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Thursday, February 11, 2016

Daily Summary 02-11

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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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AGENDA:

- Objectives: (1) Name and describe major sources of freshwater; (2) State the most common methods for accessing, moving/delivering, and storing water for human use as well as the costs/consequences of these methods

- Warm-up: Which part of the world uses desalinization of sea water as a significant source of freshwater and why is this economically feasible for the countries of this region? [8]

- Unit 9, Lecture 3: Reducing Water Use [15]

- Film: Cadillac Desert (segments 4-6, Mulholland’s Dream) [20]

- Unit 9, Lecture 4: Water Pollution [20]

- Lab: Water Quality Index: Introduction [30]


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

- Film: Cadillac Desert (segments 7-9, Mulholland’s Dream) Water Use Project data collection



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BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Describe the characteristics of fossils/fossilized materials and explain how fossils, along with modern DNA analysis can help us to determine the probable evolutionary path that resulted in the existence of our own species, Homo sapiens Warm-up: Which morphological features do we share with other apes (chimpanzees, bonobos, orangutans, and gorillas)? [5]

- Fossils and fossil formation [15]

- Hominid Skull Lab [60]

- Evolution Quiz #4 [20]


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

- Consider the following question: who owns you?



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