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Thursday, April 6, 2017

Daily Summary 04-06

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HONORS BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Understand the scope and expectations of the Science Research and Symposium project

- Warm-up: If there were a question you wanted to get a very thorough and detailed answer to or a topic you wanted to understand in as much depth as possible, how would you go about studying your topic? What would you do first and where would you start? [10]

- Sex Ed Quiz [12 – 15]

- Science Research and Symposia Project: Evaluating Sources [30]

- Research time and introductory interviews [50]

- Don’t forget about the Genetics Engineering Challenge!

- Make sure you are signed up for a second ESLP project for this semester!


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

- Continue brainstorming a list of potential topics for your research project



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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Demonstrate your understanding of essential energy topics and directly related issues by scoring a 70% or higher on the Unit 11 exam

- Warm-up: Set up Illuminate answer sheet and begin unit exam immediately [2]

- Unit 11 exam [53]

- Unit 11 exam FRQ scoring [25 - 30]

- Finish scrAPESbooks round 6

- School Energy Report Card lab / project due 4/20


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

- Work on your Independent Research Project



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BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Understand the scope and expectations of the Science Research and Symposium project

- Warm-up: If there were a question you wanted to get a very thorough and detailed answer to or a topic you wanted to understand in as much depth as possible, how would you go about studying your topic? What would you do first and where would you start? [10]

- Sex Ed Quiz [12 - 15] (Evolution Assessment???)

- Science Research and Symposia Project: Evaluating Sources [30]

- Research time and introductory interviews [40]

- Don’t forget about the Genetics Engineering Challenge!

- Make sure you are signed up for a second ESLP project for this semester!


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

- Continue brainstorming a list of potential topics for your research project



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