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Monday, August 24, 2015

AP Environmental Science: Happy Fishing Game: Pre-Lab Notebook Setup

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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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Your lab notebook should contain all of the following for the Happy Fishing Game before the simulation begins:

  • title (date should appear to the right or immediately above)
  • purpose
  • data section, including budget workspace (your copied version of the budget worksheet) and table summarizing the number of fish caught each year, the total population of each species, and the profit or loss from each year
  • heading and space for analysis / discussion question responses (complete thoughts / sentences)
  • space for post-lab discussion / conclusion paragraph (probably best not to add the heading for this section until you have completed your responses in the previous section)




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Friday, August 21, 2015

Daily Summary 08-21

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NO CLASS TODAY (SEE YESTERDAY'S POST)



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BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Be able to write a well-constructed hypothesis

- Warm-up: Biology Roadmap (fill out in as much detail as you can fit on map and tape into notebook so both sides can be read) [10]

- Pick up text books [10]

- Finish and submit Paper Folding Investigation [15]

- Science Methods Review [10]

- Hypothesis writing practice [20]

- Science methods practice [30]

- Make sure you have turned in all of the following: course info sheet signature portion, safety contract, safety poster


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

- Hypothesis Writing Practice and Science methods practice worksheet, DUE MONDAY



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Thursday, August 20, 2015

Daily Summary 08-20

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AGENDA:

- Objectives: SWBAT describe the essential purposes of environmental science

- Warm-up: Briefly describe the four major functional groupings of general perspectives humans have on humanity’s proper relationship to the environment. Which perspective aligns most closely with your personal views on this topic? [5]

- Quick Quiz: Ecological Footprint [10]

- Turn in signed Lab Safety Contract [5]

- Safety quiz [10]

- Set up Google Drive work and turn-in folders for APES [10]

- Ecological Footprint Virtual Lab Activity [35 - 40]
   > www.footprintnetwork.org/en/index.php/GFN/page/calculators/


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

- Work on Environmental Philosophy Essay Assignment



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BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Be able to write a well-constructed hypothesis

- Warm-up: Biology Roadmap (fill out in as much detail as you can fit on map and tape into notebook so both sides can be read) [10]

- Pick up text books [10]

- Finish and submit Paper Folding Investigation [15]

- Science Methods Review [10]

- Hypothesis writing practice [20]

- Science methods practice [30]

- Make sure you have turned in all of the following: course info sheet signature portion, safety contract, safety poster


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

- Hypothesis Writing Practice and Science methods practice worksheet, DUE MONDAY



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Ecological Footprint Virtual Lab Activity Website Address

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Ecological Footprint Virtual Lab Activity website address:

http://www.footprintnetwork.org/en/index.php/GFN/page/calculators/



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Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Daily Summary 08-19

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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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NO CLASS TODAY (SEE YESTERDAY'S POST)



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BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Be able to explain all of the lab safety rules

- Warm-up: What will you do to ensure your safety and the safety of others while working in the lab this year? [5]

- Finish Lab safety poster and turn in [10]

- Lab Safety QUIZ—Must pass with a 16/18 or higher [20]

- Lab notebook requirement [5] Science Methods [20]

- Paper Folding Investigation [35]

- Turn in your bioglyph card if you still have it

- Turn in Course information sheet signature portion if you have not yet done so


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

- Finish Paper Folding Investigation, DUE NEXT CLASS DAY



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