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Thursday, October 27, 2016

Daily Summary 10-27

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HONORS BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Demonstrate a basic understanding of water’s fundamental properties by correctly answering 80% or more of the questions on the Properties of Water Lab

- Warm-up: Briefly explain why water coheres (sticks to itself) and adheres (sticks to other substances) to certain other substances so well. Use the terms “polar” and “hydrogen bonding” in your answer. [5]

- Explain the floating paperclip demo [10]

- Design your own “Mysteries of Water” demonstration

- Ecology Unit Exam correction (optional, due at end of period)

- Finish Properties of Water Discussion, complete mini-lab, turn in


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

- Check on your Brassica plants out in the garden

- Finish / publish TSOTS Student Blog Post Assignments #3 and #4

- Work on your Ecology Service Learning Project



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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Conduct allelopathy experiment using your procedure and information gleaned from background research

- Warm-up: Describe a hypothetical or real example which demonstrates the concepts of fundamental and realized niche. [8]

- Check Allelopathy experimental procedure and materials [~8]

- Unit 4 Lecture 3: Community Interactions [15]

- Biodiversity and Evolution Quiz, Part I [25]

- Unit 4 Lecture 4: Biodiversity Loss [15]

- Unit 4 Lecture 5: Community Disturbance and Change [15]

- Biodiversity and Evolution Quiz, Part II [25]


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

- Work on Allelopathy Lab

- Read p.191-213 in Miller

- Article Reading and Questions: Conservation for the People; as you read, write down at least 5 questions you have about the ideas/information presented and discussed in the article



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BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Demonstrate a basic understanding of water’s fundamental properties by correctly answering 80% or more of the questions on the Properties of Water Lab

- Warm-up: Briefly explain why water coheres (sticks to itself) and adheres (sticks to other substances) to certain other substances so well. Use the terms “polar” and “hydrogen bonding” in your answer. [5]

- Explain the floating paperclip demo [10]

- Finish Properties of Water Discussion, complete mini-lab, turn in

- Ecology Unit Exam correction (optional, due at end of period)

- Lynx and Hare Population Lab is now late—turn in ASAP for credit


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

- Check on your Brassica plants out in the garden

- Finish / publish TSOTS Student Blog Post Assignments #3 and #4

- Work on your Ecology Service Learning Project



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