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Wednesday, September 5, 2018

Daily Summary 09-05

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BIOLOGY
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NO CLASS TODAY (SEE YESTERDAY'S POST)



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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 [20]

More information on Brassica oleracea [8]

Finish and publish your SBPA #1 and SBPA#2 on The Story of the Seed blog

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

Begin ESLP signups [~15]


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

Finish and publish your SBPA #1 and SBPA#2 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 (Earth’s Energy Budget) [5]

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]
 OR
scrAPESbooks (option not selected will happen Friday)


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

Heat of Combustion Lab Write-up: Analysis questions (DUE 9/7)

Read pp. 41-51, 347-354



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