Class+Calendar+MP1+10-11

Here you will find the session numbers, dates, questions of the day, lessons/activities, and any papers that I have handed out in class. Keep in mind that there is also an “Assignment” box in class that contains all of the papers handed out. When you are absent, it is YOUR responsibility to gather any papers or information about the time you were gone from this wiki, the "Assignment" box, and/or by asking a classmate about the lesson. If you are confused, ask a classmate. You are in high school now and are responsible for taking care of yourself. Please come to me as a last resource. I am happy to answer questions, though, once you have what you need and understand what you missed. This is also the place to find any papers that you may have lost.


 * = ==**Session #**== ||= ==**Date**== ||= ==**Question of the Day**== ||= ==**Learning Target/Activities**== ||= ==**Handouts/Links**== ||
 * = 1 ||< 8/30/10 ||< What three words come to mind when you hear Environmental Science? ||< Getting to know you and Mrs Matthaei!


 * Keep this sheet with you EVERY day! ||< [[file:Question of the Day Sheet.doc]] ||
 * = 2 ||< 8/31/10 ||< What is your favorite memory of being in nature? ||< Discussing class expectations, procedures and technology.

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 * Read, sign and keep the expectations. Read, sign and hand in the CFF laptop agreement. ||< [[file:Expectations.doc]]
 * = 3 ||< 9/1/10 ||< Place these words in order from smallest to largest: Communities, Biosphere, Ecosystem, Biome, Population, Organism. ||< Illustrating the Levels of Organization in an ecosystem.

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 * Look at the "Levels of Organization Pyramid Directions" for what to do on the pyramid sheet. ||< [[file:Levels of Organization Pyramid Directions.doc]]
 * = 4 ||< 9/2/10 ||< What's the difference between a food chain and food web? ||< Learning about ecosystems and their interactions, food chains, food webs, and trophic level pyramids.

|| 1° consumers, 2 ° consumers, 3 ° consumers, etc.  ||< BOY Exam ||< (See me for test.) || || 1. Glossary of Ecosystem/Food Web terms: @http://www.bigelow.org/edhab/glossary.html 2. "Fitting Algae into the Food Web" Background information: 3. Directions for the game: 4. Trophic Tables (learn about the roles of the organisms in your food web): 5. Game board: 6. Clues to help you out: 7. Questions to answer: ||
 * Use the powerpoint to help you fill out the graphic organizer. ||< [[file:Ecosystems and Their Interactions Graphic Organizer.doc]]
 * = 5 ||< 9/7/10 ||< Draw (words or pictures) a food chain. Label the producers,
 * = 6 ||< 9/8/10 ||< Which biome is PA mostly? ||< Finish BOY Exam and practice making food chains and webs. ||< [[file:Create Food Chains Directions.doc]]
 * = 7 ||< 9/10/10 ||< Describe __HOW__ and __HOW MUCH__ energy is passed between each energy (trophic) level. ||< Food Web Matching Game! ||< For the Food Web Matching Game:
 * 8 || 9/13/10 || Explain the difference between a rock and wooden beam. || Biotic/Abiotic Factors

**NOTE:** **Food Webs, Biotic/Abiotic Factors, and Biodiversity TEST will be Sept. 22nd (next Wednesday!)** || ||
 * 9 || 9/14/10 || Describe in detail the difference between biotic and abiotic factors. || Biodiversity

**NOTE:** **Food Webs, Biotic/Abiotic Factors, and Biodiversity TEST will be Sept. 22nd (next Wednesday!)** || Biodiversity Worksheet:

Use these websites to complete the first page of the worksheet: 1. "The Loss of Biodiversity" (Hippocampus audio/text) 2. "The Wild Classroom" - Biodiversity video ||
 * 10 || 9/15/10 || Describe what you know about biodiversity. Write any questions that you have about it, too. || Biodiversity: Douglas Fir Tree Simulation

**NOTE:** **Food Webs, Biotic/Abiotic Factors, and Biodiversity TEST will be Sept. 22nd (Wednesday!)** || 1. Use the Biodiversity worksheet from last class (session 9). Complete the worksheet after participating in the Douglas Fir Tree Simulation or after reading the following directions:

2. Discovering Biodiversity in the Tropics video

3. assignment ||
 * 11 || 9/16/10 || What do you think happens to a completely abandoned field? || Ecological Succession

**NOTE:** **Food Webs, Biotic/Abiotic Factors, and Biodiversity TEST will be Sept. 22nd (Wednesday!)** || In Textbook: As always, PAF (Proper Answer Format) please!!!
 * 1) Write down the __Lesson Review__ questions #1-7 from page 178.
 * 2) __Read__ pages 172-175 and __answer__ those 7 questions as you read.
 * 3) Be sure to __take notes__ over any new vocabulary or concepts as you read, as well.
 * Come see me if you need to check out a textbook.*** ||
 * 12 || 9/17/10 || Describe ecological succession (the two kinds and the stages). //(Pictures might be helpful!)// || Ecological Succession

**NOTE:** **Food Webs, Biotic/Abiotic Factors, and Biodiversity TEST will be Sept. 22nd (Wednesday!)** || 1. View the. 2, Watch the Life After People: Ecological Succession After the Chernobyl Disaster video. 3. Complete the worksheet. ||
 * 13 || 9/20/10 || Why is biodiversity so important? //(Give as many reasons as you can!)// || Paper hand back and tracking sheet filling out.

Enrolling in Mrs. Matthaei's Environmental Science Blackboard course!

**NOTE:** **Food Webs, Biotic/Abiotic Factors, and Biodiversity TEST will be Sept. 22nd (Wednesday!)** || See me to get papers back and to see how to fill out your tracking sheet.

Also see me to enroll in the EnvSci Blackboard course! ||
 * 14 || 9/21/10 || What do you still not understand about food webs, biotic/abiotic factors or biodiversity? //(If you have no questions, then explain something that you KNOW will be on the test!)// || Food Webs, Biotic/Abiotic Factors and Biodiversity Review

(Hand back last few papers.)

**NOTE:** **Food Webs, Biotic/Abiotic Factors, and Biodiversity TEST will be TOMORROW!** || Betting Review Game!


 * You need to bring something to work on or read for after the test tomorrow.* ||
 * 15 || 9/22/10 || Explain what you will work on after the test. || Food Webs, Biotic/Abiotic Factors, and Biodiversity TEST || See me if you were absent for test. ||
 * 16 || 9/23/10 || Where is your very favorite place to be and why? || Hand back tests, discuss remediation, and view grades on Powerschool. || Everyone was given a remediation form: [[file:Test 1 Remediation.doc]]

Also, everyone received another copy of their Powerschool login information - now you can check all of your grades online ANYTIME!!! ||
 * 17 || 9/24/10 || What was your favorite part from the Civil War reenactment? || Watched Life After People (only periods 4 & 5) || Life After People (on YouTube) ||
 * 18 || 9/27/10 || What are some things that could determine whether or not a grizzly population survives? || Limiting Factors || Grizzly article and questions that go with the grizzly article: [[file:grizzly article high .pdf]] ||
 * 19 || 9/28/10 || Describe something that organisms need to live and grow. || Limiting Factors

NOTE: Limiting Factors Powerpoint (use this to fill out your graphic organizer): Cedar Glade packet (we'll just go over the directions today and will start the activity tomorrow): || NOTE: **Limiting Factors TEST will be TUESDAY!** || - Cedar Glade packet (handed out yesterday) - Graph paper (all three investigation's graphs on one sheet) || NOTE: **Limiting Factors TEST will be TUESDAY!** || (Cedar Glade packet and graph paper) || NOTE: **Limiting Factors TEST will be TUESDAY!** || (Cedar Glade packet and graph paper)
 * Limiting Factors TEST will be TUESDAY!** || Limiting Factors Graphic Organizer: [[file:Limiting Factors & Carrying Capacity Graphic Organizer.doc]]
 * 20 || 9/29/10 || How are the terms limiting factors and carrying capacity related? || Limiting Factors: Cedar Glade Activity
 * 21 || 9/30/10 || How can limiting factors impact an ecosystem? || Limiting Factors: Cedar Glade Activity
 * 22 || 10/1/10 || Describe any limiting factors you can think of from the Cedar Glade activity. || Limting Factors: Cedar Glade Activity

Study guide: || NOTE: **Limiting Factors TEST will be TOMORROW!** || (Cedar Glade packet and graph paper)
 * 23 || 10/4/10 || What was the point of the Cedar Glade activity? || Limiting Factors

Study guide: ||
 * 24 || 10/5/10 || Currently, what do you think are the three biggest limiting factors impacting humans? (Explain why you think so!) || Limiting Factors and Population || **Limiting Factors TEST**

Check out these two videos learn about what happened on Easter Island with limiting factors (specifically natural resources): Easter Island Video

Human Population Growth & Earth's Carrying Capacity worksheet: ||
 * 25 || 10/6/10 || Describe, in detail, how the human population has grown over time. || Population || Human Population Growth & Earth's Carrying Capacity (started from yesterday)

Discuss these graphs and maps: 1. 2. 3. Complete: ||
 * 26 || 10/7/10 || List the countries that you think have the: highest total population, lowest total population, highest growth rate, lowest growth rate || Population || Check out Wikipedia's Population Growth and Population Growth Rates by countries.

Follow the links to complete the assignments on the first page: ||
 * 27 || 10/8/10 || Which continent do we see our highest population growth rates? Why should we be concerned about this? || Population || Read both articles: China's One Child Policy and the World Population Prediction (open both pages)

Complete these on your own and without notes, maps, etc. Then, check your work and correct. 1. 2. || 2. Finish population statistics websites 1-3 (from Session 26th's worksheet) 3. View the Miniature Earth video (4th website on worksheet) 4. Complete Human Population Mini-Assessment (on back of worksheet) ||
 * 28 || 10/12/10 || Explain why you think it matters that some countries grow fast and others grow slower? || Population || 1. Take SBG Survey on qcsd.org
 * 29 || 10/13/10 || What was the main event that eventually caused the large increase in the world human population? || Population

**NOTE:** **Population TEST will be MONDAY (10/18)!** || 1. Look back at your Human Population Growth white paper to refresh your memory about the Black Plague and the Industrial Revolution. 2. On Blackboard, complete the assignment in the Population Learning Target button: 3. If time, complete the World's Carrying Capacity on the back of your pink Human Population Growth paper. ||
 * (Periods 1, 2 & 5) 05.02 The Industrial Revolution and Its Impact on Our Environment
 * (Periods 3 & 4) Population of China Assignment
 * 30 || 10/14/10 || What is the difference between population growth and population growth rate? || Population

**NOTE:** **Population TEST will be MONDAY (10/18)!** || On Blackboard (in the Population Learning Target button), view the "Tutorial for Understanding Exponential Growth" and (in the Extensions folder within the Population Learning Target button) the "Hooked on Population Growth video." ||
 * 31 || 10/15/10 || Explain what exponential growth means. || Population

**NOTE:** **Population TEST will be MONDAY (10/18)!** || Review the Population Learning Target Study guide for college prep classes: Study guide for co-taught classes:

Check out the Population Zero Interactive! || Earth's Water Distribution Demonstration Fill this out: You will need to view this: || || 2. Finish your Point/Non-Point Source Water Pollution Graphic Organizer 3. View this Dead Zone video 4. Check out this slideshow about America's Fastest Growing Cities(found and recommended by a student!) || ||
 * 32 || 10/18/10 || EXPLAIN what you think humans' #1 issue is with the population growing the way it is. Why? || Population & Water Pollution || **POPULATION TEST**
 * 33 || 10/19/10 || Where is the majority of Earth's water located? How about Earth's fresh water? || Water Pollution || Point Source and Non-Point Source Water Pollution
 * 1) Read: [[file:Point vs NonPoint Source Reading.doc]]
 * 2) Download: [[file:Point&NonPointSourceGraphicOrganizer.doc]]
 * 3) Visit [|www.protectingwater.com] to complete paper ||
 * 34 || 10/20/10 || What is the difference between Point Source and Non-Point Source Water Pollution? || Water Pollution || Guest speaker! Mrs. Noonan to talk about Point Source and Non-Point Source Water Pollution and show a VERY cool demonstration!!! ||
 * 35 || 10/21/10 || Describe an example of water pollution that you have seen around Qtown. || Water Pollution || Water Pollution Exploration (click on the website listed on the top of this document, then read the directions on the document and answer the questions):
 * 36 || 10/22/10 || Which continent has the most water problems? What else do we know about this continent? || Water Pollution || 1. Finish the Water Pollution Exploration from last class.
 * 37 || 10/25/10 || What are natural resources and what's the difference between renewable and nonrenewable resources? || Personal Eco Web || Introduce Personal Eco Web and begin Part 1: The List
 * 38 || 10/26/10 || What three natural resources do you think you use the most in your everyday life? || Personal Eco Web || Part 1: The List ||
 * 39 || 10/27/10 || What is one way that you reduce, reuse or recycle at home? || Personal Eco Web || Part 1: The List ||
 * 40 || 10/28/10 || What did you like the most about this class? || Personal Eco Web || Part 2: The Eco-Web

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 * 41 || 10/29/10 || none || Personal Eco Web || Part 2: The Eco-Web ||
 * 42 || 11/1/10 || none || Personal Eco Web || Part 2: The Eco-Web (LAST DAY TO WORK IN CLASS!) ||
 * 43 || 11/3/10 || none || Personal Eco Web || Part 3: The Gallery & Personal Action Plan
 * 44 || 11/4/10 || none || Personal Eco Web || Finish Part 3 and submit entire Final Project ||
 * 45 || 11/5/10 || none ||  || TBA ||
 * End of 1st Marking Period ||