10. Friday 12/13/13 !!! The SLO is Monday !!!
ENVIR SCI
SCIENCE STARTER : Differentiate between a population, community, and ecosystem
WHAT ARE WE DOING TODAY?:
How to use Edmodo.com (Sign up and add)
Turn in Chapter 12 KIM Diagram (on Edmodo) – Air Pollution
Edmodo: Air Pollution Thinking Map
Edmodo: Global Warming vs. Ozone Depletion
SLO Quickie
HOMEWORK: STUDY CHAPTERS 1-12 FOR THE SLO! Look at the chapter highlights and the end of each chapter to jog your memory!

11. Thursday 12/12/13 !!! 2 school days until the SLO !!!
ENVIR SCI
SCIENCE STARTER : Differentiate between the 3 types of air pollution in terms of cause(s).
WHAT ARE WE DOING TODAY?:
How to use Edmodo.com (Sign up and add)
Turn in Chapter 12 KIM Diagram (on Edmodo) – Air Pollution
Edmodo: Air Pollution Thinking Map
Edmodo: Global Warming vs. Ozone Depletion
BONUS CHALLENGE! Design a Water Filter
List the materials and the procedures for making a homemade water treatment filter. Draw your end design. BONUS CHALLENGE: Make it…does it work? Pic it, Video it, or Demonstrate it.
HOMEWORK: Read ch. 12 online book

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14. Types of Air Pollution
Air Pollution
Noise
Light
Types of Air Pollution

15. Wednesday 12/11/13 !!! 3 school days until the SLO !!!
ENVIR SCI
SCIENCE STARTER : Describe some things you do in your life that may contribute to air pollution?
WHAT ARE WE DOING TODAY?:
How to use Edmodo.com (Sign up and add)
Turn in Chapter 12 KIM Diagram (on Edmodo) – Air Pollution
Edmodo: Air Pollution Thinking Map
Edmodo: Global Warming vs. Ozone Depletion
BONUS CHALLENGE! Design a Water Filter
List the materials and the procedures for making a homemade water treatment filter. Draw your end design. BONUS CHALLENGE: Make it…does it work? Pic it, Video it, or Demonstrate it.
HOMEWORK: Read ch. 12 online book

17. Tuesday 12/10/13 !!! 4 school days until the SLO !!!
ENVIR SCI
SCIENCE STARTER : Differentiate between freshwater and marine biomes.
WHAT ARE WE DOING TODAY?:
How to use Edmodo.com (Sign up and add)
Chapter 12 KIM Diagram (on Edmodo) – Air Pollution
Vocabulary Challenge Quizlet
BONUS CHALLENGE! Design a Water Filter
List the materials and the procedures for making a homemade water treatment filter. Draw your end design. BONUS CHALLENGE: Make it…does it work? Pic it, Video it, or Demonstrate it.
HOMEWORK: Read ch. 12 online book

18. Monday 12/9/13 !!! 10 school days and counting !!!
ENVIR SCI
Laws Thinking Maps due today! Leave in middle of table!
SCIENCE STARTER : Divide your “A” part into a T chart. Label one side Saltwater the other side Freshwater. Think of 3 specific organisms that live in each habitat and write their common names in the appropriate column.
WORK SESSION:
1st & 3rd: Planet Earth: Freshwater,Saltwater Biomes
2nd: Quiz - Biodiversity
BONUS CHALLENGE! Design a Water Filter
List the materials and the procedures for making a homemade water treatment filter. Draw your end design. BONUS CHALLENGE: Make it…does it work? Pic it, Video it, or Demonstrate it.
HOMEWORK: Read ch. 12 online book

19. Friday 12/6/13 !!! TGIF !!! WORK SESSION:
ENVIR SCI
SCIENCE STARTER : Differentiate between the terms residential, agricultural, and industrial
WORK SESSION:
Quiz: Ch1&10 Reviews/KIM Diagram
Research: Government Legislation Affecting Water Pollution
BONUS CHALLENGE! Design a Water Filter
List the materials and the procedures for making a homemade water treatment filter. Draw your end design. BONUS CHALLENGE: Make it…does it work? Pic it, Video it, or Demonstrate it.
HOMEWORK: Read ch. 12 online book

20. Thursday 12/5/13 !!! IT’S FRIDAY EVE !!!
ENVIR SCI
SCIENCE STARTER : Hypothesize: How can huge amounts of pesticides applied to a field NORTH of the city of Atlanta end up affecting the ecosystem of the Chattahoochee River in Columbus, GA?
WORK SESSION:
Before Too Long
Research: Government Legislation Affecting Water Pollution
BONUS CHALLENGE! Design a Water Filter
List the materials and the procedures for making a homemade water treatment filter. Draw your end design. BONUS CHALLENGE: Make it…does it work? Pic it, Video it, or Demonstrate it.
HOMEWORK: Read ch. 11 online book, finish Ch1 and Ch 10 review handouts in preparation for Friday’s open notes quiz!

22. Wednesday 12/4/13 !!!GUESS WHAT DAY IT IS!!!
ENVIR SCI
Sci Starts through 11/15 ARE DUE TODAY! (green sheets)
SCIENCE STARTER : Differentiate between evaporation and precipitation.
WORK SESSION:
Review Homework Closing from yesterday
Intro to Water Treatment…What would you do?
Water Treatment Flow Map
Create a Flow Map with the steps and descriptions of the water treatment process.
BONUS CHALLENGE! Design a Water Filter
List the materials and the procedures for making a homemade water treatment filter. Draw your end design. BONUS CHALLENGE: Make it…does it work? Pic it, Video it, or Demonstrate it.
HOMEWORK: Read ch. 11 online book, finish Ch1 and Ch 10 review handouts in preparation for Friday’s open notes quiz!

25. Tuesday 12/3/13 Three Weeks and Counting!
ENVIR SCI
Sci Starts through 11/15 will be due Wednesday!!
SCIENCE STARTER : Define poaching and list some reasons why poachers poach.
WORK SESSION:
Mini-Activity: What do you see? Bubble Map
Ch Guided Investigation
Planet Earth: Freshwater
Quiz Friday – Ch 1 (Societies) and Ch 10 (Species Biodiversity)
You will be allowed to use all study guides and KIM diagrams completed during the week before Thanksgiving Break
Quiz questions will come from the Ch 1 and Ch 10 Review Handouts and the Ch. 10 KIM Diagrams
HOMEWORK: Read ch. 10 online book,

31. Closing
Think about the water cycle and how water flows back into lakes, streams, rivers, and the ocean. On the back of your bubble map about Seagulls and Pollution, explain how a water bottle cap you throw out in Columbus, GA could end up in a seagull’s stomach on Panama City Beach, FL.

32. Monday 12/2/13 Three Weeks and Counting!
ENVIR SCI
Sci Starts through 11/15 will be due Wednesday!!
SCIENCE STARTER : What do you think the difference is between a threatened species, an endangered species, and an extinct species?
WORK SESSION:
Complete Ch 10 Guided Text Reading
Quiz Friday – Ch 1 (Societies) and Ch 10 (Species Biodiversity)
You will be allowed to use all study guides and KIM diagrams completed during the week before Thanksgiving Break
Quiz questions will come from the Ch 1 and Ch 10 Review Handouts and the Ch. 10 KIM Diagrams
HOMEWORK: Read ch. 10 online book,

33. Friday 11/15/13 TGIF! WORK SESSION: Unit 2 Retest today!
ENVIR SCI
KIMS 1.1 diagram final due date is today!!!
SCIENCE STARTER : Why is it important to have governmental laws to regulate our environment?
WORK SESSION:
Unit 2 Retest today!
After the test: Design a recycling program for Kendrick High School: how would you implement it? Where? What materials? How would you promote it to the students?
Notes: Industrial Revolution.
HOMEWORK: Read ch. 1.1 online book, ch 1 & 2 AP Hardcopy textbook, Final deadline KIMS ch 1.1 diagram: Friday 11/15!

35. Thursday 11/14/13 Got nothin’ today…except IT’S FRIDAY EVE!
ENVIR SCI
SCIENCE STARTER : Explain the Tragedy of the Commons
WORK SESSION:
RTI: Unit 2 – retest is Friday!
Notes: Societal Transitions: Hunter-Gatherer Groups, Agricultural Revolution.
HOMEWORK: Read ch. 1.1 online book, ch 1 & 2 AP Hardcopy textbook, Final deadline KIMS ch 1.1 diagram: Friday 11/15!

36. Wednesday 11/13/13 Happy HUMPday!
ENVIR SCI
SCIENCE STARTER : Hypothesize what the law of supply and demand is (in other words, what is the relationship between the supply of resources,demand for resources, and cost of the resources?)
WORK SESSION:
RTI: Unit 2 – retest is Friday!
Notes: Science and Society: Tragedy of the Commons
HOMEWORK: Read ch. 1.1 online book, ch 1 & 2 AP Hardcopy textbook, Final deadline KIMS ch 1.1 diagram: Friday 11/15!

37. Tuesday 11/12/13 look at todays date !
ENVIR SCI
KIMS Diagram ch. 1.1 due today.
SCIENCE STARTER : What are some natural resources you need for survival?
WORK SESSION:
Unit 3 Pre-Test: Populations and Pollution
RTI: Unit 2 – retest is Friday!
Notes: Science and Society: Tragedy of the Commons
HOMEWORK: Read ch. 1.1 online book, ch 1 & 2 AP Hardcopy textbook

38. Friday 11/8/13 TGIF….and welcome to your 3 day weekend!
ENVIR SCI
SCIENCE STARTER : Describe how hybrid cars “work”….think in terms of the 2 ways they work.
WORK SESSION:
Unit 2 Summative Assessment!
KIMS Diagram: Ch. 1: Environmental Science and Society
HOMEWORK: Unit 2 Summative Assessment- changed to Friday 11/8. – ch. 5.2, 17, 18

39. Information Memory Cue Sentence Key term (ch 1.1)
Information
(the definiton from the text)
Memory Cue
(a pic to help you remember)
Sentence
(from the text using the word)
Key term (ch 1.1)
(the word)
Environmental Science
Ecology
Agriculture
Natural Resource
Pollution
Biodiversity
Hunter-gatherers
Agricultural Revolution
Industrial Revolution
Depleted
Biodegradable
Nondegradable
Extinct

40. Thursday 11/7/13 TBT….Kool and The Gang, RUN DMC 
ENVIR SCI
SOLAR DATA CHART, HOUSE MODEL, AND PERSUASIVE FLYER DUE TODAY! ALSO…SCI STARTS THRU 11/1
SCIENCE STARTER : What is “conservation?” What are some ways humans can conserve energy in their homes?
WORK SESSION:
Test Review
TeacherWeb – on main menu scroll to bottom of the menu and choose “Test Review Env. Sci. Unit 2”
Do them in order and answer on y.o.p. Write letters and answer choice when necessary.
HOMEWORK: Unit 2 Summative Assessment- changed to Friday 11/8. – ch. 5.2, 17, 18

41. UNIT 2 SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT Friday 11/8
ONLINE TEXTBOOK
AP HARDCOPY TEXTBOOK
Biogeochemical Cycles – ch. 5.2
Carbon/Carbon-Oxygen Cycle
Nitrogen Cycle
Phosphorus Cycle
Non-Renewable Resources – ch. 17
Fossil Fuels (coal, oil, natural gas)
Nuclear Energy
Renewable Resources – ch. 18.1
Solar, Wind, Geothermal, Hydroelectric, Biomass,
Alternative Energies – ch. 18.2
Tidal Power, Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC), Hydrogen, Hybrid Cars, Conservation
Biogeochemical Cycles – pg
Non-Renewable Resources – ch. 19 and pg (ch. 20)
Renewable Resources – pg (ch. 20) and ch. 21

42. Wednesday 11/6/13 It’s Humpday…..woot-woot! 
ENVIR SCI
WIND FARM LOCATION ANALYSIS DATA CHART AND PARAGRAPH DUE TODAY!
SCIENCE STARTER : Differentiate between the sources for hydroelectric energy and geothermal energy. How are they similar?
WORK SESSION:
Notes: Alternative Energies (TeacherWeb)
RTI
HOMEWORK: Read ch. 18 in the online textbook OR ch. 21 in the AP hardcopy textbook. Solar Task 1 & 2 – final extended time due date: 11/7. Unit 2 Summative Assessment- changed to Friday 11/8.

43. BEFORE YOU LEAVE TODAY 2 STACKS ON YOUR TABLE
Wind Farm Data Analysis Chart stapled to your paragraph
Biomass, Hydroelectric, Geothermal Chart/Map
MAKE SURE YOUR NAME IS ON EVERYTHING!

44. Tuesday 11/5/13 Humpday Eve 
ENVIR SCI
WIND FARM LOCATION ANALYSIS DATA CHART AND PARAGRAPH DUE TODAY!
SCIENCE STARTER : Compare and contrast solar energy and wind energy.
WORK SESSION:
Design a data chart or a tree map that compares and contrasts the following renewable energies in terms of what they are, how they occur (i.e., process of creating them), advantages, disadvantages, sketch a pic that will help you recall the type of energy (use ch. 18.1): Biomass, Hydroelectric, Geothermal
HOMEWORK: Read ch. 18 in the online textbook OR ch. 21 in the AP hardcopy textbook. Solar Task 1 & 2 – final extended time due date: 11/7. Unit 2 Summative Assessment- changed to Friday 11/8.

45. Monday 11/4/13 TGIF……Thank Goodness I’m Fabulous 
ENVIR SCI
SUBSTITUTE
SCIENCE STARTER : Explain some of the factors that may affect wind turbine (windmill) efficiency and give some examples.
WORK SESSION:
You will need to stay after school to makeup the substitute assignment. If you can’t stay for a full hour, plan to stay in two 30 minute sessions….in other words, break it up.
HOMEWORK: Read ch. 18 in the online textbook OR ch. 21 in the AP hardcopy textbook. Solar Task 1 & 2 – final extended time due date: 11/7. Unit 2 Summative Assessment-changed to Friday 11/8

46. Friday 11/1/13 TGIF……Thank Goodness I’m Fabulous 
ENVIR SCI
KIMS DIAGRAM CH 18 DUE TODAY. WIND FARM LOCATION ANALYSIS DATA CHART AND PARAGRAPH DUE MONDAY (GIVING YOU THEWEEKEND!
SCIENCE STARTER : Explain some of the factors that may affect wind turbine (windmill) efficiency and give some examples.
WORK SESSION:
Wind Farm Site Analysis – Cape Wind Project
Students will work in small groups to analyze 2 potential sites for a wind farm. Using the maps and reference materials, students will dtermine which of the two locations is the most viable.
HOMEWORK: Read ch. 18 in the online textbook OR ch. 21 in the AP hardcopy textbook. Solar Task 1 & 2 – final extended time due date: 11/7. Unit 2 Summative Assessment-Tu. 11/5

47. CAPE WIND PROJECT CASE STUDY
Compare & Contrast the 2 sites using a scale to rank each feature.
Advantage: +1 to +3 with 3 being the most positive
Disadvantage: -1 to -3 with -3 being the most negative
Think about the questions to help you decide how positive or negative the feature is.
After evaluating each site, total the score for each site
Team Discussion:
What are the biggest advantages of each site? Disadvantages or challenges? Compromises?
Which site would your company recommend to the developer?

48. 2 sides to the issue
Opponents
Supporters

50. Thursday 10/31/13 Happy Halloween!
ENVIR SCI
SCIENCE STARTER : Explain why passive solar radiation creates a greenhouse effect in homes.
WORK SESSION:
Wind Farm Location Analysis
Test at least 3 different sites with the same test variables and determine which site would most likely power more homes
Wind Farm Site Analysis – Cape Wind Project
HOMEWORK: Read ch. 18 in the online textbook OR ch. 21 in the AP hardcopy textbook. Ch 18 KIMS Diagram final extended time due date: 11/1, Solar Task 1 & 2 – final extended time due date: 11/7. Unit 2 Assessment-11/5

51. Wind Farm Location Analysis
Write a paragraph (or two, three, etc) that addresses the following results of your lab.
Explain the purpose of your lab.
Explain how you changed your design in each of the 4 trials.
Propose which sites would be the worst sites to locate your windfarm and justify your answer using your data.
Propose which site would be the better site to locate your windfarm and justify your answer using your data.

52. Wednesday 10/30/13 Woooot-Woooot!!
ENVIR SCI
SCIENCE STARTER : Differentiate between the 3 types of solar energy. (CHALLENGE!!!! CAN YOU DO IT WITHOUT LOOKING AT YOUR NOTES???? I BELIEVE IN YOU…YOU CAN DO IT!!!....well, maybe you might need to peek a little, but try first without looking)
WORK SESSION:
RTI
HOMEWORK: Read ch. 18 in the online textbook OR ch. 21 in the AP hardcopy textbook. Ch 18 KIMS Diagram final extended time due date: 11/1, Solar Task 1 & 2 – final extended time due date: 11/7. Unit 2 Assessment-11/5

53. Tuesday 10/29/13 Uggghhhh…it’s not humpday yet?
ENVIR SCI
SCIENCE STARTER : Would solar energy be an efficient renewable resource for homes in Alaska? In Mexico? Justify your answer.
WORK SESSION:
Create a Thinking Map or Data Chart that describes, compares, and contrasts the 3 types of solar energy.
Task #1: Create a model, poster, etc of a home that incorporates all of the 3 types of solar energy in the home.
Google: “Solar Harvest A Virtual Tour” then click on it
Energy.gov – another good one!
Google: “virtual solar energy homes design” for more…..
Task #2: Create a sales flyer that justifies the advantages of buying your home over a traditional home that does not incorporate solar energy.
Due on Wednesday 10/30…final extended time due date: 11/7
HOMEWORK: Read ch. 18 in the online textbook OR ch. 21 in the AP hardcopy textbook. Unit 2 Assessment – 11/5

55. Monday 10/28/13 Uggghhhh…it’s Monday
ENVIR SCI
SCIENCE STARTER : Of the following renewable energies, which type do you hypothesize would be better for us in Columbus and explain why: solar, wind, geothermal.
WORK SESSION:
Create a Thinking Map or Data Chart that describes, compares, and contrasts the 3 types of solar energy.
Task #1: Create a model, poster, etc of a home that incorporates all of the 3 types of solar energy in the home.
Task #2: Create a sales flyer that justifies the advantages of buying your home over a traditional home that does not incorporate solar energy.
Due on Wednesday 10/30…final extended time due date: 11/7
HOMEWORK: Read ch. 18 in the online textbook OR ch. 21 in the AP hardcopy textbook. Nuclear Sequencing Map due 10/29 – tomorrow….along with writing piece and Pro’s/Con’s T-chart.

56. Friday 10/25/13 TGIF! WORK SESSION: Ch 18 KIMS Diagram
ENVIR SCI
SCIENCE STARTER : Justify why losing oil as a resource would actually be a good thing.
WORK SESSION:
Ch 18 KIMS Diagram
Extended due date: Friday 11/1
Early Finisher Challenge: Design a crisis plan for your family of how you would deal with the announcement that oil supplies will run out in 5 days.
HOMEWORK: Read ch. 17 in the online textbook OR ch. 19 in the AP hardcopy textbook. Ch. 17 KIMS due on Monday 10/28

57. Information Memory Cue Sentence Key term (ch 18)
Information
(the definiton from the text)
Memory Cue
(a pic to help you remember)
Sentence
(from the text using the word)
Key term (ch 18)
(the word)
Renewable energy
Passive solar heating
Active solar heating
Biomass fuel
Hydroelectric energy
Geothermal energy
Alternative energy
Ocean thermal energy
conversion (OTEC)
Fuel cell
Energy efficiencey
Energy conservation

58. Thursday 10/24/13 IT’S TBT!!! WORK SESSION:
ENVIR SCI
SCIENCE STARTER : Hypothesize: List all the things you encounter each day that you think are made of petroleum.
WORK SESSION:
Petroleum Products in Our Daily Lives
Thank you notes
Oil Spike:
M&M write: Predict how you think it will affect humans on a global scale.
Video: Aftermath – World w/o Oil
Advantages & Disadvantages of using nuclear energy
Create a T-chart or use a Classifying thinking map
HOMEWORK: Read ch. 17 in the online textbook OR ch. 19 in the AP hardcopy textbook.

59. CLOSING DISCUSSION How will an oil shortage affect you personally?
Looking ahead, what most worries you 50 years from now if oil supplies dry up?
What actions would you take in response to a pending oil crisis?
What can common people do to prevent a future oil crisis?

60. Wednesday 10/23/13 Happy Dayyyyy!!!
ENVIR SCI
SCIENCE STARTER : Consider the following options for nuclear waste disposal: Send the waste into space, store the waste in deep parts of the ocean, store it in Antarctica, pay another country to dispose of it, study the issue further, do nothing. Choose one form of nuclear waste disposal and list the pro’s and con’s of your choice for disposal.
WORK SESSION:
RTI – go to TeacherWeb and scroll down to the bottom of the menu and click on the page: RTI – Biogeochemical Cycles, Energy, Pollution.
Advantages & Disadvantages of using nuclear energy
Create a T-chart or use a Classifying thinking map
HOMEWORK: Read ch. 17 in the online textbook OR ch. 19 in the AP hardcopy textbook.

61. Tuesday 10/22/13 Happy Humpdayyyyy Eve!
ENVIR SCI
SCIENCE STARTER : What does non-renewable mean? Fossil fuels are non-renewable….what are the 3 main types of fossil fuels?
WORK SESSION:
Notes/Discussion – History of Nuclear Energy and Fission
Sequence the steps of how a nuclear reactor works
Use a sequencing thinking map
HOMEWORK: Read ch. 17 in the online textbook OR ch. 19 in the AP hardcopy textbook.

63. Monday 10/21/13 Awwww……another one?
ENVIR SCI
SCIENCE STARTER : What do you think the terms renewable and non-renewable mean? Give some examples based on your definitions.
WORK SESSION:
Non-Renewable Fossil Fuels Organizer
Design a data organizer (chart or thinking map) that details your research about each of the fossil fuels: coal, oil, and natural gas. The three things you are researching about each one is:
Formation (how it is formed)
Uses
Environmental Impacts (effects on the environment)
Public Notice Pamphlet
HOMEWORK: Read ch. 17 in the online textbook OR ch. 19 in the AP hardcopy textbook.

64. Friday 10/18/13 Hip-Hip-Hooray!!! ---word!
ENVIR SCI
SCIENCE STARTER : What effect do detergents released by humans into the phosphorus cycle have on area lakes?
WORK SESSION:
Quiz: Biogeochemical cycles
KIM DIAGRAM: Non-Renewable Resources (ch. 17)
Introduction to Non-Renewable and Renewable Resources and sustainablilty
Group renewable and non-renewable
HOMEWORK: Read ch. 17 in the online textbook OR ch. 19 in the AP hardcopy textbook.

65. Information Memory Cue Sentence Key term (ch 17)
Information
(the definiton from the text)
Memory Cue
(a pic to help you remember)
Sentence
(from the text using the word)
Key term (ch 17)
(the word)
Fossil fuels
Electric generator
Turbine
Petroleum
Oil reserves
Crude Oil
Nuclear energy
Nuclear fission
Nuclear fusion
Chernobyl
Three Mile Island

66. Thursday 10/17/13 (cont’d on next slide) Friday Eve 
ENVIR SCI
WORK SESSION:
GO TO THE CLASS WEBSITE (AT TEACHERWEB)
Home Page: Env Sci Notes: Biogeochemical Cycles
Finish copying your notes on the Phosphorus Cycle to the end.
On the menu to the left: RTI – Biogeochemical Cycle
Complete each activity. After completing the tutorial, click the quiz block and take the quiz and it to me to receive credit:
BrainPop Login: hendrickhs
BrainPop Password: brainpop
HOMEWORK: Read ch. 5.2 in the online textbook OR ch. 7 pg in the AP hardcopy textbook.

67. Thursday 10/17/13 Friday Eve 
ENVIR SCI
SCIENCE STARTER : Name 2 sources of nitrogen in the nitrogen cycle. Explain how the atmospheric nitrogen makes it into plants.
WORK SESSION:
Notes: Phosphorus Cycle
Add the Phosporus Cycle to your foldable
Use the final quarter of your foldable to discuss the human impact on each cycle.
RTI
QUIZ: TOMORROW – BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES!
HOMEWORK: Read ch. 5.2 in the online textbook OR ch. 7 pg in the AP hardcopy textbook.

68. Wednesday 10/16/13 Humpdayyyyyy! 
ENVIR SCI
SCIENCE STARTER : none
WORK SESSION:
PSAT (1st and 2nd blocks)
LORAX – (3rd block)
HOMEWORK: Read ch. 5.2 in the online textbook OR ch. 7 pg in the AP hardcopy textbook.

69. Tuesday 10/15/13 Humpday Eve 
ENVIR SCI
SCIENCE STARTER : Name 2 sources of atmospheric carbon. Name 1 source that removes atmospheric carbon.
WORK SESSION:
Foldable: make any adjustments on the part you were supposed to complete this weekend on the Carbon Cycle.
Notes: Nitrogen Cycle
Add the Nitrogen Cycle info to your foldable.
Unit 2 Textbook Preview: due Today!
Quiz: Friday – Biogeochemical Cycles
HOMEWORK: Read ch. 5.2 in the online textbook OR ch. 7 pg in the AP hardcopy textbook.

70. Monday 10/14/13 SCIENCE STARTER : Planning Day …No School!
ENVIR SCI
SCIENCE STARTER : Planning Day …No School!
HOMEWORK: Read ch. 5.2 in the online textbook OR ch. 7 pg in the AP hardcopy textbook.

71. Friday 10/11/13 OMG…ICBIF…TGIF…GR84ME…GR84U!
ENVIR SCI
SCIENCE STARTER : If an organism is placed in a flask, describe 2 ways you could determine if it is releasing carbon dioxide.
WORK SESSION:
Lab Investigation: Carbon-Oxygen Cycle Day 2
Notes: Carbon Cycle
Unit 2 Textbook Preview: due Monday!
HOMEWORK: Read ch. 5.2 in the online textbook OR ch. 7 pg in the AP hardcopy textbook.

72. Thursday 10/10/13 Guess what day it is…..(the day after – you know….)
ENVIR SCI
SCIENCE STARTER : Describe the relationship between animals and plants in the Oxygen-Carbon cycle.
WORK SESSION:
Lab Investigation: Carbon-Oxygen Cycle Day 2
Notes: Carbon Cycle
Unit 2 Textbook Preview: due Monday!
HOMEWORK: Read ch. 5.2 in the online textbook OR ch. 7 pg in the AP hardcopy textbook.

73. Wednesday 10/9/13 Mike, Mike, Mike…Guess what day it is…
ENVIR SCI
SCIENCE STARTER : List 3 products that you could recycle. Where do each of these products come from (or what are they made of)?
WORK SESSION:
Lab Investigation: Carbon-Oxygen Cycle
Notes: Carbon Cycle
Unit 2 Textbook Preview: due Monday!
HOMEWORK: Read ch. 5.2 in the online textbook OR ch. 7 pg in the AP hardcopy textbook.

74. Tuesday 10/8/13 Guess what day it is……Humpdayyyyyy Eve!
ENVIR SCI
SCIENCE STARTER: Prepare for re-assessment
WORK SESSION:
Unit 1 Re-Assessment: Ecology
Unit 2 Pre-Assessment: Pollution
Unit 2 Textbook Preview
HOMEWORK: Study for your test! Test review online at TeacherWeb (class website)

75. Monday 10/5/13 WORK SESSION:
ENVIR SCI
SCIENCE STARTER: none: get computers out and prepare for RTI
WORK SESSION:
RTI – in preparation for the retest on the SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT: UNIT 1 – ECOLOGY: October 8th (Food Webs/Chains, Energy Pyramids, Ecological Organization, Biomes, Succession, Natural Selection, Resistance.
RTI: Compass Learning – complete the assigned tutorial based on your weaknesses on the summative assessment.
Passed the test? Discovery Videos
HOMEWORK: Study for your test! Test review online at TeacherWeb (class website)

76. Friday 10/4/13 WORK SESSION:
ENVIR SCI
SCIENCE STARTER: none: get computers out and prepare for RTI
WORK SESSION:
RTI – in preparation for the retest on the SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT: UNIT 1 – ECOLOGY: October 8th (Food Webs/Chains, Energy Pyramids, Ecological Organization, Biomes, Succession, Natural Selection, Resistance.
RTI: Compass Learning – complete the assigned tutorial based on your weaknesses on the summative assessment.
Passed the test? Discovery videos/Help the Hooch
HOMEWORK: Study for your test! Test review online at TeacherWeb (class website)

77. Thursday 10/3/13 WORK SESSION:
ENVIR SCI
SCIENCE STARTER: none: prepare for summative assessment.
WORK SESSION:
SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT: UNIT 1 – ECOLOGY: today! (Food Webs/Chains, Energy Pyramids, Ecological Organization, Biomes, Succession, Natural Selection, Resistance.
RTI: Compass Learning – complete Natural Selection or Succession tutorials.
HOMEWORK: Study for your test! Test review online at TeacherWeb (class website)

78. Wednesday 10/2/13 Guess what day it is……
ENVIR SCI
Turn in foldable activitiy (3rd – thinking map) on succession
SCIENCE STARTER: What are adaptations? Explain one animal adaptation and one human adaptation.
WORK SESSION:
Roundtable: What are limiting factors? What are adaptations? What is natural selection?
Notes: Natural Selection
SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT: UNIT 1 – ECOLOGY: October 3rd (Food Webs/Chains, Energy Pyramids, Ecological Organization, Biomes, Succession, Natural Selection, Resistance.
HOMEWORK: Study for your test! Test review online at TeacherWeb (class website)

79. Tuesday 10/1/13 Only a few more days until the weekend!
ENVIR SCI
SCIENCE STARTER: Predict how you think the human population will change in the next 1,000 years and explain why.
WORK SESSION:
Roundtable: What are limiting factors? What are adaptations? What is natural selection?
Notes: Natural Selection
SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT: UNIT 1 – ECOLOGY: October 3rd (Food Webs/Chains, Energy Pyramids, Ecological Organization, Biomes, Succession, Natural Selection, Resistance.
HOMEWORK: Read ch Succession Activity due Wed!

80. Monday 9/30/13 Only a few more days until the weekend!
ENVIR SCI
SCIENCE STARTER: What is a pioneer species in primary succession? Give an example of one. Why is this an appropriate example?
WORK SESSION:
Notes: Succession (cont’d)
Succession Activity: Compare/contrast primary & secondary succession: picture, timescale, beginning landscape, pioneer species, conditions under which it takes place…due Wednesday!
SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT: UNIT 1 – ECOLOGY: October 3rd (Food Webs/Chains, Energy Pyramids, Ecological Organization, Biomes, Succession, Natural Selection, Resistance.
HOMEWORK: Read ch KIM Diagram: Succession (ch. 5.3) due Tuesday!!

81. WORK SESSION: Friday 9/27/13 TGIF!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RTI
ENVIR SCI
SCIENCE STARTER: Describe why the initial stages of succession cannot support large forest-like trees.
WORK SESSION:
RTI
Project Presentations (finish)
SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT: UNIT 1 – ECOLOGY: October 3rd (Food Webs/Chains, Energy Pyramids, Ecological Organization, Biomes, Succession, Natural Selection, Resistance.
HOMEWORK: Read ch 7. KIM Diagram: Succession (ch. 5.3) due Tuesday!!

82. Thursday 9/26/13 Happy Thurs-Daaaaaay!
ENVIR SCI
Turn in Ch. 6 Review (make sure you have a title and name!!!)
SCIENCE STARTER: A house is torn down. Hypothesize how the vacant lot would change over 50 years.
WORK SESSION:
Reading Guide 3-8: What is succession?
Answer #1-12 on YOP!
Notes: Succession
SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT: UNIT 1 – ECOLOGY: October 3rd (Food Webs/Chains, Energy Pyramids, Ecological Organization, Biomes, Succession, Natural Selection, Resistance.
HOMEWORK: Read ch 7. KIM Diagram: Succession (ch. 5.3) due Tuesday!!

83. Wednesday 9/25/13 Happy Hump Daaaaaay!
ENVIR SCI
TURN IN SCI STARTS FROM PRIOR 2 WKS 9/9 – 9/20
SCIENCE STARTER: Explain how humans are impacting the rainforest and why.
WORK SESSION:
KIM Diagram: Succession & Natural Selection
DON’T FORGET HW DUE TOMORROW
(SEE BELOW)
HOMEWORK: Read ch 6. Answer the Chapter 6 Review Questions #1-26 pg (go to Ch. 6.3 to find the ?’s)…..DUE THURSDAY!

84. Information Memory Cue Sentence Key term (ch 5.3)
Information
(the definiton from the text)
Memory Cue
(a pic to help you remember)
Sentence
(from the text using the word)
Key term (ch 5.3)
(the word)
Ecological succession
Primary succession
Secondary succession
Pioneer species
Climax community
Colonize
Mt. St. Helens
Deciduous
Pines
Jack Pine
Controlled fire
Old-field succession
Lichens

85. Tuesday 9/24/13 Volunteers for presenting first????
ENVIR SCI
SCIENCE STARTER: N/A – Presentations day 2
WORK SESSION:
Biome Project Presentations
For those late….once finished, to
HOMEWORK: Read ch 6. Answer the Chapter 6 Review Questions #1-26 pg (go to Ch. 6.3 to find the ?’s)…..DUE THURSDAY!

86. Tuesday 9/24/13 Volunteers for presenting first????
ENVIR SCI
SCIENCE STARTER: N/A – Presentations day 2
WORK SESSION:
Biome Project Presentations
For those late….once finished, to
HOMEWORK: Read ch 6. Answer the Chapter 6 Review Questions #1-26 pg (go to Ch. 6.3 to find the ?’s)…..DUE THURSDAY!

87. Monday 9/23/13 Volunteers for presenting first????
ENVIR SCI
SCIENCE STARTER: N/A – Presentations begin
WORK SESSION:
Biome Project Presentations
For those late….once finished, to
HOMEWORK: Get your flash drive!!! You’re going to need it for your biome project! Read ch. 4.1 & ch. 6

88. WORK SESSION: Friday 9/20/13 TGIF! Biome Project
ENVIR SCI
SCIENCE STARTER: N/A – Substitute
WORK SESSION:
Biome Project
Once finished, to
HOMEWORK: Get your flash drive!!! You’re going to need it for your biome project! Read ch. 4.1 & ch. 6

89. Thursday 9/19/13 Only 2 more days til the weekend!
ENVIR SCI
SCIENCE STARTER: What is commensalism? Describe an example and their relationship using at least 2 organisms
WORK SESSION:
Biome Project
Once finished, to
HOMEWORK: Get your flash drive!!! You’re going to need it for your biome project! Read ch. 4.1 & ch. 6

90. Wednesday 9/18/13 Hump Daaaaaayyy….yeah!
ENVIR SCI
SCIENCE STARTER: What is parasitism? Describe an example and their relationship using at least 2 organisms
WORK SESSION:
RTI – do you have your headphones?
Biome Project
HOMEWORK: Get your flash drive!!! You’re going to need it for your biome project! Read ch. 4.1 & ch. 6

91.
Login: GTID#
pw: initpass
Change “ODYSSEY” to “KENDRICK”

92. Tuesday 9/17/13 When you erase a word, where does it go?
ENVIR SCI
SCIENCE STARTER: What is competition? Describe an example using at least 2 organisms.
WORK SESSION:
Mid-Point DATA Assessment (make-up)
Mini-Lesson (cont’d): Community Relationships
Biome Project
HOMEWORK: Get your flash drive!!! You’re going to need it for your biome project! Read ch. 4.1 & ch. 6

93. Monday 9/16/13 TGIM!!!.......NOT!!! WORK SESSION:
ENVIR SCI
SCIENCE STARTER: Describe the dominant animals in the marine biome.
WORK SESSION:
Mid-Point DATA Assessment
Mini-Lesson: Community Relationships
Biome Project
HOMEWORK: Get your flash drive!!! You’re going to need it for your biome project! Read ch. 4.1 & ch. 6

94. Friday 9/13/13 TGIF!!! WORK SESSION: Mid-Point DATA Assessment
ENVIR SCI
SCIENCE STARTER: Describe the dominant animals in the following biomes: tundra, desert, savannah
WORK SESSION:
Mid-Point DATA Assessment
Biome Project
HOMEWORK: Get your flash drive!!! You’re going to need it for your biome project! Read ch. 4.1 & ch. 6

95. Thursday 9/12/13 I feel the weekend coming….
ENVIR SCI
SCIENCE STARTER: Describe how latitude (how far away from the equator) changes the temperature of a biome.
WORK SESSION:
POP QUIZ: Ecological Organization, Abiotic and Biotic Factors notes: Take a few minutes to review your notes 
Biome Project: Plan and Begin
HOMEWORK: Get your flash drive!!! You’re going to need it for your biome project! Read ch. 4.1 & ch. 6

96.
Login: GTID#
pw: initpass
Change “ODYSSEY” to “KENDRICK”

97. MAKE SURE YOU SAVE!!! (ON THE CLOUD AND YOUR FLASH DRIVE)
To your “STUDENT CLOUD”
Click “ SAVE AS”
Click “COMPUTER” (may have to click-click)
Scroll down to “KENT……..” and click it. (this puts you on the Kendrick Server)
Look for your GTID # and click it…this will put you on your STUDENT CLOUD.

98. Wednesday 9/11/13 Guess what day it is 
ENVIR SCI
Turn in Sci Starts from 8/25 thru 9/6
SCIENCE STARTER: Describe how altitude (distance above sea level) changes the temperature of a biome.
WORK SESSION:
RTI
Biome Project: Plan and Begin
HOMEWORK: Get your flash drive!!! You’re going to need it for your biome project! Read ch. 4.1

99. Tuesday 9/10/13 Only 3 more days ‘til the weekend! 
ENVIR SCI
WE ARE GOING TO MAKE OUR SCI STARTER PAPERS THIS TIME! SOOOOOOO WAIT FOR DIRECTIONS 
SCIENCE STARTER: Contrast the temperature and precipitation conditions of the tundra and the desert.
WORK SESSION:
Biome Project: Plan and Begin
HOMEWORK: Get your flash drive!!! You’re going to need it for your biome project! Read ch. 4.1

100. Monday 9/9/13 Only 4 more days ‘til the weekend! 
ENVIR SCI
WE ARE GOING TO MAKE OUR SCI STARTER PAPERS THIS TIME! SOOOOOOO WAIT FOR DIRECTIONS 
SCIENCE STARTER: Of all the biomes in the world, which one interests you most and why?
WORK SESSION:
Roundtable – students allowed to finish for homework must turn it in!
Quiz: Food Webs/Chains (review)
During the last part of the period, I will upload books and biome project info to your flash drives.
HOMEWORK: Get your flash drive!!! You’re going to need it for your biome project! Read ch. 4.1

101. Friday 9/6/13 T ta tha G ta tha I ta tha F! WOOT-WOOT! 
ENVIR SCI
SCIENCE STARTER: Why is conservation important to ecosystems?
WORK SESSION:
Roundtable (finish)
Notes: Ecological Organization (finish)
Human Footprint (finish)
Quiz: Food Webs/Chains (review)
During the last part of the period, I will upload books and biome project info to your flash drives.
HOMEWORK: Get your flash drive!!! You’re going to need it for your biome project! Read ch. 4.1

102. Thursday 9/5/13 WE’RE ALMOST THERE!! WOOT-WOOT! 
ENVIR SCI
Turn in your KIM Diagram – Ecology (1ST BLOCK)
SCIENCE STARTER: Describe how you think technology has contributed to the pollution of the earth.
WORK SESSION:
Wall E (finish)
Roundtable (finish)
Notes: Ecological Organization (finish)
HOMEWORK: Get your flash drive!!! You’re going to need it for your biome project! Read ch. 4.1

103. Wednesday 9/4/13 HAPPY HUMP DAYYYYYY WOOT-WOOT! 
ENVIR SCI
Turn in your KIM Diagram - Ecology
SCIENCE STARTER: What do you think the earth would be like if humans never existed?
WORK SESSION:
Wall E
HOMEWORK: Get your flash drive!!! Read ch. 4.1

104. Tuesday 9/3/13 AT LEAST THERE WAS NO MONDAY TO DEAL WITH 
ENVIR SCI
SCIENCE STARTER: Describe what makes up your habitat
WORK SESSION: SUBSTITUTE
If absent today, students must come after school to make up work since work was done from an alternative resource that cannot be taken home.
Tiger Book: #1-4 pg. 782, # 1-5 pg 807, #1-5 pg 810, #1-4, 6-8, pg
HOMEWORK: Get your flash drive, Read ch. 4.1

105. Monday 9/2/13
ENVIR SCI
Labor Day Holiday No school!

106. Friday 8/30/13 HAPPY FRI-DAYYYYYY WOOT-WOOT! 
ENVIR SCI
SCIENCE STARTER: What does interconnected mean to you? Give some examples to help someone understand.
WORK SESSION:
Notes: Ecological Organization
Finish Roundtable
HOMEWORK: Get your flash drive!!! Finish KIMS Diagram on Ecology.

107. Thursday 8/29/13 Over the hill! It’s downhill from here! 
ENVIR SCI
If absent yesterday: TURN IN SCI STARTS 8/12 - 8/23 and KIMS – Food Webs/Chains
SCIENCE STARTER: Describe how bacteria and fungi are important to the environment. Name one type of fungi you might find in a yard.
WORK SESSION:
__/\___\O/_____ help!...its the pop quiz shark!
Media Instruction: Planet Earth: Pole to Pole
An overview of the biomes.
HOMEWORK: Get your flash drive!!! Review KIMS Vocab on Food Webs/Chains

108. Wednesday 8/28/13 3 days in….2 more to go 
ENVIR SCI
TURN IN SCI STARTS 8/12 - 8/23 and KIMS – Food Webs/Chains
SCIENCE STARTER: Given the following food chain
grass  grasshopper  rat  snake  hawk
Label the chain using the words: producer, tertiary, secondary, primary, quantenary. If the sun provides 5684 units of energy to the grass, how much would the hawk get?
WORK SESSION:
Roundtable: 3-1, 3-2 Ecology & Ecosystems
WAIT FOR DIRECTIONS!!!
KIM DIAGRAM: ECOLOGICAL ORGANIZATION
HOMEWORK: Get your flash drive!!! Review KIMS Vocab on Food Webs/Chains

109. Tuesday 8/27/13 2 days in….3 more to go 
ENVIR SCI
SCIENCE STARTER: Given the following food chain
grass  grasshopper  rat  snake  hawk
Identify what would happen to the population of producers, 1st, 3rd, and 4th level consumers if a species specific virus infected the rat population and caused death in mass numbers.
WORK SESSION:
Finish Food Web Model
KIM DIAGRAM: ECOLOGICAL ORGANIZATION
HOMEWORK: Get your flash drive!!! Review KIMS Vocab on Food Webs/Chains

110. Information Memory Cue Sentence Key term (ch 4.1)
Information
(the definiton from the text)
Memory Cue
(a pic to help you remember)
Sentence
(from the text using the word)
Key term (ch 4.1)
(the word)
Ecology (ch.1.1)
(ch. 4.1)
Ecosystem
Abiotic
Biotic
Species
Organism
Population
Community
Biosphere
Habitat

111. Monday 8/26/13 WELCOME BACK! 
ENVIR SCI
SCIENCE STARTER: Explain what would happen in a food web if the population of producers declined.
WORK SESSION:
pg 123 (ch.5.1 Section Review): Answer #1-6
Pg. 135 (Ch. 5.3 Chapter Review): Answer
# 1, 2, 5, 6, 9-15, 24-26
FOR MULTIPLE CHOICE: write out your letter
AND answer.
KIM DIAGRAM: ECOLOGICAL ORGANIZATION
HOMEWORK: Get your flash drive!!! Review KIMS Vocab on Food Webs/Chains

112. Friday 8/23/13 HAPPY FRI-DAYYYYYY WOOT-WOOT! 
ENVIR SCI
SCIENCE STARTER: Explain how energy flows through a food web.
WORK SESSION:
NOTES: Energy Flow Through the Ecosystem (2nd block finish)
Paired Activity: Food Web Model
HOMEWORK: Get your flash drive!!! Review KIMS Vocab on Food Webs/Chains

113. Thursday 8/22/13 OPEN HOUSE: THURSDAY come to get bonus points 
ENVIR SCI
SCIENCE STARTER: Differentiate between a food web and a food chain.
WORK SESSION:
NOTES: Energy Flow Through the Ecosystem
KIMS Diagram
HOMEWORK: Obtain a inch ringbinder notebook and supplies, get your student profile and lab safety sheet signed.

114. Wednesday 8/21/13 OPEN HOUSE: THURSDAY come to get bonus points 
ENVIR SCI
SCIENCE STARTER: Write out a food chain with at least 3 organisms (1 producer and 2 consumers). Use the appropriate arrows to indicate energy transfer.
WORK SESSION:
PRE-SLO: VERY IMPORTANT!!!
KIMS Diagram - finish
Food Chains & Food Web vocabulary
HOMEWORK: Obtain a inch ringbinder notebook and supplies, get your student profile and lab safety sheet signed.

115. Information Memory Cue Sentence Key term (ch 5.1)
Information
(the definiton from the text)
Memory Cue
(a pic to help you remember)
Sentence
(from the text using the word)
Key term (ch 5.1)
(the word)
Examples of lions, snakes spiders are carnivores
Carnivore
Omnivore
Herbivore
Decomposer
Producer
Autotroph
Consumer
Heterotroph
Trophic Levels
Energy Pyramid
Food Chain
Food Web
Photosynthesis
Cellular Respiration
Gets its energy from other consumers

116. Tuesday 8/20/13 OPEN HOUSE: THURSDAY come to get bonus points 
ENVIR SCI
Turn in to HW box: Rdg. Gdes 3-6 & 3-7 answers & handouts!
SCIENCE STARTER: Differentiate between a consumer and producer AND give an example of each.
WORK SESSION:
KIMS Diagram
Food Chains & Food Web vocabulary
HOMEWORK: Obtain a inch ringbinder notebook and supplies, get your student profile and lab safety sheet signed.

117. Monday 8/19/13 OPEN HOUSE: THURSDAY come to get bonus points 
ENVIR SCI
SCIENCE STARTER: List all the ways that organisms get energy into their bodies.
WORK SESSION:
Unit 1 Pre-Assessment: Ecology
Reading Guide 3-6 What are producers and consumers?
Answers only on YOP # 1-20
Reading Guide 3-7 What are food Chains and food webs?
Answers only on YOP # 1-15
HOMEWORK: Obtain a inch ringbinder notebook and supplies, get your student profile and lab safety sheet signed.

118. Friday 8/16/13 REMEMBER…THIS IS YOUR FIRST IMPRESSION…MAKE A GOOD ONE B/C IT WILL LAST ALL SEMESTER!!
ENVIR SCI
Turn in your HW: Reading Guides 1-3/1-4, Sci. Safety (Spongebob)
SCIENCE STARTER: Think about the items you use everyday. Choose one thing you use a lot of. Estimate: how much of this do you use in a day? A year? How could you reduce your consumption of this item?
WORK SESSION:
Human Footprint
HOMEWORK: Obtain a inch ringbinder notebook and supplies, get your student profile and lab safety sheet signed.

119. Thursday 8/15/13 REMEMBER…THIS IS YOUR FIRST IMPRESSION…MAKE A GOOD ONE B/C IT WILL LAST ALL SEMESTER!!
ENVIR SCI
Turn in your HW: Online Textbook Review
SCIENCE STARTER: Recall: What are the steps of the scientific method (in order)….hint: It starts with a problem!
WORK SESSION:
Reading Guide 1-3: What is scientific method?
Follow the directions for answering on YOP (Your Own Paper)
Reading Guide 1-4: What is an experiment?
H/O: Sci Safety – Science Safety Rules
HOMEWORK: Obtain a inch ringbinder notebook and supplies, get your student profile and lab safety sheet signed.

120. Wednesday 8/14/13 REMEMBER…THIS IS YOUR FIRST IMPRESSION…MAKE A GOOD ONE B/C IT WILL LAST ALL SEMESTER!!
ENVIR SCI
Put SCI START from 8/7-8/9 in the work box.
SCIENCE STARTER: What is a scientific investigation? What steps do you think are important to a scientific investigation?
WORK SESSION:
Online Textbook Preview
Write the ?’s and answers on YOP
Reading Guide: What is scientific method?
Follow the directions for answering on YOP (Your Own Paper)
HOMEWORK: Obtain a inch ringbinder notebook and supplies, get your student profile and lab safety sheet signed.

122. To get to your online book: “GOOGLE” Nexus Learning Holt Environmental

123. CLASS WEBSITE www.teacherweb.com/ ga/kendrickhighschool/lloyd

124. Tuesday 8/13/13 REMEMBER…THIS IS YOUR FIRST IMPRESSION…MAKE A GOOD ONE B/C IT WILL LAST ALL SEMESTER!!
ENVIR SCI
No Talking, Find a Seat, Begin SCIENCE STARTER.
SCIENCE STARTER: Brainstorm: list all the parts of a textbook that you can think of that are important.
WORK SESSION:
Review Course Syllabus & Essential Expectations
Online Textbook Preview
HOMEWORK: Obtain a inch ringbinder notebook and supplies, get your student profile and lab safety sheet signed.

125. Monday 8/12/13 REMEMBER…THIS IS YOUR FIRST IMPRESSION…MAKE A GOOD ONE B/C IT WILL LAST ALL SEMESTER!!
ENVIR SCI
No Talking, Find a Seat, Begin SCIENCE STARTER.
SCIENCE STARTER: Why do you think lab safety is important? What do you think is the MOST important rule to ensure a safe lab environment?
WORK SESSION:
Thinking Map: Classifying lab rules
Lab Drawings
HOMEWORK: Obtain a inch ringbinder notebook and supplies, get your student profile and lab safety sheet signed.

126. Marshmallow Challenge Rules
Build the tallest FREESTANDING structure measured from the table top surface to the top of the marshmallow.
The ENTIRE marshmallow must be on top of the structure – cutting, eating, reducing the size disqualifies the team.
You may use as much or as little of the spaghetti, string, or tape that you need.
You may cut up the tape, string, or spaghetti if you need to.
YOU HAVE 18 MINUTES WHEN I SAY GO
Teams cannot hold onto the structure when the time runs out. Those touching or supporting the structure at the end will be disqualified.

127. Tag Team
Discussion:Share with your group, the individual strengths and the positive attributes you feel would lead to the group’s success.
On your paper, make the “ultimate team member” by combining each of your strengths and/or positive attributes into one imaginary person.
This person should also receive a name, have a pic drawn of them, and have their different attributes listed/labeled.
Share your character with the rest of the class if time allows.

128. Friday 8/9/13 REMEMBER…THIS IS YOUR FIRST IMPRESSION…MAKE A GOOD ONE B/C IT WILL LAST ALL SEMESTER!!
ENVIR SCI
No Talking, Find a Seat, Begin SCIENCE STARTER.
SCIENCE STARTER: What are some individual strengths you have that would be helpful to a team when working in groups or on a team. What are some of your weaknesses?
WORK SESSION: Staple the handouts from yesterday in the order below and prepare to turn them in: General Interest Survey, Technology Survey, What’s Your Learning Style?, How Are You Smart, Student Profile
WHOLE GROUP: Team Building and Communication Skills
HOMEWORK: Obtain a inch ringbinder notebook and supplies, get your student profile signed.

129. Thursday 8/8/13 REMEMBER…THIS IS YOUR FIRST IMPRESSION…MAKE A GOOD ONE B/C IT WILL LAST ALL SEMESTER!!
ENVIR SCI
No Talking, Find a Seat, Begin SCIENCE STARTER.
SCIENCE STARTER: Explain, in writing, what you know about environmental science and something that interests you about it.
WORK SESSION: Staple the handouts from yesterday in the order below and prepare to turn them in.
General Interest Survey
Technology Survey
What’s Your Learning Style?
How Are You Smart?
Student Profile
WHOLE GROUP: Thinking Maps: Circle Maps, Communication Skills
HOMEWORK: Obtain a inch ringbinder notebook and supplies, get your student profile signed.

130. Wednesday 8/7/13 REMEMBER…THIS IS YOUR FIRST IMPRESSION…MAKE A GOOD ONE B/C IT WILL LAST ALL SEMESTER!!
ENVIR SCI
No Talking, Find a Seat, Begin SCIENCE STARTER.
SCIENCE STARTER:
If someone from 1913 suddenly appeared today, what would be the most difficult thing to explain to them about life today?
WORK SESSION: Obtain the following handouts (H/O’s) from the WORK TABLE at the BACK of the room and complete them in the order stated:
General Interest Survey
Technology Survey
What’s Your Learning Style?
How Are You Smart?
Student Profile
WHOLE GROUP: Thinking Maps: Circle Maps
HOMEWORK: Obtain a inch ringbinder notebook and supplies, get your student profile signed.

131. BY MONDAY, YOU NEED….. Ringbinder Notebook (just for Env.Sci.)
USB Flash Drive (1GB or greater)
Notebook Paper
Writing Utensils