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Contains notes I wrote for class.  Warning! These are not necessarily complete.  They contain only a subset of the material that you should be learning so don't rely on them completely!

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Contains Environmental Science related links that I found interesting, but not necessarily pertinent to class work.


 

September 2011 

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Introduction & Overview.
Distribute Books.

Assign Remotes

 

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October 2011 

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November 2011

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6 7 8 9  Parent/Teacher Conferences Begin (classes out 1 hr early) 10 Parent/Teacher Conferences (no classes) 11 Prof. Workday (no classes) 12
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January 2012

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April 2012

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September 2010 

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5 6 Labor Day 7 School Begins!  8  Welcome to class!
Distribute books.
Begin with Ch 1.1: Understanding our Environment

Begin Vocab

Worksheet for Ch 1
9 10  Ch 1.2: The Environment and Society

Tragedy of the Commons

Critical Thinking Worksheet

Online research of Ecological Footprint

*This is last section of chapter - Test on Tuesday!
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Vocab Check: V1

Go over the worksheet.

10 minute Review
Test on Chapter 1

Begin Chapter 2: Tools of E. S.
R&D Ch 2.1: Scientific Method


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News: Siemens Sustainability Contest

Make-up tests for a couple...

R&D 2.2: Statistics and Models

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November 2010

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7 8 9 10  Parent/Teacher Conferences Begin (classes out 1 hr early) 11 Parent/Teacher Conferences (no classes) 12 Prof. Workday (no classes) 13
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January 2011

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February 2011

 

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6 7 8  Prep for the ACT 9 10  Prep for the ACT 11 12
13 14  Seniors present on Populations 15 16 Test on Chapter 8 - Populations.  Begin Chapter 9 on Human Populations
Watched the Population Clock & bits of "Planet Earth"
17 18 Ch 9-1 Studying Human Populations

Using data to make predictions.

Project: Human Population Project
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20 21  President's Day 22 23 B 24 25 B Continue on with the project.  I will be expecting a paper updating me on your progress on Thursday.  I will provide details for that on Tuesday.  26
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6 7 B Work on Presentations 8 9 B Ski Day - work on presentations 10 11 B 12
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20 21 B Work on Presentations 22 23 B Work on Presentations 
Papers are Due
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27 28 29 B Presentations: "Go forth and Multiply" 30 31 B Last "B" day of Quarter "Ashley's Group    
             

 

April 2011

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3 4 Spring Break 5 Spring Break 6  Spring Break 7 Spring Break 8  Spring Break 9
10 11 12 Presentation: Karli's Group 13 14 H3 Substitute... 

First 30 min: Read Ch 16-1, page 410 - 414.   Do Problems 1,6,7,10-13, 19. 

Rest of Period: Video: "How the Earth was Made"
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May 2011

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1 2  Review Ch 17, add Thorium Reactors 3 4  Ch17 Test
Begin Ch 18
Alternative Energy
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June 2011

 

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5 6 B3 Final Review 7 8 B2 Final Exam  Ch 8, 9, 16, 17, 18 9 10 B1 11
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