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BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:
Have you signed up for co-teaching?
Objectives: Simulate a predator-prey relationship using a model and principles of population dynamics, then create a graph using the data generated to represent observed changes
Warm-up: What is carrying capacity? Did your lynx hunting hares simulation seem to show carrying capacities? What are they? What factors besides prey availability could affect the numbers of a real lynx population? [8]
Finish Lynx and Hare Population Lab data collection [40]
Lynx and Hare Population graph explanation and work time [20]
Interpreting population graphs practice [20]
Check on Brassica seedlings, photograph, replant if needed [~20]
Last chance to get online population ecology lesson checked / stamped for full credit; Wednesday: ESLP peer/self evaluations
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
(1) Finish Lynx and Hare Population Lab analysis questions and graph (DUE THURS.);
(2) Interpreting population graphs practice
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HONORS BIOLOGY
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NO CLASS TODAY (SEE YESTERDAY'S POST)
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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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NO CLASS TODAY (SEE YESTERDAY'S POST)
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Monday, October 14, 2019
Friday, October 11, 2019
Daily Summary 10-11
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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:
TSOTS seed re-planting TODAY!
Objectives: Simulate a predator-prey relationship using a model and principles of population dynamics, then create a graph using the data generated to represent observed changes
Warm-up: What are some factors that can affect the size of a population of organisms? Make a list of as many as you can think of in 3 minutes and then identify each factor as biotic or abiotic [8]
Introduction to population dynamics [20]
Lynx and Hare Population Lab [70]
Finish online population ecology lesson and get it stamped [~70]
Have your Climate Diagram practice and Ecology Field Day (EFD) Part 1 been checked and stamped? Is your EFD Part 2 done?
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
Make sure ESLP is in by 2:30, 10/11
Work on Lynx and Hare Population Lab analysis questions and graph (DUE NEXT WEDNESDAY)
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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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AGENDA:
Objectives: Correctly answer 70% or more of Unit 3 Exam questions on climate and biomes
Warm-up: Set up unit exam answer sheet [2]
Unit 3 Exam [48]
5 minute stretch
Continue 1st round scrAPESbook presentations [30] (POSTPONED)
NPP Lab Report DUE today—submit before you leave class
Independent Research Project: Preliminary Research [10-20]
Get coral reef paragraph checked and stamped [~10-20]
Class shirt design contest?
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
Independent Research Project: preliminary research, possible questions and tentative hypotheses
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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:
TSOTS seed re-planting TODAY!
Objectives: Simulate a predator-prey relationship using a model and principles of population dynamics, then create a graph using the data generated to represent observed changes
Warm-up: What are some factors that can affect the size of a population of organisms? Make a list of as many as you can think of in 3 minutes and then identify each factor as biotic or abiotic [8]
Introduction to population dynamics [20]
Lynx and Hare Population Lab [70]
Finish online population ecology lesson and get it stamped [~70]
Have your Climate Diagram practice and Ecology Field Day (EFD) Part 1 been checked and stamped? Is your EFD Part 2 done?
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
Make sure ESLP is in by 2:30, 10/11
Work on Lynx and Hare Population Lab analysis questions and graph (DUE NEXT WEDNESDAY)
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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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AGENDA:
Objectives: Correctly answer 70% or more of Unit 3 Exam questions on climate and biomes
Warm-up: Set up unit exam answer sheet [2]
Unit 3 Exam [48]
5 minute stretch
Continue 1st round scrAPESbook presentations [30] (POSTPONED)
NPP Lab Report DUE today—submit before you leave class
Independent Research Project: Preliminary Research [10-20]
Get coral reef paragraph checked and stamped [~10-20]
Class shirt design contest?
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
Independent Research Project: preliminary research, possible questions and tentative hypotheses
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Thursday, October 10, 2019
Daily Summary 10-10
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BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:
TSOTS seed re-planting TODAY!
Objectives: Simulate a predator-prey relationship using a model and principles of population dynamics, then create a graph using the data generated to represent observed changes
Warm-up: What are some factors that can affect the size of a population of organisms?
Make a list of as many as you can think of in 3 minutes and then identify each factor as biotic or abiotic [8]
Introduction to population dynamics [20]
Lynx and Hare Population Lab [70]
Finish online population ecology lesson and get it stamped [~70]
Have your Climate Diagram practice and Ecology Field Day (EFD) Part 1 been checked & stamped? Is your EFD Part 2 done? Make sure your TSOTS SBPAs #1 and #2 have been scored and recorded by me—if not, present to me ASAP [~10]
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
Make sure ESLP is in by 2:30, 10/11
Work on Lynx and Hare Population Lab analysis questions and graph (DUE NEXT WEDNESDAY)
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HONORS BIOLOGY
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NO CLASS TODAY (SEE YESTERDAY'S POST)
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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:
TSOTS seed re-planting TODAY!
Objectives: Simulate a predator-prey relationship using a model and principles of population dynamics, then create a graph using the data generated to represent observed changes
Warm-up: What are some factors that can affect the size of a population of organisms?
Make a list of as many as you can think of in 3 minutes and then identify each factor as biotic or abiotic [8]
Introduction to population dynamics [20]
Lynx and Hare Population Lab [70]
Finish online population ecology lesson and get it stamped [~70]
Have your Climate Diagram practice and Ecology Field Day (EFD) Part 1 been checked & stamped? Is your EFD Part 2 done? Make sure your TSOTS SBPAs #1 and #2 have been scored and recorded by me—if not, present to me ASAP [~10]
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
Make sure ESLP is in by 2:30, 10/11
Work on Lynx and Hare Population Lab analysis questions and graph (DUE NEXT WEDNESDAY)
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HONORS BIOLOGY
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NO CLASS TODAY (SEE YESTERDAY'S POST)
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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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NO CLASS TODAY (SEE YESTERDAY'S POST)
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Wednesday, October 9, 2019
Daily Summary 10-09
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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: Be able to (1) classify examples of factors that limit a population’s growth as either density-independent or density-dependent, (2) predict what will happen to a population’s size based on changes to growth / birth rates, migration in or out, (3) interpret/compare various graphs of population growth
Warm-up: Could the group of plants we are planting in the garden be considered as a population? Why or why not? What are some limiting factors that will affect the growth rates and numbers of plants growing in the garden? [5]
Poster Peer Evaluations [25]
Online population ecology lesson [60] (NOTE: Eco. Quiz retakes)
Have your Climate Diagram practice and Ecology Field Day Part 1 been checked and stamped?
Work on Ecology Field Day Parts 2--DUE FRIDAY [~60]
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
Finish online population ecology lesson (DUE FRIDAY)
Finish Ecology Field Day Part 2--DUE FRIDAY
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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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AGENDA: lab station cleanup reminder / class shirt
Objectives: Complete NPP lab report with all sections done per lab report guidelines
Warm-up: What is the major difference between marine and freshwater environments? How are they connected/related? [7]
Trees to the Rescue? A Look at Some Numbers [10]
Continue 1st round scrAPESbook presentations [15]
Unit 3, Quiz #2 [15]
Unit 3: Lecture 4: Freshwater Life Zones [20]
Unit 3: Lecture 4: Marine Life Zones [20]
Work on NPP experiment and lab report; check NPP first draft [35]
NPP report hard copy must be submitted by 2:30 pm on 10/11 Last chance to get Biome Graphic Organizer stamped [~20]
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
Work on NPP Lab: introduction, materials and methods (first draft should be finished by today, WHOLE REPORT DUE 10/11)
Review for Unit 3 Exam
Read p. 168, 172-181; write threats to coral paragraph (DUE FRI.) In a paragraph, summarize threats to coral and coral reefs as well as consequences of reef destruction and possible remedial actions humans could take
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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: Be able to (1) classify examples of factors that limit a population’s growth as either density-independent or density-dependent, (2) predict what will happen to a population’s size based on changes to growth / birth rates, migration in or out, (3) interpret/compare various graphs of population growth
Warm-up: Could the group of plants we are planting in the garden be considered as a population? Why or why not? What are some limiting factors that will affect the growth rates and numbers of plants growing in the garden? [5]
Poster Peer Evaluations [25]
Online population ecology lesson [60] (NOTE: Eco. Quiz retakes)
Have your Climate Diagram practice and Ecology Field Day Part 1 been checked and stamped?
Work on Ecology Field Day Parts 2--DUE FRIDAY [~60]
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
Finish online population ecology lesson (DUE FRIDAY)
Finish Ecology Field Day Part 2--DUE FRIDAY
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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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AGENDA: lab station cleanup reminder / class shirt
Objectives: Complete NPP lab report with all sections done per lab report guidelines
Warm-up: What is the major difference between marine and freshwater environments? How are they connected/related? [7]
Trees to the Rescue? A Look at Some Numbers [10]
Continue 1st round scrAPESbook presentations [15]
Unit 3, Quiz #2 [15]
Unit 3: Lecture 4: Freshwater Life Zones [20]
Unit 3: Lecture 4: Marine Life Zones [20]
Work on NPP experiment and lab report; check NPP first draft [35]
NPP report hard copy must be submitted by 2:30 pm on 10/11 Last chance to get Biome Graphic Organizer stamped [~20]
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
Work on NPP Lab: introduction, materials and methods (first draft should be finished by today, WHOLE REPORT DUE 10/11)
Review for Unit 3 Exam
Read p. 168, 172-181; write threats to coral paragraph (DUE FRI.) In a paragraph, summarize threats to coral and coral reefs as well as consequences of reef destruction and possible remedial actions humans could take
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Tuesday, October 8, 2019
Daily Summary 10-08
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BIOLOGY
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AGENDA: TSOTS seedling transplanting Thursday
Objectives: Be able to (1) classify examples of factors that limit a population’s growth as either density-independent or density-dependent, (2) predict what will happen to a population’s size based on changes to growth / birth rates, migration in or out, (3) interpret/compare various graphs of population growth
Warm-up: Could the group of plants we are planting in the garden be considered as a population? Why or why not? What are some limiting factors that will affect the growth rates and numbers of plants growing in the garden? [5] (NOTE: Poster Peer Evals)
Ecosystem Map Poster Gallery Walk and Peer Evaluation [30]
Online population ecology lesson [60] (NOTE: Eco. Quiz retakes)
Has your Climate Diagram practice been checked & stamped? Is your Ecology Field Day (Parts 1 and 2) sheet turned in? [~60]
Make sure your TSOTS SBPAs #1 and #2 have been scored and recorded by me—if not, present to me ASAP [~60]
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
Finish online population ecology lesson (DUE THURSDAY)
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HONORS BIOLOGY
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NO CLASS TODAY (SEE YESTERDAY'S POST)
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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: TSOTS seedling transplanting Thursday
Objectives: Be able to (1) classify examples of factors that limit a population’s growth as either density-independent or density-dependent, (2) predict what will happen to a population’s size based on changes to growth / birth rates, migration in or out, (3) interpret/compare various graphs of population growth
Warm-up: Could the group of plants we are planting in the garden be considered as a population? Why or why not? What are some limiting factors that will affect the growth rates and numbers of plants growing in the garden? [5] (NOTE: Poster Peer Evals)
Ecosystem Map Poster Gallery Walk and Peer Evaluation [30]
Online population ecology lesson [60] (NOTE: Eco. Quiz retakes)
Has your Climate Diagram practice been checked & stamped? Is your Ecology Field Day (Parts 1 and 2) sheet turned in? [~60]
Make sure your TSOTS SBPAs #1 and #2 have been scored and recorded by me—if not, present to me ASAP [~60]
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
Finish online population ecology lesson (DUE THURSDAY)
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HONORS BIOLOGY
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NO CLASS TODAY (SEE YESTERDAY'S POST)
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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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NO CLASS TODAY (SEE YESTERDAY'S POST)
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