Environmental Science

AgendasFall 2013

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Environmental Science: M 11/4• Turn in Water Footprint Webquest• ReturnsWarm Up1. Review Unit Vocabulary list. Write down terms you feel we have not

yet discussed in class.• Remaining info bits.• Review Ch 11.1 ws & Ch 11.2 answers.• Discuss webquest info.• Review warm-up answers from last Friday, 10/25HW: print out and bring to class tomorrow:– Aquatic Ecosystems powerpoint slides 1-27;– Freshwater powerpoint

Test Thursday: Freshwater (Ch 7.1 & Ch 11 + extras from field trip and video) CURRENT EVENT DUE FRIDAY

Environmental Science: Th 10/31Warm UpWarm Up1.1.What are the steps of water treatment?What are the steps of water treatment?2.2.What are the steps of wastewater treatment?What are the steps of wastewater treatment?

Ch 11.3: 2 notes from each paragraph (26 ¶) Ch 11.2: Read and answer Reading Checks and section 2 review Q’s #1-5

MEET ME IN MEDIA CENTER TOMORROWMEET ME IN MEDIA CENTER TOMORROWTest WednesdayTest Wednesday

Wastewater Treatment• Grit screen• Primary: Settlement basin – sludge settles out

and transported to landfill, incinerator or fertilizer

• Secondary: Biological process - Add bacteria + oxygen (aerobic)

• Secondary clarifier (recycle bacteria – eats more waste)

• Tertiary treatment – chlorination or UV radiation – kills germs

Water Treatment

• Withdrawal from river• aeration• Coagulation (alum)• Floculation• Sedimentation• Filtration• Disinfection & fluoridation (chlorine & fluoride)• Distribution

Environmental Science: W 10/30/13

• Turn in Ch 11.1 guided reading ws• Turn in Water Distribution mini-lab if you still have it

• Guest Speaker Kathleen Lemley from Cobb County Water System

Ch 11.3 2 notes from each paragraph (26 ¶) – Now due Friday

BRING TEXTBOOK TOMORROWTest Wednesday

Environmental Science: T 10/29 1st perWarm Up1.How much of the world’s total water is available to us as fresh surface water, in total %?2.What are other methods of obtaining drinking water for areas without fresh surface water?

CW/HW:– Complete Water Distribution mini-lab & turn in– Complete 11.1 guided reading – due tomorrow– Ch 11, section 3: due Thursday

1. Read, 2. Write each section title (including red subsections)3. take 2 important notes from each paragraph (26 ¶’s)

Test next Wednesday: Freshwater (Ch 7.1 & Ch 11 + extras from field trip and video)

Environmental Science: T 10/29 4th & 5th perWarm Up

1.How much of the world’s total water is available to us as fresh surface water, in total %?2.What are other methods of obtaining drinking water for areas without fresh surface water?

Turn in 11.1 guided readingCW/HW:– Complete Water Distribution mini-lab & turn in– Ch 11, section 3: now due Thursday

1. Write each section title (including red subsections)2. take 2 important notes from each paragraph (26 ¶’s)

Test next Wednesday: Freshwater (Ch 7.1 & Ch 11 + extras from field trip and video)

Environmental Science: M 10/28Warm Up1)What is it called when water gets taken up through plants and sent back to the atmosphere through their leaves?2)How does water get back into an aquifer?

CW/HW: Ch 11, section 1: Complete Guided Reading – due tomorrow

Ch 11, section 3: due Wednesday1. Read, 2. Write each section title (including red subsections)3. take 2 important notes from each paragraph

Test next Wednesday: Freshwater (Ch 7.1 & Ch 11 + extras from field trip)

Environmental Science: F 10/251. Summarize three main points from yesterday’s

Poisoned Waters video.2. What is the endocrine system?Answer #3-6 during the video:3. How do the endocrine disruptors, PCB’s and other

toxic chemicals get into the waterways?4. How do they end up in our drinking water?5. How do they end up in our food?6. Video notes: list all sources of pollutants to the bay as

they are discussed in the video.Chesapeake Bay video: Poisoned Waters

Environmental Science: W 10/23Feedback on field trip (Write on a separate sheet):1.Your Group names (~5)2.General impression3.What you liked4.What you didn’t like5.Suggest improvementsClass Data collection and analysisComplete macroinvertebrate M&M lab

Environmental Science: M 10/21• Stamp vocab #33 – 59Warm Up1.What is a macroinvertebrate?2.What is a bioindicator?3.How do we use macroinvertebrates as

bioindicators?

Field trip instructionsMacroinvertebrate graphing activity (w/ M&M’s !)

Field Trip Instructions• Allergies? Come prepared (epipen, if needed)• Dress for the weather– Sneakers or other closed shoes– Sweatshirt/light jacket/rain gear

• Pack a lunch that doesn’t have to be refrigerated• $ if you wish to shop at gift shop (if time)• Buses leave FROM SCIENCE BUILDING AT 8:20– 1st per, first bus– 4th per, second bus– 5th per, 3rd bus

Environmental Science: F 10/18

TURN IN FIELD TRIP FORMS/$

Current event – share and turn in

No Warm Up

CW/HW: Complete vocabulary #33 – 59 Due Mondaynote – some will need to be looked up on line

Environmental Science: Th 10/17• Turn in Chattahoochee River article Organized Notes • Stamp “Dam Debate” argument points• Current Event DUE TOMORROW• Tomorrow is LAST DAY to turn in field trip permission

forms.Warm Up1) Describe solutions to river pollution2) How does desalination work?3) What are 2 advantages and 2 disadvantages of

desalination?

Environmental Science: W 10/16

TURN IN FIELD TRIP FORMS/$•Take organized notes on Chattahoochee River History Article•Write 5 bulleted arguments for tomorrow’s debate•Current event due Friday

Environmental Science: T 10/15TURN IN FIELD TRIP FORMS/$Warm Up1.Brainstorm some benefits of dams.2.Brainstorm some negative effects of dams.•Notes on water management.CW/HW: 1.Take organized notes on The Community Pond Pre-Visit Information – due Thursday (class time will be given tomorrow to work on this)2.Current Event due Friday3.Prepare for “dam debate” Thursday (create bulleted list of at least 5 arguments)

Environmental Science: M 10/14

TURN IN FIELD TRIP FORMS/$Complete Watershed Woes pollution activity – turn inNotes on Freshwater Aquatic ecosystems

Environmental Science: F 10/11

• TURN IN FIELD TRIP FORMS/$Warm Up1.What is a watershed?2.Brainstorm some possible sources of

pollution in rivers.

Stamp vocab #1-32Watershed Woes pollution activity

Environmental Science: Th 10/10TURN IN FIELD TRIP FORMS/$Warm Up1.How does temperature affect dissolved oxygen (DO) levels in aquatic ecosystems?2.How does current/turbulence affect DO levels in aquatic ecosystems?

CW/HW: •complete test corrections•Vocab #1-32 – due tomorrow

Environmental Science: W 10/9Turn in field trip permission/$$ - due FridayWarm Up1.List at least 5 different types of aquatic ecosystems (i.e., lakes, etc)2.List at least 5 abiotic factors that affect organisms in aquatic ecosystems.

GREEN CLUB GUEST SPEAKER FROM ENVIRONMENT GEORGIATODAY AFTER SCHOOL – HERE – SNACKS!

CW/HW•Test returns/make-ups/corrections – due Friday end of day•Aquatic ecosystems vocab – due Friday (class time tomorrow)

Environmental Science: W 10/2Turn in Packet

1. Section 5.1 (Energy Transfer) vocab2. Section 5.2 (Cycles of Matter) vocab + Q’s3. Section 5.3 (Succession) vacab + Q’s4. Vocab review sheet5. Transfer of Energy in Ecosystems/Food web ws6. Carbon Cycle (complete Matter Cycles on back)7. Predators as Prey (Shark Article notes)

•Turn in field trip permission – exact change, or donation, please•TEST

Environmental Science: T 10/1Warm Up1.Compare and contrast the matter cycles C, N & PPut Packet together – due tomorrow

1. Section 5.1 (Energy Transfer) vocab2. Section 5.2 (Cycles of Matter) vocab + Q’s3. Section 5.3 (Succession) vacab + Q’s4. Vocab review sheet5. Transfer of Energy in Ecosystems/Food web ws6. Carbon Cycle (complete Matter Cycles on back)7. Predators as Prey (Shark Article notes)

•Stamp and review Vocab Review•BINGO reviewTEST WEDNESDAY: How Ecosystems work (Ch 5)

Environmental Science: M 9/30Warm Up1.What kind of succession is shown in the Mount St. Helen’s video? Explain.2.How does an algal bloom lead to oxygen depletion?

•Notes on phosphorus cycle•Review and complete C & O worksheet

CW/HW: Ch 5 vocab reviewTEST WEDNESDAY: How Ecosystems work (Ch 5)

Environmental Science: F 9/27

No Warm Up

Stamp 5.3 Succession HW

NOVA Mount St. Helen’s: Back from the Dead video, with notes

Environmental Science: Th 9/26• Turn in Dead Zones webquestWarm Up1. How does eutrophication relate to the nitrogen and

phosphorus cycles?

• Short Video notes on eutrophication and succession.• Powerpoint on succession

CW/HW: Succession Book Work: Ch 5, section 3– Define vocab, including italics– Answer Section Review Q’s p. 141 #1-6

TEST WEDNESDAY: How Ecosystems work (Ch 5)

Environmental Science: W 9/25After school Wed, Oct. 9th 3:30 – 4:30 Green Club Green Club

Meeting: presentation by Environmental Georgia (a non-profit organization that works to protect the Georgia environment)

Warm Up1.What do all fish need to thrive?2.What do phytoplankton and algae need to thrive?

•Turn in Food Web Project WITH RUBRIC•CW/HW: Dead Zone internet ws

TEST WEDNESDAY: How Ecosystems work (Ch 5)

Environmental Science: T 9/24

No Warm Up – start working on C & O cycles sheetStamp and review matter cycles book questionsNotes on Nitrogen and phosphorus cycles

CW: C & O cycles ws

Food Web Project due Tomorrow

Environmental Science: M 9/23Warm Up1.What are the 3 elements whose cycles are explained in Ch 5.2?2.What are the three main ingredients of fertilizer?3.What is the main ingredient of “air”?

CW/HW: Ch 5.2 1) vocab, including italics2) read3) answer end of section questions (p. 136) #1-6 thoroughly

Food Web Project NOW DUE WEDNESDAY

Environmental Science: F 9/20• Stamp graph and article notes • No warm up, but get your journal for later• Questions on project?• Discuss Land to Mouth graph and articles• Review “quiz” (on back of graph)• Turn in Land to Mouth, with graph• Outdoor activity: 2 column observations

Nature Man’s effect on nature

Food web project due Tuesday

Environmental Science: Th 9/19SIGN UP FOR REMIND 101

No Warm UpStamp and review Land to Mouth activityShark ArticlesCW: complete Land to Mouth graph – due tomorrowBRING TEXT BOOK TOMORROW

Apex Predator Food Web due Tuesday

Environmental Science: W 9/18

Warm Up1.Describe the effects on the food web from yesterday’s ws if the frog population declined.

•Stamp energy pyramid•Food chain quiz ws & From Land to Mouth activity – due tomorrow•Assign APEX predator project – due next Tuesday

Environmental Science: T 9/17Warm Up1.How does energy transfer in an ecosystem?2.Does energy cycle in an ecosystem? Explain.3.Is energy transfer 100% efficient? Explain.

CW/HW: Energy pyramid ws – both sides

Below FOOD WEB diagram, write in longest food chain you can find. Add in energy % and trophic levels for each organism in chain.

Environmental Science: M 9/16

• Journal Check• Review Friday’s warm-up

• Guided notes on transfer of energy in ecosystems

• Test corrections due by end of day Friday

Environmental Science: F 9/13

Stamp Energy Transfer VocabShare current events

Warm Up1.What is a food chain?2.Why do the arrows in a food chain point to the “eater”?Test correctionsJournal check Monday

Environmental Science: Th 9/12Warm Up1.Predict your test score2.Reflect on whether you feel you were well enough prepared. If not, what could you have done more? If so, what did you do?

Test returnsNew Unit: How Ecosystems work (Ch 5)CW/HW: Ch 5 Vocabulary, section 1 only, including italics – much + Energy PyramidCurrent Event due TOMORROW

Environmental Science: W 9/11

Turn in Packet1. Ch 4 Vocab (#13-40)2. Scientific Method Vocabulary sheet3. The Organization of Life (triangle)4. Pesticide resistance5. Kingdom VENN diagrams6. Ch 4 and Sci Method Review Practice7. p. 115-116 #10-18, 21, 23-24; p117 #1-2

Test

Environmental Science: T 9/10/13Put Packet Together

1. Ch 4 Vocab (#13-40)2. Scientific Method Vocabulary sheet3. The Organization of Life (triangle)4. Pesticide resistance5. Kingdom VENN diagrams6. Ch 4 and Sci Method Review Practice7. Text book work – see below

•CW/HW: Complete p. 115-116 #10-18, 21, 23-24; p117 #1-2•Quiz returns•Stamp VENN and Review•Review Review •Test tomorrow and Packet due

Environmental Science: M 9/9/13No Warm UpWork on Kingdom VENN sheet (15 minutes)

Ch 4 (Organization of Life) Vocab Quiz

CW/HW: Ch 4 and Scientific Method review sheet

BRING TEXT BOOK TOMORROWTEST WEDNESDAYCurrent Event Due Friday

Environmental Science: F 9/6/13

Warm Up1.Compare and contrast natural selection and artificial selection.

CW: Complete captions under pictures on Pesticide Resistance

•Coevolution power point examplesVocab QUIZ Monday; Test Wednesday

Environmental Science: Th 9/5/13When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.

- John MuirWarm-up1. Brainstorm the kingdoms from oldest to most recent.2. Add characteristics to the kingdoms in #1.

• Notes on Kingdoms of Life

Lab make-up today after schoolVocab QUIZ Monday; Test Wednesday

Environmental Science: W 9/4/13• ReturnsWarm Up (text ref. pp. 99-102)1. Organize the following from least to most complex: ecosystem,

organism, population, community, biome, biosphere2. Write in what is added between each level from #1.CW: The Organization of Life chart• BRING TEXTBOOK TOMORROW• Yeast Lab Make-up session Thursday after school• Vocab quiz Monday• Test Wednesday: Scientific Method; Organization of Life (Ch. 4)

Environmental Science: T 9/3/13

• In media center graphing data on Excel.• All lab sheets turned in.

Environmental Science: F 8/30

• Stamp remaining vocab sheets• Share current events and turn in• Graph yeast lab data• Happy Labor Day!• Lab make-up time next Thursday after school

• MEET ME IN THE MEDIA CENTER ON TUESDAY – HAVE YOUR LAB DATA READY

Environmental Science: Th 8/29BACK OF ROOM

Group 7 Group 8

Group 5 Group 6

Group 3 Group 4

Group 1 Group 2

1. Get goggles and apron2. Sit at your group table3. Get yeast lab sheet out4. Complete lab safety quiz, if necessary5. READ LAB PROCEDURE6. Wait for further instructions7. Yeast lab

READ LAB PROCEDUREIce cold room temp luke warm boiling

•Add 5 mL to procedure #3•Use stirring rod only once at beginning•Use cell phone for timer – start time when you add water•Don’t disturb test tube once time starts•Measure with agenda ruler or ruler provided

Environmental Science: W 8/28Warm Up1.Compare and contrast abiotic and biotic2.List 5 abiotic factors that would affect a population of mountain goats.3.List 5 biotic factors that would affect a population of mountain goats.

•Stamp vocab (except p. 1 – due tomorrow)•Lab safety•Prelab WEAR CLOSE-TOED SHOES TOMORROW

HW: Current Event due Friday

Ecology Unit Standards

SEV2. Students will demonstrate an understanding that the Earth is one interconnected system. a. Describe how the abiotic components (water, air, and energy) affect the biosphere. b. Recognize and give examples of the hierarchy of the biological entities of the biosphere (organisms, populations, communities, ecosystems, and biosphere).

Ecology Unit Standards SEV2. Students will demonstrate an understanding that the Earth is one interconnected system. c. Characterize the components that define a Biome. Abiotic Factors – to include precipitation, temperature and soils. Biotic Factors – plant and animal adaptations that create success in that biome.

d. Characterize the components that define fresh-water and marine systems. Abiotic Factors – to include light, dissolved oxygen, phosphorus, nitrogen, pH and substrate. Biotic Factors – plant and animal adaptations characteristic to that system.

Environmental Science: T 8/27

Warm Up1.Contrast quantitative vs. qualitative data.2.Compare and contrast observation vs. inference.

Vocab due tomorrow: Ch 4 terms only (#13-40)Current event due Friday

Scientific Method notes

Environmental Science: M 8/26

• Turn in packet (see bottom of study guide for T.O.C.)

• Take test

• Define vocab words from next unit study guide – due Wednesday– Numbered, on notebook paper

• Current Event due Friday

Environmental Science: F 8/23Warm Up1.Give an example of a situation when a cost-benefit analysis has different results for different stakeholders. (ref. p. 17)

•Quiz returns

•Packet due Monday (T.O.C. on Study Guide)

Test Monday

Environmental Science: Th 8/22No Warm Up

Global Issues Vocab Quiz

After Quiz:Read Mass Extinctions articleTake 5 column notes IN JOURNAL: name date cause # species died other notes

Environmental Science: W 8/21Warm Up1.1.How is ecology related to environmental science?How is ecology related to environmental science?2.2.What is the meaning of this powerpoint What is the meaning of this powerpoint background?background?3.3.What is meant by “space-ship earth”?What is meant by “space-ship earth”?

Complete comparisons wsVocab Quiz tomorrowGlobal Issues Test Monday

Environmental Science: T 8/20

No Warm Up•Complete Human’s Effect on Environment organizer•Stamp guided reading•Review of guided reading – quick•Historical Effect on Environment group presentationsVocab Quiz ThursdayTest Monday

Environmental Science: M 8/19Warm Up1.List three ‘commons’ from the Lorax video2.List 3 commons from the Commons video

CW: History organizerHW: Guided reading due tomorrow

Vocab quiz ThursdayTest Monday: Ch 1 Global Environmental Issues

Environmental Science: F 8/16

Warm-up1.What does the lack of sustainability lead to? (hint: see yesterday’s video notes)

•Share current events•Lorax video with notes•Guided reading due Tuesday

Environmental Science: Th. 8/15

Warm Up1.What are the 3 periods in history the text uses to describe man’s influence on the environment, and their time frames?

•Complete Guided reading•“Commons” Sense video notesHW: Current event due tomorrow

Environmental Science: Wed. 8/14Warm Up1.What is the “Tragedy of the Commons”?2.How can the over-exploitation of common resources be avoided?

•Stamp Ch 1 Vocab.•Complete Fishing for the Future questions, and turn in.•Ch 1 Guided Reading notesHW: Current Event Due Friday

Environmental Science: Tues, 8/13Warm Up1.What is sustainability?2.What are fisheries?

Intro Current EventsFishing for the Future activity.HW: •Unit 1 Vocab due tomorrow•Current event due FridayBRING BOOKS TOMORROW

Environmental Science: Monday, 8/12

Warm Up1.Define ecological footprint using your own words.2.What was your ecological footprint?

•Turn in Ecological Footprint •Turn in signed syllabus•Do warm-up•Textbooks – Station 1•Ch 1 vocab – due Wednesday at beginning of class