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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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NO CLASS TODAY (SEE YESTERDAY'S POST)
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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 Warm-up:
- What is the value of taking highly organized and accurate notes while you do research on a topic? [5]
- Keeping a journal and taking notes [40]
- Interviews with Mr. Bursch and research time [35]
- Sign up for your ESLP project and/or work on your ESLP project
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Begin using some of the resources we have discussed in class to learn at least the basics of some of the topics on your “research radar” list and begin making entries into your newly created research journal (which should be in your “Research” folder)
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Friday, March 4, 2016
Thursday, March 3, 2016
Daily Summary 03-03
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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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AGENDA:
- Objectives: Determine FEV1 for each individual in class and discuss relevance of this value to epidemiological studies of pulmonary diseases and their relationship to air pollution Warm-up: Set up a sheet of lined paper with the standard APES heading and title it “Air Pollution: Quiz 1” [1]
- Unit 10: Quiz 1 [10]
- Unit 10: Lecture 2: Outdoor Air Pollution [15]
- Unit 10: Lab 1: Lung Volume and Pollution [45]
- Remember to go to student bank to remit AP Test Payment before or on March 4th
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Reading Assignment: Miller LITE pp. 465-476 (Be sure to read Core Case Study on 465)
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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 Warm-up:
- What is the value of taking highly organized and accurate notes while you do research on a topic? [5]
- Keeping a journal and taking notes [40]
- Interviews with Mr. Bursch and research time [35]
- Sign up for your ESLP project and/or work on your ESLP project
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Begin using some of the resources we have discussed in class to learn at least the basics of some of the topics on your “research radar” list and begin making entries into your newly created research journal (which should be in your “Research” folder)
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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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AGENDA:
- Objectives: Determine FEV1 for each individual in class and discuss relevance of this value to epidemiological studies of pulmonary diseases and their relationship to air pollution Warm-up: Set up a sheet of lined paper with the standard APES heading and title it “Air Pollution: Quiz 1” [1]
- Unit 10: Quiz 1 [10]
- Unit 10: Lecture 2: Outdoor Air Pollution [15]
- Unit 10: Lab 1: Lung Volume and Pollution [45]
- Remember to go to student bank to remit AP Test Payment before or on March 4th
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Reading Assignment: Miller LITE pp. 465-476 (Be sure to read Core Case Study on 465)
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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 Warm-up:
- What is the value of taking highly organized and accurate notes while you do research on a topic? [5]
- Keeping a journal and taking notes [40]
- Interviews with Mr. Bursch and research time [35]
- Sign up for your ESLP project and/or work on your ESLP project
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Begin using some of the resources we have discussed in class to learn at least the basics of some of the topics on your “research radar” list and begin making entries into your newly created research journal (which should be in your “Research” folder)
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Wednesday, March 2, 2016
Daily Summary 03-02
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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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AGENDA:
- Objectives: Discuss your progress on your independent research project with your instructor, including challenges/problems and what you are doing to work through them
- Warm-up: Write a paragraph summary of your work / research to this point, including: your original question and hypothesis, modifications to your original hypothesis, essential procedure, preliminary results, adjustments to procedure, any other problems or questions that have arisen [10]
- Research discussion groups [35]
- Interviews with instructor [~35]
- Remember to go to student bank to remit AP Test Payment before March 4th
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Reading Assignment: Miller LITE pp. 465-476 (Be sure to read Core Case Study on 465)
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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: Brainstorm a list of questions/topics that interest you (use a Google Doc and place it in your “Research” folder, which itself should be in your shared biology folder) and be ready to discuss with your teacher this period [5]
- Interviews with Mr. Bursch and research time [35]
- Report score for TSOTS blog posts if you did not do it last week
- Turn in late Hominid Skull Labs for 80% credit
- Sign up for your ESLP project now!
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Begin using some of the resources we have discussed in class (online encyclopedias, university websites, other publications) to learn at least the basics of some of the topics on your “research radar” list—next class period we will discuss taking/making notes
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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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AGENDA:
- Objectives: Discuss your progress on your independent research project with your instructor, including challenges/problems and what you are doing to work through them
- Warm-up: Write a paragraph summary of your work / research to this point, including: your original question and hypothesis, modifications to your original hypothesis, essential procedure, preliminary results, adjustments to procedure, any other problems or questions that have arisen [10]
- Research discussion groups [35]
- Interviews with instructor [~35]
- Remember to go to student bank to remit AP Test Payment before March 4th
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Reading Assignment: Miller LITE pp. 465-476 (Be sure to read Core Case Study on 465)
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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: Brainstorm a list of questions/topics that interest you (use a Google Doc and place it in your “Research” folder, which itself should be in your shared biology folder) and be ready to discuss with your teacher this period [5]
- Interviews with Mr. Bursch and research time [35]
- Report score for TSOTS blog posts if you did not do it last week
- Turn in late Hominid Skull Labs for 80% credit
- Sign up for your ESLP project now!
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Begin using some of the resources we have discussed in class (online encyclopedias, university websites, other publications) to learn at least the basics of some of the topics on your “research radar” list—next class period we will discuss taking/making notes
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Monday, February 29, 2016
Daily Summary 02-29
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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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AGENDA:
- Objectives: Demonstrate your understanding of freshwater resources, humans’ use of theses resources, and potential problems in our past and current management schemes for these resources by scoring 70% or better on the Unit 9 Exam Warm-up: Receive Unit 9 Exam FRQ rubric and listen to directions [5]
- Unit 9 Exam FRQ scoring [25]
- Unit 10: Lecture 1: Indoor Air Pollution [20]
- scrAPESbook presentations [35]
- Remember to go to student bank to remit AP Test Payment before March 4th
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Reading Assignment: Miller LITE pp. 481-489
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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: What signs or indications can give you some idea of whether or not a particular source of information is credible? [8]
- Introduction to the Science Research and Symposium Project, continued [30]
- Research time and introductory interviews [45]
- Report score for TSOTS blog posts if you did not do it last week
- Turn in late Hominid Skull Labs for 80% credit
- Sign up for your ESLP project now!
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Brainstorm topics you are interested and begin listing them in a document in your “Research” folder
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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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AGENDA:
- Objectives: Demonstrate your understanding of freshwater resources, humans’ use of theses resources, and potential problems in our past and current management schemes for these resources by scoring 70% or better on the Unit 9 Exam Warm-up: Receive Unit 9 Exam FRQ rubric and listen to directions [5]
- Unit 9 Exam FRQ scoring [25]
- Unit 10: Lecture 1: Indoor Air Pollution [20]
- scrAPESbook presentations [35]
- Remember to go to student bank to remit AP Test Payment before March 4th
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Reading Assignment: Miller LITE pp. 481-489
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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: What signs or indications can give you some idea of whether or not a particular source of information is credible? [8]
- Introduction to the Science Research and Symposium Project, continued [30]
- Research time and introductory interviews [45]
- Report score for TSOTS blog posts if you did not do it last week
- Turn in late Hominid Skull Labs for 80% credit
- Sign up for your ESLP project now!
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Brainstorm topics you are interested and begin listing them in a document in your “Research” folder
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Friday, February 26, 2016
Daily Summary 02-26
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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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NO CLASS TODAY (SEE YESTERDAY'S POST)
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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]
- Scoring of TSOTS blog posts (#4 and #5) [30]
- Introduction to the Science Research and Symposium Project Last day to work on Hominid Skull Lab in class (DUE no later than TOMORROW, FRIDAY 2/26)
- Sign up for your ESLP project now!
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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NO CLASS TODAY (SEE YESTERDAY'S POST)
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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]
- Scoring of TSOTS blog posts (#4 and #5) [30]
- Introduction to the Science Research and Symposium Project Last day to work on Hominid Skull Lab in class (DUE no later than TOMORROW, FRIDAY 2/26)
- Sign up for your ESLP project now!
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Work on Hominid Skull Lab tables and analysis questions (DUE no later than TOMORROW, FRIDAY 2/26)
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