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Thursday, August 20, 2015

Daily Summary 08-20

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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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AGENDA:

- Objectives: SWBAT describe the essential purposes of environmental science

- Warm-up: Briefly describe the four major functional groupings of general perspectives humans have on humanity’s proper relationship to the environment. Which perspective aligns most closely with your personal views on this topic? [5]

- Quick Quiz: Ecological Footprint [10]

- Turn in signed Lab Safety Contract [5]

- Safety quiz [10]

- Set up Google Drive work and turn-in folders for APES [10]

- Ecological Footprint Virtual Lab Activity [35 - 40]
   > www.footprintnetwork.org/en/index.php/GFN/page/calculators/


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

- Work on Environmental Philosophy Essay Assignment



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BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Be able to write a well-constructed hypothesis

- Warm-up: Biology Roadmap (fill out in as much detail as you can fit on map and tape into notebook so both sides can be read) [10]

- Pick up text books [10]

- Finish and submit Paper Folding Investigation [15]

- Science Methods Review [10]

- Hypothesis writing practice [20]

- Science methods practice [30]

- Make sure you have turned in all of the following: course info sheet signature portion, safety contract, safety poster


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

- Hypothesis Writing Practice and Science methods practice worksheet, DUE MONDAY



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Ecological Footprint Virtual Lab Activity Website Address

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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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Ecological Footprint Virtual Lab Activity website address:

http://www.footprintnetwork.org/en/index.php/GFN/page/calculators/



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