Introduction

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Monday, April 4, 2016

Daily Summary 04-04

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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Define solid waste and describe the sources of and environmental problems associated with generation and disposal of solid wastes, including those designated as “hazardous”


- Warm-up: What do you believe is the most serious solid waste issue on Earth at the moment? Justify your answer. [5]

- Unit 12: Lecture 2: Hazardous Wastes (Student Lecture)

- Research Project interviews and work time


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

- Answer all parts of question #12 on p. FRQ5 (AP* Free Response Questions in back of Miller);

- Prepare your assigned student-lead lecture (waste reduction team only);

- Make sure your lab notebook and warm-up notebook are ready to turn in no later than Thursday at 3:30 pm (with all tables of contents fully up to date)



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BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Use all of the skills learned/developed during our unit on formal research skills to continue scholarly research on the topic you have selected for your symposium presentation/lesson

- Warm-up: In your warm-up notebooks, make a personal agenda for this week in biology 1-2 [5]

- Have you answered these questions definitively for your two remaining major projects in this class?

- Interviews with Mr. Bursch and projects work time [40]


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

- Continue your own research and start planning your lesson

- Work on the steps/parts of your ESLP that you have planned to work on this week



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Friday, April 1, 2016

Daily Summary 04-01

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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: Use all of the skills learned/developed during our unit on formal research skills to continue scholarly research on the topic you have selected for your symposium presentation/lesson

- Warm-up: In your warm-up notebooks, make a personal agenda for this week in biology 1-2 and answer these questions: What do you need to do for your symposium project research this week? Have you been taking useful notes and carefully keeping track of your sources? Have you signed up for a presentation time slot yet? Where are you with your (ESLP) service project? Do you (your team) need funding to make your project goal a reality? Have you listed everything you think you will need? Have you “priced out” these materials? Will you need adult assistance/supervision to do some parts of your project? [15]

- Interviews with Mr. Bursch and projects work time [75]


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

- Continue your own research and start planning your lesson



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Thursday, March 31, 2016

Daily Summary 03-31

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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Define solid waste and describe the sources of and environmental problems associated with generation and disposal of solid wastes

- Warm-up: If you did the personal solid waste project during the summer, how much garbage (in pounds) did you personally accumulate in one week? If you did not do this project during the summer, how much garbage would you estimate you produce each week? [5]

- Unit 12: Lecture 1: Waste Management

- Student Lectures Assignment

- Research Project interviews and work time


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

- Articles: Exporting Harm and Our E-Waste Problem Is Ridiculous;

- Read Miller pp. 569-582;

- Prepare your assigned student-lead lecture


STUDENT LECTURES:

- Using the Unit 12 Study Guide as your starting point, create a detailed but concise lecture on your assigned area (Reducing Waste / Hazardous Waste).

- Divide the work as evenly as you can among your team members.

- Each person should be assigned a particular set of concepts/terms for which they will have to find clear definitions, explanations, details, examples, analogies, etc. as well as supporting visuals for their team’s presentation (Google Slides is recommended).

- Each person must have equal speaking time



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BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Use all of the skills learned/developed during our unit on formal research skills to continue scholarly research on the topic you have selected for your symposium presentation/lesson

- Warm-up: In your warm-up notebooks, make a personal agenda for this week in biology 1-2 and answer these questions: What do you need to do for your symposium project research this week? Have you been taking useful notes and carefully keeping track of your sources? Have you signed up for a presentation time slot yet? Where are you with your (ESLP) service project? Do you (your team) need funding to make your project goal a reality? Have you listed everything you think you will need? Have you “priced out” these materials? Will you need adult assistance/supervision to do some parts of your project? [15]

- Interviews with Mr. Bursch and projects work time [75]


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

- Continue your own research and start planning your lesson



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Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Daily Summary 03-30

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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: Use all of the skills learned/developed during our unit on formal research skills to continue scholarly research on the topic you have selected for your symposium presentation/lesson

- Warm-up: In your warm-up notebooks, make a personal agenda for this week in biology 1-2 and answer these questions: What do you need to do for your symposium project research this week? Have you been taking useful notes and carefully keeping track of your sources? Have you signed up for a presentation time slot yet? Where are you with your (ESLP) service project? Do you (your team) need funding to make your project goal a reality? Have you listed everything you think you will need? Have you “priced out” these materials? Will you need adult assistance/supervision to do some parts of your project? [15]

- Interviews with Mr. Bursch and projects work time [75]


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

- Continue your own research and start planning your lesson



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Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Daily Summary 03-29

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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Demonstrate your understanding of essential energy topics and directly related issues by scoring a 70% or higher on the Unit 11 exam

- Warm-up: 10 minute “last pass” on Unit 11 Exam [10]

- Unit 11 exam scoring [25 - 30]

- scrAPESbooks round 7 summaries

- Research Project interviews and work time


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

- Miller reading: 557 - 569

- Work on your Independent Research Project



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BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Use all of the skills learned/developed during our unit on formal research skills to continue scholarly research on the topic you have selected for your symposium presentation/lesson

- Warm-up: In your warm-up notebooks, make a personal agenda for this week in biology 1-2 and answer these questions: What do you need to do for your symposium project research this week? Have you been taking useful notes and carefully keeping track of your sources? Have you signed up for a presentation time slot yet? Where are you with your (ESLP) service project? Do you (your team) need funding to make your project goal a reality? Have you listed everything you think you will need? Have you “priced out” these materials? Will you need adult assistance/supervision to do some parts of your project? [15]

- Interviews with Mr. Bursch and projects work time [75]


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

- Continue your own research and start planning your lesson



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