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

From previous years:

• "Fiddler Crabs are Vital to Salt Marshes"

• "Tiny Crab is Destroying Bay Marshes"

• "Rising Tides are Killing Saltmarsh Sparrows"

• Extraordinary Birder with Christian Cooper

• No class Wed 9/20 (Farm Day: great place to do nature journaling!)

Week 5 (9/25-9/27):

• Grammar sheets

• Food web posters

• Discuss Response 2 on Wed

• Outdoor activities on Wed 🌞

Week 6 (10/2-10/4):

• Share Food web posters

• Outdoor activities! 🌞

Week 7 (10/11):

• No class Mon 10/9 (Indigenous Peoples' Day)

• Tomaquag Education News

• Outdoor activities! 🌞

Week 8 (10/16-10/18):

• Grammar sheets ☔

• In-class reading/writing assignment (Mon)

• Discuss Response 3 (Wed)

Week 9 (10/23-10/25):

• Haikus & outdoor activities

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

Week 10 (10/30-11/1):

• Gather documentary film and discussion

Week 11 (11/6-11/8):

• Work time: revise/polish Science Narrative Essay

• Landscapes of Exclusion

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

• Should Native Americans Control National Parks?

Week 12 (11/15):

• No class Mon 11/13 (Veterans' Day)

• Review Environmental Studies Class Journal (Wed)

• Course Evaluation

End of Trimester

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

From previous years:

• Finish Food web posters

MIDTERM

Due Mon 10/6:

• Weekly Nature Journal entries

Due Wed 10/4:

• Essentials of Ecology Ch. 4 Part 1

Due Wed 10/11:

• Weekly Nature Journal entries

• Essentials of Ecology Ch. 4 Part 2

Due Mon 10/16:

• Weekly Nature Journal entries

Due Wed 10/18:

• Response 3

Due Mon 10/23:

• Weekly Nature Journal entries

Due Wed 10/25:

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

Extra credit/community service opportunity on 11/4 (must pre-register):

• 2023 Youth Environmental Leadership Retreat

Due Mon 10/30:

• Weekly Nature Journal entries

• Classwide CREDIT DEADLINE for overdue work

Due Wed 11/1:

• Step 3 (polished draft) of Science Narrative Essay

Due Mon 11/6:

• Creative Poetry Assignment

Due Wed 11/8:

• Step 4 (final draft) of Science Narrative Essay

Extra credit opportunity on Thurs 11/9 (must pre-register):

• Being Thunder film screening

Due Tues 11/7 by 9:00 a.m. sharp:

• 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 11/16