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Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Daily Summary 09-01

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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Carry out NPP and HOC experiments independently (with minimal instructor assistance)

- Warm-up: What is combustion and how is it relevant to our study of the environment? Be very specific with your responses, citing as many real-life examples as you can [8]

- Heat of Combustion (HOC) Experiment [45]

- Lecture 1: Energy, video clip (Planet Earth) [15]

- Water NPP grass patch [7]

- Lecture 2: Earth’s Layers [15]

- Go over Unit 1 Exam MC [10 – 15]


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

- Finish How Much Space Do We Need? (DUE 9/3)

- Heat of Combustion Lab Write-up: Analysis questions (DUE 9/8)

- Read pp. 41-51, 347-354



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BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Finish your seed germination experiment

- Warm-up: What is agroecology? Make a concept map starting with “AGROECOLOGY” in the center bubble and include a basic definition in this bubble. From there, connect to other major topics/subjects you believe are linked to agroecology. [10]

- Last chance for stamp on graphing practice from last week [~10]

- Introduction to agroecology (www.agroecology.org) [5 - 10]

- Last day of Germination of Seeds lab

- Get data from day 7 of experiment [5 - 10]

- Complete analysis questions and graph [30 - 40]

- Work on Student Blog Post Assignment #1 from TSOTS [20 - 35]


HOMEWORK:

- Finish Germination of Seeds lab questions and graph

- Finish Student Blog Post Assignment #1 from TSOTS



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