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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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AGENDA:
- Objectives: Demonstrate your understanding of essential air pollution topics and directly related issues by scoring a 70% or higher on the Unit 10 exam
- Warm-up: Second pass at Unit 10 Exam [10]
- Unit 10 Exam FRQ Scoring [25]
- scrAPESbook presentations [30]
- Introduction to unit 11 (Energy) / Energy Primer Assignment
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Complete Energy Primer Practice Problems (all)
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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; (3) Be able to designate resource materials as primary or secondary; (4) Use search engines as effectively as possible to find sources; (5) Evaluate the quality of a potential information source using the C.A.R.E.S. criteria; (6) Know when and how to give credit to sources used in all scholarly research
- Warm-up: When should you provide written acknowledgement of using information from a source you have consulted? [5]
- When and How to Give Credit to Sources Used in Scientific Research [60]
- Finish bee research activity using the C.A.R.E.S. criteria
- Interviews with Mr. Bursch and research time
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Finish evaluation of sources activity; continue your own research
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Tuesday, March 15, 2016
Monday, March 14, 2016
Daily Summary 03-14
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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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AGENDA:
- Objectives: Demonstrate your understanding of essential air pollution topics and directly related issues by scoring a 70% or higher on the Unit 10 exam
- Warm-up: Last-minute Q & A [5]
- Unit 10 Exam [45]
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Make sure you are ready with your 6th and 7th scrAPESbook article summaries and questions
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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 (3) Be able to designate resource materials as primary or secondary (4) Use Google Search as effectively as possible to find sources (5) Evaluate the quality of a potential information source using the C.A.R.E.S. criteria
- Warm-up: What kind of documents are you seeing in the collection of 14 that was provided as part of this activity? Are they scholarly or popular (both)? Primary sources or secondary? [5]
- Review the directions for evaluating sources using the C.A.R.E.S. criteria activity [5]
- Bee research activity using the C.A.R.E.S. criteria [35]
- Interviews with Mr. Bursch and research time
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Finish evaluation of sources activity; continue your own research
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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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AGENDA:
- Objectives: Demonstrate your understanding of essential air pollution topics and directly related issues by scoring a 70% or higher on the Unit 10 exam
- Warm-up: Last-minute Q & A [5]
- Unit 10 Exam [45]
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Make sure you are ready with your 6th and 7th scrAPESbook article summaries and questions
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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 (3) Be able to designate resource materials as primary or secondary (4) Use Google Search as effectively as possible to find sources (5) Evaluate the quality of a potential information source using the C.A.R.E.S. criteria
- Warm-up: What kind of documents are you seeing in the collection of 14 that was provided as part of this activity? Are they scholarly or popular (both)? Primary sources or secondary? [5]
- Review the directions for evaluating sources using the C.A.R.E.S. criteria activity [5]
- Bee research activity using the C.A.R.E.S. criteria [35]
- Interviews with Mr. Bursch and research time
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Finish evaluation of sources activity; continue your own research
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Friday, March 11, 2016
Daily Summary 03-11
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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 (3) Be able to designate resource materials as primary or secondary (4) Use Google Search as effectively as possible to find sources (5) Evaluate the quality of a potential information source using the C.A.R.E.S. criteria
- Warm-up: Besides credibility of the author/source what other factors are important in determining the quality of a particular information resource? [5]
- Using the C.A.R.E.S. criteria [15]
- Queen of the Sun [30]
- Bee research activity using the C.A.R.E.S. criteria [40]
- Interviews with Mr. Bursch and research time
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Continue researching your own topic(s)
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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 (3) Be able to designate resource materials as primary or secondary (4) Use Google Search as effectively as possible to find sources (5) Evaluate the quality of a potential information source using the C.A.R.E.S. criteria
- Warm-up: Besides credibility of the author/source what other factors are important in determining the quality of a particular information resource? [5]
- Using the C.A.R.E.S. criteria [15]
- Queen of the Sun [30]
- Bee research activity using the C.A.R.E.S. criteria [40]
- Interviews with Mr. Bursch and research time
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Continue researching your own topic(s)
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Thursday, March 10, 2016
Daily Summary 03-10
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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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AGENDA:
- Objectives: Discuss the major known causes of global climate change and, using multiple publicly available vetted data sets, make a determination as to what our present understanding is of the likely impacts to the biosphere and humanity during this century
- Warm-up: Take out and head a sheet of lined paper, titling it “Air Pollution Quiz 2” [1]
- Air Pollution Quiz 2 [15]
- Stamp Labs write-ups [~15]
- Unit 10: Lectures 3 and 4: Climate Change [25]
- Climate Change / Global Warming open discussion [25]
- Work/Study Time
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Reading Assignment: Determining Who Is Releasing Greenhouse Gases
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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 (3) Be able to designate resource materials as primary or secondary (4) Use Google Search as effectively as possible to find sources (5) Evaluate the quality of a potential information source using the C.A.R.E.S. criteria
- Warm-up: Besides credibility of the author/source what other factors are important in determining the quality of a particular information resource? [5]
- Using the C.A.R.E.S. criteria [15]
- Queen of the Sun [30]
- Bee research activity using the C.A.R.E.S. criteria [40]
- Interviews with Mr. Bursch and research time
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Continue researching your own topic(s)
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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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AGENDA:
- Objectives: Discuss the major known causes of global climate change and, using multiple publicly available vetted data sets, make a determination as to what our present understanding is of the likely impacts to the biosphere and humanity during this century
- Warm-up: Take out and head a sheet of lined paper, titling it “Air Pollution Quiz 2” [1]
- Air Pollution Quiz 2 [15]
- Stamp Labs write-ups [~15]
- Unit 10: Lectures 3 and 4: Climate Change [25]
- Climate Change / Global Warming open discussion [25]
- Work/Study Time
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Reading Assignment: Determining Who Is Releasing Greenhouse Gases
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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 (3) Be able to designate resource materials as primary or secondary (4) Use Google Search as effectively as possible to find sources (5) Evaluate the quality of a potential information source using the C.A.R.E.S. criteria
- Warm-up: Besides credibility of the author/source what other factors are important in determining the quality of a particular information resource? [5]
- Using the C.A.R.E.S. criteria [15]
- Queen of the Sun [30]
- Bee research activity using the C.A.R.E.S. criteria [40]
- Interviews with Mr. Bursch and research time
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Continue researching your own topic(s)
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Wednesday, March 9, 2016
Daily Summary 03-09
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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 (3) Be able to designate resource materials as primary or secondary (4) Use Google Search as effectively as possible to find sources
- Warm-up: What is an Internet search engine? How essentially does one of these “search engines” work? [5]
- Getting the most from online searches [45 - 55]
- Finish “Identifying primary and secondary sources” activity
- Interviews with Mr. Bursch and research time
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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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 (3) Be able to designate resource materials as primary or secondary (4) Use Google Search as effectively as possible to find sources
- Warm-up: What is an Internet search engine? How essentially does one of these “search engines” work? [5]
- Getting the most from online searches [45 - 55]
- Finish “Identifying primary and secondary sources” activity
- Interviews with Mr. Bursch and research time
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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