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Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Daily Summary 09-06

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HONORS BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Continue your team’s seed germination experiment

- Warm-up: Make a T-chart in which you list observations from your seed labs—qualitative on the left, quantitative on the right. [10]

- Work on Germination of Seeds lab with TSOTS teams [25 - 30]

- Introduction to the Ecology Service Learning Project (ESLP) [10]

- WGHS GOLD gardens tour [30]

- More information on Brassica oleracea [8]

- Essential Science Skills Unit Review (on class website) [15]

- Begin ESLP signups [~15]


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

- Complete Essential Science Skills Unit Review and study it to prepare for unit quiz (UNIT QUIZ ON THURSDAY, 9/8)

- Finish and publish your SBPA #1 on The Story of the Seed blog



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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Carry out NPP and HOC experiments independently (with minimal instructor assistance)

- Warm-up: What is combustion and how is it relevant to our study of the environment? Be very specific with your responses, citing as many real-life examples as you can. (Pre-lab check) [8]

- Lecture 1: Energy, video clip (Planet Earth) [15]

- Heat of Combustion (HOC) Experiment [45]

- Water NPP grass patch [7]

- Lecture 2: Earth’s Layers [15]

- Go over Unit 1 Exam MC [10 – 15]


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

- Finish How Much Space Do We Need? (DUE tonight by midnight)

- Heat of Combustion Lab Write-up: Analysis questions (DUE 9/8)

- Read pp. 41-51, 347-354



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BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Finish your seed germination experiment

- Warm-up: Make a T-chart in which you list observations from your seed labs—qualitative on the left, quantitative on the right. [10]

- Introduction to the Ecology Service Learning Project (ESLP) [10]

- Last day of Germination of Seeds lab

- Get data from day 9 (day 8 for some groups) of experiment [5 - 10]

- Complete analysis questions and graph [30]

- Transplant surviving seedlings to plastic pots [~40]

- Essential Science Skills Unit Review (on class website) [15]

- Work on Student Blog Post Assignment #1 from TSOTS [20 – 35]


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

- Finish and publish your SBPA #1 on The Story of the Seed blog

- Finish Seed lab questions and graph (DUE NEXT CLASS)

- Complete Essential Science Skills Unit Review and study it to prepare for unit quiz (UNIT QUIZ NEXT CLASS DAY)



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