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Environmental Science

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Environmental Science

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  1. Environmental Science Agendas Fall 2013

  2. 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

  3. REMIND 101 Text to 706 434-8709 Period 1: @1d10e Period 4: @cd298 Period 5: @ed840 Period 6: @8ee7a Period 7: @fbc83

  4. Environmental Science: M 11/4 • Turn in Water Footprint Webquest • Returns Warm Up • Review Unit Vocabulary list. Write down terms you feel we have not yet discussed in class. • Remaining info bits. • Review Ch 11.1 ws & Ch 11.2 answers. • Discuss webquest info. • Review warm-up answers from last Friday, 10/25 HW: print out and bring to class tomorrow: • Aquatic Ecosystems powerpoint slides 1-27; • Freshwater powerpoint Test Thursday: Freshwater (Ch 7.1 & Ch 11 + extras from field trip and video) CURRENT EVENT DUE FRIDAY

  5. Environmental Science: Th10/31 Warm Up • What are the steps of water treatment? • What are the steps of wastewater treatment? Ch11.3: 2 notes from each paragraph (26 ¶) Ch 11.2: Read and answer Reading Checks and section 2 review Q’s #1-5 MEET ME IN MEDIA CENTER TOMORROW Test Wednesday

  6. Wastewater Treatment • Grit screen • Primary: Settlement basin – sludge settles out and transported to landfill, incinerator or fertilizer • Secondary: Biological process - Add bacteria + oxygen (aerobic) • Secondary clarifier (recycle bacteria – eats more waste) • Tertiary treatment – chlorination or UV radiation – kills germs

  7. Water Treatment • Withdrawal from river • aeration • Coagulation (alum) • Floculation • Sedimentation • Filtration • Disinfection & fluoridation (chlorine & fluoride) • Distribution

  8. Environmental Science: W10/30/13 • Turn in Ch 11.1 guided reading ws • Turn in Water Distribution mini-lab if you still have it • Guest Speaker Kathleen Lemley from Cobb County Water System Ch 11.3 2 notes from each paragraph (26 ¶) – Now due Friday BRING TEXTBOOK TOMORROW Test Wednesday

  9. Environmental Science: T10/29 1st per Warm Up • How much of the world’s total water is available to us as fresh surface water, in total %? • What are other methods of obtaining drinking water for areas without fresh surface water? CW/HW: • Complete Water Distribution mini-lab & turn in • Complete 11.1 guided reading – due tomorrow • Ch 11, section 3: due Thursday • Read, • Write each section title (including red subsections) • take 2 important notes from each paragraph(26 ¶’s) Test next Wednesday: Freshwater (Ch 7.1 & Ch 11 + extras from field trip and video)

  10. Environmental Science: T10/29 4th & 5th per Warm Up • How much of the world’s total water is available to us as fresh surface water, in total %? • What are other methods of obtaining drinking water for areas without fresh surface water? Turn in 11.1 guided reading CW/HW: • Complete Water Distribution mini-lab & turn in • Ch 11, section 3: now due Thursday • Write each section title (including red subsections) • take 2 important notes from each paragraph(26 ¶’s) Test next Wednesday: Freshwater (Ch 7.1 & Ch 11 + extras from field trip and video)

  11. Environmental Science: M10/28 Warm Up • What is it called when water gets taken up through plants and sent back to the atmosphere through their leaves? • How does water get back into an aquifer? CW/HW: Ch 11, section 1: Complete Guided Reading – due tomorrow Ch 11, section 3: due Wednesday • Read, • Write each section title (including red subsections) • take 2 important notes from each paragraph Test next Wednesday: Freshwater (Ch 7.1 & Ch 11 + extras from field trip)

  12. Environmental Science: F  10/25 • Summarize three main points from yesterday’s Poisoned Waters video. • What is the endocrine system? Answer #3-6 during the video: • How do the endocrine disruptors, PCB’s and other toxic chemicals get into the waterways? • How do they end up in our drinking water? • How do they end up in our food? • Video notes: list all sources of pollutants to the bay as they are discussed in the video. Chesapeake Bay video: Poisoned Waters

  13. Environmental Science: W 10/23 Feedback on field trip (Write on a separate sheet): • Your Group names (~5) • General impression • What you liked • What you didn’t like • Suggest improvements Class Data collection and analysis Complete macroinvertebrate M&M lab

  14. Environmental Science: M 10/21 • Stamp vocab #33 – 59 Warm Up • What is a macroinvertebrate? • What is a bioindicator? • How do we use macroinvertebrates as bioindicators? Field trip instructions Macroinvertebrate graphing activity (w/ M&M’s !)

  15. Field Trip Instructions • Allergies? Come prepared (epipen, if needed) • Dress for the weather • Sneakers or other closed shoes • Sweatshirt/light jacket/rain gear • Pack a lunch that doesn’t have to be refrigerated • $ if you wish to shop at gift shop (if time) • Buses leave FROM SCIENCE BUILDING AT 8:20 • 1st per, first bus • 4th per, second bus • 5th per, 3rd bus

  16. Environmental Science: F  10/18 TURN IN FIELD TRIP FORMS/$ Current event – share and turn in No Warm Up CW/HW: Complete vocabulary #33 – 59 Due Monday note – some will need to be looked up on line

  17. Environmental Science: Th 10/17 • Turn in Chattahoochee River article Organized Notes • Stamp “Dam Debate” argument points • Current Event DUE TOMORROW • Tomorrow is LAST DAY to turn in field trip permission forms. Warm Up • Describe solutions to river pollution • How does desalination work? • What are 2 advantages and 2 disadvantages of desalination?

  18. Environmental Science: W 10/16 TURN IN FIELD TRIP FORMS/$ • Take organized notes on Chattahoochee River History Article • Write 5 bulleted arguments for tomorrow’s debate • Current event due Friday

  19. Environmental Science: T 10/15 TURN IN FIELD TRIP FORMS/$ Warm Up • Brainstorm some benefits of dams. • Brainstorm some negative effects of dams. • Notes on water management. CW/HW: • Take organized notes on The Community Pond Pre-Visit Information – due Thursday (class time will be given tomorrow to work on this) • Current Event due Friday • Prepare for “dam debate” Thursday (create bulleted list of at least 5 arguments)

  20. Environmental Science: M 10/14 TURN IN FIELD TRIP FORMS/$ Complete Watershed Woes pollution activity – turn in Notes on Freshwater Aquatic ecosystems

  21. Environmental Science: F 10/11 • TURN IN FIELD TRIP FORMS/$ Warm Up • What is a watershed? • Brainstorm some possible sources of pollution in rivers. Stamp vocab #1-32 Watershed Woes pollution activity

  22. Environmental Science: Th 10/10 TURN IN FIELD TRIP FORMS/$ Warm Up • How does temperature affect dissolved oxygen (DO) levels in aquatic ecosystems? • How does current/turbulence affect DO levels in aquatic ecosystems? CW/HW: • complete test corrections • Vocab #1-32 – due tomorrow

  23. Environmental Science: W 10/9 Turn in field trip permission/$$ - due Friday Warm Up • List at least 5 different types of aquatic ecosystems (i.e., lakes, etc) • List at least 5 abiotic factors that affect organisms in aquatic ecosystems. GREEN CLUB GUEST SPEAKER FROM ENVIRONMENT GEORGIA TODAY AFTER SCHOOL – HERE – SNACKS! CW/HW • Test returns/make-ups/corrections – due Friday end of day • Aquatic ecosystems vocab – due Friday (class time tomorrow)

  24. Environmental Science: W 10/2 Turn in Packet • Section 5.1 (Energy Transfer) vocab • Section 5.2 (Cycles of Matter) vocab + Q’s • Section 5.3 (Succession) vacab + Q’s • Vocab review sheet • Transfer of Energy in Ecosystems/Food web ws • Carbon Cycle (complete Matter Cycles on back) • Predators as Prey (Shark Article notes) • Turn in field trip permission – exact change, or donation, please • TEST

  25. Environmental Science: T 10/1 Warm Up • Compare and contrast the matter cycles C, N & P Put Packet together – due tomorrow • Section 5.1 (Energy Transfer) vocab • Section 5.2 (Cycles of Matter) vocab + Q’s • Section 5.3 (Succession) vacab + Q’s • Vocab review sheet • Transfer of Energy in Ecosystems/Food web ws • Carbon Cycle (complete Matter Cycles on back) • Predators as Prey (Shark Article notes) • Stamp and review Vocab Review • BINGO review TEST WEDNESDAY: How Ecosystems work (Ch 5)

  26. Environmental Science: M 9/30 Warm Up • What kind of succession is shown in the Mount St. Helen’s video? Explain. • How does an algal bloom lead to oxygen depletion? • Notes on phosphorus cycle • Review and complete C & O worksheet CW/HW: Ch 5 vocab review TEST WEDNESDAY: How Ecosystems work (Ch 5)

  27. Environmental Science: F 9/27 No Warm Up Stamp 5.3 Succession HW NOVA Mount St. Helen’s: Back from the Dead video, with notes

  28. Environmental Science: Th 9/26 • Turn in Dead Zones webquest Warm Up • How does eutrophication relate to the nitrogen and phosphorus cycles? • Short Video notes on eutrophicationand succession. • Powerpoint on succession CW/HW: Succession Book Work: Ch 5, section 3 • Define vocab, including italics • Answer Section Review Q’s p. 141 #1-6 TEST WEDNESDAY: How Ecosystems work (Ch 5)

  29. Environmental Science: W 9/25 After school Wed, Oct. 9th 3:30 – 4:30 Green Club Meeting: presentation by Environmental Georgia (a non-profit organization that works to protect the Georgia environment) Warm Up • What do all fish need to thrive? • What do phytoplankton and algae need to thrive? • Turn in Food Web Project WITH RUBRIC • CW/HW: Dead Zone internet ws TEST WEDNESDAY: How Ecosystems work (Ch 5)

  30. Environmental Science: T 9/24 No Warm Up – start working on C & O cycles sheet Stamp and review matter cycles book questions Notes on Nitrogen and phosphorus cycles CW: C & O cycles ws Food Web Project due Tomorrow

  31. Environmental Science: M 9/23 Warm Up • What are the 3 elements whose cycles are explained in Ch 5.2? • What are the three main ingredients of fertilizer? • What is the main ingredient of “air”? CW/HW: Ch 5.2 1) vocab, including italics 2) read 3) answer end of section questions (p. 136) #1-6 thoroughly Food Web Project NOW DUE WEDNESDAY

  32. Environmental Science: F  9/20 • Stamp graph and article notes • No warm up, but get your journal for later • Questions on project? • Discuss Land to Mouth graph and articles • Review “quiz” (on back of graph) • Turn in Land to Mouth, with graph • Outdoor activity: 2 column observations Nature Man’s effect on nature Food web project due Tuesday

  33. Environmental Science: Th 9/19 SIGN UP FOR REMIND 101 No Warm Up Stamp and review Land to Mouth activity Shark Articles CW: complete Land to Mouth graph – due tomorrow BRING TEXT BOOK TOMORROW Apex Predator Food Web due Tuesday

  34. Environmental Science: W 9/18 Warm Up • Describe the effects on the food web from yesterday’s ws if the frog population declined. • Stamp energy pyramid • Food chain quiz ws & From Land to Mouth activity – due tomorrow • Assign APEX predator project – due next Tuesday

  35. Environmental Science: T 9/17 Warm Up • How does energy transfer in an ecosystem? • Does energy cycle in an ecosystem? Explain. • Is energy transfer 100% efficient? Explain. CW/HW: Energy pyramid ws – both sides Below FOOD WEB diagram, write in longest food chain you can find. Add in energy % and trophic levels for each organism in chain.

  36. Environmental Science: M 9/16 • Journal Check • Review Friday’s warm-up • Guided notes on transfer of energy in ecosystems • Test corrections due by end of day Friday

  37. Environmental Science: F  9/13 Stamp Energy Transfer Vocab Share current events Warm Up • What is a food chain? • Why do the arrows in a food chain point to the “eater”? Test corrections Journal check Monday

  38. Environmental Science: Th 9/12 Warm Up • Predict your test score • Reflect on whether you feel you were well enough prepared. If not, what could you have done more? If so, what did you do? Test returns New Unit: How Ecosystems work (Ch 5) CW/HW: Ch 5 Vocabulary, section 1 only, including italics – much + Energy Pyramid Current Event due TOMORROW

  39. Environmental Science: W 9/11 Turn in Packet • Ch 4 Vocab (#13-40) • Scientific Method Vocabulary sheet • The Organization of Life (triangle) • Pesticide resistance • Kingdom VENN diagrams • Ch 4 and Sci Method Review Practice • p. 115-116 #10-18, 21, 23-24; p117 #1-2 Test

  40. Environmental Science: T 9/10/13 Put Packet Together • Ch 4 Vocab (#13-40) • Scientific Method Vocabulary sheet • The Organization of Life (triangle) • Pesticide resistance • Kingdom VENN diagrams • Ch 4 and Sci Method Review Practice • Text book work – see below • CW/HW: Complete p. 115-116 #10-18, 21, 23-24; p117 #1-2 • Quiz returns • Stamp VENN and Review • Review Review • Test tomorrow and Packet due

  41. Environmental Science: M 9/9/13 No Warm Up Work on Kingdom VENN sheet (15 minutes) Ch 4 (Organization of Life) Vocab Quiz CW/HW: Ch 4 and Scientific Method review sheet BRING TEXT BOOK TOMORROW TEST WEDNESDAY Current Event Due Friday

  42. Environmental Science: F  9/6/13 Warm Up • Compare and contrast natural selection and artificial selection. CW: Complete captions under pictures on Pesticide Resistance • Coevolution power point examples Vocab QUIZ Monday; Test Wednesday

  43. Environmental Science: Th 9/5/13 When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe. - John Muir Warm-up • Brainstorm the kingdoms from oldest to most recent. • Add characteristics to the kingdoms in #1. • Notes on Kingdoms of Life Lab make-up today after school Vocab QUIZ Monday; Test Wednesday

  44. Environmental Science: W 9/4/13 • Returns Warm Up (text ref. pp. 99-102) • Organize the following from least to most complex: ecosystem, organism, population, community, biome, biosphere • Write in what is added between each level from #1. CW: The Organization of Life chart • BRING TEXTBOOK TOMORROW • Yeast Lab Make-up session Thursday after school • Vocab quiz Monday • Test Wednesday: Scientific Method; Organization of Life (Ch. 4)

  45. Environmental Science: T 9/3/13 • In media center graphing data on Excel. • All lab sheets turned in.

  46. Environmental Science: F  8/30 • Stamp remaining vocab sheets • Share current events and turn in • Graph yeast lab data • Happy Labor Day! • Lab make-up time next Thursday after school • MEET ME IN THE MEDIA CENTER ON TUESDAY – HAVE YOUR LAB DATA READY

  47. Environmental Science: Th 8/29 • Get goggles and apron • Sit at your group table • Get yeast lab sheet out • Complete lab safety quiz, if necessary • READ LAB PROCEDURE • Wait for further instructions • Yeast lab

  48. READ LAB PROCEDURE Ice cold room temp luke warm boiling • Add 5 mL to procedure #3 • Use stirring rod only once at beginning • Use cell phone for timer – start time when you add water • Don’t disturb test tube once time starts • Measure with agenda ruler or ruler provided

  49. Environmental Science: W 8/28 Warm Up • Compare and contrast abiotic and biotic • List 5 abiotic factors that would affect a population of mountain goats. • List 5 biotic factors that would affect a population of mountain goats. • Stamp vocab (except p. 1 – due tomorrow) • Lab safety • Prelab WEAR CLOSE-TOED SHOES TOMORROW HW: Current Event due Friday

  50. Ecology Unit Standards SEV2. Students will demonstrate an understanding that the Earth is one interconnected system. a. Describe how the abiotic components (water, air, and energy) affect the biosphere. b. Recognize and give examples of the hierarchy of the biological entities of the biosphere (organisms, populations, communities, ecosystems, and biosphere).

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