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Monday, August 24, 2015

AP Environmental Science: Video Clip: Tragedy of the Commons

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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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In the video clip available at the address below, Professor Sean Collins explains the Tragedy of the Commons with some examples:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLirNeu-A8I



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Daily Summary 08-24

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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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AGENDA:

- Objectives: SWBAT explain the concept of The Tragedy of the Commons and relate it to contemporary environmental issues

- Warm-up: Do you agree that humans primary impulse is to always take all of the resources they can get their hands on in any given situation? Explain your response. [5]

- Reading: The Tragedy of the Commons [15]

- Video clip: The Tragedy of the Commons [5]

- Assignment: How Much Space Do We Need? (DUE THURS.) [5]

- Lab: Happy Fishing Game: Complete Pre-lab tasks [10]

- Env. philosophy essay due in Google turn-in folder by 12 am


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

- Submit Environmental Philosophy Essay Assignment

- Finish Tragedy of the Commons Reading



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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]

- Stamp SpongeBob Science Methods Review Questions and Hypothesis Writing Practice on stamp log sheet [~10]

- Metric Mania SI units and conversions review / practice [25]

- Finish and submit Paper Folding Investigation (now late) [1]

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


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

- Metric Mania, DUE NEXT CLASS DAY




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AP Environmental Science: Happy Fishing Game: Pre-Lab Notebook Setup

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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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Your lab notebook should contain all of the following for the Happy Fishing Game before the simulation begins:

  • title (date should appear to the right or immediately above)
  • purpose
  • data section, including budget workspace (your copied version of the budget worksheet) and table summarizing the number of fish caught each year, the total population of each species, and the profit or loss from each year
  • heading and space for analysis / discussion question responses (complete thoughts / sentences)
  • space for post-lab discussion / conclusion paragraph (probably best not to add the heading for this section until you have completed your responses in the previous section)




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