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Environmental Science

Reminder to students in Environmental Science class to work on their Land Use project and submit it at the end of class. Textbook should be brought to class on Monday.

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Environmental Science

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  1. Environmental Science Spring 2014 Agendas

  2. Environmental Science 1/8/14 • REMIND101 • Text to 706 434-8709 Period 1: @1d10e Period 4: @cd298 Period 5: @ed840 • Intros • Syllabus • Find Someone Who…

  3. To Get Textbook On-Line • Go to my.hrw.com • Login: allper_stude • Fill in the _ with your period number • Example: if you are in 4th period, your login would be allper4stude • Password: • Per 1: k8j6s • Per 4: p9s7b • Per 5: v2t7z KEEP TEXTBOOK AT SCHOOL; USE ON-LINE CODE AT HOME

  4. Environmental Science F  2/7/14 Work on Land Use plan Turn in at end of class – NO EXCEPTIONS BRING TEXTBOOK MONDAY – NO PHONES WILL BE ALLOWED FOR TEXTBOOK.

  5. Environmental Science Th 2/6/14 • Turn in Land Use webquest • Land Use project • Find 3 partners (groups of 3 or 4) • Sit together, facing the front of room • Open book to p 402-403 and begin reading • Wait for further instruction

  6. Land Use Project pp 402-403 • Choose 3 other partners and sit together. • Read page 402-403 in text. • Complete top of rubric and get signed off for approval • Get map sheet. • Complete # 1-4 on p. 402 today. • Begin rough draft work on # 5 a-g. Also required on separate notebook paper: • A paragraph selling your town to prospective homeowners (this will be attached to your map at the bottom.) • Answer Q’s 1-5 on p. 403 • 1 acre = 209’ x 209’ (a little less than a football field) • Roads should be no wider than • Neighborhoods 1/10 wide • Connectors ¼ wide • Highways ½ - 1 wide

  7. Environmental Science W 2/5/14 New Unit: Land Use and Agriculture Warm Up • What are some categories of land use in the US? • Who decides how to distribute the use of land? • Do you think this is a position without controversy? Explain. Land Use Webquest & health survey

  8. Environmental Science T 2/4/14 • Staple & Turn in: • Study Guide, • “quiz” sheet, • Biodiversity Notes • Biodiversity test

  9. Environmental Science M 2/3/14 • Biodiversity test postponed to tomorrow • Also due tomorrow: • Study Guide, “quiz” sheet, Biodiversity Notes Warm Up • Has the rate of extinction been steady throughout the planet’s evolution? Explain. • What is the #1 cause of today’s extinctions? • What is the rate difference of pre-human vs post-human extinctions?

  10. Environmental Science T1/28/14 Stamp “Quiz” ws Warm Up • How can increasing diversity reduce the need for pesticides and herbicides? • Compare and contrast native and endemic. • What are the specific criteria for biodiversity hotspots? • What types of areas are critical to biodiversity? Review “Quiz” ws & answer Q’s on Study Guide BIODIVERSITY TEST TOMORROW Due tomorrow: Study Guide, “quiz” sheet, Biodiversity Notes.

  11. Environmental Science M1/27/14 Turn in Shade Grown Coffee summary Warm Up • Have humans ID’d most of the species that exist? Explain. (see chart p. 259) • What types of organisms do most antibiotics come from? Other medicines? • Which government agency is in charge of ID’ing and maintaining lists of endangered species? CW/HW: Complete review sheet (due Wed) & Practice Quiz (due today) BIODIVERSITY TEST WEDNESDAY

  12. Environmental Science F  1/24/14 • Complete biodiversity hotspot presentations • Shade Grown Coffee article • Future of Biodiversity lecture & ws • Bring textbook Monday Biodiversity Test Wednesday Ch 10

  13. Environmental Science T  1/21/14 • Turn in electronic project • Biodiversity Hotspot Presentations

  14. Environmental Science F  1/17/14 Warm Up • What is the most effective way to save the most species at once? Explain. • Biodiversity Hotspot project Q & A • Population video contest www.Worldof7Billion.org/student_video_contest. • Metro Water District HS Video Contest: FOG http://www.cleanwatercampaign.com/Educator/high-school-video-contest • Lecture: the future of biodiversity (10.3) Biodiversity Hotspot presentations begin Tuesday

  15. Environmental Science W1/15/14 Warm Up • Explain two reasons why invasive species are so successful in new lands/waters. • List examples of invasives in the US. Biodiversity Hotspots • intro project • Media center MEET IN MEDIA CENTER TOMORROW

  16. Environmental Science T1/14/14 • Stamp Biodiversity Notes: Ch 10 ws • Invasive Species: Cane Toads Video with notes

  17. Environmental Science M1/13/14 • Turn in Monarch article Q’s • keystone species lecture/video clip In Journal (After Keystone species lecture) • Write the characteristics that can make a species a keystone species • Why is the otter considered a keystone species? CW: Wolf article – turn in HW: Complete Biodiversity Notes: Ch 10 ws

  18. Environmental Science F  1/10/14 • No textbook needed – sorry  • Turn in signed syllabus • Complete/Review Bird Migration activity ws WarmUp • What is the greatest threat to biodiversity? • http://www.npr.org/2014/01/10/261120968/when-big-carnivores-go-down-even-vegetarians-take-the-hit • Monarch butterflies article

  19. Environmental Science 1/9/14 • Turn in syllabussignature sheet only Warm Up • What are the benefits of biodiversity? • List and describe the 3 types of biodiversity? • Which type is the most commonly discussed (default)? CW: Biodiversity game BRING TEXTBOOK TOMORROW

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