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Monday, September 11, 2017

Daily Summary 09-11

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HONORS BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:

Objectives: Continue your team’s seed germination experiment, work on setting up TSOTS team blog

Warm-up: Can you name at least one farm or farmer directly responsible for producing some of the food you eat? Why do you think it might be important for us to know who manages the production of our foods? In what ways do you think farmers might behave/work as biologists (scientists)? [10]

Tutorial policy (for Mr. Bursch) [5]

Check in on your experiments / work on lab reports [30]

Continue ESLP signups [~25]

Tomorrow we will begin watching Food Inc., chapters 1-3


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

Continue working on your seed germination labs (DUE Thursday)

Finish and publish your SBPA #2 on The Story of the Seed blog



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BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:

Objectives: Brainstorm ideas for your ESLP project and sign up

Warm-up: Can you name at least one farm or farmer directly responsible for producing some of the food you eat? Why do you think it might be important for us to know who manages the production of our foods? In what ways do you think farmers might behave/work as biologists (scientists)? [10]

More about the Ecology Service Learning Project (ESLP) and why its primary focus is on food (periods 4 and 5 watch Finley talk) [10]

Tour of WGHS GOLD main garden [10]

ESLP Brainstorm and begin ESLP signups [10]

Tomorrow we will begin watching Food Inc., chapters 1-3 Turn in Germination of Seeds lab (it is now late) [2]


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

 Finish and publish your SBPA #2 on your team's The Story of the Seed blog before midnight



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