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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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