1. Environmental Science
Agendas
Fall 2013

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4. Environmental Science: M 11/4
Turn in Water Footprint Webquest
Returns
Warm Up
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, 10/25
HW: 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

5. Environmental Science: Th 10/31
Warm Up
What are the steps of water 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 TOMORROW
Test Wednesday

6. 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

7. Water Treatment Withdrawal from river aeration Coagulation (alum)
Floculation
Sedimentation
Filtration
Disinfection & fluoridation (chlorine & fluoride)
Distribution

8. 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 notes from each paragraph (26 ¶) – Now due Friday
BRING TEXTBOOK TOMORROW
Test Wednesday

9. Environmental Science: T 10/29 1st per
Warm Up
How much of the world’s total water is available to us as fresh surface water, in total %?
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
Read,
Write each section title (including red subsections)
take 2 important notes from each paragraph (26 ¶’s)
Test next Wednesday: Freshwater (Ch 7.1 & Ch 11 + extras from field trip and video)

10. Environmental Science: T 10/29 4th & 5th per
Warm Up
How much of the world’s total water is available to us as fresh surface water, in total %?
What are other methods of obtaining drinking water for areas without fresh surface water?
Turn in 11.1 guided reading
CW/HW:
Complete Water Distribution mini-lab & turn in
Ch 11, section 3: now due Thursday
Write each section title (including red subsections)
take 2 important notes from each paragraph (26 ¶’s)
Test next Wednesday: Freshwater (Ch 7.1 & Ch 11 + extras from field trip and video)

11. Environmental Science: M 10/28
Warm Up
What is it called when water gets taken up through plants and sent back to the atmosphere through their leaves?
How does water get back into an aquifer?
CW/HW:
Ch 11, section 1: Complete Guided Reading – due tomorrow
Ch 11, section 3: due Wednesday
Read,
Write each section title (including red subsections)
take 2 important notes from each paragraph
Test next Wednesday: Freshwater (Ch 7.1 & Ch 11 + extras from field trip)

12. Environmental Science: F  10/25
Summarize three main points from yesterday’s Poisoned Waters video.
What is the endocrine system?
Answer #3-6 during the video:
How do the endocrine disruptors, PCB’s and other toxic chemicals get into the waterways?
How do they end up in our drinking water?
How do they end up in our food?
Video notes: list all sources of pollutants to the bay as they are discussed in the video.
Chesapeake Bay video: Poisoned Waters

13. Environmental Science: W 10/23
Feedback on field trip (Write on a separate sheet):
Your Group names (~5)
General impression
What you liked
What you didn’t like
Suggest improvements
Class Data collection and analysis
Complete macroinvertebrate M&M lab

14. Environmental Science: M 10/21
Stamp vocab #33 – 59
Warm Up
What is a macroinvertebrate?
What is a bioindicator?
How do we use macroinvertebrates as bioindicators?
Field trip instructions
Macroinvertebrate graphing activity (w/ M&M’s !)

15. 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

16. 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 Monday note – some will need to be looked up on line

17. 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 Up
Describe solutions to river pollution
How does desalination work?
What are 2 advantages and 2 disadvantages of desalination?

18. 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

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

20. Environmental Science: M 10/14
TURN IN FIELD TRIP FORMS/$ Complete Watershed Woes pollution activity – turn in Notes on Freshwater Aquatic ecosystems

21. Environmental Science: F 10/11
TURN IN FIELD TRIP FORMS/$
Warm Up
What is a watershed?
Brainstorm some possible sources of pollution in rivers.
Stamp vocab #1-32
Watershed Woes pollution activity

22. Environmental Science: Th 10/10
TURN IN FIELD TRIP FORMS/$
Warm Up
How does temperature affect dissolved oxygen (DO) levels in aquatic ecosystems?
How does current/turbulence affect DO levels in aquatic ecosystems?
CW/HW:
complete test corrections
Vocab #1-32 – due tomorrow

23. Environmental Science: W 10/9
Turn in field trip permission/$$ - due Friday
Warm Up
List at least 5 different types of aquatic ecosystems (i.e., lakes, etc)
List at least 5 abiotic factors that affect organisms in aquatic ecosystems.
GREEN CLUB GUEST SPEAKER FROM ENVIRONMENT GEORGIA
TODAY AFTER SCHOOL – HERE – SNACKS!
CW/HW
Test returns/make-ups/corrections – due Friday end of day
Aquatic ecosystems vocab – due Friday (class time tomorrow)

24. Environmental Science: W 10/2
Turn in Packet
Section 5.1 (Energy Transfer) vocab
Section 5.2 (Cycles of Matter) vocab + Q’s
Section 5.3 (Succession) vacab + Q’s
Vocab review sheet
Transfer of Energy in Ecosystems/Food web ws
Carbon Cycle (complete Matter Cycles on back)
Predators as Prey (Shark Article notes)
Turn in field trip permission – exact change, or donation, please
TEST

25. Environmental Science: T 10/1
Warm Up
Compare and contrast the matter cycles C, N & P
Put Packet together – due tomorrow
Section 5.1 (Energy Transfer) vocab
Section 5.2 (Cycles of Matter) vocab + Q’s
Section 5.3 (Succession) vacab + Q’s
Vocab review sheet
Transfer of Energy in Ecosystems/Food web ws
Carbon Cycle (complete Matter Cycles on back)
Predators as Prey (Shark Article notes)
Stamp and review Vocab Review
BINGO review
TEST WEDNESDAY: How Ecosystems work (Ch 5)

26. Environmental Science: M 9/30
Warm Up
What kind of succession is shown in the Mount St. Helen’s video? Explain.
How does an algal bloom lead to oxygen depletion?
Notes on phosphorus cycle
Review and complete C & O worksheet
CW/HW: Ch 5 vocab review
TEST WEDNESDAY: How Ecosystems work (Ch 5)

27. 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

28. Environmental Science: Th 9/26
Turn in Dead Zones webquest
Warm Up
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)

29. Environmental Science: W 9/25
After school Wed, Oct. 9th 3:30 – 4:30 Green Club Meeting: presentation by Environmental Georgia (a non-profit organization that works to protect the Georgia environment)
Warm Up
What do all fish need to thrive?
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)

30. Environmental Science: T 9/24
No Warm Up – start working on C & O cycles sheet Stamp and review matter cycles book questions Notes on Nitrogen and phosphorus cycles CW: C & O cycles ws Food Web Project due Tomorrow

31. Environmental Science: M 9/23
Warm Up
What are the 3 elements whose cycles are explained in Ch 5.2?
What are the three main ingredients of fertilizer?
What is the main ingredient of “air”?
CW/HW: Ch 5.2
1) vocab, including italics
2) read
3) answer end of section questions (p. 136) #1-6 thoroughly
Food Web Project NOW DUE WEDNESDAY

32. 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

33. Environmental Science: Th 9/19
SIGN UP FOR REMIND 101
No Warm Up
Stamp and review Land to Mouth activity
Shark Articles
CW: complete Land to Mouth graph – due tomorrow
BRING TEXT BOOK TOMORROW
Apex Predator Food Web due Tuesday

34. Environmental Science: W 9/18
Warm Up
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

35. Environmental Science: T 9/17
Warm Up
How does energy transfer in an ecosystem?
Does energy cycle in an ecosystem? Explain.
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.

36. 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

37. Environmental Science: F  9/13
Stamp Energy Transfer Vocab
Share current events
Warm Up
What is a food chain?
Why do the arrows in a food chain point to the “eater”?
Test corrections
Journal check Monday

38. Environmental Science: Th 9/12
Warm Up
Predict your test score
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 returns
New Unit: How Ecosystems work (Ch 5)
CW/HW: Ch 5 Vocabulary, section 1 only, including italics – much + Energy Pyramid
Current Event due TOMORROW

39. Environmental Science: W 9/11
Turn in Packet
Ch 4 Vocab (#13-40)
Scientific Method Vocabulary sheet
The Organization of Life (triangle)
Pesticide resistance
Kingdom VENN diagrams
Ch 4 and Sci Method Review Practice
p #10-18, 21, 23-24; p117 #1-2
Test

40. Environmental Science: T 9/10/13
Put Packet Together
Ch 4 Vocab (#13-40)
Scientific Method Vocabulary sheet
The Organization of Life (triangle)
Pesticide resistance
Kingdom VENN diagrams
Ch 4 and Sci Method Review Practice
Text book work – see below
CW/HW: Complete p #10-18, 21, 23-24; p117 #1-2
Quiz returns
Stamp VENN and Review
Review Review 
Test tomorrow and Packet due

41. Environmental Science: M 9/9/13
No Warm Up
Work 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 TOMORROW
TEST WEDNESDAY
Current Event Due Friday

42. Environmental Science: F  9/6/13
Warm Up
Compare and contrast natural selection and artificial selection.
CW: Complete captions under pictures on Pesticide Resistance
Coevolution power point examples
Vocab QUIZ Monday; Test Wednesday

43. Environmental Science: Th 9/5/13
When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.
- John Muir
Warm-up
Brainstorm the kingdoms from oldest to most recent.
Add characteristics to the kingdoms in #1.
Notes on Kingdoms of Life
Lab make-up today after school
Vocab QUIZ Monday; Test Wednesday

44. Environmental Science: W 9/4/13
Returns
Warm Up (text ref. pp )
Organize the following from least to most complex: ecosystem, organism, population, community, biome, biosphere
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)

45. Environmental Science: T 9/3/13
In media center graphing data on Excel.
All lab sheets turned in.

46. 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

47. Environmental Science: Th 8/29
BACK OF ROOM
Group 7
Group 8
Group 5
Group 6
Group 3
Group 4
Group 1
Group 2
Get goggles and apron
Sit at your group table
Get yeast lab sheet out
Complete lab safety quiz, if necessary
READ LAB PROCEDURE
Wait for further instructions
Yeast lab

48. READ LAB PROCEDURE Add 5 mL to procedure #3
Ice 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

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

50. 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).

51. 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.

52. Environmental Science: T 8/27
Warm Up
Contrast quantitative vs. qualitative data.
Compare and contrast observation vs. inference.
Vocab due tomorrow: Ch 4 terms only (#13-40)
Current event due Friday
Scientific Method notes

53. 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

54. Environmental Science: F  8/23
Warm Up
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

55. Environmental Science: Th 8/22
No Warm Up
Global Issues Vocab Quiz
After Quiz:
Read Mass Extinctions article
Take 5 column notes IN JOURNAL:
name date cause # species died other notes

56. Environmental Science: W 8/21
Warm Up
How is ecology related to environmental science?
What is the meaning of this powerpoint background?
What is meant by “space-ship earth”?
Complete comparisons ws
Vocab Quiz tomorrow
Global Issues Test Monday

57. 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 presentations
Vocab Quiz Thursday
Test Monday

58. Environmental Science: M 8/19
Warm Up
List three ‘commons’ from the Lorax video
List 3 commons from the Commons video
CW: History organizer
HW: Guided reading due tomorrow
Vocab quiz Thursday
Test Monday: Ch 1 Global Environmental Issues

59. Environmental Science: F  8/16
Warm-up
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

60. Environmental Science: Th. 8/15
Warm Up
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 notes
HW: Current event due tomorrow

61. Environmental Science: Wed. 8/14
Warm Up
What is the “Tragedy of the Commons”?
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 notes
HW: Current Event Due Friday

62. Environmental Science: Tues, 8/13
Warm Up
What is sustainability?
What are fisheries?
Intro Current Events
Fishing for the Future activity.
HW:
Unit 1 Vocab due tomorrow
Current event due Friday
BRING BOOKS TOMORROW

63. Environmental Science: Monday, 8/12
Warm Up
Define ecological footprint using your own words.
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