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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]
- Tutorial policy (for Mr. Bursch) [5]
- Check in on your experiments / work on lab reports [25]
- Begin ESLP signups [~25]
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Continue working on your seed germination labs
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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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AGENDA:
- Objectives: Create Rock ID Book and be able to correctly identify and describe 90% or more of rock specimens displayed in class
- Warm-up: What are the three main types of rock? What is the difference between a mineral and a rock? Now, take out a sheet of lined paper for your quiz and put a proper heading on it. [8]
- Energy and geological processes quiz [15]
- Work on Rock ID book in preparation for lab practical [25]
- Get Heat of Combustion class data if you did not yet do so [~10]
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Finish Rock ID Book (DUE 9/13)
- Heat of Combustion Lab Write-up: Analysis questions (DUE 9/13)
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BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:
- Objectives: (1) Submit your seed germination experiment lab write-up; (2) Brainstorm ideas for your ESLP project
Warm-up: Take out Germination of Seeds lab write-up, make sure it is neat and complete and that your graph is properly stapled to the original lab handout—make sure your name is on it too! [5]
- Turn in Germination of Seeds lab [2]
- Tour of WGHS GOLD main garden [10 - 15]
- More about the Ecology Service Learning Project (ESLP) and why its primary focus is on food [5]
- ESLP Brainstorm [10 - 15]
- Begin ESLP signups [~10 - 15]
- Begin watching Food Inc., chapters 1 [10]
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Continue thinking about your ESLP project
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Monday, September 12, 2016
Friday, September 9, 2016
Daily Summary 09-09
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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:
- Objectives: (1) Submit your seed germination experiment lab write-up; (2) Review for Fundamental Science Skills Unit Test
- Warm-up: Take out Essential Science Skills (ESS) Unit Review/Pre-Test; compare answers with your seat neighbors and note differences in any of your answers [8]
- Go over Fundamental Science Skills Unit Review [10]
- Fundamental Science Skills quiz [30]
- Discuss Germination of Seeds lab results, look at sample graph then create your own turn in the lab [20]
- Finish Student Blog Post Assignment #1 from TSOTS
- Begin ESLP signups
- Tour of WGHS GOLD gardens [15 – 20]
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Finish and publish your SBPA #1 on The Story of the Seed blog before midnight tonight
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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:
- Objectives: (1) Submit your seed germination experiment lab write-up; (2) Review for Fundamental Science Skills Unit Test
- Warm-up: Take out Essential Science Skills (ESS) Unit Review/Pre-Test; compare answers with your seat neighbors and note differences in any of your answers [8]
- Go over Fundamental Science Skills Unit Review [10]
- Fundamental Science Skills quiz [30]
- Discuss Germination of Seeds lab results, look at sample graph then create your own turn in the lab [20]
- Finish Student Blog Post Assignment #1 from TSOTS
- Begin ESLP signups
- Tour of WGHS GOLD gardens [15 – 20]
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Finish and publish your SBPA #1 on The Story of the Seed blog before midnight tonight
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Thursday, September 8, 2016
Daily Summary 09-08
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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 [25]
- Work on Germination of Seeds lab with TSOTS teams [50]
- TSOTS blog creation (instructions: storyoftheseed.blogspot.com) [~50]
- Begin ESLP signups [~50]
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Continue working on your seed germination labs
- Finish and publish your SBPA #1 on The Story of the Seed blog
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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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AGENDA:
- Objectives: Carry out NPP and HOC experiments independently
- Warm-up: What is the essence of the second law of thermodynamics? Provide a real-life example of this law. [8]
- Video clip: Earth’s Energy Explained [5]
- Unit 2: Lecture 2: Earth’s Layers [15]
- Share Heat of Combustion (HOC) Experiment data [10]
- Unit 2: Lecture 3: Geologic Change [15]
- Unit 2: Lecture 4: Rocks and Minerals (including "rock walk”) [30]
- Go over Unit 1 Exam MC OR scrAPESbook presentations (2) [10]
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Finish Rock ID Book (DUE 9/13)
- Energy and geological processes quiz on Monday [15]
- Heat of Combustion Lab Write-up: Analysis questions (DUE 9/13) Read pp. 355-357
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BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:
- Objectives: (1) Submit your seed germination experiment lab write-up; (2) Review for Fundamental
- Science Skills Unit Test
- Warm-up: Take out Essential Science Skills (ESS) Unit Review/Pre-Test; compare answers with your seat neighbors and note differences in any of your answers [8]
- Go over Fundamental Science Skills Unit Review [10]
- Fundamental Science Skills quiz [30]
- Discuss Germination of Seeds lab results, look at sample graph then create your own turn in the lab [20]
- Finish Student Blog Post Assignment #1 from TSOTS
- Begin ESLP signups
- Tour of WGHS GOLD gardens [15 – 20]
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Finish and publish your SBPA #1 on The Story of the Seed blog before midnight tonight
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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 [25]
- Work on Germination of Seeds lab with TSOTS teams [50]
- TSOTS blog creation (instructions: storyoftheseed.blogspot.com) [~50]
- Begin ESLP signups [~50]
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Continue working on your seed germination labs
- Finish and publish your SBPA #1 on The Story of the Seed blog
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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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AGENDA:
- Objectives: Carry out NPP and HOC experiments independently
- Warm-up: What is the essence of the second law of thermodynamics? Provide a real-life example of this law. [8]
- Video clip: Earth’s Energy Explained [5]
- Unit 2: Lecture 2: Earth’s Layers [15]
- Share Heat of Combustion (HOC) Experiment data [10]
- Unit 2: Lecture 3: Geologic Change [15]
- Unit 2: Lecture 4: Rocks and Minerals (including "rock walk”) [30]
- Go over Unit 1 Exam MC OR scrAPESbook presentations (2) [10]
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Finish Rock ID Book (DUE 9/13)
- Energy and geological processes quiz on Monday [15]
- Heat of Combustion Lab Write-up: Analysis questions (DUE 9/13) Read pp. 355-357
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BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:
- Objectives: (1) Submit your seed germination experiment lab write-up; (2) Review for Fundamental
- Science Skills Unit Test
- Warm-up: Take out Essential Science Skills (ESS) Unit Review/Pre-Test; compare answers with your seat neighbors and note differences in any of your answers [8]
- Go over Fundamental Science Skills Unit Review [10]
- Fundamental Science Skills quiz [30]
- Discuss Germination of Seeds lab results, look at sample graph then create your own turn in the lab [20]
- Finish Student Blog Post Assignment #1 from TSOTS
- Begin ESLP signups
- Tour of WGHS GOLD gardens [15 – 20]
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Finish and publish your SBPA #1 on The Story of the Seed blog before midnight tonight
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Wednesday, September 7, 2016
Daily Summary 09-07
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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:
- Objectives: Finish your seed germination experiment
- Warm-up: Make a T-chart in which you list observations from your seed labs—qualitative on the left, quantitative on the right. [10]
- Introduction to the Ecology Service Learning Project (ESLP) [10]
- Last day of Germination of Seeds lab
- Get data from day 9 (day 8 for some groups) of experiment [5 - 10]
- Complete analysis questions and graph [30]
- Transplant surviving seedlings to plastic pots [~40]
- Essential Science Skills Unit Review (on class website) [15]
- Work on Student Blog Post Assignment #1 from TSOTS [20 – 35]
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Finish and publish your SBPA #1 on The Story of the Seed blog
- Finish Seed lab questions and graph (DUE NEXT CLASS)
- Complete Essential Science Skills Unit Review and study it to prepare for unit quiz (UNIT QUIZ NEXT CLASS DAY)
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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:
- Objectives: Finish your seed germination experiment
- Warm-up: Make a T-chart in which you list observations from your seed labs—qualitative on the left, quantitative on the right. [10]
- Introduction to the Ecology Service Learning Project (ESLP) [10]
- Last day of Germination of Seeds lab
- Get data from day 9 (day 8 for some groups) of experiment [5 - 10]
- Complete analysis questions and graph [30]
- Transplant surviving seedlings to plastic pots [~40]
- Essential Science Skills Unit Review (on class website) [15]
- Work on Student Blog Post Assignment #1 from TSOTS [20 – 35]
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Finish and publish your SBPA #1 on The Story of the Seed blog
- Finish Seed lab questions and graph (DUE NEXT CLASS)
- Complete Essential Science Skills Unit Review and study it to prepare for unit quiz (UNIT QUIZ NEXT CLASS DAY)
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Tuesday, September 6, 2016
Daily Summary 09-06
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HONORS BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:
- Objectives: Continue your team’s seed germination experiment
- Warm-up: Make a T-chart in which you list observations from your seed labs—qualitative on the left, quantitative on the right. [10]
- Work on Germination of Seeds lab with TSOTS teams [25 - 30]
- Introduction to the Ecology Service Learning Project (ESLP) [10]
- WGHS GOLD gardens tour [30]
- More information on Brassica oleracea [8]
- Essential Science Skills Unit Review (on class website) [15]
- Begin ESLP signups [~15]
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Complete Essential Science Skills Unit Review and study it to prepare for unit quiz (UNIT QUIZ ON THURSDAY, 9/8)
- Finish and publish your SBPA #1 on The Story of the Seed blog
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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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AGENDA:
- Objectives: Carry out NPP and HOC experiments independently (with minimal instructor assistance)
- Warm-up: What is combustion and how is it relevant to our study of the environment? Be very specific with your responses, citing as many real-life examples as you can. (Pre-lab check) [8]
- Lecture 1: Energy, video clip (Planet Earth) [15]
- Heat of Combustion (HOC) Experiment [45]
- Water NPP grass patch [7]
- Lecture 2: Earth’s Layers [15]
- Go over Unit 1 Exam MC [10 – 15]
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Finish How Much Space Do We Need? (DUE tonight by midnight)
- Heat of Combustion Lab Write-up: Analysis questions (DUE 9/8)
- Read pp. 41-51, 347-354
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BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:
- Objectives: Finish your seed germination experiment
- Warm-up: Make a T-chart in which you list observations from your seed labs—qualitative on the left, quantitative on the right. [10]
- Introduction to the Ecology Service Learning Project (ESLP) [10]
- Last day of Germination of Seeds lab
- Get data from day 9 (day 8 for some groups) of experiment [5 - 10]
- Complete analysis questions and graph [30]
- Transplant surviving seedlings to plastic pots [~40]
- Essential Science Skills Unit Review (on class website) [15]
- Work on Student Blog Post Assignment #1 from TSOTS [20 – 35]
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Finish and publish your SBPA #1 on The Story of the Seed blog
- Finish Seed lab questions and graph (DUE NEXT CLASS)
- Complete Essential Science Skills Unit Review and study it to prepare for unit quiz (UNIT QUIZ NEXT CLASS DAY)
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HONORS BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:
- Objectives: Continue your team’s seed germination experiment
- Warm-up: Make a T-chart in which you list observations from your seed labs—qualitative on the left, quantitative on the right. [10]
- Work on Germination of Seeds lab with TSOTS teams [25 - 30]
- Introduction to the Ecology Service Learning Project (ESLP) [10]
- WGHS GOLD gardens tour [30]
- More information on Brassica oleracea [8]
- Essential Science Skills Unit Review (on class website) [15]
- Begin ESLP signups [~15]
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Complete Essential Science Skills Unit Review and study it to prepare for unit quiz (UNIT QUIZ ON THURSDAY, 9/8)
- Finish and publish your SBPA #1 on The Story of the Seed blog
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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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AGENDA:
- Objectives: Carry out NPP and HOC experiments independently (with minimal instructor assistance)
- Warm-up: What is combustion and how is it relevant to our study of the environment? Be very specific with your responses, citing as many real-life examples as you can. (Pre-lab check) [8]
- Lecture 1: Energy, video clip (Planet Earth) [15]
- Heat of Combustion (HOC) Experiment [45]
- Water NPP grass patch [7]
- Lecture 2: Earth’s Layers [15]
- Go over Unit 1 Exam MC [10 – 15]
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Finish How Much Space Do We Need? (DUE tonight by midnight)
- Heat of Combustion Lab Write-up: Analysis questions (DUE 9/8)
- Read pp. 41-51, 347-354
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BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:
- Objectives: Finish your seed germination experiment
- Warm-up: Make a T-chart in which you list observations from your seed labs—qualitative on the left, quantitative on the right. [10]
- Introduction to the Ecology Service Learning Project (ESLP) [10]
- Last day of Germination of Seeds lab
- Get data from day 9 (day 8 for some groups) of experiment [5 - 10]
- Complete analysis questions and graph [30]
- Transplant surviving seedlings to plastic pots [~40]
- Essential Science Skills Unit Review (on class website) [15]
- Work on Student Blog Post Assignment #1 from TSOTS [20 – 35]
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
- Finish and publish your SBPA #1 on The Story of the Seed blog
- Finish Seed lab questions and graph (DUE NEXT CLASS)
- Complete Essential Science Skills Unit Review and study it to prepare for unit quiz (UNIT QUIZ NEXT CLASS DAY)
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