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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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AGENDA:
- Objectives: Define solid waste and describe the sources of and environmental problems associated with generation and disposal of solid wastes
- Warm-up: If you did the personal solid waste project during the summer, how much garbage (in pounds) did you personally accumulate in one week? If you did not do this project during the summer, how much garbage would you estimate you produce each week? [5]
- Unit 12: Lecture 1: Waste Management
- Student Lectures Assignment
- Research Project interviews and work time
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Articles: Exporting Harm and Our E-Waste Problem Is Ridiculous;
- Read Miller pp. 569-582;
- Prepare your assigned student-lead lecture
STUDENT LECTURES:
- Using the Unit 12 Study Guide as your starting point, create a detailed but concise lecture on your assigned area (Reducing Waste / Hazardous Waste).
- Divide the work as evenly as you can among your team members.
- Each person should be assigned a particular set of concepts/terms for which they will have to find clear definitions, explanations, details, examples, analogies, etc. as well as supporting visuals for their team’s presentation (Google Slides is recommended).
- Each person must have equal speaking time
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BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:
- Objectives: Use all of the skills learned/developed during our unit on formal research skills to continue scholarly research on the topic you have selected for your symposium presentation/lesson
- Warm-up: In your warm-up notebooks, make a personal agenda for this week in biology 1-2 and answer these questions: What do you need to do for your symposium project research this week? Have you been taking useful notes and carefully keeping track of your sources? Have you signed up for a presentation time slot yet? Where are you with your (ESLP) service project? Do you (your team) need funding to make your project goal a reality? Have you listed everything you think you will need? Have you “priced out” these materials? Will you need adult assistance/supervision to do some parts of your project? [15]
- Interviews with Mr. Bursch and projects work time [75]
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Continue your own research and start planning your lesson
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Thursday, March 31, 2016
Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Daily Summary 03-30
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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: Use all of the skills learned/developed during our unit on formal research skills to continue scholarly research on the topic you have selected for your symposium presentation/lesson
- Warm-up: In your warm-up notebooks, make a personal agenda for this week in biology 1-2 and answer these questions: What do you need to do for your symposium project research this week? Have you been taking useful notes and carefully keeping track of your sources? Have you signed up for a presentation time slot yet? Where are you with your (ESLP) service project? Do you (your team) need funding to make your project goal a reality? Have you listed everything you think you will need? Have you “priced out” these materials? Will you need adult assistance/supervision to do some parts of your project? [15]
- Interviews with Mr. Bursch and projects work time [75]
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Continue your own research and start planning your lesson
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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: Use all of the skills learned/developed during our unit on formal research skills to continue scholarly research on the topic you have selected for your symposium presentation/lesson
- Warm-up: In your warm-up notebooks, make a personal agenda for this week in biology 1-2 and answer these questions: What do you need to do for your symposium project research this week? Have you been taking useful notes and carefully keeping track of your sources? Have you signed up for a presentation time slot yet? Where are you with your (ESLP) service project? Do you (your team) need funding to make your project goal a reality? Have you listed everything you think you will need? Have you “priced out” these materials? Will you need adult assistance/supervision to do some parts of your project? [15]
- Interviews with Mr. Bursch and projects work time [75]
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Continue your own research and start planning your lesson
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Tuesday, March 29, 2016
Daily Summary 03-29
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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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AGENDA:
- Objectives: Demonstrate your understanding of essential energy topics and directly related issues by scoring a 70% or higher on the Unit 11 exam
- Warm-up: 10 minute “last pass” on Unit 11 Exam [10]
- Unit 11 exam scoring [25 - 30]
- scrAPESbooks round 7 summaries
- Research Project interviews and work time
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Miller reading: 557 - 569
- Work on your Independent Research Project
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BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:
- Objectives: Use all of the skills learned/developed during our unit on formal research skills to continue scholarly research on the topic you have selected for your symposium presentation/lesson
- Warm-up: In your warm-up notebooks, make a personal agenda for this week in biology 1-2 and answer these questions: What do you need to do for your symposium project research this week? Have you been taking useful notes and carefully keeping track of your sources? Have you signed up for a presentation time slot yet? Where are you with your (ESLP) service project? Do you (your team) need funding to make your project goal a reality? Have you listed everything you think you will need? Have you “priced out” these materials? Will you need adult assistance/supervision to do some parts of your project? [15]
- Interviews with Mr. Bursch and projects work time [75]
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Continue your own research and start planning your lesson
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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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AGENDA:
- Objectives: Demonstrate your understanding of essential energy topics and directly related issues by scoring a 70% or higher on the Unit 11 exam
- Warm-up: 10 minute “last pass” on Unit 11 Exam [10]
- Unit 11 exam scoring [25 - 30]
- scrAPESbooks round 7 summaries
- Research Project interviews and work time
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Miller reading: 557 - 569
- Work on your Independent Research Project
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BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:
- Objectives: Use all of the skills learned/developed during our unit on formal research skills to continue scholarly research on the topic you have selected for your symposium presentation/lesson
- Warm-up: In your warm-up notebooks, make a personal agenda for this week in biology 1-2 and answer these questions: What do you need to do for your symposium project research this week? Have you been taking useful notes and carefully keeping track of your sources? Have you signed up for a presentation time slot yet? Where are you with your (ESLP) service project? Do you (your team) need funding to make your project goal a reality? Have you listed everything you think you will need? Have you “priced out” these materials? Will you need adult assistance/supervision to do some parts of your project? [15]
- Interviews with Mr. Bursch and projects work time [75]
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Continue your own research and start planning your lesson
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Friday, March 25, 2016
Daily Summary 03-25
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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: (1) Understand the scope and expectations of the Science Research and Symposium project; (2) Create and use an online journal to take structured, accurate, and detailed notes; (3) Be able to designate resource materials as primary or secondary; (4) Use search engines as effectively as possible to find sources; (5) Evaluate the quality of a potential information source using the C.A.R.E.S. criteria; (6) Know when and how to give credit to sources used in all scholarly research
- Warm-up: Take out your assigned laptop and open up your copy of the Research Skills Practice Test.
- In 2 minutes we will begin going over the questions and discussing the best answers. [15]
- Research Unit Test [35]
- Interviews with Mr. Bursch and projects work time [50]
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Finish “Giving Credit” activity; continue your own research
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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: (1) Understand the scope and expectations of the Science Research and Symposium project; (2) Create and use an online journal to take structured, accurate, and detailed notes; (3) Be able to designate resource materials as primary or secondary; (4) Use search engines as effectively as possible to find sources; (5) Evaluate the quality of a potential information source using the C.A.R.E.S. criteria; (6) Know when and how to give credit to sources used in all scholarly research
- Warm-up: Take out your assigned laptop and open up your copy of the Research Skills Practice Test.
- In 2 minutes we will begin going over the questions and discussing the best answers. [15]
- Research Unit Test [35]
- Interviews with Mr. Bursch and projects work time [50]
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Finish “Giving Credit” activity; continue your own research
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Thursday, March 24, 2016
Daily Summary 03-24
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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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AGENDA:
- Objectives: Identify alternatives to fossil fuels and the pros and cons of the most developed realistic alternative energy sources
- Warm-up: Take out a sheet of lined paper and put standard heading on it with title of “Unit 11 Reading Quiz #2” [1]
- Reading Quiz [10]
- Finish checking/correcting An Energy Primer problems [20]
- Unit 11: Lecture 3: Alternative Energy Sources [20]
- Introduction to School Energy Report Card project [20 - 30]
- Unit 11: Lecture 4: Alternative Energy Sources [20]
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Read article: Understanding Japan’s Nuclear Crisis (http://www.wired.com/2011/03/japan-nuclear-crisis/)
- Work on your Independent Research Project
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BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:
- Objectives: (1) Understand the scope and expectations of the Science Research and Symposium project; (2) Create and use an online journal to take structured, accurate, and detailed notes; (3) Be able to designate resource materials as primary or secondary; (4) Use search engines as effectively as possible to find sources; (5) Evaluate the quality of a potential information source using the C.A.R.E.S. criteria; (6) Know when and how to give credit to sources used in all scholarly research
- Warm-up: Take out your assigned laptop and open up your copy of the Research Skills Practice Test.
- In 2 minutes we will begin going over the questions and discussing the best answers. [15]
- Research Unit Test [35]
- Interviews with Mr. Bursch and projects work time [50]
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Finish “Giving Credit” activity; continue your own research
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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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AGENDA:
- Objectives: Identify alternatives to fossil fuels and the pros and cons of the most developed realistic alternative energy sources
- Warm-up: Take out a sheet of lined paper and put standard heading on it with title of “Unit 11 Reading Quiz #2” [1]
- Reading Quiz [10]
- Finish checking/correcting An Energy Primer problems [20]
- Unit 11: Lecture 3: Alternative Energy Sources [20]
- Introduction to School Energy Report Card project [20 - 30]
- Unit 11: Lecture 4: Alternative Energy Sources [20]
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Read article: Understanding Japan’s Nuclear Crisis (http://www.wired.com/2011/03/japan-nuclear-crisis/)
- Work on your Independent Research Project
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BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:
- Objectives: (1) Understand the scope and expectations of the Science Research and Symposium project; (2) Create and use an online journal to take structured, accurate, and detailed notes; (3) Be able to designate resource materials as primary or secondary; (4) Use search engines as effectively as possible to find sources; (5) Evaluate the quality of a potential information source using the C.A.R.E.S. criteria; (6) Know when and how to give credit to sources used in all scholarly research
- Warm-up: Take out your assigned laptop and open up your copy of the Research Skills Practice Test.
- In 2 minutes we will begin going over the questions and discussing the best answers. [15]
- Research Unit Test [35]
- Interviews with Mr. Bursch and projects work time [50]
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Finish “Giving Credit” activity; continue your own research
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