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In the video clip available at the address below, Professor Sean Collins explains the Tragedy of the Commons with some examples:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLirNeu-A8I
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Monday, August 24, 2015
Daily Summary 08-24
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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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AGENDA:
- Objectives: SWBAT explain the concept of The Tragedy of the Commons and relate it to contemporary environmental issues
- Warm-up: Do you agree that humans primary impulse is to always take all of the resources they can get their hands on in any given situation? Explain your response. [5]
- Reading: The Tragedy of the Commons [15]
- Video clip: The Tragedy of the Commons [5]
- Assignment: How Much Space Do We Need? (DUE THURS.) [5]
- Lab: Happy Fishing Game: Complete Pre-lab tasks [10]
- Env. philosophy essay due in Google turn-in folder by 12 am
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Submit Environmental Philosophy Essay Assignment
- Finish Tragedy of the Commons Reading
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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]
- Stamp SpongeBob Science Methods Review Questions and Hypothesis Writing Practice on stamp log sheet [~10]
- Metric Mania SI units and conversions review / practice [25]
- Finish and submit Paper Folding Investigation (now late) [1]
- Make sure you have turned in all of the following: course info sheet signature portion, safety contract, safety poster
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Metric Mania, DUE NEXT CLASS DAY
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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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AGENDA:
- Objectives: SWBAT explain the concept of The Tragedy of the Commons and relate it to contemporary environmental issues
- Warm-up: Do you agree that humans primary impulse is to always take all of the resources they can get their hands on in any given situation? Explain your response. [5]
- Reading: The Tragedy of the Commons [15]
- Video clip: The Tragedy of the Commons [5]
- Assignment: How Much Space Do We Need? (DUE THURS.) [5]
- Lab: Happy Fishing Game: Complete Pre-lab tasks [10]
- Env. philosophy essay due in Google turn-in folder by 12 am
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Submit Environmental Philosophy Essay Assignment
- Finish Tragedy of the Commons Reading
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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]
- Stamp SpongeBob Science Methods Review Questions and Hypothesis Writing Practice on stamp log sheet [~10]
- Metric Mania SI units and conversions review / practice [25]
- Finish and submit Paper Folding Investigation (now late) [1]
- Make sure you have turned in all of the following: course info sheet signature portion, safety contract, safety poster
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Metric Mania, DUE NEXT CLASS DAY
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AP Environmental Science: Happy Fishing Game: Pre-Lab Notebook Setup
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Your lab notebook should contain all of the following for the Happy Fishing Game before the simulation begins:
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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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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 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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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 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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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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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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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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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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