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Week of:

Nov 10-14

Learning Target(s)

Tasks To Complete

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Monday,

No School

Tuesday,

ERT-2.A Explain levels of biodiversity and their importance to ecosystems

  1. Journal-Case Study Benefits of Biodiversity (Page 95-96)
  2. Notes- Intro Unit 2
  3. Biodiversity Lab

Wednesday,

ERT-2.A Explain levels of biodiversity and their importance to ecosystems.

  1. Journal- Introducing or Removing a species in an Ecosystem
  2. Finish Biodiversity Lab

Thursday,

ERT-2.A Explain levels of biodiversity and their importance to ecosystems.

  1. Journal-Hold on for your Life
  2. Notes-what drives biodiversity
  3. Darwin Meets DNA

Friday,

ERT-2.A Explain levels of biodiversity and their importance to ecosystems.

  1. Journal- Poaching has caused Rapid evolution of tuskless elephants
  2. Notes-Random processes
  3. Raccoon Rampage Natural Selection Game
  4. Notes- Ecosystem Services - on your own

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Week of:

Nov 3-7

Learning Target(s)

Tasks To Complete

(Deadlines)

Monday,

ENG-1.D Describe food chains and food webs, and their constituent members by trophic level.

  1. Journal: Who knocks down the most trees Q2 Journal template
  2. Unit 1D - 10% rule, food chains food webs
  3. Practice:Trophic Level Math Work
  4. Start S. Nevada food web

Tuesday,

ENG-1.D Describe food chains and food webs, and their constituent members by trophic level.

Wednesday,

ENG-1.D Describe food chains and food webs, and their constituent members by trophic level

  1. Journal- Saving the Island Fox –5 facts
  2. Unit 1D- biomagnification
  3. Lab Biomagnification activity
  4. Finish S. Nevada Food Web

Thursday,

ENG-1.D Describe food chains and food webs, and their constituent members by trophic level

  1. Journal- Who’s eating all the shrimp
  2. Unit 1D feedback loops
  3. Feedback loop activity
  4. Gimkit —- Quizlet

Friday,

All learning targets for 1B & 1C

  1. Test Unit 1B/C/D
  2. Finish Dead zone Lab

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Week of:

Oct 27-31

Learning Target(s)

Tasks To Complete

(Deadlines)

Monday,

ENG-1.C Determine how the energy decreases as it flows through ecosystems.

  1. Journal time- lab check in- data collection
  2. Finish dead zone
  3. Notes Unit 1D Primary Productivity
  4. Primary Productivity word problems

Tuesday,

ENG-1.D Describe food chains and food webs, and their constituent members by trophic level.

Wednesday,

ENG-1.D Describe food chains and food webs, and their constituent members by trophic level.

  1. Journal- Trophic Level & lab check in- data collection
  2. Finish Ocean PPP Lab
  3. Notes - Unit 1D Trophic levels

Thursday,

ENG-1.D Describe food chains and food webs, and their constituent members by trophic level.

  1. Journal- Orcas vs. great white sharks:& lab check in- data collection
  2. Keystone Species All are not equal
  3. Start Unit 1D - 10% rule, food chains food webs
  4. Q1 Journals Due

Friday,

No School

End of Q1

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Week of:

Oct 20-24

Learning Target(s)

Tasks To Complete

(Deadlines)

Monday,

ERT-1.E Explain the steps and reservoir interactions in the nitrogen cycle.

  1. Journal- Nitrogen fixing bacteria on corn roots alternative
  2. Check in acidification lab
  3. Notes- Unit 1C- nitrogen
  4. Diagram

Tuesday,

ERT-1.E Explain the steps and reservoir interactions in the nitrogen cycle.

  1. Journal- The Nitrogen Cycle: Processes, Players, Human Impact-
  2. Finish acidification lab
  3. Notes- Unit 1C- nitrogen fixation
  4. Nitrogen Cycle Review

Wednesday,

ERT-1.E Explain the steps and reservoir interactions in the nitrogen cycle.

  1. Journal What is the Nitrogen Cycle and Why is it Key to Life?
  2. Notes- Unit 1C -Anthropogenic
  3. Nitrogen review game
  4. Gimkit Review

Thursday,

ERT-1.E Explain the steps and reservoir interactions in the nitrogen cycle.

  1. Journal - Review
  2. Nitrogen quiz
  3. Dead zone activity
  4. Flipped Notes for H2O & P cycle- on your own!

Friday,

ENG-1.B Explain how energy flows and matter cycles through trophic levels.

ENG-1.C Determine how the energy decreases as it flows through ecosystems.

  1. Journal- Mono Lake- page 87 in textbook
  2. Finish Dead zone activity & lab set up

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Week of:

Oct 13-17

Learning Target(s)

Tasks To Complete

(Deadlines)

Monday,

ERT-1.D Explain the steps and reservoir interactions in the carbon cycle.

  1. Journal- carbon in the ocean
  2. Notes Unit 1C- carbon sinks
  3. Finish Data analysis work
  4. Carbon Dioxide Levels at Mauna Loa- Due Thursday

Tuesday,

ERT-1.D Explain the steps and reservoir interactions in the carbon cycle.

  1. Journal- Scientific design- cow burps
  2. Notes Unit 1C- human impacts
  3. Set up ocean acidification lab

Wednesday,

ERT-1.D Explain the steps and reservoir interactions in the carbon cycle.

  1. Journal- carbon locked in soil
  2. Notes Unit 1C- mitigation
  3. Carbon cycle game activity

Thursday,

ERT-1.D Explain the steps and reservoir interactions in the carbon cycle.

  1. Journal- carbon cycle review
  2. Quiz on carbon cycle
  3. Start Notes Unit 1C - Nitrogen

Friday,

No School

Teacher Professional Day

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Week of:

Oct 6-10

Learning Target(s)

Tasks To Complete

(Deadlines)

Monday,

ERT-1.B.1 A biome contains characteristic communities of plants and animals that result from, and are adapted to, its climate.

  1. Journal: sunscreen make coral sick
  2. Finish -Coral Reef IMax - worksheet
  3. Start Unit 1- Freshwater ecosystems

Tuesday,

ERT-1.B.1 A biome contains characteristic communities of plants and animals that result from, and are adapted to, its climate.

  1. Journal -How Cranberry Bogs Work
  2. Finish Unit 1 - Freshwater ecosystems
  3. Coral Reef FRQ

Wednesday,

I can work on science Practice 3- Text Analysis

  1. Test- Unit 1 A (1.1, 1.2, 1.3)
  2. Connection Puzzle- terrestrial –connection puzzle- aquatic
  3. Gimkit Review

Thursday,

All learning targets assessed

  1. Science Practice 3- Burning of the Wetlands
  2. Unit 1B Start biogeochemical cycle

Friday,

ERT-1.D Explain the steps and reservoir interactions in the carbon cycle.

  1. Journal - Carbon Cycle
  2. Unit 1B Notes carbon
  3. Data analysis work

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Week of:

Sept 29- Oct 3

Learning Target(s)

Tasks To Complete

(Deadlines)

Monday,

ERT-1.C Describe the global distribution and principal environmental aspects of aquatic biomes.

  1. Journal - Aquatic Prey Data Nugget
  2. Unit 1B - Aquatic ecosystems intro
  3. Water distribution lab

Tuesday,

ERT-1.C Describe the global distribution and principal environmental aspects of aquatic biomes.

Wednesday,

ERT-1.C.2 Marine biomes include oceans, coral reefs, marshland, and estuaries.

  1. Journal- Why are wetlands important
  2. Unit 1B - aquatic biomes
  3. Mangrove -CER
  4. Aquatic map coloring of wetlands

Thursday,

ERT-1.C.2 Marine biomes include oceans, coral reefs, marshland, and estuaries.

  1. Journal- Coral reef in a strange place
  2. Unit 1B - Coral Reefs
  3. Start Coral Reef IMax - worksheet

Friday,

ERT-1.C.2 Marine biomes include oceans, coral reefs, marshland, and estuaries.

  1. Journal-Florida's 'Tire Reef' Has Turned Into an Environmental Disaster
  2. Unit 1B - Open Oceans
  3. Finish -Coral Reef IMax - worksheet

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Week of:

Sept 22-26

Learning Target(s)

Tasks To Complete

(Deadlines)

Monday,

ERT-1.A.2 Symbiosis is a close and long-term interaction between two species in an ecosystem.

  1. Journal- Invasive species: Monsters of the Deep
  2. Predator/ Prey Lab activity
  3. Absent Link to netlogo model

Tuesday,

ERT-1.B.1 A biome contains characteristic communities of plants and animals that result from, and are adapted to, its climate.

Wednesday,

ERT-1.B.1 A biome contains characteristic communities of plants and animals that result from, and are adapted to, its climate.

Thursday,

ERT-1.B.1 A biome contains characteristic communities of plants and animals that result from, and are adapted to, its climate.

Friday,

ERT-1.B.1 A biome contains characteristic communities of plants and animals that result from, and are adapted to, its climate.

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Week of:

Sept 15-19

Learning Target(s)

Tasks To Complete

(Deadlines)

Monday,

I can analysis research studies that test environmental principles (practice 4)

  1. Journal - Variable Review:Bart Simpson
  2. Real World Experimental Design
  3. Analyzing data
  4. Start FRQ work -FRQ Hacks

Tuesday,

I can analysis research studies that test environmental principles (practice 4)

  1. Test Module 0
  2. Finish FRQ- work FRQ Hacks

Wednesday,

ERT-1.A Explain how the availability of resources influences species interactions

  1. Journal -Growing Grapes
  2. Unit 1 -Ecosystems
  3. Termites

Thursday,

ERT-1.A.1 In a predator-prey relationship, the predator is an organism that eats another organism (the prey).

  1. Journal - Organization
  2. Unit 1 - Predator Prey
  3. Resource Partitioning data work
  4. Flipped notes -Review: Symbiosis

Friday,

ERT-1.A.1 In a predator-prey relationship, the predator is an organism that eats another organism (the prey).

  1. Journal- Symbiotic Relationships #1-5 only
  2. Predator/ Prey Lab activity

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Week of:

Sept 8-12

Learning Target(s)

Tasks To Complete

(Deadlines)

Monday,

EIN-2.A.1 The TOC suggests that individuals will use shared resources in their own self-interest rather than in keeping with the common good, thereby depleting the resources.

Tuesday,

EIN-2.N Explain the variables measured in an ecological footprint.

Wednesday,

I can analysis research studies that test environmental principles (practice 4)

  1. Journal- Jack Skeleton - video
  2. Notes- Science Practice 4
  3. Observation Activity: We come in peace

Thursday,

I can analysis research studies that test environmental principles (practice 4)

  1. Journal - Does science always look like this slide 61
  2. Notes- Science Practice 4- variables
  3. Minion sort
  4. Variable ws

Friday,

I can analysis research studies that test environmental principles (practice 4)

  1. Journal -design an experiment
  2. Lab- F. Fish + card sort
  3. Topic Questions- AP Classroom Sign In – Test Next Tuesday

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Week of:

Sept 1-5

Learning Target(s)

Tasks To Complete

(Deadlines)

Monday,

No School

Labor Day

Tuesday,

1st day of school

  1. Seats
  2. Introduction to APES- hyperdoc
  3. Safety video
  4. Safety contract

Wednesday,

I can describe the field of environmental science and discuss its importance

  1. Journal set up -Template- case study page 3 of textbook
  2. Finish Introduction to APES- hyperdoc
  3. Notes- Module 0- Intro to Environmental Science

Thursday,

I can describe the field of environmental science and discuss its importance

  1. Journal- APES Big Ideas -Frayer Model
  2. Notes- human impact
  3. List-o-mania

Friday,

EIN-2.A Explain the concept of the tragedy ofthe commons.

  1. Journal-Tragedy of the Commons
  2. Notes- Tragedy of the commons
  3. Fishing lab activity

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Week of:

Nov 17-21

Learning Target(s)

Tasks To Complete

(Deadlines)

Monday,

ERT-2.D Describe island biogeography.

  1. Journal-Where to find the hungry, hungry herbivores
  2. Start Notes- biogeography
  3. Habitat Fragmentation case study

Tuesday,

ERT-2.D Describe island biogeography.

  1. Journal-Explain- National Parks
  2. Notes- Theory
  3. From Ants to Grizzliesworksheet

Wednesday,

ERT-2.D Describe island biogeography.

  1. Lab-Island Biogeography

Thursday,

ERT-2.F Describe ecological tolerance

  1. Journal- Sloths adapt to be active during the day
  2. Notes- Range of Tolerance
  3. Indicator Species activity
  4. Flipped notes- Natural Disasters

Friday,

ERT-2.G Explain how natural disruptions, both short and long-term, impact an ecosystem.

  1. Journal-Thermal pollution & Indicator species
  2. Notes- Range of Tolerance
  3. Finish: Indicator Species activity
  4. Range of Tolerance graphing

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Week of:

Nov 24-28

Learning Target(s)

Tasks To Complete

(Deadlines)

Monday,

ERT-2.G Explain how natural disruptions, both short and long-term, impact an ecosystem.

  1. Journal- Range of Tolerance- slides 91-98
  2. Notes- Succession - diagram
  3. Finish all range of tolerance/ indicator species

Tuesday,

All unit 2 targets will be assessed

Test Unit 2: Biodiversity

Wednesday,

No School

Thanksgiving Break!

Thursday,

Friday,

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Week of:

Dec1-5

Learning Target(s)

Tasks To Complete

(Deadlines)

Monday,

I can work on science Practice 3- Text Analysis

Tuesday,

ERT-3.A Identify differences between generalist and specialist species

  1. Journal- Feral Chickens Fly the Coop
  2. Notes- unit 3 intro / think pair share
  3. Generalist vs. specialist

Wednesday,

ERT-3.B Identify differences between K- and r-selected species.

  1. Journal- Red-faced encounter
  2. Notes- R & K selected species
  3. Quick Lab: Investigating Sea Turtle

Thursday,

ERT-3.C Explain survivorship curves.

  1. Journal- Bison K Selection
  2. Notes- survivorship curve
  3. Graphing practice

Friday,

ERT-3.C Explain survivorship curves.

  1. Journal - K and R species
  2. Survivorship Bubble Lab

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Week of:

Dec 8-12

Learning Target(s)

Tasks To Complete

(Deadlines)

Monday,

ERT-3.F Explain how resource availability affects population growth.

  1. Journal- analyzing social hierarchy
  2. Notes- population characteristics
  3. Estimating population size activity

Tuesday,

ERT-3.F Explain how resource availability affects population growth.

  1. Journal - Features of a population
  2. Notes- properties of a population
  3. Analyzing population graphs

Wednesday,

ERT-3.D Describe carrying capacity

  1. Journal: Data Analysis: Can Sport Hunting Control Predator Pop?
  2. Notes- carrying capacity
  3. Carrying Capacity graph activity

Thursday,

ERT-3.F Explain how resource availability affects population growth

  1. FRQ- Summative- 25min
  2. Journal- China’s Changing Population Needs
  3. Notes- demography
  4. Panic about Overpopulation activity- Due Monday

Friday,

No School

Teacher Inservice Day

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Week of:

Dec15-19

Learning Target(s)

Tasks To Complete

(Deadlines)

Monday,

ERT-3.F Explain how resource availability affects population growth.

  1. Journal- Life expectancy
  2. Panic about Population activity- CER
  3. Flipped Notes- slide 83-88

Tuesday,

EIN-1.B Explain factors that affect total fertility rate in human populations.

  1. Journal- Hawaii’s Volcano
  2. Notes- calculating population size
  3. Math Practice!

Wednesday,

EIN-1.C.1 Explain how human populations experience growth and decline

  1. Journal:Part 1: Native American Migration Pattern
  2. Notes- population pyramids
  3. Population Pyramid: Jigsaw Activity

Thursday,

EIN-1.C.1 Explain how human populations experience growth and decline

  1. Finish- Population Pyramid: Jigsaw Activity
  2. Notes- demographic transitions (130-134)

Friday,

EIN-1.D Define the demographic transition

  1. Unit 3 Test - Population

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Week of:

Jan 5-9

Learning Target(s)

Tasks To Complete

(Deadlines)

Monday,

No School

Happy New Year!

Tuesday,

ERT-4.D Describe the structure and composition of the Earth’s atmosphere.

  1. Journal- Data analysis
  2. Notes - Diagram
  3. Layers of atmosphere

Wednesday,

ERT-4.D Describe the structure and composition of the Earth’s atmosphere.

  1. Journal-Greenhouse gases
  2. Atmosphere lab - video
  3. Notes- Weather/Climate, Seasons

Thursday,

ENG-2.A Explain how the sun’s energy affects the Earth’s surface.

  1. Journal-Technology and the atmosphere
  2. Notes- Weather/Climate, Seasons
  3. Earth’s Tilt:Reasons for the Seasons Lab

Friday,

ENG-2.A Explain how the sun’s energy affects the Earth’s surface.

  1. Journal- Solar Radiation Map
  2. Notes- insolation
  3. Insolation Lab

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Week of:

Jan 12-16

Learning Target(s)

Tasks To Complete

(Deadlines)

Monday,

ERT-4.E Explain how environmental factors can result in atmospheric circulation.

  1. Finish Insolation Lab
  2. Start Notes- Circulation Pattern Diagram - Directions

Tuesday,

ERT-4.E Explain how environmental factors can result in atmospheric circulation.

  1. Journal- Coriolis. Effect
  2. Notes- Coriolis Effect
  3. Coriolis lab activity

Wednesday,

ERT-4.E Explain how environmental factors can result in atmospheric circulation.

  1. Journal- Global wind
  2. Notes- Global Wind
  3. Map Work - finish Coriolis lab

Thursday,

ERT-4.E Explain how environmental factors can result in atmospheric circulation.

  1. Journal- Ocean Currents 1-6
  2. Notes- Ocean currents
  3. Ocean Gyres/ surface currents/ conveyor belt diagrams

Friday,

ERT-4.E Explain how environmental factors can result in atmospheric circulation.

  1. Journal- Ocean Currents 7-13- Journals Due
  2. Finish Convection Lab
  3. Review Guide

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Week of:

Jan 19-23

Learning Target(s)

Tasks To Complete

(Deadlines)

Monday,

No School

Tuesday,

Finals

Wednesday,

Thursday,

Friday,

Teacher Workday

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