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Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Daily Summary 02-09

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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 drawbacks to damming rivers [10]

- Unit 9 Reading Quiz #2 [10]

- Unit 9, Lecture 3: Reducing Water Use [30]

- Film: Cadillac Desert (segments 4-6, Mulholland’s Dream) [20]

- Unit 9, Lecture 4: Water Use [20]


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

- Water Quality Project data collection

- Water Quality Index Lab: Complete all pre-lab tasks in notebook (see introductory PowerPoint on WQI Lab)

- Film: Cadillac Desert (segments 7-9, Mulholland’s Dream)



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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: How do you think new species come into being? [5]

- Speciation [25]

- Evolution Review Questions [30]

- Evolution Quiz #3 [30]


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

- Be ready to sign up for an ESLP spring project by the end of the week



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