EXAMPLE for Comments on Wise Use of Our Resources Presentations

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EXAMPLE for Comments on Wise Use of Our Resources Presentations:


Presentation: Wise Use of Our Resources: Deforestation

Location: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1qlL7jEcu0wDIPrf7WVYD6HbCW7Y0tw2tQWLT9dmXhlA/edit#slide=id.g175cffcb2_036

Creator: Quincy Caldwell

My Response:

The first thing my eyes were drawn to was the photo on the first content slide--an image of an area formerly covered by forest now looking more like filleted salmon flesh, oozing a muddy kind of "blood," like the life was draining out of it. This image was, needless to say, a bit disturbing. Even without reading it, one gets a sense of the devastation--the pictures just about say it all. I also reviewed deforestation, and, likewise, found that the pictures really told the story better than any words. I also realized that even if we were to stop clear cutting now and replace all of the trees we had cut down, the forests we have destroyed will never return to their previous splendor. Still, that doesn't mean we shouldn't try. I wish there were a bit more information on the social consequences of deforestation, as I feel that is a complex and intriguing topic. This student has provided a list of sources from which she drew her information.



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GUIDELINES for Comments on Wise Use of Our Resources Presentations

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GUIDELINES for Comments on Wise Use of Our Resources Presentations:

1. Give your personal reaction to the issue
2. Make a connection to your own researched topic
3. Ask a question about something in their presentation that you feel was not clearly explained 
4. If your peer did not include sources cited, ask them why they did not.

When you are ready to post your comment (or right after you post it), copy and paste it into a new post on your own blog entitled Wise Use of Our Resources Responses (see example above). This will serve as evidence that you did in fact respond to the presentations of at least two other students.

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Daily Summary 11-20

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BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:

– Objective: SWBAT research and assess the implications of a current environmental concern/issue

– Warm-up: NOT turning in an Ecology Unit Project will make passing this semester of Bio virtually impossible. An option 3 project must be submitted by December 13. [3]

– Watch environmental issues portion of National Geographic 50th Anniversary Special, summarize main issue in each segment [48]

– Ecology Unit Review Packet

– This Thursday is the LAST DAY to Turn in “Lion Eats Rabbit” simulation lab for late credit

HOMEWORK:

–Work on Ecology Unit Project (option 3 only) and Ecology Unit Review Packet



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HONORS BIOLOGY
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NO CLASS TODAY (SEE YESTERDAY'S POST)



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PRINCIPLES OF THE BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES (PBS)
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AGENDA:

– Objective: Be able to accurately model the interactions of glucose and insulin that govern blood glucose level homeostasis

– 2.1.3: Feedback in Biological Systems [70]

– Present your Insulin-Glucose Model to Mr. Bursch [~70]

– QUIZ ON FRIDAY! TOPICS WILL BE glucose regulation by insulin signaling and feedback loops

– Closure [1]

HOMEWORK:

– None



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Daily Summary 11-19

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BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:

– Objective: SWBAT research and assess the implications of a current environmental concern/issue

– Warm-up: NOT turning in an Ecology Unit Project will make passing this semester of Bio virtually impossible. An option 3 project must be submitted by December 13. [3]

– Watch environmental issues portion of National Geographic 50th Anniversary Special, summarize main issue in each segment [48]

– Ecology Unit Review Packet

– This Thursday is the LAST DAY to Turn in “Lion Eats Rabbit” simulation lab for late credit

HOMEWORK:

–Work on Ecology Unit Project (option 3 only) and Ecology Unit Review Packet



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HONORS BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:

– Objective: SWBAT research and assess the implications of a current environmental concern/issue

– Warm-up: Many of the environmental problems one hears about in the media and elsewhere are discussed with a sense that they are “far away” and “over there,” but this is a fallacy (an argument that uses poor reasoning). Why? [3]

– Watch environmental issues portion of National Geographic 50th Anniversary Special, summarize main issue in each segment [48]

– Ecology Unit Review Packet

HOMEWORK:

–Work on Ecology Unit Project (option 3 only) and Ecology Unit Review Packet



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PRINCIPLES OF THE BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES (PBS)
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NO CLASS TODAY (SEE YESTERDAY'S POST)



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Daily Summary 11-18

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BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:

– Objective: SWBAT research and assess the implications of a current environmental concern/issue

– Warm-up: NOT turning in an Ecology Unit Project will make passing this semester of Bio virtually impossible. An option 3 project must be submitted by December 13. [3]

– Finish Wise Use of Our Resources presentation assignment (Includes “Transition” and “Check for Understanding” answers AND “Back Track” activity) [48]

– Turn in “Lion Eats Rabbit” simulation lab for late credit [3]

HOMEWORK:

– Work on Ecology Unit Project (option 3 only) and Wise Use of our Resources assignments (DUE next class day)



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AGENDA:

– Objective: SWBAT research and assess the implications of a current environmental concern/issue

– Warm-up: Turn to a seat neighbor and talk about how one or more of the issues raised in Wise Use of Our Resources is affecting the biome(s) you studied for your Ecology Unit Project. Be prepared to summarize and share your conversation with the rest of the class. [3]

– Finish your Wise Use of Our Resources presentation [48]

– Visit two Wise Use of Our Resources presentations put together by your peers and write a short paragraph response to each on their blogs as comments.

HOMEWORK:

–Work on Ecology Unit Project (option 3 only) and Wise Use of our Resources assignments (DUE TOMORROW)



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PRINCIPLES OF THE BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES (PBS)
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AGENDA:

– Objective: Be able to accurately model the interactions of glucose and insulin that govern blood glucose level homeostasis

– 2.1.2: The Insulin Glucose Connection: Modeling the insulin-dependent processes that control blood sugar [90]

 • Finish models

 • Look over the scoring rubric for insulin/glucose model project and prepare to present (how you are going to explain it?)

 • Evaluate/get evaluated by three other pairs of partners and submit evaluations

– Closure [1]

HOMEWORK:

– Check your Google Drive to make sure the evaluations you received for your project from your peers have been shared to you, then make sure they are in your PBS folder



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