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DO NOW: Read to yourself & copy HW

DO NOW: Read to yourself & copy HW.

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DO NOW: Read to yourself & copy HW

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  1. DO NOW: Read to yourself & copy HW Hey kids, I hope you have been doing okay in keeping up with your classwork. I will be off for at least 2 more weeks, my broken nose is healing slowly but surely (thank goodness for Mitosis). I appreciate your patience with all this and mostly your willingness to continue to work hard! (Miss you very much) A preview for the rest of the week: Wed- Finish “Crude” Th/Fri- Webquest with partner on “Race” Answer in complete sentences. HW: Due Thursday/Friday: Listen to the 1 hour podcast “Race” on Radiolab and answer the following questions. Turned in and graded: Link on ESAT page and Fb Page http://www.radiolab.org/2008/dec/15/ What did Francis Collin and Craig Benner prove about Race? What did JadAbumrad discover about his ancestry when he did the DNA test? What was the Eugenics movement? What did Wayne Joseph discover about his DNA race test? Would he have made different choices if he knew the information about his “race”? What do the students at the Facing History school discover about their perception of “race”? In your opinion, why do you think that we use the word “race” to categorize one another when there is no biological existence of it?

  2. Agenda • CNN Student News- Environmental Connections(Assessed)- 15 minutes • Cornell Notes Reading (Individual)-25-35 min • “Crude” movie –Remaining time

  3. Environmental Connections to Current Events • Take out a sheet of paper and write your ESAT heading (name, period, date). • Title your paper “Environmental Connections 9/9/13 or 9/10/13” • Watch CNN student News, http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/ • Give 3 examples of environmental science connections using at least 1 key term. (Please collect) • This will be assessed for a grade. • Write in full sentences. • Must use at least one key term (use more if you can).

  4. Toxicity Cornell Notes • Create Cornell Notes with ESAT heading and title. • You will be reading parts of Chapter 14 on the textbook and answering the 15 questions given to you (on the next slide). • You will be responsible for the material read and will be tested accordingly. • Words in red font are key terms and you must create flashcards for. Answers Questions

  5. Directions: Write the following questions on the left-hand side of your Cornell notes. TOXICANTS MAY CONCENTRATE IN WATER (p.392) • Are toxicants evenly distributed in the environment? • Where do soil chemicals end up? • How do chemicals enter the food chain(organisms bodies)? • What kind of animals are good indicators of water pollution? AIRBORNE TOXICANTS CAN TRAVEL WIDELY (p.393) • What is pesticide drift? • How much pesticide is used in California’s Central Valley? • Where do California’s pesticides end up? • In California, who is at most risk of health effects from pesticides? SOME TOXICANTS PERSIST FOR A LONG TIME (p.394) • Why do synthetic chemicals stay in the environment for a long time? • What factors determine how fast a chemical breaks down (degrade)? TOXICANTS MAY ACCUMULATE AND MOVE UP THE FOOD CHAIN(p.395) • What happens to chemicals that can dissolve in oil or fats? • What is bioaccumulation? • How do toxins move up the food chain? • What is biomagnification? • What are some examples of organisms that were affected by the biomagnification of DDT?

  6. Economics Environment 4 examples on each box by the end of Wednesday. “Crude” Policy Human Equity Write down how far you got into the movie for your sub on Wednesday! =)

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