APES 2007 -2008 This webpage is simply a calendar that lists what we are doing on any specific day, as well as containing links to handouts. KEEP SCROLLING
Penny lab and associated handouts, handout 2
Week of September 10 - September 14
Monday September 10 - Test on chapters 1 - 3
Tuesday September 11 - discuss how we actually measure genetic diversity, cultural diversity, ecological diversity and functional diversity. Learn how to read a false-color satellite image and aerial photographs. Use the satellite images and aerial photographs to trace land use changes and cultural diversity over time. Discuss digital images vs. photographs, pixels vs. continuous image, false color images, reflectivity and heat measured to create a satellite image.
Wednesday September 12- Earth as an open energy system - where energy comes from, where it goes to, role of the sun, climate, abiotic factors, that determine range of tolerance that then determines species diversity. Measuring species diversity using biodiversity plots. Discussed standard protocol for these plots including tagging vegetation and use of an X/Y grid to map vegetation, looked at maps of a plot, then used the BHS school data to use the Biodiversity Plot Data Activity.
Thursday September 13 -following matter and energy through ecosystems, photosynthesis, chemosynthesis, cellular respiration; food webs and trophic levels including ecological efficiency and placement of decomposers
Friday September 14 - AP free response practice question and part of movie "Conserving Rivers."
Week of September 17 - September 21
Biodiversity Plot Data Activity due on Monday September 17, Quiz on Tuesday September 18 on food webs, calculating ecological efficiency, and gross vs. net primary productivity
Monday September 17 - measuring what is on each trophic level by counting either individuals, species or dry biomass; gross vs. net primary productivity; outside to start remeasuring our biodiversity plot
Tuesday September 18 - quiz and start lab on Owl Pellets
Wednesday September 19 - continue with lab on Owl Pellets, due Wednesday September 26
Thursday September 20 -begin evolution; hypotheses of early life on earth, random mutations of DNA, development of photosynthesis and change in atmosphere, micro and macroevolution, start allelic frequency activity
Friday September 21- studying the movement of an exotic species: The Great Labor Day Mosquito Count. We have a guest speaker and will set out and monitor mosquito traps for the next two weeks. (moved to Tuesday 9/25)
Week of September 24 - September 28
Reading assignment - chapter 5
Owl pellet lab due on Wednesday 9/26; Test on chapters 4 and 5 on Friday 9/28 - Test topics and practice multiple choice questions
Monday September 24 - finish allelic frequency activity, discuss/draw gene pool, adaptation,
Tuesday September 25 - diversifying, directional and stabilizing evolution, speciation through geographic and/or reproductive isolation, natural selection, barriers to evolution, gene flow and extinctions. Start The Great Labor Day Mosquito Count. Discuss/watch slides on coevolution and convergence.
Wednesday September 26 - Discusss fundamental and realized niches, generalists vs. specialist.. Video "The Evolutionary Arms Race"
Thursday September 27 - current events, check on mosquito traps, start Endangered Species Act assignment.
Friday September 28 - Test on chapters 4 and 5
Week of October 1 - October 5
Reading Assignment - Chapter 22, chapter 8-1, 8-2, 9-4, 9-5
Endangered Species Act assignment due on Thursday October 4 (grade goes on the 2nd six weeks)
Quiz on Friday - define and give an example that explains the defintion for exotic, alien, non-native, invasive species, keystone species, indicator species (chap. 8-2 and 22) and Why are amphibians considered so important? (connections p. 170)
Invasive/Exotic species posters will be finished in class (grade goes on the 1st six weeks)
Monday October 1 -characteristics of species that have become endangered, web activity on biodiversity in mosquitoes (looking at an invasive/exotic species) instructions and The Great Labor Day Mosquito Count, check water in mosquito traps, work on Endangered Species Act assignment
Tuesday October 2 - why we might care if species go extinct,
Wednesday October 3 - work on Invasive/Exotic species poster assignment (also check mosquito traps)
Thursday October 4 - Current events, finish/hang up/ read and evaluate each other's posters. Outside to find and map invasive/exotic species (need closed - toe shoes)
Friday October 5 - quiz (topics are above), check mosquito traps, Cane Toads, An Unnatural History.......
Week of October 8 - October 12
Outside Thursday in the parking lot
Quiz on Friday on defining "threatened species." and "endangered spp" (3 points) List 2 reasons biodiversity is valuable. Explain one of them. (5 points) Name one way people negatively affect biodiversity. (2 points)
Monday October 8 - Ways that we are trying to protect and "save" endangered species. Success stories : Video," The Unendangered Species"
Tuesday October 9 - managing habitat areas for specific species
and using satellite images to help with delineating areas, looking at point,
line and polygon features, define fragment and habitat fragmentation,
information on forest fragmentation in Virginia and the eastern
Wednesday October 10 - The Swiss Cheese Game
Thursday October 11 - Current events, review the Swiss Cheese Game, measuring biodiversity, species richness, measure diversity of car "species" in two parking lots and compare
Friday October 12 - quiz (15 minutes), measures of biodiversity -species richness, relative abundance, evenness, dominance, diversity indices, do calculations for lab and start write up
Week of October 15 - October 19
Test on Wednesday October 17 test topics , Practice problems
Reading- Chapter 22, 8-1, 8-2, 9-4,
9-5, handout titled Land Use Planning on reading satellite images (10/9), handout
on
Due Friday October 19 Parking lot biodiversity lab (this document does not include the examples of how to do the calculations)
Monday October 15 measures of biodiversity, population viability analysis, minimum viable population, economics of harvesting from ecosystems, minimum dynamic area, theory of island biogeography, video on isolated islands and colonization. 7th/8th period will have time to work on the practice essay question.
Tuesday October 16 start populations (how to measure and count individuals in a population, Mark/recapture lab) plus review practice essay question.
Wednesday October 17 Test chapter 22, 8-1, 8-2, 9-4, 9-5
Thursday October 18 Finish mark/recapture lab and time to work on parking lot biodiversity lab
Friday October 19 population dispersion, using chi-square statistics to measure population dispersions. This is the website that the chi-square practice that we did in class came from. It is interactive and will tell you if you are doing the calculations correctly. You will have to scroll down to where you see 3 drawings of bugs in the center of the page that are labeled Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3. The answers will be different than the ones we calculated in class. Click cancel when it asks for your name for credit.
Week of
October 22 October 26
Reading Rest of chapter 9 and 8 ,
predator/prey handout
Due Tuesday October 23
mark/recapture lab
Quiz on Thursday Know 3 measurable
characteristics of populations and a way to actually measure each
characteristic; be able to calculate changes in population size
Monday October 22 OUTSIDE (any shoes ok) Population dispersion lab directions Excel 2003 spreadsheet for calculations plus here is a Chi-squared table
Tuesday October 23 Population growth patterns, rates of increase, limiting factors, Oh Deer! game
Wednesday October 24 discuss and graph Oh Deer! game, carrying capacity, r vs. K strategists, more detailed deer/wolf population data
Thursday October 25 Quiz! Then population growth patterns as related to reproductive strategies, predator/prey interactions (handout)
Friday October 26 Species interactions that are NOT predator/prey interspecific competition, intraspecific competition, resource partitioning, symbiosis, video TBA
Week of
October 29 Nov 2
FIELD TRIP PERMISSION SLIPS NEEDED
FOR FIELD TRIP ON FRIDAY permission
slip
Due Monday October 29 Population Dispersion
Lab
TEST on Thursday Nov 1 Chapter 9
and 8 (except 8-1, 8-2, 9-4 and 9-5) test
topics
Monday October 29 OUTSIDE (closed toe shoes) community structure, succession, community structure activity
Tuesday October 30 OUTSIDE (closed toe shoes) facilitation, inhibition, tolerance, disturbance to ecosystems
Wednesday October 31 OUTSIDE (closed toe shoes) Practice essay and review restake biodiversity plot
Thursday Nov 1 Test
Friday Nov 2 Field Trip to
Week of Nov 5
Nov 9
Population and the Environment
Sprawl is bustin' out all over
The following article is from the San Francisco Chronicle
This
one is from ABC
news
Quiz on Friday: know 2 regions of the world or countries
with low birth rates and 2 regions of the world or countries with high birth
rates, know how
Field Trip on Thursday Nov. 8 VT
Nuclear Power Issues Seminar those of you still in class will be looking at
nuclear power too.
Monday November 5 Work on the Human Population Dynamics lab (these are the instructions)
Open the appropriate data sheet and SAVE THIS FILE TO YOUR COMPUTER AND YOUR H: DRIVE BEFORE TYPING IN ANY INFORMATION. There will not be any data on these links until I get all the data from everyone in class. Thank you very much to those of you who followed directions and emailed your data to me this weekend, or brought your data by early this morning. Your efforts will result in extra credit on the lab which should offset the class time you are losing to work on this due to the uploading of data received in class.
Tuesday November 6 NO SCHOOL
Wednesday November 7 continue work on Human Population Dynamics lab
Thursday November 8 Field trip to VT Nuclear Power Issues Seminar those of you still in class will be looking wildfires.
Friday November 9 quiz, current events from yesterday, changes in human population trends over time, current trends in human population growth
Week of Nov 12
Nov 16
Cemetery lab is due on Tuesday
November 13
Test is Thursday November 14 and will
be 45 minutes test
topics
Monday November 12 - mapping exercise (population and effects on the environment), ecological footprint activity (below) and sprawl and its effect on the environment (below) and work on cemetery lab
What is your ecological footprint?
How much productive land is required to support your lifestyle? Try the following "calculators." They are each a little different.
http://www.bestfootforward.com/footprintlife.htm (press cancel when it asks for a username and password)
Can you get any calculator to give you a sustainable number of acres? How?
Now
see WHY you had trouble with sustainable acres in the
Read
the excerpt from the National
Geographic magazine article about urban sprawl.
Discuss the issues that arise in this excerpt. In particular, pose these
questions :
* Why does Spellmire lease his land?
* What does Spellmire say is wrong with
* What irony does Spellmire observe in the new
residents' attitudes toward his farm?
Are you familiar with the word "sprawl" as it relates to urban and
suburban development? If so, what do you think the word means? What examples of
sprawl have you seen?
Read
the characteristics of
sprawl and traditional urban centers and villages, under the headings of
Sprawl. Discuss these characteristics
with each other; have you seen examples of them?
Imagine this scenario:
A small town was established in the late 19th century. It was located about
twenty-five miles from a major city. Since the trip to the city was too long
for people to make on a daily basis, the town was self-sufficient and did not
consider itself a suburb.
With the opening of a freeway between this town and the city in the 1960s, some
people began to use the town as a "bedroom community." Within the
last decade, the town has experienced a huge influx of people from the central
city and other suburbs. Many new subdivisions have been developed, along with
shopping malls and "business parks."
How do you think this town would look today? Think about street patterns and
types of available transportation (e.g., bus routes, light rail tracks, or
major "feeder roads").
Use
MapMachine
to create maps of
What do you notice about this town's street pattern? You should notice that
it has a central grid pattern surrounded by streets that twist and wind. Many
of these outer streets end up in cul-de-sacs. You will also notice several
large roads which surround most of the town but divide parts of the outermost
areas. This is a good example of sprawl. Does it look familiar?
Take a tour through National Geographic's "New Suburb" to see examples of sprawl and what modern planners call "New Urbanism." New Urbanism is a movement to develop modern suburbs that resemble older city centers and towns.
Tuesday November 13 reasons behind the trends in human population growth
Wednesday November 14 calculation growth rates, birth rates, death rates, doubling times, practice essay question
Thursday November 15 short test on human population trends, then computer lab and do the following explorations on weather:
Weather and Climate Interactive models
Try the following links to get a better idea as to how our atmosphere works!
Interactive atmosphere from NASA
This site from the University of Wisconsin has a variety of models to play with. Many of them are like video games!
Here
are two from
Finally
here is an interactive
weather map from the
Friday November 16 senior class trip so ..movie The Storm of the Century.
Week of November 19
November 20
Reading assignment Chapter 6
Monday November 19 - notes on weather and climate, then start Lab on climate and weather - it includes the chart for the biomes
Tuesday November 20 continue lab
Week of November 26
November 30
Reading assignment Chapter 6 and Chapter
7 pp. 7 -1 and pp. 157 163
QUIZ on FRIDAY November 30 - know the bar graphs (climatograms) for temperate vs. tropical vs. polar (temperature part) and desert vs. forest vs. grassland (they are relative) for precipitation part.
FIELD
TRIP - permission
forms and money $4 are due by Wednesday Nov. 28
Monday 11/26 - Causes of ocean currents, ocean currents effect on climates, El Nino, topography, rainfall and vegetation interaction activity
Tuesday 11/27 - microclimates, rainshadows, and work on biome chart (BRING TEXTBOOKS!)
Wednesday 11/28 - Prepare for Field trip!
Thursday 11/29 - All day field trip to Kentland Farm!
Friday 11/30 Quiz, Freshwater rivers and streams, slide show of pictures from field trip while trip participants tell us about what they saw, collate and interpret water quality data from our trip.
Week of December 3 - December 7
Reading assignment: Chapter 6 and Chapter 7 pp. 7 -1 and pp. 157 - 163
TEST on Friday December 7 on climate and biomes - test topics
Monday 12/3 - work on interpretation of water quality data from Tom's Creek at Kentland Farm due Monday December 10
Here are some useful websites, although most of the information is in the packets available in class. Also http://www.epa.gov has information on water quality data
Why sediment matters (water clarity)
Nitrogen, phosphorous and sediment - there are useful links off this page, too.
Dissolved Oxygen, sediment and other abiotic water quality factors
Water on the web (lots of info)
Tuesday 12/4 - work on interpretation of water quality data from Tom's Creek at Kentland Farm due Monday December 10
Wednesday
12/5 - watersheds - define and delineate BHS watershed, Kentland Farm
watershed, your watershed, then video on geology of the
Thursday 12/6 - -basic geology and plate tectonics activity online (you already have this printed out on the back of the questions from Wednesday's video)
Friday 12/7 - test on biomes and climate including water biomes (Ms. Colatosti will be on a field trip with her Ecology class all day)
Week of December 10
December 14
Water Quality Analysis of
Quiz on Thursday plate tectonics,
structure of the earth, how and why the plates move, reasons for and locate
likely areas for volcanoes and earthquakes, and support of plate
tectonics/continental drift for evolution;
Monday December 10 define biogeochemical cycles and start biogeochemical cycle follies
Tuesday December 11 define soil, collect forest and field soils
Wednesday December 12 - soil formation, soil processes, soil horizons, soil texture; work on biogeochemical cycle follies
Thursday December 13 - demonstrate soil porosity and permeability on sand and clay; examine many types of soils, start Soil Lab
Friday December 14 finish soil lab and also work on biogeochemical cycle follies
Soil lab links (Wikipedia is NOT specific enough to our local area and will NOT be accepted as a resource)
Central Appalachian Broadleaf Forest
Chesapeake Bay Riparian handbook - look at the portion about soil characteristics
Tazewell County Virginia Soil Survey - look under headings of soil properties, formation of soils, and the tables at the end
Soil Fertility Protocol - pages 2, 3, 8 - N, P, K information
Week of December 17
December 19
Biogeochemical cycle follies on stage on
Tuesday December 18
Quiz on biogeochemical cycles based on skit
handouts on Wednesday December 19
Monday December 17 using an online soil survey: go to http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov
Choose the big button in the middle that says, Start WSS. It will start in a new tab.
Use the Area of Interest tab to find the high school. Use the Quick Navigation by Address choice. Type in the address of the high school, 520 Patrick Henry Drive, zip code 24060 and press View. When the aerial photo shows up on the right, you will need to select the button on top of the map that say AOI in a red rectangle and then use the cursor to draw a box around the area where you dug up your soil. Then select the Soil Map tab. A soil map with numbers will show up on the area that you outlined. The numbers correspond to soil types on the left. Clicking on the appropriate soil type name will bring up some basic information about that soil type. Now you need more specific information on physical and chemical characteristics of the soils that you sampled, so pick the Soil Data Explorer tab. You can look at any of the information that looks interesting, but start with Soil Chemical Properties or Physical Properties. Check Include Minor Soils and then View Soil Report. You may have to scroll down to find the specific soil name you are interested in and any properties that you can compare to our tests. You should find at least 2 properties, pH and water holding capacity. I havent dug that far into this resource, so you may find more information.
the water cycle and time to finish up biogeochemical cycle follies or work on soil lab
Tuesday December 18 all skits presented and remainder of time to work on soil lab and study for quiz tomorrow
Wednesday December 19 biogeochemical cycle quiz and video on soils and soil management
Week of January 2 - January 4
Soil
lab due Monday January 7
Test
on soils, geology and biogeochemical cycles on Tuesday January 8 test
topics
Wednesday January 2 - SNOW
Thursday January 3- (substitute) practice essay for test and video on erosion and weathering
Friday January 4- (substitute) Biogeochemical cycle review game and begin food resources by looking at personal food webs
Week of January 7
January 11
Reading study for mid-term exam study guide
Soil
lab due Thursday January 10
Monday January 7 Effects of agriculture on soils: erosion, desertification, salinization and experiment on soil erosion control measures
Tuesday January 8 - test on soils, geology and biogeochemical cycles
Wednesday January 9 basics of the food we eat and where it comes from; start modern livestock production web quest
New methods for raising more livestock:
Background information: This is a controversial issue. All of these organizations have a bias. The first three have the most evenhanded information. All the information you need for the assignment can be found in these first six links.
EPA, Livestock and Poultry Environmental Stewardship, Canadian Agriculture (scroll down to Agriculture and the Environment), The Porkboard, The Heartland Institute , USDA organic standards (pick fact sheets)
These are other organizations with different points of view.
Hogwatch (Environmental Defense Fund, a middle of the road environmental advocacy organization) National Pork Producers Council, Southern Environmental Law Center (pick NC and North Carolina Hogs) (a well respected advocate for environmental and social issues)
For fun watch and listen to The Meatrix! and The Meatrix 2 ! (some information is a little exaggerated)
Thursday January 10 finish and turn in livestock production fact sheet.
Friday January 11 Midterm exams for periods 1 and 2 please come get your soils test after your 1st period exam. 2nd/3rd period will take the midterm exam on Monday January 14 at 7:45 am during the 3rd period exam slot. 7th/8th period will take the midterm exam on Tuesday January 15 at 7:45 am during the 7th period exam slot. DONT FORGET YOUR PERMISSION SLIP TO NOT ATTEND EITHER 2ND OR 8TH PERIOD!
On-line test review
This is the review site for your text book. I suggest you look at the flash cards and the tutorial quiz. Some of the terms on the flash cards you do not need to know. Typically if we didn't talk about them in class or on labs you don't need to know them.
Here is the site for another environmental science textbook. The user name is apes and the password is 47x7 You will have to look at the chapter titles to find the appropriate topic. For example, for our test on chapter 8 and 9 most of the topics covered are in chapter 8 on Populations.
Week of January 14
January 16
Monday January 14 3rd and 4th period midterm exams
Tuesday January 15 7th and 8th period midterm exams
Wednesday January 16 5th and 6th period midterm exams
Thursday January 17 Monday January 21
no school!
Week of January 21
January 25
Reading Chapter 13 Food Resources
Monday January 21 no school
Tuesday January 22 Types of modern agriculture; cost of food activity
In your new lab groups create 2 days worth of meals for a family of four. One day is food you like and other day has to cost less than $8 total for 3 meals for 4 people. Use the grocery store circulars to find out items and prices. Everyone has to have 2000 calories per day and a mix of protein, fat and carbohydrates. Document on the big newsprint paper what you bought, what each meal will be, how many calories per person per meal, and how much each day costs to eat. All name brands have nutrition information available on line and you can assume it is the same for the similar store brand.
Weekly sale flyers are available online AND from Ms. Colatosti.
http://www.kroger.com http://www.foodlion.com Also Kroger has easy to use nutrition information and calories for fresh fruit and vegetables.
Wednesday January 23 SUB
Thursday January 24 finish cost of food activity, farm economics, world food distribution activity
Friday January 25 the problems of over and undernourishment, couldnt we feed more people and evenly distribute fish?
World Fish Stocks Today Presentation due on Tuesday January 29 (work on this today and Monday)
Each group of TWO - THREE will research a different fish species found on the NOAA Fishwatch page and may also choose from: shrimp, scallops, mussels, crayfish, lobster, tilapia or catfish. These additional animals are only found on the Monterey Bay Aquarium site but you will be able to find enough information on them. Some groups of fish I will condense down to one fish type (but this will not include tuna, each species is very different)
Find the following information and create a short slide show that includes all the following information:
What is your fish (common and scientific name) (10 pts)
Basic biology (years to maturity, size of animal, place on the food web, where does it live and is it migratory?) (10 pts)
Is this fish stock of concern (If the stocks (numbers/populations) vary then indicate which stocks are of concern and which are not) (10 pts)
Why this fish stock is/is not of concern. (10 pts)
How this fish species is caught or farmed. (10 pts)
Are there issues with how it is caught? If so what are these issues? (for farmed species are there issues with how they are raised and if so what are they) (10 pts)
Are
Historic levels of the fish stock. (10 pts)
Predictions for the future (10 pts)
You need a picture on most slides (10 pts)
Cite sources if you go off either of the two sites below, dont worry about citing sources for pictures.
NOAA Fisheries Service (Fishwatch, Fishfacts, Aquaculture)
Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood watch more information on the species plus detailed info on catch techniques and aquaculture (How fish are caught or farmed) - this site includes international fisheries, which are mentioned only in passing on the NOAA site.
Week of January 28
February 1
Quiz on Wednesday January 30 define and
differentiate among: pesticide, herbicide, fungicide, rodenticide,
insecticide
Monday January 28 Substitute spend both periods in the computer lab working on your fish presentation due TOMORROW!
Tuesday January 29 Fish presentations, then tragedy of the commons activity about fish stocks
Wednesday January 30 QUIZ , strategies to feed more people on less land, 2 handouts to read one on eating lower on the food chain and the other on clean water and farms, video, Common Ground on the beginnings of the modern shift in agriculture.
Thursday January 31 - Start WISE activity on genetic engineering and organic farming as alternatives to current agricultural methods.
WISE activity instructions (this has been changed due to issues with website. Now
Grading sheet for position paper
Alternative links for broken links in WISE activity
For Genetic Engineering:
Genetically Engineered Papapya - http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/pubs/press/papaya.html
Crumbs of Comfort - http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,,4191727-117780,00.html
Yellow Rice - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/602112.stm
Against genetic engineering:
Uses of corn - http://www.ontariocorn.org/classroom/products.html
Genetically modified foods and human health (gmo and allergies) - http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8347
Dangers of insecticide producing plants http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/icm/1999/6-14-1999/monarchbt.html
Superweeds - http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn1882
Against organic farming:
Organic farmers risk losing their crops
Chemicals and organic crops - http://www.oneplan.org//Crop/OrganicPestCtrl.shtml
Pesticides and yields - http://pubs.caes.uga.edu/caespubs/pubcd/B1121.htm
For organic farming:
What is certified organic? - http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/indepth.food/organic/explainer.html
The Do's and Don'ts of Organic Farming - http://www.certifiedorganic.bc.ca/aboutorganic/organicwhat.htm
Pesticides and Human Health - http://www.texasep.org/html/pes/pes_3hum.html
Evaluating Pesticide Risk - http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/factsheets/riskassess.htm
Pesticides and Their Effects - http://worldwildlife.org/toxics/pubs/pop.pdf
Crop Rotation read about George Washington Carver first, who invented this, then select the crop rotation link on that page -http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/30.html
Friday February 1 SNOW
Homework! Household pesticide and herbicide homework Due Tuesday February 5 will be an other grade of 0, 50 or 100
Find 2 pesticides or herbicides you have in your house. Anything used to kill animals or plants or repel insects is a pesticide or herbicide. Read the label and copy the brand name, the active ingredients, the instructions for use, and any warnings about human health or environmental effects. (You can summarize).
Then you need to search the government's household products website to find more human health effects and write those down. Then search Extoxnet to find additional ecological and environmental effects of the pesticides. Also search the EPA website on pesticides. The fact sheet links are particularly helpful. You will need the active ingredient name to search this database. Skim to find the parts you can understand.
Write down the SOURCE of your additional information. Then look for two alternatives to your pesticide that you think entail less risk exposure. Here are some places to start:
EPA - you will have to look at the Citizen's Guide to Pest Control and Pesticide Safety and the link to the USDA National Organic program
You can also do a search with your product's name and "alternative." Just watch your sources for bizarre ideas or claims.
Week of February 4
February 8
HOMEWORK Due Tuesday February 5 see above
Test Thursday February 7 chapters 13
and 20 test
topics
Position paper on agriculture due on Monday February 11
Monday February 4 - WISE activity for one class period then start pesticides: pesticide categories, history, bioaccumulation and biomagnification, pesticide laws (FDCA, FIFRA, Food Quality Act of 1996).
Tuesday February 5 - complete chart on specific pesticides, discuss some consequences of high use of pesticides, review and use HW to compare the risks and uses of pesticides you found in your house,
Wednesday February 6 practice essay for test and video, "Rachel Carson's Silent Spring"
Thursday February 7 - test on chapters 13 and 20 (current events, too)
Friday February 8 begin risk assessment (chapter 11) and set up LD50 risk assessment of lettuce seeds lab
Week of February 11
February 15
Reading Chapter 11 Risk Assessment
Quiz on Thursday February 14 - define teratogen, mutagen, carcinogen and hormone disruptor
Monday February 11 how the EPA goes from data to actual water quality standards for chemicals, begin risk assessment project
Tuesday February 12 risk management and work on risk assessment project
Wednesday February 13 EPA safe drinking water activity and last day to work on risk assessment project
Thursday February 14 quiz, current events, analyze lettuce LD50 lab
Friday February 15 categories of waste, common hazardous waste and looking at toxic chemicals in our bodies spend time reading the National Geographic article on "our toxic homes" READ the article, LOOK at the photo gallery, GO THROUGH the Multimedia: Our Toxic Homes, MAKE A LIST of the 3 possible toxins that you think you are exposed to and that you think pose the greatest risk to you, SEE how many other people in class have one or more of these toxins on their list (actually go around and count responses)
Week of February 19
February 22
Reading Chapter 11- Risk Assessment and
Chapter 21 Solid and Hazardous Waste
Risk Assessment Project due Tuesday 2/19
Lettuce LD50 lab due Thursday
2/21
Quiz on Wednesday 2/20 - know
1 way you are exposed to a "hazardous waste" and evaluate possible
effects + define "reduce- reuse -recycle" and explain why in that
specific order
Test
on Monday February 25 chapters 11 and 21 test
topics - To study the hazardous waste cleanup methods for your
test go to this
site and look at Fact Flash 8 and Fact Flash 9
Tuesday February 19 How do we deal with hazardous waste? Laws (RCRA, CERCLA and Superfund) and reuse of contaminated sites EPA Brownfields activity EPA hazardous substances and hazardous waste, IF you missed the in class activity here is a link to the original version (you will have to look at all the fact flashes in the middle of the page) and a simplified version.
Also if you would like to know more about electronic waste heres the National Geographic article that I got the photos from.
Wednesday February 20 Quiz + OUTSIDE Clean up and analyze trash around our school!
Thursday February 21 Guest Speaker
Teresa Sweeney from the
Friday February 22 Where does our local trash and recycling go? Alternatives to landfilling certain materials, lightweighting, lease services and packaging reduction activity
Week of February 25 February 29
Reading Chapter 15 Geologic Resources - Nonrenewable Mineral and Energy Resources plus handouts
Besides
reading the text (including the sidebars) you also need to read this brochure
from the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy in
Links to National Geographic articles on coal: Mining the Summits, The Cost of Coal,
Test
on Monday February 25 chapters 11 and 21 test
topics - To study the hazardous waste cleanup methods for your
test go to this
site and look at Fact Flash 8 and Fact Flash 9
Tuesday February 26 - HOMEWORK - keep a transportation log for 1 week - start today due next Tuesday (where you went + how you got there.) Also need to find out the following about your house for next Wednesday ...year house built, number of square feet, type of heat and air conditioning, single/double pane windows, gas or electric clothes dryer, count number of light bulbs in your house + wattage + approximate hours on (http://www.appalachianpower.com , look at the energy calculators to see the info you need) - we will discuss mineral resources, mineral deposits world wide, developing a mining claim and finding mineral uses in cars
Wednesday February 27 - types of mines, local and statewide mineral resources, how is coal formed, and modern coal mining video
Thursday February 28 - economic considerations in choosing the type of mining to use, cookie mining lab (due March 6)
Friday February 29 - Reclamation What happens after you remove all the coal? plus physical and chemical separation of ore activities (don't forget your HOMEWORK that is due on Tuesday and Wednesday)
Week of March
3 March 7
Electricity production:
Good explanation of electricity generation is at ACT Electricity
Quiz on Monday - know definitions of identified resources, undiscovered resources, reserves, and other resources, depletion time
Cookie mining lab due on Thursday March 6
Monday March 3 - quiz - problems with mining online activity (you have this activity as a handout today)
Links to National Geographic articles on coal: Mining the Summits, The Cost of Coal,
The Roanoke Times series on Mountaintop Removal Mining be sure to look at the photo galleries and read the strip mining articles
Tuesday March 4 - definitions of energy, sources of energy for heat and electricity, Pt I of Energy Use lab (due Thursday March 13)
Wednesday March 5 - energy use in the world, how electricity is produced, Pt. II of Energy Use lab
Thursday March 6 - energy conservation, energy loss through windows and leaky faucets, Pt. III of Energy Use lab,
Friday March 7 - environmental issues with energy production (renewable and non-renewable sources), pollution solutions for coal, oil, natural gas and waste incinerators, start renewable fuels assignment
Week of March 10 - March 14
Test on Friday March 14 on chapters 15 and 16 - test
topics
Energy Use Lab due Thursday March 13
Monday March 10 - work on renewable fuels assignment
Tuesday March 11 - work on renewable fuels assignment
Wednesday March 12 - renewable fuels presentations - grading criteria
Thursday March 13 Finish presentations and do practice problems for test
Friday March 14 - test on chapters 15 and 16
On-line test review
This is the review site for your text book. I suggest you look at the flash cards and the tutorial quiz. Some of the terms on the flash cards you do not need to know. Typically if we didn't talk about them in class or on labs you don't need to know them.
Here is the site for another environmental science textbook. The user name is apes and the password is 47x7 You will have to look at the chapter titles to find the appropriate topic. For example, for our test on chapter 8 and 9 most of the topics covered are in chapter 8 on Populations.
Week of March
17 March 19
Monday March 17 primary and
secondary air pollutants including smog and acid rain,
For the Smog City activity, follow the link, and then try the three situations (ozone, particulates and your own smog city). For each situation a series of questions/challenges will be in the scrollable box at the top of the screen. Write a short note to yourself as to what happens when you change each parameter as directed. We will review this tomorrow.
When you are done check out our current local air quality and current air quality in the rest of the country at the Air Now site
Tuesday March 18 review
Wednesday March 19 - QUIZ on Thursday March 27 on acid rain - know the acids involved, sources, 2 ecological impacts, 2 solutions to the problem, and average pH of local rain - video The Search for Clean Air
SPRING BREAK!
Week of March
25 March 28
QUIZ on Thursday March 27 on acid rain
- know the acids involved, sources, 2 ecological impacts, 2 solutions to the
problem, and average pH of local rain
OUTSIDE either Tuesday or Wednesday,
whichever day is less rainy!
Tuesday March 25 - Review video questions, do part III - lichen counts of lab (Wednesday and Tuesday may be switched depending on the weather)
Wednesday March 26 - pick up particulate collectors and finish lab
Thursday March 27 quiz on acid rain, indoor air pollution, work on lab
Friday March 28 OZONE as both a ground level pollutant and a stratospheric necessity, set out 1 and 8 hour ozone collectors, plus online activity - activities will be turned in due Thursday April 3,
Week of March
31 April 4
How Clean is
Our Air? due on Wednesday April 2
Ozone activity due Thursday April 3
Test on chapters 17 and 18 on Friday
April 4 test
topics
Monday March 31 analyze ozone data from Friday, greenhouse effect and greenhouse gases, work on ozone online activity - due Thursday April 3,
Tuesday April 1 An Inconvenient Truth
Wednesday April 2 - posters on specific air pollution sources and solutions, air pollution control laws plus practice problems for test, These practice problems are online with a javascript function that grades your work. Practice AP Exam free response questions will be given out in class.
Chapter 17, Chapter 18, Chapter 18 essay
Thursday April 3 (2 ½ hr early release) finish review
Friday April 4 Test on chapters 17 and 18