native Species, Share books to the class that each student is reading,
Friday, March 20th- Food Web Due, Continue sharing books, Story of Stuff
Monday, March 23rd-Work on Non-native project, check food webs, and brackets
Tuesday, March 24th-Work on Non-native project, Story of Stuff
Wednesday, March 25th-Unit 2 Test, read
Thursday, March 26th- Work on Non-native project,
Friday, March 27th-Story of Bottled Water, Science Reading
Monday, March 30th- Cadillac vs Ford Commercial, Nissan Leaf Commercial,
Tuesday, March 31st- Reading
Wednesday, April 1st- Outside
Thursday, April 2nd- Outside
Friday, April 3rd- No School
Monday, April 6th- No School
Tuesday, April 7th- No School
Wednesday, April 8th- No School
Thursday, April 9th- No School
Friday, April 10th- No School
Monday, April 13th- Gas Prices, Urban Sprawl(M-6) article
Tuesday, April 14th- M-Step ELA, Green Fire
Wednesday, April 15th- Contact a Professional
Thursday, April 16th- M-Step Sci
Friday, April 17th- Unit 4 Test
Monday, April 20th- Parent Teacher Conferences
Tuesday, April 21st- M-Step Math
Wednesday, April 22nd- Earth Day
Thursday, April 23rd-Climate Change article 1 and article 2
Friday, April 24th-
Monday, April 27th-
Tuesday, April 28th-
Wednesday, April 29th-Unit 5 Test
Thursday, April 30th-
Fridary, May 1st- Book Project Due
Monday, May 4th-
Tuesday, May 5th-
Wednesday, May 6th-
Thursday, May 7th-
Friday, May 8th-
Monday, May 11th- Unit 6 Test
Tuesday, May 12th-
Wednesday, May 13th- Senior Exams 3rd, 4th, and 5th Macro
Thursday, May 14th- Senior Exams 1st and 2nd Macro
Friday, May 15th-
Monday, May 18th-
Tuesday, May 19th-
Wednesday, May 20th-
Thursday, May 21st- Unit 7 Test
Friday, May 22nd- No School
Monday, May 25th- No School
Tuesday, May 26th-
Wednesday, May 27th- Review
Thursday, May 28th-Exams
Friday, May 29th- Exams
Monday, June 1st- Exam
Tuesday, June 2nd- Interim
Wednesday, June 3rd- Interim
Thursday, June 4th- Interim
Friday, June 5th- Interim
Homework/Projects= 30%
Tests= 30%
Quizzes= 20%
Employability= 10%
Final Exam= 10%
51 instructional days, 3 exam day
Friday, March 7th- syllabus, sink challenge, "What is environmental science?" , "Why did you take this class?"
Monday, March 10th-Food Web- 40
Tuesday, March 11th-Power Outage
Wednesday, March 12th-Food Web 40
Thursday, March 13th- Invasive Fighter Profiles, Great Lakes Terrestrial Terror Smackdown Bracket , Book Review Project
Friday, March 14th- Unit 1 Homework due, Invasive Fighter Profiles, Great Lakes Terrestrial Terror Smackdown Bracket , Book Review Project
Monday, March 17th-Science Research Ideas Brainstorm, Science Reading
Tuesday, March 18th- Unit 1 Test
Wednesday, March 19th- Graphing Assignments
Thursday, March 20th- ID List
Friday, March 21st-Non-native project.
Monday, March 24th- Work on ID List
Tuesday, March 25th- Unit 2 Homework due, Work on ID List
Wednesday, March 26th- Unit 2 Test, Science Reading
Thursday, March 27th-Share books that you will be reading, Story of Stuff Watch
Friday, March 28th- Discuss Story of Stuff, Story of Water
Monday, March 31st- Continue going over Story of Water, Cadillac Commercial vs Ford Commercial
Tuesday, April 1st- Notes taking time, M-6/Urban Sprawl/ Gas Prices
Wednesday, April 2nd-
Thursday, April 3rd-Metals reading,
Friday, April 4th- Spring Break
Monday, April 7th- Spring Break
Tuesday, April 8th- Spring Break
Wednesday, April 9th- Spring Break
Thursday, April 10th- Spring Break
Friday, April 11th- Spring break
Monday, April 14th-Corn Ideas, Earth Day Ideas
Tuesday, April 15th- Contact a Scientist
Wednesday, April 16th- Contact a Scientist
Thursday, April 17th- Contact a Scientist, IPCC Report, Book Review #1 due, Unit 4 Homework due
Friday, April 18th- Unit 4 Test
Monday, April 21st- Parent/Teacher Conferences, Outside Hike
Tuesday, April 22nd-Book Review #2 due, Outside Trash Pick-up
Wednesday, April 23rd- Plant Corn Seeds, Outside to return pond water jars
Thursday, April 24th- Water Corn, Write up Lab Report for Corn, Start The Green Fire. Food Inc. permission slips.
Friday, April 25th- Pond Water Collection
Monday, April 28th-Book review #3 due,
Tuesday, April 29th-Quiz on Birds, corn
Wednesday, April 30th- Unit 5 Homework Due, Macroinvertebrates in the pond
Thursday, May 1st-Unit 5 Test, corn, Yellowstone Video
Friday, May 2nd-Book review #4 due, Contact a Lawmaker,
Monday, May 5th- Macroinvertebrate collection
Tuesday, May 6th-Contact a Lawmaker,
Wednesday, May 7th-Outside Hike,Quiz on Macroinvertebrates
Thursday, May 8th-Contact a Lawmaker
Friday, May 9th-Contact a Lawmaker
Monday, May 12th-Unit 6 Homework Due,Book review #5 due,
Tuesday, May 13th- Academic Awards Night, Quiz on Mammals, Unit 6 Test
Wednesday, May 14th- Senior Exams, Quiz on trees and plants,
Thursday, May 15th- Seniors Last Day
Friday, May 16th- Work on the IPCC Report. Some of you started this, but many did not get a chance to finish. Really take some time to go over all of the data from the NASA website. Work on current events sharing project. Current Events/News Sharing
Monday, May 19th-
Tuesday, May 20th-Toothpicks
Wednesday, May 21st-Unit 7 Homework DueToothpicks
Thursday, May 22nd- Graduation, Unit 7 Test
Friday, May 23rd-
Monday, May 26th-No School
Tuesday, May 27th-Quiz on Snakes and Salamanders
Wednesday, May 28th-Review
Thursday, May 29th- Finals
Friday, May 30th- Finals
Monday, June 2nd- Finals
Tuesday, June 3rd- Interim
Wednesday, June 4th- Interim
Thursday, June 5th- Interim
Friday, June 6th- Interim
56 school days, 3 exam day and 4 interim days
Friday, March 8th- Sink Challenge, Write paper on 1. Why should we take care of the planet, and 2. What do you want to learn about.
Monday, March 11th- Non-native project. Pick out non-native species, watch examples of non-native projects
Tuesday, March 12th- Non-native project.
Wednesday, March 13th- Graphing assignment
Thursday, March 14th- Non-native project
Friday, March 15th- Non-native project., Introduce Book Review Project,
Monday, March 18th- Go over homework Unit 1 Homework Due, Invasive Fighter Profiles, Great Lakes Terrestrial Terror Smackdown Bracket ,
Tuesday, March 19th- Unit 1 Test
Wednesday, March 20st-Where does electricity come from? Story of Stuff Video and 1 page summary/response to video
Thursday, March 21nd- Book Review Project
Friday, March 22rd-Go over brackets, Calculate the cost on electrical appliances
Monday, March 25th- Continue on Calculate the Cost of electrical appliances.
Tuesday, March 26th- more on calculate the cost
Wednesday, March 27th- Unit 2 Homework due,Go over Homework,Story of Water 1/2 page write-up, Share Books, Brainstorm Earth Week Ideas,
Thursday, March 28th- Unit 2 Test,
Friday, March 29th- First Day of Spring Break
Monday, April 1st-Spring Break
Tuesday, April 2nd-Spring Break
Wednesday, April 3rd-Spring Break
Thursday, April 4th-Spring Break
Friday, April 5th-Spring Break
Monday, April 8th- Work on Earth Day Ideas,
Tuesday, April 9th- Aldo Leopold Movie
Wednesday, April 10th- Finish Aldo Leopold Movie
Thursday, April 11th- Rare Earth Metals Article 1, Article 2, Rare Earth Article 3, Science Reading,
Friday, April 12th- Meerkat and Lion Habitat, Go over ID List
Monday, April 15th- Nature Hike
Tuesday, April 16th- Start Presenting Non-native projects
Wednesday, April 17th- Present Non-Natives,, Earth Day Work, Collect Pond Water
Thursday, April 18th-Flood Day
Friday, April 19th- Make Earth Day Video
Monday, April 22nd-Parent/Teacher Conferences 5:30-7:30, Earth Day-Outside, Unit 4 Homework Due
Tuesday, April 23rd- Unit 4 Test
Wednesday, April 24th- Presentations
Thursday, April 25th-Go to Library to work on ID List
Friday, April 26th- Outside
Monday, April 29th-Outside
Tuesday, April 30th- Urban Sprawl Article, Praying Mantis Egg Search.
Wednesday, May 1st- King Corn
Thursday, May 2nd-Unit 5 Homework Due, Outside
Friday, May 3rd- Unit 5 Test, Finish King Corn
Monday, May 6th- Outside to collect Macroinvertebrates, Population Study
Tuesday, May 7th- Finish Population Study
Wednesday, May 8th- Outside
Thursday, May 9th- Laptops to work on ID List, outsidePopulation Lab,
Friday, May 10th- Book Project Due, Senior Exam Review
Monday, May 13th- Class Evaluation, Food Inc.Garlic Mustard Pull, Food Inc.Eat Garlic Mustard Pesto, Macroinvertebrate Quiz,
Tuesday, May 14th-Unit 6 Homework Due, 3 Mile Island Video,
Wednesday, May 15th- Unit 6 Test, Contact a scientist due
Thursday, May 16th- Seniors Final Exam
Friday, May 17th- Contact a Scientist
Monday, May 20th-Contact a Scientist
Tuesday, May 21st-
Wednesday, May 22nd-
Thursday, May 23rd- Graduation
Friday, May 24th- No School
Monday, May 27th- No School
Tuesday, May 28th- Unit 7 Homework Due
Wednesday, May 29th-Unit 7 Test
Thursday, May 30th- Exams
Friday, May 31st- Exams
Monday, June 3rd- Exams
Tuesday, June 4th- Interim
Wednesday, June 5th- Interim
Thursday, June 6th- Interim
Friday, June 7th- Interim
Friday, March 9th- Sink Challenge, Write paper on 1. Why should we take care of the planet, and 2. What do you want to learn about.
Monday, March 12th- Non-native project. Pick out non-native species, watch examples of non-native projects
Tuesday, March 13th- Non-native project in media center
Wednesday, March 14th- Rare Earth Metals Article 1, Article 2, Nature Hike
Thursday, March 15th- Rare Earth Article 3, Return Bio A pond water jars and observe ponds
Friday, March 16th-Invasive Fighter Profiles,
Great Lakes Terrestrial Terror Smackdown Bracket
Invasive / Non-native Project in media centerNon-native Brackets, Unit 1 Homework Due
Monday, March 19th- Go over homework, Introduce Book Review Project, Nature Observations outside
Tuesday, March 20th- Unit 1 Test
Wednesday, March 21st- Book Review Project
Thursday, March 22nd- 3 Mile Island Video
Friday, March 23rd- Story of Stuff Video and 1 page summary/response to video
Monday, March 26th- Bottom of the Ocean Article, Brainstorm Earth Week Ideas
Tuesday, March 27th- Unit 2 Homework due, Story of Water 1/2 page write-up, Share Books, Brainstorm Earth Week Ideas
Wednesday, March 28th- Go over Homework, Praying Mantis Egg Search
Thursday, March 29th- Unit 2 Test
Friday, March 30th- First Day of Spring Break
Monday, April 2nd-Spring Break
Tuesday, April 3rd-Spring Break
Wednesday, April 4th-Spring Break
Thursday, April 5th-Spring Break
Friday, April 6th-Spring Break
Monday, April 9th- Start Presenting Non-native projects
Tuesday, April 10th- Non-native presentations, Science Reading
Wednesday, April 11th- Searching for Garlic Mustard, articles on cherry crop in NW Michigan, and Cane Toads
Thursday, April 12th- Outside Hike
Friday, April 13th- Garlic Mustard Pull
Monday, April 16th- Eat Garlic Mustard Pesto
Tuesday, April 17th- Earth Day Work
Wednesday, April 18th- Unit 4 Homework Due, Earth Day Work
Thursday, April 19th- Earth Day Work
Friday, April 20th- Earth Day Work
Monday, April 23rd-Parent/Teacher Conferences 5:30-7:30, Unit 4 Test, King Corn
Tuesday, April 24th- King Corn
Wednesday, April 25th-Parent/Teacher Conferences 5:30-7:30, Outside
Thursday, April 26th- Food Inc.
Friday, April 27th- Food Inc.
Monday, April 30-Unit 5 Homework Due
Tuesday, May 1st- Urban Sprawl Article
Wednesday, May 2nd- Unit 5 Test
Thursday, May 3rd- Population Lab
Friday, May 4th- Population Lab
Monday, May 7th- Contact a Scientist
Tuesday, May 8th- Contact a Scientist
Wednesday, May 9th- Outside
Thursday, May 10th- Macroinvertebrate Quiz, outside
Friday, May 11th- Book Project Due, Senior Exam Review
Monday, May 14th- Unit 6 Homework Due, Class Evaluation
Tuesday, May 15th-
Wednesday, May 16th- Unit 6 Test, Contact a scientist due
Thursday, May 17th- Seniors Final Exam
Friday, May 18th-
Monday, May 21st-
Tuesday, May 22nd-
Wednesday, May 23rd-
Thursday, May 24th- Graduation
Friday, May 25th- No School
Monday, May 28th- No School
Tuesday, May 29th- Unit 7 Homework Due
Wednesday, May 30th-Unit 7 Test
Thursday, May 31st- Exams
Friday, June 1st- Exams
Monday, June 4th- Exams
Tuesday, June 5th- Interim
Wednesday, June 6th- Interim
Thursday, June 7th- Interim
Friday, June 8th- Interim
Friday, March 4th- Syllabus, What do you want to learn about, Why should we take care of the planet.
Monday, March 7th- Pick out non-native species, watch examples of non-native projects
Tuesday, March 8th- Invasive / Non-native Project in media center
Wednesday, March 9th-
Invasive / Non-native Project in media center
Thursday, March 10th- Story of Stuff
Friday, March 11th-Continue talking about the story of stuff, ACT practice, Study Unit 1, Unit 1 Homework Due, assign story of stuff 1 page write up
Monday, March 14th- Environmental Book List
Tuesday, March 15th-Unit 1 Test
Wednesday, March 16th- Earth Day Ideas in the Media Center
Thursday, March 17th- Three Mile Island Video
Friday, March 18th- Story of Stuff Write Up due, share books that you are reading, walk in the Prairie
Monday, March 21st- walk through the woods
Tuesday, March 22nd- Science Reading Day
Wednesday, March 23rd- Computer Lab, to go over non-native, nuclear power
Thursday, March 24th-Unit 2 Homework Due, Story of Water, and one page review on the video (this needs to be turned in)
Friday, March 25th- Earth Day Ideas
Monday, March 28th-Unit 2 Test,
Tuesday, March 29th- present non-natives
Wednesday, March 30- present non-natives
Thursday, March 31st- present non-natives, go outside
Friday, April 1st- Spring Break
Monday, April 4th- Spring Break
Tuesday, April 5th- Spring Break
Wednesday, April 6th- Spring Break
Thursday, April 7th- Spring Break
Friday, April 8th- Spring Break
Monday, April 11th- Earth Day preparation
Tuesday, April 12th- Earth Day preparation
Wednesday, April 13th- Earth Day preparation
Thursday, April 14th- Earth Day preparation
Friday, April 15th- Earth Day preparation
Monday, April 18th- Parent Teacher Conferences 5:30-7:30, Unit 4 Homework Due
Tuesday, April 19th- Unit 4 Test
Wednesday, April 20- Parent Teacher Conferences 5:30-7:30, go over Urban Sprawl, read articles. Homework: 1 page on how Urban Sprawl has helped Caledonia. 1 page on how Urban Sprawl is bad evironmentally (write down two websites as references)
Thursday, April 21st- Read Books
Friday, April 22nd- Hang pledge wall, watch Earth Day Videos
Monday, April 25th- Assembly
Tuesday, April 26th- Senior Meeting, The oil we eat article.
Wednesday, April 27th- Start King Corn
Thursday, April 28th-Unit 5 Homework Due, King Corn
Friday, April 29th-Unit 5 Test
Monday, May 2nd-Finish King Corn
Tuesday, May 3rd-Outside Clean Up
Wednesday, May 4th- Start Food Inc.
Thursday, May 5th- Garlic Mustard Pull
Friday, May 6th- Food Inc.
Monday, May 9th-
Tuesday, May 10th-
Wednesday, May 11th- contact a scientist, book review
Thursday, May 12th-Unit 6 Homework Due
Friday, May 13th-Unit 6 Test
Monday, May 16th- Seniors Final Exam Review
Tuesday, May 17th-
Wednesday, May 18th-
Thursday, May 19th-Unit 7 Homework Due
Friday, May 20th- All School Interim Meeting from 11:00-11:37
Monday, May 23rd-Unit 7 Test
Tuesday, May 24th-
Wednesday, May 25th-
Thursday, May 26th- Graduation
Friday, May 27th- No School
Monday, May 30th- No School
Tuesday, May 31st-
Wednesday, June 1st-
Thursday, June 2nd- Exams
Friday, June 3rd- Exams
Monday, June 6th- Exams, Interim Meetings
Tuesday, June 7th- Interim
Wednesday, June 8th- Interim
Thursday, June 9th- Interim
Friday, June 10th- Interim
Thursday, March 18th- Go over syllabus, broom game, environment report, What is environmental science, Why did I take this course, What do I hope to learn. Ch 1-3 homework due Wednesday, March 24th.
Friday, March 19th- introduce non-native project, Environment Report Journal
Monday, March 22nd- Non-native project library, Flame Retardent Journal
Tuesday, March 23rd- Non-native project
Wednesday, March 24th- Unit 1 Homework due, Non-native project, Urban Sprawl/Farmland Preservation Journal
Thursday, March 25th- Go over homework, outside journaling, Earth Day Project
Friday, March 26th- Unit 1 Test, Science Reading
Monday, March 29th- Earth Day Project, Story of Stuff, Unit 2 Homework Assigned
Tuesday, March 30th- Earth Day Project,What can we do to conserve energy/resources at the school? (brainstorm list),
Wednesday, March 31st- Outside
Thursday, April 1st- Fresh Movie Science Reading/Science Journaling, Story of Water, more brainstorming on Earth Week.
Spring Break
Monday, April 12th- You need to make a food web that includes at least 20 different organisms. You need to draw a picture of each organism and each needs to be labeled whether it is a herbivore, omnivore, carnivore, decomposer, scanvenger, parasite, or producer. Link organisms by drawing arrows in the direction that energy flows and also include color.
Tuesday, April 13th- Work on Food Web
Wednesday, April 14th- Unit 2 Homework due, do filming for Earth Week Video, Make posters for Earth Week
Thursday, April 15- Burn Prairie
Friday, April 16th- Unit 2 Test
Monday, April 19th- Water Day(Blue)- Conserve Water, reusable water bottles- Non native presentations, HW for Unit 3 and Unit 4 assigned.
Tuesday, April 20th- Electricity Day(Yellow/Orange)- Half your lights off for the day- Non native presentations, science reading
Wednesday, April 21st- Air Day(White)- Car pool, walk, bike to work day- Non-native presentations, Start reading- "The oil we eat."
Thursday, April 22nd- EARTH DAY(Green)- Sign Earth Day pledge- go over first set of questions from "The oil we eat.", clean up outside
Friday, April 23rd- Read next section of, "The oil we eat" Environment Report on corn syrup and sucrose. Don't forget, Unit 4 homework due on Monday, and Unit 3 homework due on Thursday of next week.
Monday, April 26th- Parent/Teacher Conferences Unit 4 Homework due- The oil we eat, part 3 and 4.
Tuesday, April 27th- Populations- for first day of mark and recapture lab
Wednesday, April 28th- Parent/Teacher Conferences Unit 4 Test, Day 1 of Mark and Recapture Lab
Thursday, April 29th- Populations- 2nd day of mark and recapture
Friday, April 30th- 3 mile island
Monday, May 3rd- Finish Population Lab, finish "The Oil We Eat", Computers,
Tuesday, May 4th- King Corn,
Wednesday, May 5th- King Corn,
Thursday, May 6th- Food Inc.,
Friday, May 7th- Unit 5 Homework due, Food Inc.
Monday, May 10th- Yeast Lab, King Corn and Food Inc. Pros and Cons and Monsanto due Monday, May 17th,
Tuesday, May 11th- Go over Homework, Unit 5 Test, Science Reading
Wednesday, May 12th- Pond Water Collection, yeast lab
Thursday, May 13th- Contact a Scientist, Contact a Scientist,
Friday, May 14th- Contact a Scientist, Yeast Lab
Monday, May 17th- Contact a Scientist
Tuesday, May 18th-
Wednesday, May 19th- Unit 6 Homework due, Seniors Final
Thursday, May 20th- Planting Seeds
Friday, May 21st- Unit 6 Test
Monday, May 24th- Pond Water Collection
Tuesday, May 25th- Pond Water Collection
Wednesday, May 26th- Contact a scientist, macroinvertebrate pictures assignment
Thursday, May 27th- Senior Assembly, Pond Water Collection
Friday, May 28th- No School
Monday, May 31st- No School
Tuesday, June 1st- Pond Water Collection
Wednesday, June 2nd- Finish Contact Scientists, macroinvertebrate pictures assignment, Mineral Extraction Research, Unit 7 Homework
Thursday, June 3rd- Unit 7 Homework due,
Friday, June 4th- species diversity lab
Monday, June 7th- Unit 7 Test
Tuesday, June 8th- Review Guide
Wednesday, June 9th- Exams
Thursday, June 10th- Exams
Friday, June 11th- Exams
steel wool lab, research energies, calculate the cost,lawmakers
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