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BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:
- Objectives: Be able to describe strengths and weaknesses of our modern food production systems, work on setting up TSOTS blog
- Warm-up: What individual or collective actions are you willing to take to improve our food system, and what would be their impact? Take out Textbook Scavenger Hunt and your stamp log. [10]
- Set up TSOTS team blog and complete Student Blog Post Assignment #1 [30]
- Continue watching Food Inc., chapters 5 – 8 (POSTPONED) [40]
- Turn in Assignment Stamp Log #1 to box lid on front table
- Turn in Seed Germination Lab if you have not (it is now late)
HOMEWORK:
- NONE
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HONORS BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:
- Objectives: Be able to describe strengths and weaknesses of our modern food production systems citing evidence from Food, Inc.
- Warm-up: What individual or collective actions are you willing to take to improve our food system, and what would be their impact [10]
- Conclude and clean up your experiments and work on your final lab reports / TSOTS blogs [35]
- Student Blog Post Assignments #1 and #2 [55]
- Continue watching Food Inc., chapters (POSTPONED) 5 - 8
- Turn in Assignment Stamp Log #1 to box lid on front table
HOMEWORK:
- Finish your Seed Germination/Growth experiment lab reports and publish them to your team’s The Story of the Seed blogs
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Thursday, September 11, 2014
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Daily Summary 09-09
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BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:
- Objectives: Be able to describe strengths and weaknesses of our modern food production systems
- Warm-up: Can you name at least one farm or farmer directly responsible for producing some of the food you eat? Why do you think it might be important for us to know who manages the production of our foods? In what ways do you think farmers might behave/work as biologists (scientists)? [10]
- Begin watching Food Inc., chapters 1 - 4 [45]
- Socratic discussion: Do people have a right to know what is in their food? [40]
- Turn in Seed Germination Lab if you have not (it is now late) [2]
HOMEWORK:
- Textbook scavenger hunt (DUE next class day)
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HONORS BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:
- Objectives: Be able to describe strengths and weaknesses of our modern food production systems
- Warm-up: Think about the definition of ecology. How exactly do you think the study of ecology might be applied to farming (the production of plants, fungi, and animals for food and fiber)? [8]
- Begin watching Food Inc., chapters 1 - 4 [45]
- Socratic discussion: Do people have a right to know what is in their food? [35]
- Check in on your experiments / work on lab reports [10]
HOMEWORK:
- Continue working on your Seed Germination/Growth experiment lab reports
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BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:
- Objectives: Be able to describe strengths and weaknesses of our modern food production systems
- Warm-up: Can you name at least one farm or farmer directly responsible for producing some of the food you eat? Why do you think it might be important for us to know who manages the production of our foods? In what ways do you think farmers might behave/work as biologists (scientists)? [10]
- Begin watching Food Inc., chapters 1 - 4 [45]
- Socratic discussion: Do people have a right to know what is in their food? [40]
- Turn in Seed Germination Lab if you have not (it is now late) [2]
HOMEWORK:
- Textbook scavenger hunt (DUE next class day)
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HONORS BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:
- Objectives: Be able to describe strengths and weaknesses of our modern food production systems
- Warm-up: Think about the definition of ecology. How exactly do you think the study of ecology might be applied to farming (the production of plants, fungi, and animals for food and fiber)? [8]
- Begin watching Food Inc., chapters 1 - 4 [45]
- Socratic discussion: Do people have a right to know what is in their food? [35]
- Check in on your experiments / work on lab reports [10]
HOMEWORK:
- Continue working on your Seed Germination/Growth experiment lab reports
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Monday, September 8, 2014
Daily Summary 09-08
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BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:
- Objectives: (1) Submit your Seed Germination Lab, (2) earn 70% or better on ESS Unit Quiz, (3) transplant your seedlings
- Warm-up: Take out a pencil and listen carefully to instructions for setting up
- Essential Science Skills quiz answer sheet [4]
- Essential Science Skills Unit Quiz [20]
- Turn in Seed Germination Lab [2]
- Transplant your seedlings into flats of soil AND work on textbook scavenger hunt [25]
- Hand out planners (period 3 only) [~5]
HOMEWORK:
- Textbook scavenger hunt (DUE next class day)
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HONORS BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:
- Objectives: Continue your team’s seed germination experiment, work on setting up TSOTS team blog
- Warm-up: Can you name at least one farm or farmer directly responsible for producing some of the food you eat? Why do you think it might be important for us to know who manages the production of our foods? In what ways do you think farmers might behave/work as biologists (scientists)? [10]
- Breaking Down the Walls schedule, Monday 9/15 [1]
- Tutorial policy (for Mr. Bursch) [5]
- Work on Germination of Seeds lab with TSOTS teams [25]
- Begin ESLP signups [~25]
HOMEWORK:
- Continue working on your seed germination labs
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BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:
- Objectives: (1) Submit your Seed Germination Lab, (2) earn 70% or better on ESS Unit Quiz, (3) transplant your seedlings
- Warm-up: Take out a pencil and listen carefully to instructions for setting up
- Essential Science Skills quiz answer sheet [4]
- Essential Science Skills Unit Quiz [20]
- Turn in Seed Germination Lab [2]
- Transplant your seedlings into flats of soil AND work on textbook scavenger hunt [25]
- Hand out planners (period 3 only) [~5]
HOMEWORK:
- Textbook scavenger hunt (DUE next class day)
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HONORS BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:
- Objectives: Continue your team’s seed germination experiment, work on setting up TSOTS team blog
- Warm-up: Can you name at least one farm or farmer directly responsible for producing some of the food you eat? Why do you think it might be important for us to know who manages the production of our foods? In what ways do you think farmers might behave/work as biologists (scientists)? [10]
- Breaking Down the Walls schedule, Monday 9/15 [1]
- Tutorial policy (for Mr. Bursch) [5]
- Work on Germination of Seeds lab with TSOTS teams [25]
- Begin ESLP signups [~25]
HOMEWORK:
- Continue working on your seed germination labs
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Friday, September 5, 2014
Daily Summary 09-05
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BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:
- Objectives: Finish your team’s seed germination experiment, create TSOTS team blog, earn 70% or better on ESS Unit Quiz
- Warm-up: Take out Essential Science Skills (ESS) Unit Pre-Test; compare answers with your seat neighbors and note differences in any of your answers; bring unresolved questions to the attention of Mr. Bursch during pre-quiz review session [8]
- Pre-quiz review session: go over metric conversion practice and Essential Science Skills Unit Pre-Test [15 - 20]
- Essential Science Skills Unit Quiz [25]
- Work on Seed Germination Lab: collect final data and graph it [40]
- TSOTS blog creation (instructions: storyoftheseed.blogspot.com) [~40]
HOMEWORK:
- Continue setting up TSOTS blogs (POSTPONED UNITIL NEXT WEEK)
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HONORS BIOLOGY
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NO CLASS TODAY (SEE YESTERDAY'S POST)
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BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:
- Objectives: Finish your team’s seed germination experiment, create TSOTS team blog, earn 70% or better on ESS Unit Quiz
- Warm-up: Take out Essential Science Skills (ESS) Unit Pre-Test; compare answers with your seat neighbors and note differences in any of your answers; bring unresolved questions to the attention of Mr. Bursch during pre-quiz review session [8]
- Pre-quiz review session: go over metric conversion practice and Essential Science Skills Unit Pre-Test [15 - 20]
- Essential Science Skills Unit Quiz [25]
- Work on Seed Germination Lab: collect final data and graph it [40]
- TSOTS blog creation (instructions: storyoftheseed.blogspot.com) [~40]
HOMEWORK:
- Continue setting up TSOTS blogs (POSTPONED UNITIL NEXT WEEK)
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HONORS BIOLOGY
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NO CLASS TODAY (SEE YESTERDAY'S POST)
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Thursday, September 4, 2014
Daily Summary 09-04
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BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:
- Objectives: Finish your team’s seed germination experiment, create TSOTS team blog, earn 70% or better on ESS Unit Quiz
- Warm-up: Take out Essential Science Skills (ESS) Unit Pre-Test; compare answers with your seat neighbors and note differences in any of your answers; bring unresolved questions to the attention of Mr. Bursch during pre-quiz review session [8]
- Pre-quiz review session: go over metric conversion practice and Essential Science Skills Unit Pre-Test [15 - 20]
- Essential Science Skills Unit Quiz [25]
- Work on Seed Germination Lab: collect final data and graph it [40]
- TSOTS blog creation (instructions: storyoftheseed.blogspot.com) [~40]
- LINK TO UNTAMED SCIENCE VIDEOS ON BRASSICA OLERACEA:
http://www.untamedscience.com/biodiversity/wild-cabbage/
HOMEWORK:
- Continue setting up TSOTS blogs
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HONORS BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:
-Objectives: Continue your team’s seed germination experiment, create TSOTS team blog, earn 80% or better on ESS Unit Quiz
- Warm-up: Take out Essential Science Skills (ESS) Unit Pre-Test; compare answers with your seat neighbors and note differences in any of your answers; bring unresolved discrepancies to the attention of Mr. Bursch during pre-quiz review session [8]
- Pre-quiz review session [10]
- Essential Science Skills Unit Quiz [35]
- Work on Germination of Seeds lab with TSOTS teams [50]
- TSOTS blog creation (instructions: storyoftheseed.blogspot.com) [~50]
- Begin ESLP signups [~50]
- More information on Brassica oleracea (5th period only) [10]
- LINK TO UNTAMED SCIENCE VIDEOS ON BRASSICA OLERACEA:
http://www.untamedscience.com/biodiversity/wild-cabbage/
HOMEWORK:
- Continue working on your seed germination labs
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BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:
- Objectives: Finish your team’s seed germination experiment, create TSOTS team blog, earn 70% or better on ESS Unit Quiz
- Warm-up: Take out Essential Science Skills (ESS) Unit Pre-Test; compare answers with your seat neighbors and note differences in any of your answers; bring unresolved questions to the attention of Mr. Bursch during pre-quiz review session [8]
- Pre-quiz review session: go over metric conversion practice and Essential Science Skills Unit Pre-Test [15 - 20]
- Essential Science Skills Unit Quiz [25]
- Work on Seed Germination Lab: collect final data and graph it [40]
- TSOTS blog creation (instructions: storyoftheseed.blogspot.com) [~40]
- LINK TO UNTAMED SCIENCE VIDEOS ON BRASSICA OLERACEA:
http://www.untamedscience.com/biodiversity/wild-cabbage/
HOMEWORK:
- Continue setting up TSOTS blogs
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HONORS BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:
-Objectives: Continue your team’s seed germination experiment, create TSOTS team blog, earn 80% or better on ESS Unit Quiz
- Warm-up: Take out Essential Science Skills (ESS) Unit Pre-Test; compare answers with your seat neighbors and note differences in any of your answers; bring unresolved discrepancies to the attention of Mr. Bursch during pre-quiz review session [8]
- Pre-quiz review session [10]
- Essential Science Skills Unit Quiz [35]
- Work on Germination of Seeds lab with TSOTS teams [50]
- TSOTS blog creation (instructions: storyoftheseed.blogspot.com) [~50]
- Begin ESLP signups [~50]
- More information on Brassica oleracea (5th period only) [10]
- LINK TO UNTAMED SCIENCE VIDEOS ON BRASSICA OLERACEA:
http://www.untamedscience.com/biodiversity/wild-cabbage/
HOMEWORK:
- Continue working on your seed germination labs
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