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Thursday, February 4, 2016

Daily Summary 02-04

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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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AGENDA:

- Objectives: (1) Name and describe major sources of freshwater; (2) State the most common methods for accessing, moving/delivering, and storing water for human use as well as the costs/consequences of these methods

- Warm-up: Describe at least two potential problems/challenges large human populations (think Los Angeles) may encounter when they rely heavily on imported water for survival [10]

- Unit 9 Reading Quiz #1 [10]

- Unit 9, Lecture 1: Freshwater Resources (Review) [10]

- Film: Cadillac Desert (parts 1 and 2) and questions [20]

- Unit 9, Lecture 2: Water Use [20]

- Film: Cadillac Desert (parts 3 and 4) and questions [20]

- Independent research project interviews [10]


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

- Miller LITE reading assignment and articles (see calendar)



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BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Explain the concept of natural selection and how this process, along with chance events, drives evolution of biological systems

- Warm-up: What are some examples of changes that could happen to a population of organisms where the changes seem to have nothing to do with the organisms’ level of fitness? [5]

- Genetic drift [10]

- Driftworm activity [30]

- Evolution Quiz #2 [20]

- Finish “Who Wants to Live a Million Years” activity/questions (DUE Friday)

- Finish Student Blog Post Assignment #5 (DUE Friday)


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

- Add details to your Student Blog Post Assignment #5 (Flower Dissection) post (DUE Friday)



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