Environmental Studies

in class

Week 1 (9/3):

• No class Mon 9/1 (Labor Day)

• Syllabus & Class Policies

• Outdoor activities! 

Week 2 (9/8-9/10):

• Discuss nature journaling

• Grammar sheets

• Outdoor activities! 🌿

Week 3 (9/11-9/13):

• Discuss Response 1 (Mon)

• Begin Essentials of Ecology Chapter 3

• Grammar sheet 3

• Outdoor activities

Week 4 (9/22-9/24):

• Outdoor activities referencing Essentials of Ecology (Mon)

• In-class reading & questions (Wed)

• Grammar sheet 4

Week 5 (9/29-10/1):

• Outdoor activities referencing Essentials of Ecology 

• Start Food web posters

• Discuss Response 2 (Wed)

Week 6 (10/6-10/8):

• Discuss more of Response 2 

• Outdoor activities 

• Finish Food web posters

Week 7 (10/13-10/15):

• No class Mon 10/13 (Indigenous Peoples' Day)

• Grammar sheet catch up

• Outdoor activities 🌞

Week 8 (10/20-10/22):

• Share Food web posters

• Check out Youth Climate Conference opportunity

• Grammar sheets ☔

• Extraordinary Birder with Christian Cooper

• Discuss Response 3 (Wed)

Week 9 (10/27-10/29):

• World of Wonder essay reading & discussion

• Youth Climate Conference

• Step 2: Peer workshop of Science Narrative Essay  (Wed)

• Watch Nightmares of Nature

Week 10 (11/3-11/5):

• Tour MLA Style Guide and Sample Format

• Grammar sheets 9, 10

• More World of Wonder essays

• Start Creative Poetry Assignment

Week 11 (11/10-11/12):

• Gather documentary film, reflective writing, and discussion

Week 12 (11/17-11/19):

• Read/discuss/appreciate Environmental Studies class journal

• Finish up any grammar sheets

• Class Evaluation

🍁END OF TRIMESTER 🍂

From previous years:

• "Fiddler Crabs are Vital to Salt Marshes"

• "Tiny Crab is Destroying Bay Marshes"

• "Rising Tides are Killing Saltmarsh Sparrows"

• Tomaquag Education News

• Landscapes of Exclusion

• "Historical Perspectives on Racism in the Outdoors and Looking Forward"

• Should Native Americans Control National Parks?

Homework

Due Mon 9/8:

• Nature Journaling Response & Set-Up 

• Nature Journal Guide

Due Mon 9/15:

• Response 1

• Weekly Nature Journal entries

Due Mon 9/22:

• Weekly Nature Journal entries

Due Wed 9/24:

• Essentials of Ecology Ch. 3

Due Mon 9/29:

• Weekly Nature Journal entries

Due Wed 10/1:

• Response 2

MIDTERM

Due Mon 10/6:

• Weekly Nature Journal entries

Due Wed 10/8:

• Essentials of Ecology Ch. 4 Part 1

Due Wed 10/15:

• Weekly Nature Journal entries

• Essentials of Ecology Ch. 4 Part 2

• CREDIT DEADLINE for all work

Due Mon 10/20:

• Weekly Nature Journal entries

Due Wed 10/22:

• Response 3

Due Wed 10/29:

• Step 1 (research & draft) of Science Narrative Essay

Due Mon 11/3:

• Weekly Nature Journal entries

Due Wed 11/5:

• Step 3 (polished draft) of Science Narrative Essay

Due Mon 11/10:

• Creative Poetry Assignment

• Catch up on overdue Nature Journal entries

Due Wed 11/12:

• Step 4 (final revision) of Science Narrative Essay

Due Mon 11/17:

• Absolute final CREDIT DEADLINE for all work, completed to credit worthy standards; Science Narrative Essay MUST follow all assignment guidelines

• Deadline to submit poem to class journal (optional)

🍁END OF TRIMESTER 🍂