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Monday, October 6, 2025

Daily Schedule

Objective

Notes

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  1. Weekly Learning Log
  2. Work time National Park Travel Agency
    1. One person in the group should fill out and submit the Google Form.

Students will be able to

  • Research United States National Parks to identify key features and history of the park.
  • Describe the significance of National Parks.

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Friday, October 3, 2025

Daily Schedule

Objective

Notes

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  • Weekly Learning Log (turn in at end of class)
  • Review answers Test: Ecological Principles
    • You may NOT take test answers out of the room
  • Introduce National Park Travel Agency
    • One person in the group should fill out and submit the Google Form.

Students will be able to

  • Research United States National Parks to identify key features and history of the park.
  • Describe the significance of National Parks.

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Thursday, October 2, 2025

Daily Schedule

Objective

Notes

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  • Weekly Learning Log
  • Test: Ecological Principles
  • Coloring Page: National Wildlife Refuges

Students will be able to

  • Identify the purpose of a National Wildlife Refuge
  • Find a local National Wildlife Refuge Location

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Wednesday, October 1, 2025

Daily Schedule

Objective

Notes

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  • Weekly Learning Log
  • Dust Bowl: Formatting References in APA Style
  • Review for Test with Wayground
    • On Google Classroom

Students will be able to

  • Relate the need of ecosystem management to the Dust Bowl Crisis.
  • Describe the establishment of conservation biology in 1978.

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Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Daily Schedule

Objective

Notes

Test moved to Thursday

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  • Weekly Learning Log
  • The Dust Bowl
    • 25 mastery points
    • Use the document given to you on Google Classroom (do not make a copy)

Students will be able to

  • Relate the need of ecosystem management to the Dust Bowl Crisis.
  • Describe the establishment of conservation biology in 1978.

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Monday, September 29, 2025

Daily Schedule

Objective

Notes

Test moved to Thursday

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  • Weekly Learning Log
  • Life in the Undergrowth Part 4 Intimate Relationships
    • Handout given in class
    • The video is on my Amazon account to watch in class.

Students will be able to

  • Define symbiotic relationships
  • Identify commensalism, mutualism and parasitism types of relationships.

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Friday, September 26, 2025

Daily Schedule

Objective

Notes

Test next Tuesday

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  • Weekly Learning Log (turn in Notebook by end of class)
  • iCEV Work
    • Student Notes-Ecological Principles- Ecological Systems
      1. 34 practice points
      2. Due by end of class
    • Assessment 2-Ecological Principles
      • 10 mastery points
      • Due by end of class
    • Student Notes - Ecological Principles- Ecological Succession
      • 12 practice points
      • Due by end of class
    • Assessment 3 - Ecological Principles- Ecological Succession
      • 10 mastery points
      • Due by end of class
    • Student Notes - Ecological Principles–Monitoring & Sustaining Ecosystems
      • New material
      • 33 practice points
      • Due by next Monday morning
    • Assessment 4 - Ecological Principles - Monitoring and Sustaining
      • 10 mastery points
      • Due by next Monday morning

Students will be able to

  • Define ecosystem management
  • Recognize the importance of the Clean Water and Air Act of 1948

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Thursday, September 25, 2025

Daily Schedule

Objective

Notes

Test next Tuesday

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  • Weekly Learning Log
  • Wayground: Ecological Succession
    • 10 points practice
  • Ecological Succession
    • Complete the activity on Google Slides
    • Answers must be in your own words and complete before you reveal the answers given.
    • 20 points

Students will be able to

  • Describe primary and secondary ecological succession

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Wednesday, September 24, 2025

Daily Schedule

Objective

Notes

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  • Weekly Learning Log
  • Printed Progress Reports given
    • Analyze for errors
    • Make a note of any errors/questions
    • Sign and turn into tray
  • Food Webs and Chains in Costa Rica
    • Complete Part 2 Handout
    • Turn into tray before end of class

Students will be able to

  • Identify producers and consumers
  • Explain trophic levels
  • Create a food web model

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Tuesday, September 23, 2025

Daily Schedule

Objective

Notes

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  • Weekly Learning Log
  • Food Webs and Chains in Costa Rica
    • You will be assigned a group
    • Handout given in class
    • Complete Part 3 Create a food web

Students will be able to

  • Identify producers and consumers
  • Explain trophic levels
  • Create a food web model

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Monday, September 22, 2025

Daily Schedule

Objective

Notes

iCEV grades will be a little slow getting in. I have to complete calculations for points out of percentages earned. Your Google Classroom is not correct right now.

1st period completed 9/21

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  • Weekly Learning Log
  • Play the game
  • Food Webs and Chains in Costa Rica
    • You will be assigned a group
    • Handout given in class
    • Complete Part 1 and 2

Students will be able to

  • Identify producers and consumers
  • Explain trophic levels
  • Create a food web model

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Friday, September 19, 2025

Daily Schedule

Objective

Notes

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  • Weekly Learning Log (TURN IN N.B. BEFORE END OF CLASS)
  • iCEV Vocabulary : Ecological Principles
    • Go through Google Classroom but you may need to sign in through Clever?
    • I wanted it to be half the total points listed on iCEV so it will be worth 16 practice points
  • iCEV Student Notes: Ecological Principles
    • You can use the slides on the site to help
    • 21 practice points
  • iCEV Assessment I: Ecological Principles
    • 12 mastery points
    • DO NOT USE ANY OTHER RESOURCES OTHER THAN YOUR BRAIN

Students will be able to

  • Identify different biomes
  • Describe ecological succession
  • Describe levels of ecological organization

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Thursday, September 18, 2025

Daily Schedule

Objective

Notes

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  • Weekly Learning Log
  • Discuss Virtual Pacific NW Food Chain Assignment due yesterday
  • Biomes and Human Impact
    • Assigned on Google Classroom
    • Suggest make a Kami copy to fill out.

Students will be able to

  • Identify biomes
  • Analyze how humans have impacted an ecosystem

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Wednesday, September 17, 2025

Daily Schedule

Objective

Notes

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Science Fair Information Meeting

Wednesday

Sept 17

2:45-3:30 pm

Room 5118

Mrs. Vinas &

Dr. Colley

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  • Weekly Learning Log
  • Virtual Pacific NW Food Chain Activity
    • On Google Classroom, you have your own copy to complete
    • To watch video, you must be in presentation mode
    • Look at Rubric for grading
    • 30 pts. practice

Students will be able to

  • Create an Ecological Pyramid
  • Create a food chain

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Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Daily Schedule

Objective

Notes

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Science Fair Information Meeting

Wednesday

Sept 17

2:45-3:30 pm

Room 5118

Mrs. Vinas &

Dr. Colley

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  • Weekly Learning Log
  • Lab: Microscopes and wet mounts
    • Title a page in your notebook.
    • Choose 2 prepared slides to use.
    • Draw 3 circles (low, medium and high power) and sketch what you see for both samples.
    • Make a wet mount of pond water
      • Patience is the key
      • You can complete a search pattern to find different organisms.
      • Find your two favorite organisms,sketch what you see and label with magnification.

Students will be able to

  • Use a compound light microscope.
  • Make a wet mount for the compound light microscope.

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Monday, September 15, 2025

Daily Schedule

Objective

Notes

Must be finished with 100 question pretest on iCEV by tomorrow.

Science Fair Information Meeting

Wednesday

Sept 17

2:45-3:30 pm

Room 5118

Mrs. Vinas &

Dr. Colley

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  • Weekly Learning Log
  • Lab: Microscopes and wet mounts
    • Parts of the Microscope
    • Functions of the parts
    • How to make a wet mount
      • Thread
      • Pond Water
    • How to focus
      • Place slide in stage clip
      • Start with coarse adjustment knob
      • Fine adjustment last
      • Change to next magnification
      • Fine adjust ONLY
    • How to put away microscopes
      • Scanning objective lens over stage
      • Stage raised
      • Unplugged

Students will be able to

  • Use a compound light microscope.
  • Make a wet mount for the compound light microscope.

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Friday, September 12, 2025

Daily Schedule

Objective

Notes

Microscope lab switched to Monday. Bring a pond sample if you would like.

  • Weekly Learning Log
  • Introduction to iCEV
    • Login through Clever
    • Pretest is 100 questions
    • You cannot use the site until finished with pretest
    • Pretest made from bank of questions that you will see on the certification test.
  • Me books:
    • Make a binder for your awards/ certifications/ anything you can use on your resume for applications because it makes it much easier to fill out applications
  • Turn in Notebooks with Post it on Learning Log

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Students will be able to

  • Sign in and navigate the iCEV platform.
  • Complete a pretest for ecology conservation and management industry certification.

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Thursday, September 11, 2025

Daily Schedule

Objective

Notes

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  1. Weekly Learning Log
  2. Review of Light Spectrum
  3. Doodle Notes: Photosynthesis
    1. Paper handed out
    2. Discussion
    3. Color
    4. Put in notebook

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Students will be able to

  • Describe the light spectrum.
  • Recognize the formula for photosynthesis
  • Describe the basic process of photosynthesis within producers.

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Wednesday, September 10, 2025

Daily Schedule

Objective

Notes

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  • Weekly Learning Log
  • Retest: Biogeochemical Cycles

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Students will be able to

  • Demonstrate an understanding of the biogeochemical cycles.

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Tuesday, September 09, 2025

Daily Schedule

Objective

Notes

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  • Weekly Learning Log
  • Go over Friday’s test questions

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Students will be able to

  • Review the biogeochemical cycles for retest on Wednesday.

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Monday, September 08, 2025

Daily Schedule

Objective

Notes

Review of last Friday’s test will be tomorrow and retest opportunity on Wednesday.

  • Weekly Learning Log
    • Pick up notebook from front of room on the floor
  • Complete learning log
  • On Google Classroom, complete the Wayground assignment “Marine Dead Zones and Eutrophication”
  • Get a piece of white paper and model Eutrophication. This will be challenging and you will have to think and be creative
    • This should be similar to how the Nutrient Cycles were modeled in your Doodle Notes
    • Include a diagram with arrows showing processes
    • Color and label
    • Box below listing Human Impact
    • Turn into the tray

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Students will be able to

  • Explain and model eutrophication

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Friday, September 05, 2025

Daily Schedule

Objective

Notes

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  • Weekly Learning Log
  • Test: Biogeochemical Cycles
    • Schoolcity Lockdown browser
    • 40 points mastery
  • Notebooks turned in
    • Grading
      1. Weekly learning log
      2. P cycle
      3. N cycle

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Students will be able to

  • Demonstrate an understanding of the biogeochemical cycles.

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Thursday, September 04, 2025

Daily Schedule

Objective

Notes

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  • Weekly Learning Log
  • Finish Phosphorus Cycle Doodle Notes
  • Review for Test

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Students will be able to

  • Model the phosphorus cycle

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Wednesday, September 03, 2025

Daily Schedule

Objective

Notes

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  • Weekly Learning Log
  • Nitrogen Cycle Model
    • Fill in boxes at bottom
  • Edpuzzle: Phosphorus Cycle
  • Phosphorus Cycle Doodle Notes

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Students will be able to

  • Model the phosphorus cycle

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Tuesday, September 02, 2025

Daily Schedule

Objective

Notes

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  • Weekly Learning Log
  • Edpuzzle: Nitrogen cycle
    • 16 points practice
  • Nitrogen Cycle Model
    • Label
    • Fill in boxes at bottom
  • Notebook organized
  • Grade corrections and questions answered

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Students will be able to

  • Model the nitrogen cycle

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Monday, September 01, 2025

Daily Schedule

Objective

Notes

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Labor Day Holiday - No school

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Friday, August 29, 2025

Daily Schedule

Objective

Notes

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  • Weekly Learning Log
  • Carbon Footprint challenge
    • Pre Calculations are PRIVATE and will NOT be turned in.
    • Website: complete the data entry.
    • Submit Screenshot or pdf of final results when finished for your grade
    • Turn in notebook for grading
      • Mark the weekly learning log with a yellow postit

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Students will be able to

  • Define carbon footprint
  • Analyze their own carbon footprint

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Thursday, August 28, 2025

Daily Schedule

Objective

Notes

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  • Weekly Learning Log
  • Carbon Cycle Doodle Notes
    • Complete the bottom
    • DO NOT TURN IN: PUT IN NOTEBOOK
  • Carbon Footprint challenge
    • Precalculations are PRIVATE and will NOT be turned in. This is only to help you tomorrow.
    • Website: register
  • Review: Wayground Review
    • 10 points practice

Students will be able to

  • Use data to support a claim
  • label and describe the carbon cycle.

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Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Daily Schedule

Objective

Notes

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  • Weekly Learning Log
  • CER Framework: Life as a Hunter
    • Handout
    • Driving question: Is hunting solo or in groups more effective?
    • Complete and turn in
  • Carbon Cycle Doodle Notes
    • Fill out
    • Color
    • DO NOT TURN IN: PUT IN NOTEBOOK

Students will be able to

  • Use data to support a claim
  • label and describe the carbon cycle.

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Tuesday, August 26, 2025

Daily Schedule

Objective

Notes

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  • Weekly Learning Log
  • Life as a Hunter Round 2
    • Handout
    • 25 points practice
    • Turned into tray AFTER filling out first two blocks on next assignment.
  • CER Framework: Life as a Hunter
    • Handout
    • Driving question: Is hunting solo or in groups more effective?
    • DO NOT TURN in until tomorrow

Students will be able to analyze data to support a claim.

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Monday, August 25, 2025

Daily Schedule

Objective

Notes

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  • Weekly Learning Log
  • Papers returned
    • Grades have been updated
    • Papers need to be secured in composition notebook.
    • Learning log format must be followed
    • Plagiarism/ copying answers will be zeros and call to parents
  • Life as a Hunter Round 2
    • Handout
    • 25 points practice
    • Turned into tray when finished

Students will be able to analyze data to support a claim.

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Friday, August 22, 2025

Daily Schedule

Objective

Notes

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  • Weekly Learning Log
  • Quiz: Tragedy of the Commons
    • Google Form
    • You may look up terms ONLY
  • Biogeochemical Cycles (hydrological)
    • Handout
    • Color and Label
    • Turn in
  • Turn in Notebooks with post it on today’s learning log.

Students will be able to describe biogeochemical cycles starting with hydrological cycle.

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Thursday, August 21, 2025

Daily Schedule

Objective

Notes

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  1. State Testing - no class

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Students will be able to

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Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Daily Schedule

Objective

Notes

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  • Learning Logs
  • Life as a Hunter Part I
    1. Modeling

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Students will be able to calculate the net energy gain or loss by a predator hunting prey.

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Tuesday, August 19, 2025

Daily Schedule

Objective

Notes

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  • Learning Logs
  • Battle at Kruger
  • Life as a Hunter Part I
    • Paper Handout
    • Complete up to Performance Assessment (modeling)

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Students will be able to calculate the net energy gain or loss by a predator hunting prey.

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Monday, August 18, 2025

Daily Schedule

Objective

Notes

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  • Learning Logs (pick up notebooks in front)
  • Ecological Levels of Organization
    • Slides posted on Google Classroom to guide you.
    • Paper in the front
  • Taking care of loose ends
    • Safety Quiz 100%?
    • Letter to Future Self turned in?
    • Acknowledgement of paperwork complete?
    • Notebooks put together and ready?
    • Understand Learning Log?

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Students will be able to list and define the ecological levels of organization.

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Friday, August 15, 2025

Daily Schedule

Objective

Notes

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  • Learning Logs
  • Video: Rapa Nui Revealed
  • Turn in notebook with post-it marking weekly learning log

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Students will be able to describe how Easter Island could be an example of the tragedy of the commons.

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Thursday, August 14, 2025

Daily Schedule

Objective

Notes

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  • Learning Logs
  • Lab: Happy Fishing
    • Paper handout should be secured in notebook.
    • Finish the questions under EXPLAIN
    • This will be graded tomorrow with your learning log in your notebook
  • Those classes who have not completed Letter to future self will complete these

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Students will be able to demonstrate how individuals using a common resource (the commons) for their own personal gain affects the community.

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Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Daily Schedule

Objective

Notes

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  • Learning Logs
  • Lab: Happy Fishing
    • Paper handout should be secured in notebook.
    • First two questions under ENGAGE should be answered
    • Working with groups

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Students will be able to demonstrate how individuals using a common resource (the commons) for their own personal gain affects the community.

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Tuesday, August 12, 2025

Daily Schedule

Objective

Notes

1st period will follow yesterday’s plan

  • Learning Logs
  • Set up notebooks
  • 2nd attempt Safety Contract Quiz (while I am getting lab ready)
  • Lab: Happy Fishing
    • Paper handed out
    • Instructions given
    • To be completed tomorrow

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Students will be able to demonstrate how individuals using a common resource (the commons) for their own personal gain affects the community.

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Monday, August 11, 2025

Daily Schedule

Objective

Notes

1st period class meeting in gym

I. Learning Logs

II. Safety Contract Quiz

III. Complete Google Form Acknowledgement of Important Docs

Students will be able to complete a lab safety quiz with a 100% accuracy.

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Friday, August 8, 2025

Daily Schedule

Objective

Notes

Seat assignments and techbox numbers will be given on Monday

I. Turn in signed Safety Contract (except 1st period, turn this in on MONDAY)

II. Review Student Handbook�II. Complete Syllabus Activity

Students will be able to identify where to find the information for operations and safety in class this year.

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Thursday, August 7, 2025

Daily Schedule

Objective

Notes

Safety Contract handed out to be returned tomorrow with signatures

I. Assigned Seats and Tech Locker�II. Teacher Intro�III. Syllabus Puzzle

Students will be able to identify location of information for operations and safety in class this year.