Introduction

Welcome to the website for Mr. Bursch's science classes at Willow Glen High School. If you are a student or parent, check this site daily for information and updates on homework, testing, projects, events, and other happenings in the classroom. Want more from this site? Help me make it better by suggesting additional features!

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Daily Summary 03-19

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BIOLOGY
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IN CLASS:

- Objective: SWBAT gather in ESLP teams, greet each other, discuss the overall goal of their particular project, volunteer strengths and interests, and assign tentative roles to each team member (adjustments will likely need to be made later)

- Warm-up: Listen for directions and, when dismissed to teams, find your project’s sign and be seated.
- If you have not yet selected/proposed a project, get a computer and review project options, then join a team OR work on your own project proposal [8]

- Check out laptops & begin preliminary research [20]

- Discuss questions, concerns, and/or ideas with Mr. Bursch as he visits with each team [20]


HOMEWORK: Sign up for a project if you did not do so during class today OR work on proposal for your own (due this FRIDAY)


TOMORROW: Climate diagrams



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HONORS BIOLOGY
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IN CLASS:

- Objective: SWBAT gather in ESLP teams, greet each other, discuss the overall goal of their particular project, volunteer strengths and interests, and assign tentative roles to each team member (adjustments will likely need to be made later)

- Warm-up: Listen for directions and, when dismissed to teams, find your project’s sign and be seated.
- If you have not yet selected/proposed a project, get a computer and review project options, then join a team OR work on your own project proposal [8]

- Check out laptops & begin preliminary research [20]

- Discuss questions, concerns, and/or ideas with Mr. Bursch as he visits with each team [20]


HOMEWORK: Sign up for a project if you did not do so during class today OR work on proposal for your own (due this FRIDAY)


TOMORROW: Climate diagrams



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Monday, March 18, 2013

Daily Summary 03-18

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BIOLOGY
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IN CLASS:

- Objective: SWBAT explain concept of service learning and the purpose of our garden-based, food-centered service learning projects

- Warm-up: What are some of your strongest interests? What do you consider to be some of your best skills or strengths?

- Introduction to GROW RAMS Initiative [5]

- Explanation of Biology 2 Garden-Based, Food-Centered Service Learning Projects [10]

- Sign up, meet others in your team, discuss interests and possibilities [15]


HOMEWORK: Sign up for a project if you did not do so during class today OR work on proposal for your own (due this FRIDAY)


TOMORROW: Service learning projects



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HONORS BIOLOGY
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IN CLASS:

- Objective: SWBAT explain concept of service learning and the purpose of our garden-based, food-centered service learning projects

- Warm-up: What are some of your strongest interests? What do you consider to be some of your best skills or strengths?

- Introduction to GROW RAMS Initiative [5]

- Explanation of Biology 2 Garden-Based, Food-Centered Service Learning Projects [10]

- Sign up, meet others in your team, discuss interests and possibilities [15]


HOMEWORK: Sign up for a project if you did not do so during class today OR work on proposal for your own (due this FRIDAY)


TOMORROW: Service learning projects



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Friday, March 15, 2013

Daily Summary 03-15

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BIOLOGY
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IN CLASS:

- Objective: SWBAT explain concept of service learning and the purpose of our garden-based, food-centered service learning projects

- Warm-up: What are some of your strongest interests? What do you consider to be some of your best skills or strengths?

- Explanation of Biology 2 Garden-Based, Food-Centered Service Learning Projects [10]

- TURN IN LATE Ecology Scavenger Hunts [~5]


HOMEWORK: Think about what kind of project would most inspire you


MONDAY: Service learning projects



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HONORS BIOLOGY
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IN CLASS:

- Objective: SWBAT explain concept of service learning and the purpose of our garden-based, food-centered service learning projects

- Warm-up: What are some of your strongest interests? What do you consider to be some of your best skills or strengths?

- Introduction to GROW RAMS Initiative [15]

- Explanation of Biology 2 Garden-Based, Food-Centered Service Learning Projects [10]


HOMEWORK: Think about what kind of project would most inspire you


MONDAY: Service learning projects



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Thursday, March 14, 2013

Daily Summary 03-14

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BIOLOGY
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IN CLASS:

- Objective: SWBAT define and describe a microclimate, an ecological niche, and symbiosis

- Warm-up: Three of the common ways organisms interact in a community are through competition, predation, and symbiosis. How is symbiosis different from the other two types of interaction?

- Get Ecology Field Day, Part I stamped to go on to Part II [5]

- TURN IN LATE Ecology Scavenger Hunts [~5]

- Ecology Field Day, Part II [30]


HOMEWORK: Ecology Field Day, Part II


FRIDAY: Service learning projects



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HONORS BIOLOGY
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IN CLASS:

- Objective: SWBAT define and describe a microclimate, an ecological niche, and symbiosis

- Warm-up: Three of the common ways organisms interact in a community are through competition, predation, and symbiosis. How is symbiosis different from the other two types of interaction?

- Get Ecology Field Day, Part I stamped to go on to Part II [5]

- TURN IN LATE Ecology Scavenger Hunts [~5]

- Ecology Field Day, Part II [30]


HOMEWORK: Ecology Field Day, Part II


FRIDAY: Service learning projects



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Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Daily Summary 03-13

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BIOLOGY
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IN CLASS:

- Objective: SWBAT define and describe a microclimate AND ecological niche

- Warm-up: What do you think climate is? How do you think climate influences what kind of ecosystem can develop in a certain part of the biosphere?

- Ecology Field Day, Part I [15]

- TURN IN LATE Ecology Scavenger Hunts [~15]

- Ecology Field Day, Part II [20]


HOMEWORK: Read sections 4-1 and 4-2 and answer ALL CHECKPOINT, Inferring, Predicting, and Observing


THURSDAY: Service learning projects



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HONORS BIOLOGY
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IN CLASS:

- Objective: SWBAT define and describe a microclimate AND ecological niche

- Warm-up: What do you think climate is? How do you think climate influences what kind of ecosystem can develop in a certain part of the biosphere?

- Ecology Field Day, Part I [15]

- Ecology Field Day, Part II [20]


HOMEWORK: Read sections 4-1 and 4-2 and answer ALL CHECKPOINT, Inferring, Predicting, and Observing


THURSDAY: Service learning projects



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