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Monday, March 21, 2016

Daily Summary 03-21

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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Identify alternatives to fossil fuels and the pros and cons of the most developed realistic alternative energy sources

- Warm-up: Which household activities/appliances would you expect to consume the most energy?

- Using a reasonable estimate for the amount of energy used per day by the activity you selected, determine the total energy used per year for this activity/appliance (in kWh). [10]

- Check and Correct An Energy Primer problems [25]

-Tomorrow: Unit 11: Lecture 2: Nuclear Energy


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

- Continue work on Personal Energy Use Audit project

- Article: The Clean Energy Scam



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BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:

- Objectives: (1) Understand the scope and expectations of the Science Research and Symposium project; (2) Create and use an online journal to take structured, accurate, and detailed notes; (3) Be able to designate resource materials as primary or secondary; (4) Use search engines as effectively as possible to find sources; (5) Evaluate the quality of a potential information source using the C.A.R.E.S. criteria; (6) Know when and how to give credit to sources used in all scholarly research

- Warm-up: Have you settled on a topic for your symposium research? Are you actively researching and gathering information? [5]

- The Last Ten-weeks of Mr. Bursch’s Biology 1-2 Experience: A Summary of Student Responsibilities and Expectations [8]

- Interviews with Mr. Bursch and research time [30]


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

- Finish “Giving Credit” activity; continue your own research



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