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18 INTRODUCTION TO APES SUMMER POSTERS DUE HW: SAFETY CONTRACT |
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OBJ 1.1 LAB: EXP. GROWTH |
20 OBJ 1.2-1.5 TOPIC: SUSTAINABILITY;
RESOURCES (P5-11) HW: ECO. FOOTPRINT (WEBSITE) |
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FILM: LORAX ECO. FOOTPRINT DISCUSSION |
22 OBJ 1.6 LAB: TRAGEDY OF THE
COMMONS |
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OBJ 1.7-1.8 TOPIC: POLLUTION, ENV.
RESOURCES, OUR FUTURE (P11-18) |
26
QUIZ CHAPTER 1 AP FREE RESPONSE QUESTION |
27 OBJ 2.1 ARTICLE: THE WORST MISTAKE IN THE HISTORY OF THE
HUMAN RACE |
28 ACTIVITY: NAME DROPPERS (LIBRARY) PRESENTATION (9/2) |
29 ACTIVITY: NAME DROPPERS (LIBRARY) PRESENTATION (9/2) |
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Students who
can begin early in their lives to think of things as connected, even if
they revise their views every year, have begun the life of learning. –
Mark Van Doren
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APES
September 2008 |
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1 NO SCHOOL HOLIDAY |
2 OBJ 2.4-2.5 PRESENTATION: NAME DROPPERS |
3
OBJ 2.6-2.7 ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY
TIMELINE |
4 OBJ 2.6-2.7 ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY
TIMELINE |
5 LAB: ENVIRONMENTAL LAB
SKILLS HW: FORMAL LAB DUE 9/19 |
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8 OBJ 3.1 TOPIC: SCIENCE &
CRITICAL THINKING (P33-38) ACTIVITY: DOGGED
INVESTIGATION |
9 OBJ 3.2-3.4 LAB: ATOMS & MOLECULES |
10 TEST CHAPTERS
1
& 2 LAB CONTINUED |
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OBJ 3.5-3.8 TOPIC: ENERGY &
NUCLEAR CHANGES (P44-51) |
12 OBJ 3.9 QUIZ: SCIENTIFIC THINKING & CHEMISTRY TOPIC: ENERGY LAWS |
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15 LAB: RADIOACTIVE DECAY HALF-LIFE PROBLEMS |
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OBJ 4.1-4.6 TOPIC: ECOLOGY & ITS COMPONENTS (P56-67) |
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OBJ 4.7 LAB: FOOD CHAIN/ FOOD WEB MINI LAB |
18 ACTIVITY: CATS IN BORNEO EARLY RELEASE |
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OBJ 4.10 QUIZ: ECOLOGY TOPIC: ENERGY FLOW IN ECOSYSTEMS (P67-69) |
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22 TOPIC: PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY PROJECT: BIOGEOCHEMICAL
CYCLES |
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OBJ 4.10 PROJECT: BIOGEOCHEMICAL
CYCLES DUE: 9/26 |
24 OBJ 4.11 LAB: SOIL ANALYSIS |
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OBJ 4.11 LAB: SOIL ANALYSIS |
26 OBJ 4.10 PRESENTATION:
BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES |
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29 LAB: NATURAL SELECTION (LIBRARY) |
30 NO SCHOOL TEACHER
PLANNING DAY |
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The earth’s
thin film of living matter is sustained by grand-scale cycles of energy
and chemical elements. – G. Evelyn Hutchinson
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APES
October 2008 |
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1 TEST CHAPTERS
3
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2 OBJ 5.1-5.4 TOPIC: EVOLUTION &
ADAPTATION (P88-91) |
3 OBJ 5.5-5.9 TOPIC: ECOLOGICAL NICHE, SPECIATION, EXTINCTION,
BIODIVERISTY (P91-96) |
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6 OBJ 5.10 ACTIVITY: GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD |
7 OBJ 5.10 ACTIVITY: GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD |
8 TEST CHAPTER
5 BIOME PRESENTATION DUE 10/14 |
9 NO SCHOOL TEACHER
PLANNING DAY |
10 OBJ
6.1-6.4 TOPIC: WEATHER &
CLIMATE (P102-107) |
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13 LAB: SPECIFIC HEAT &
CLIMATE FORMAL LAB REPORT DUE 10/27 |
14 OBJ 6.5 ACTIVITY: EL NINO (P108-110) |
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OBJ 6.9-6.12 BIOME PRESENTATION (P110-126) |
16 QUIZ:
EL NINO BIOME PRESENTATION (CONT) |
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OBJ 8.1-8.2 TOPIC: COMMUNITY STRUCTURE & TYPES OF SPECIES
(P144-149) |
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OBJ 8.3-8.7 TOPIC: SPECIES INTERACTIONS (P150-156) |
21 LAB: PREDATION EARLY RELEASE: PARENT
CONFERENCES |
22
OBJ 8.8-8.10 TOPIC: SUCCESSION |
23
ACTIVITY: MOOSE &
WOLVES OF ISLE ROYALE END OF NINE WEEKS |
24 NO SCHOOL TEACHER
PLANNING DAY |
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LAB: BIODIVERISTY IN THE
LIBRARY |
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OBJ 12.1-12.5 TOPIC: EXTINCTION (P225-233) |
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OBJ 12.6-12.8 ACTIVITY: WANTED DEAD OR
ALIVE POSTERS (P233-237) DUE 10/17 |
30 OBJ 12.9-12.10 TOPIC: EXTINCTION THREATS
FROM POACHING & HUNTING & GOVERNMENT POLICIES (P238-245) |
31 QUIZ:
SPECIES |
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There is
grandeur to this view of life… that, whilst this planet has gone cycling
on … endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are
being, evolved. – Charles Darwin
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APES
November 2008 |
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3 FILM: CANE TOADS |
4 NO SCHOOL TEACHER
PLANNING DAY |
5 TEST CHAPTERS
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& 12 |
6 LAB: ESTIMATING POPULATION SIZE |
7 FIELDTRIP METROZOO Observe animal behavior |
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OBJ 9.1-9.8 TOPIC: POPULATION DYNAMICS & CARRYING CAPACITY (P164-168) |
11 NO SCHOOL HOLIDAY |
12 OBJ 9.9 LAB: CARRYING CAPACITY |
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OBJ 9.10-9.12 TOPIC: REPRODUCTIVE
PATTERNS & SURVIVAL & GENETIC VARIATIONS (P168-171) |
14 QUIZ POPULATION DYNAMICS LAB: GROWTH RATES |
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OBJ 10.1-10.7 TOPIC: FACTORS AFFECTING HUMAN POPULATION
(P177-183) |
18 OBJ 10.8-10.10 ACTIVITY: POWER OF THE PYRAMIDS (LIBRARY) (P184-187) |
19 OBJ 10.11-10.15 TOPIC: INFLUENCING POPULATION SIZE (P187-192) |
20 ACTIVITY: DOUBLING TIME EARLY RELEASE |
21 QUIZ: HUMAN POPULATION TOPIC: URBANIZATION (P554-570) |
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24 FILM: POPULATION |
25 FILM: POPULATION |
26 TEST CHAPTERS
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27 NO SCHOOL HOLIDAY |
28 NO SCHOOL HOLIDAY |
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The problems
to be faced are vast and complex, but come down to this: 6.4 billion
people breeding exponentially. The
process of fulfilling their wants and needs is stripping earth of its
biotic capacity to produce life; a climatic burst of consumption by a
single species is overwhelming the skies, earth, waters, and fauna. – Paul Hawken
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APES
December 2008 |
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1 TOPIC: WATER’S IMPORTANCE & PROPERTIES
(P306-310) |
2 TOPIC: TOO LITTLE WATER (P311-313) ACTIVITY: DROP BY DROP |
3 TOPIC: WATER DIVERSIONS (P313-326) |
4 QUIZ: WATER ACTIVITY: HOME WATER USE
SURVEY DUE 12/8 |
5 ACTIVITY: WATER DIVERSION PROJECTS (LIBRARY) |
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8 TOPIC: TOO MUCH
WATER/SUSTAINABLE FUTURE (P327-330) DISCUSSION: HOME WATER USE
SURVEY |
9 TOPIC: AQUATIC BIODIVERISTY (P252-256) EVENING CONFERENCES |
10 TOPIC: MAINTAINING
& PROTECTING MARINE BIODIVERSITY (P257-270) |
11 TEST CHAPTERS
15
& 13 (WATER) |
12 LAB: EFFECT
OF DECOMPOSITION OF OXYGEN IN WATER |
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15 LAB: WATER ANALYSIS |
16 TOPIC: EFFECTS & SOURCES OF WATER POLLUTION
(P492-495) |
17 TOPIC: PREVENTING & REDUCING WATER POLLUTION
(P509-514) |
18 TOPIC: FRESHWATER POLLUTION & OCEAN POLLUTION
(P495-508) |
19 TOPIC: DRINKING WATER QUALITY (P514-516) |
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22 NO SCHOOL RECESS |
23 NO SCHOOL RECESS |
24 NO SCHOOL RECESS |
25 NO SCHOOL RECESS |
26 NO SCHOOL RECESS |
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29 NO SCHOOL RECESS |
30 NO SCHOOL RECESS |
31 NO SCHOOL RECESS |
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Our liquid
planet glows like a soft blue sapphire in the hard-edged darkness of
space. There is nothing else like it
in the solar system. It is because
of water. – John Todd