--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
HONORS BIOLOGY
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
AGENDA:
Objectives: Be able to describe strengths and weaknesses of our modern food production systems citing evidence from Food, Inc.
Warm-up: What individual or collective actions are you willing to take to improve our food system and what could be the impact of these actions [10]
Conclude and clean up your experiments and work on your final lab reports (DUE by MIDNIGHT) / TSOTS blogs [30]
Continue watching Food Inc., chapters 5 – 6 [30]
Student Blog Post Assignment peer evaluation, posts #1, #2 [30] (Postponed to Monday)
Continue ESLP signups [~25]
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
Finish your seed germination lab reports and publish by midnight
Choose an ESLP project or write a proposal for your own
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BIOLOGY
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
AGENDA:
Objectives: Be able to describe strengths and weaknesses of our modern food production systems citing evidence from Food, Inc.
Warm-up: What individual or collective actions are you willing to take to improve our food system and what could be their impact [10]
Continue watching Food Inc., chapters 5 – 7 [25]
Q and A / discussion on chapters watched so far [10]
Finish watching Food Inc., chapters 8 – 9 [20]
Concluding Q and A / discussion on the film [10]
Student Blog Post Assignment peer evaluation, posts #1, #2 [30] (Postponed to Monday)
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
Continue thinking about your ESLP project
Improve your blog posts using peer feedback for re-evaluation
---
--
-
Thursday, September 14, 2017
Wednesday, September 13, 2017
Daily Summary 09-13
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
HONORS BIOLOGY
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NO CLASS TODAY (SEE YESTERDAY'S POST)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BIOLOGY
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
AGENDA:
Objectives: Use knowledge of ecological principles, a basic understanding of nutrition, and original ideas to participate in a Socratic discussion about modern food systems
Warm-up: Do animals have the right to a certain quality of life? [10]
Start watching Food Inc., chapters 1 - 4 [20]
Socratic Discussion: Do people have the right to know what is in their food? [30]
Finish watching Food Inc., chapters 5 - 6 [30]
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
Continue thinking about your ESLP project
Make sure everyone on your the Story of the Seed team now has access to your team’s blog—SBPA#1 and SBPA#2 will be evaluated next class period
---
--
-
HONORS BIOLOGY
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NO CLASS TODAY (SEE YESTERDAY'S POST)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BIOLOGY
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
AGENDA:
Objectives: Use knowledge of ecological principles, a basic understanding of nutrition, and original ideas to participate in a Socratic discussion about modern food systems
Warm-up: Do animals have the right to a certain quality of life? [10]
Start watching Food Inc., chapters 1 - 4 [20]
Socratic Discussion: Do people have the right to know what is in their food? [30]
Finish watching Food Inc., chapters 5 - 6 [30]
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
Continue thinking about your ESLP project
Make sure everyone on your the Story of the Seed team now has access to your team’s blog—SBPA#1 and SBPA#2 will be evaluated next class period
---
--
-
Tuesday, September 12, 2017
Daily Summary 09-12
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
HONORS BIOLOGY
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
AGENDA:
Objectives: Be able to describe strengths and weaknesses of our modern food production systems; finish seed experiments
Warm-up: Think about the definition of ecology. How exactly do you think the study of ecology might be applied to farming (the production of plants, fungi, and animals for food and fiber)? [8]
Begin watching Food Inc., chapters 1 - 3 [35]
Socratic discussion: Do people have a right to know what is in their food? [35]
Check in on your experiments / work on lab reports [20] Begin ESLP signups [~15]
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
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BIOLOGY
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
AGENDA:
Objectives: Use knowledge of ecological principles, a basic understanding of nutrition, and original ideas to participate in a Socratic discussion about modern food systems
Warm-up: Do animals have the right to a certain quality of life? [10]
Start watching Food Inc., chapters 1 - 4 [20]
Socratic Discussion: Do people have the right to know what is in their food? [30]
Finish watching Food Inc., chapters 5 - 6 [30]
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
Continue thinking about your ESLP project
Make sure everyone on your the Story of the Seed team now has access to your team’s blog—SBPA#1 and SBPA#2 will be evaluated next class period
---
--
-
HONORS BIOLOGY
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
AGENDA:
Objectives: Be able to describe strengths and weaknesses of our modern food production systems; finish seed experiments
Warm-up: Think about the definition of ecology. How exactly do you think the study of ecology might be applied to farming (the production of plants, fungi, and animals for food and fiber)? [8]
Begin watching Food Inc., chapters 1 - 3 [35]
Socratic discussion: Do people have a right to know what is in their food? [35]
Check in on your experiments / work on lab reports [20] Begin ESLP signups [~15]
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
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BIOLOGY
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
AGENDA:
Objectives: Use knowledge of ecological principles, a basic understanding of nutrition, and original ideas to participate in a Socratic discussion about modern food systems
Warm-up: Do animals have the right to a certain quality of life? [10]
Start watching Food Inc., chapters 1 - 4 [20]
Socratic Discussion: Do people have the right to know what is in their food? [30]
Finish watching Food Inc., chapters 5 - 6 [30]
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
Continue thinking about your ESLP project
Make sure everyone on your the Story of the Seed team now has access to your team’s blog—SBPA#1 and SBPA#2 will be evaluated next class period
---
--
-
Monday, September 11, 2017
Daily Summary 09-11
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
HONORS BIOLOGY
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BIOLOGY
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
---
--
-
HONORS BIOLOGY
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BIOLOGY
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
---
--
-
Friday, September 8, 2017
Daily Summary 09-08
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
HONORS BIOLOGY
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NO CLASS TODAY (SEE YESTERDAY'S POST)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BIOLOGY
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
AGENDA:
Objectives: (1) Submit your seed germination experiment lab write-up; (2) Review for Fundamental Science Skills Unit Test
Warm-up: Take out Essential Science Skills (ESS) Unit Review/Pre-Test; compare answers with your seat neighbors and note differences in any of your answers [8]
Go over Fundamental Science Skills Unit Review [10]
Fundamental Science Skills quiz [30]
Finish and turn in Germination of Seeds [20]
Complete Student Blog Post Assignment #2 from TSOTS [30]
Plant seeds for The Story of the Seed project [~30]
Begin ESLP signups [~30]
Tour of WGHS GOLD gardens [15 – 20]
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
Finish and publish your SBPA #2 on The Story of the Seed blog before midnight Monday
---
--
-
HONORS BIOLOGY
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NO CLASS TODAY (SEE YESTERDAY'S POST)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BIOLOGY
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
AGENDA:
Objectives: (1) Submit your seed germination experiment lab write-up; (2) Review for Fundamental Science Skills Unit Test
Warm-up: Take out Essential Science Skills (ESS) Unit Review/Pre-Test; compare answers with your seat neighbors and note differences in any of your answers [8]
Go over Fundamental Science Skills Unit Review [10]
Fundamental Science Skills quiz [30]
Finish and turn in Germination of Seeds [20]
Complete Student Blog Post Assignment #2 from TSOTS [30]
Plant seeds for The Story of the Seed project [~30]
Begin ESLP signups [~30]
Tour of WGHS GOLD gardens [15 – 20]
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
Finish and publish your SBPA #2 on The Story of the Seed blog before midnight Monday
---
--
-
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)