Introduction

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Thursday, February 12, 2015

Daily Summary 02-12

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BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Be able to evaluate the quality and relevance of documents with regards to a specific research question

- Warm-up: What information have you taken so far from the available 13 documents in the classroom? Be ready to give one example (look at your citations) and explain how this information helps support your answer to the main question. [15]

- Finish researching the honey bee crisis: applying research skills to answer the three questions I posed to you and then answer one of your own (the fourth question) [60]

- Continue research for symposium presentation and/or start brainstorming for your Ecology Service

- Learning Project project [30]

- Research Progress Interviews [~90]


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

- Continue research for symposium presentation



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HONORS BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Be able to evaluate the quality and relevance of documents with regards to a specific research question

- Warm-up: What information have you taken so far from the available 13 documents in the classroom? Be ready to give one example (look at your citations) and explain how this information helps support your answer to the main question. [15]

- Finish researching the honey bee crisis: applying research skills to answer the three questions I posed to you and then answer one of your own (the fourth question) [60]

- Continue research for symposium presentation and/or start brainstorming for your Ecology Service

- Learning Project project [30]

- Research Progress Interviews [~90]


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

- Continue research for symposium presentation



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Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Daily Summary 02-11

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BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Be able to evaluate the quality and relevance of documents with regards to a specific research question

- Warm-up: What are some of the differences between a popular source and a scholarly one? When is it appropriate to use one or the other? Give a couple of examples for each type. [5]

- Review: performing research: determining relevance and quality of information [5]

- Researching the honey bee crisis: applying research skills [60]

- Continue research for symposium presentation [30]

- Research Progress Interviews [~90]


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

- Continue research for symposium presentation



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HONORS BIOLOGY
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NO CLASS TODAY (SEE YESTERDAY'S POST)



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Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Daily Summary 02-10

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BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Be able to evaluate the quality and relevance of documents with regards to a specific research question

- Warm-up: What are some of the differences between a popular source and a scholarly one? When is it appropriate to use one or the other? Give a couple of examples for each type. [5]

- Review: performing research: determining relevance and quality of information [5]

- Researching the honey bee crisis: applying research skills [60]

- Continue research for symposium presentation [30]

- Research Progress Interviews [~90]


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

- Continue research for symposium presentation



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HONORS BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Be able to evaluate the quality and relevance of documents with regards to a specific research question

- Warm-up: What are some of the differences between a popular source and a scholarly one? When is it appropriate to use one or the other? Give a couple of examples for each type. [5]

- Review: performing research: determining relevance and quality of information [5]

- Researching the honey bee crisis: applying research skills [60]

- Continue research for symposium presentation [30]

- Research Progress Interviews [~90]


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

- Continue research for symposium presentation



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Monday, February 9, 2015

Daily Summary 02-09

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BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Be able to evaluate the quality and relevance of documents with regards to a specific research question

- Warm-up: How do you know if information you are reading in a document is relevant or not to a question you are trying to answer? Be as specific as you can with your responses. [5]

- Science Research and Symposia project website is up! [3]
http://symposia-mrbursch.blogspot.com/

- Performing research: determining relevance and quality of information [25]

- Researching the honey bee crisis: applying research skills [10]

- What questions do you still have about topics discussed in the film or anything you see as being related to these topics?


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

- Continue research for symposium presentation



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HONORS BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Be able to evaluate the quality and relevance of documents with regards to a specific research question

- Warm-up: How do you know if information you are reading in a document is relevant or not to a question you are trying to answer? Be as specific as you can with your responses. [5]

- Science Research and Symposia project website is up! [3]
http://symposia-mrbursch.blogspot.com/

- Performing research: determining relevance and quality of information [25]

- Researching the honey bee crisis: applying research skills [10]

- What questions do you still have about topics discussed in the film or anything you see as being related to these topics?


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

- Continue research for symposium presentation



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Thursday, February 5, 2015

AP Environmental Science Informational Flyer

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AP Environmental Science
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