Environmental ScienceDaily Agenda

Fall 2011

Environmental Science: Wed. 9/14• Radish Lab – Water/Record dataWarm-up1. What do the arrows represent in a food chain?2. What do you call a bunch of interconnected food chains?3. What is the energy source for almost all ecosystems?4. What kinds of organisms consume from every level of all

food chains?

• Correct yesterday’s warm-up in your journal.• Food web activity.

CW/HW: Food web diagramCurrent Event Due Friday

Environmental Science: Tues. 9/13

• Radish Lab – Water/Record data

• Check textbook work.

• Ch 4 quiz

Warm- up (after quiz)1. What kingdoms are the decomposers?2. Describe the planet without decomposers.3. Draw the longest realistic food chain you can think of.

CW/HW: Define terms from Ch 5

Environmental Science: Mon. 9/12• Radish Lab – Water/Record data

Warm-up1. Compare and contrast habitat & niche2. Describe your niche?

• Review VENN ws• Text p. 115-117 # 10-17, 18-19, 21-24, 28-29

The Organization of Life (Ch 4) quiz tomorrowCurrent event due Friday

Environmental Science: Fri. 9/9

• Radish Lab – Water/Record dataWarm-up1. Can organisms choose to evolve? Explain.2. Compare and contrast natural selection and

pesticide resistance.

• Diversity of Living Things (4.3) notes

CW/HW• VENN ws• Text p. 115-117 # 10-17, 18-19, 21-24, 28-29

Answer to W.U. #2 9/9

• Same: In both cases, the organisms best adapted to the environment survive to pass their genes on to the next generation.

• Diff.: With N.S., nature “selects” the best adaptations. With P.R., the pesticide becomes the main selector.

Environmental Science: Thurs. 9/8• Record Data (2 minutes)

Warm-up1. Compare and contrast pesticide and herbicide

using a VENN diagram2. Can you remember the 6 kingdoms?

Complete Resistance wsDiversity of Living Things Note taking

Ch 4 Quiz Tuesday

Environmental Science: Wed. 9/7

Warm-up1. Brainstorm some good lab safety practices.2. Brainstorm other common sense lab

practices.

Review evolutionPesticide resistance

Lab Safety

• broken glass?• report immediately to teacher• Spills of every day materials?• Clean up immediately• Working with caustic or corrosive chemicals?• Close-toed shoes, safety goggles & apron• Chemical in eyes?• Eye-wash station

Good Lab Practices1. Return equipment to cart, cleaned and dried2. Immediately clean up any spills to floor3. Use sponges, not paper towels, for all water

spills on counter4. ONLY WATER in the sinks. 5. Wash hands when finished6. ID your set-up (on drawing and cup)7. Measure and Record accurate volumes, using

small beakers or graduated cylinders8. On data sheet, include space for

notes/qualitative observations

• Pesticide resistance• http://

www.npr.org/2011/01/19/133057071/bed-bug-genome-reveals-pesticide-resistance

• Herbicide resistance

Environmental Science: Tues. 9/6

Warm-up1. What are adaptations?2. Give an example of co-evolution.3. Give one plant and one animal example of

artificial selection. (Selective breeding)Test returnsSet up radish experiment with group

Environmental Science: Fri. 9/2

• Turn in current event• Current event group sharing• Design an experiment

• HW: bring supplies for experiment

Environmental Science: Thurs. 9/1

Warm-up1. List some abiotic factors that affect plant life.2. Define “germinate”.

• Review scientific method - notes

CW: sci. meth. X-word & back of sheet

HW: Current Event due tomorrow

Environmental Science: Wed., 8/31

• Turn in lab safety sheet• Stamp vocab• New Unit, new routine• Get a small (70 sht) spiral notebook to be used

exclusively for Environmental Science notes and warm-ups

• Date each page as you go• Copy every warm-up question• Answer each question when you enter the room• Correct any wrong answers when we go over them

8/31

Reminders• Current Event due Friday• Open House Tomorrow

Ecology Unit Standards

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

Ecology Unit Standards

SEV2. Students will demonstrate an understanding that the Earth is one interconnected system. c. Characterize the components that define a Biome. Abiotic Factors – to include precipitation, temperature and soils. Biotic Factors – plant and animal adaptations that create success in that biome. d. Characterize the components that define fresh-water and marine systems. Abiotic Factors – to include light, dissolved oxygen, phosphorus, nitrogen, pH and substrate. Biotic Factors – plant and animal adaptations characteristic to that system.

Ecology Unit Standards

SEV1. Students will investigate the flow of energy and cycling of matter within an ecosystem and relate these phenomena to human society. a. Interpret biogeochemical cycles including hydrologic, nitrogen, phosphorus, oxygen, and carbon cycles. Recognize that energy is not recycled in ecosystems. b. Relate energy changes to food chains, food webs, and to trophic levels in a generalized ecosystem, recognizing that entropy is a primary factor in the loss of usable food energy during movement up the trophic levels.

Ecology Unit Standards

SEV1. Students will investigate the flow of energy and cycling of matter within an ecosystem and relate these phenomena to human society. c. Relate food production and quality of nutrition to population growth and the trophic levels d. Relate the cycling of matter and the flow of energy to the Laws of Conservation of matter and energy. Identify the role and importance of decomposers in the recycling process. e. Distinguish between abiotic and biotic factors in an ecosystem and describe how matter and energy move between these.

Warm up 8/31

1. Organize the following from least to most complex: ecosystem, organism, population, community, biome, biosphere

2. Write in what is added between each level from #1.

Environmental Science: Tues., 8/30• Stamp and review HW• Turn in packet1. Ch 1 Textbook questions 2. Ch 1 vocab3. Ch 1 ws4. “It’s Our Future” X-word

• Global Issues test

CW/HW: Define terms in Ch 4current event due Friday

Environmental Science: Mon., 8/29

• Video on “commons”

CW/HW: Text book p. 23 – 25– # 9-15 (reflective answers); 22-24; 32 – 34

“Packet” due tomorrow (staple together)1. Ch 1 Textbook questions (today)2. Ch 1 vocab3. Ch 1 ws4. “It’s Our Future” X-word

Global Issues test tomorrow (Ch 1 + activities)BRING TEXTBOOK TOMORROW

Environmental Science: Fri. 8/26

• Stamp and share or Turn in current event• complete Lorax project • Video clips: Biodiversity, Commons

• Waste management from Thneed factory• Housing plan for workers• Maintain biodiversity• Sustainable truffuler tree resource• Pollution prevention program• Other eco-friendly and worker friendly ideas

Environmental Science: Thurs. 8/25

• Turn in Lab Safety sheet• Vocab quiz (clear desk)• Lorax movie w/ notes• Start Lorax activity

• Current Event due tomorrow

Environmental Science: Wed. 8/24

• Turn in lab safety contract• Stamp & review text book Ch 1 ws• Vocab activity• Vocab Quiz tomorrow

• Current event due Friday• Test Tuesday, Ch 1

Environmental Science: Tues, 8/23

• Stamp vocab• Turn in Tragedy of the Commons Activity (if

you didn’t yesterday)• Discuss Tragedy of the Commons • Review vocabClasswork/Homework:• Complete ws for ch. 1• Get safety contract signed• Current event due Friday

Environmental Science: Mon, 8/22

• Tragedy of the Commons activity and write-up• Bring textbook tomorrow

HW:Complete vocab shown on next slideCurrent event due Friday

Define Vocab from ch.1

• Vocab terms1. Environmental science2. Ecology3. Agriculture4. Industrial revolution5. “spaceship earth”6. Natural resources7. Renewable resources8. Nonrenewable resources9. Pollution10. Biodiversity11. The Tragedy of the Commons12. Ecological footprint13. sustainability

Environmental Science: Fri, 8/19

• Turn in syllabus – signature page only• Turn in eco-footprint activity• Stamp current event & share• Finish not-so trivial “trivia”

Environmental Science: Thurs, 8/18

• Turn in syllabus – signature page only• Get text books– 2nd per 10:20– 4th per 12:05

• Environmental Footprint on-line• Finish “trivia” if timeHW: Current event due tomorrow

Thursday, 8/18

• Login• Go to my blog• Scroll down to Thursday, 8/18• Open the file and complete it electronically• Email file to me

ELSE• Get a hard copy print out• Follow all directions and fill in with pencil or pen• Turn in

Environmental Science: Wed 8/17• Turn in syllabus – signature page only• Global Issues x-word• Global Issues – trivia game

HW: • Get syllabus signed (if not done)• Get parents to email me (if not done)• Get home info for eco footprint activity

tomorrow• Current event – due Friday

INFO FROM HOME

• Type of energy used for heating• Type of energy used for cooling• Type of energy clothes dryer uses• Average monthly electric bill• Average monthly gas bill• Average gas mileage• Amount of miles driven per year• House square footage• Average miles ride bus each year

Environmental Science: Tuesday 8/16

• Turn in syllabus – signature page only• Current events assignment• Assumptions activity

HW: 1st current event due Friday

Environmental Science: Monday 8/15

• Welcome!• Who Am I?• Who Are You? / Check Schedules• What is this course?• Philosophical chairs

HW: go to blog and have parents email me