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Thursday, October 15, 2015

Daily Summary 10-15

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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Complete Bean Frequency Natural Selection Simulation Lab and a thorough analysis of your results

- Warm-up: What are the mechanisms providing the natural variation upon which the selective forces of nature act? [5] Complete Bean Frequency Lab [40 - 60]

- Unit 4 Lecture 2: [20]

- Introduce/Begin Allelopathy Lab


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

- Complete Bean Frequency Lab Analysis in your lab notebooks for Monday, 10/19

- LITE reading assignment (see Unit 4 Instructional Calendar)

- Write out procedure for Allelopathy Lab



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BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:

- Objectives: (1) Simulate a predator-prey relationship using a model and principles of population dynamics, then create a graph using the data generated to represent observed changes; (2) transplant TSOTS seedlings into beds in agroecology garden

- Warm-up: What is carrying capacity? Did your lynx hunting hares simulation seem to show carrying capacities? What are they? [5]

- Finish Lynx and Hare Population Lab data collection and work on graph and analysis questions [50]

- Transplant Brassica oleracea seedlings into garden beds [~50]

- Report late TSOTS blog peer scores

- Turn in Ecology Scavenger Hunt to receive late credit


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

- Finish Lynx / Hare Population Lab graph and analysis questions

- Be ready to sign up for an Ecology Service Learning Project by Friday of this week



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