Environmental Science

Spring 2014 Agendas

 Environmental Science
1/8/14
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Environmental Science T
Warm Up
2/25/14
1.Which uses infrastructure more efficiently,
urban or rural development? Explain.
Agenda
Ag. History video w/ notes (1/2 sheet)
Ch 14 Land Use Lecture

HW: Ch 14 ALL end of section Qs (including

critical thinking Qs), + p. 397-8 #1-22 due
Thursday
Environmental Science M
2/24/14
TURN IN Ch 15 Food and Agriculture Notes
WarmUp:
1.Read Barbara Kingsolver excerpt; take 10
notes in journal
Test Returns
TED talk on sustainable fishery (aquaculture)

HW: Ch 14 ALL end of section Qs

(including critical thinking Qs), + p. 397-8
#1-22 due Thursday
Environmental Science F
Warm Up 2/21/14
1.About how long does it take to naturally
produce 1 of topsoil, on average?
2.Where does the soil go when it erodes?
3.Brainstorm methods of soil conservation at
home

AGENDA
Complete China deforestation video notes
Ch 15 Agriculture and Feeding the World
1.Lecture
2.CW/HW: Complete Ch 15 Notes from book
 Environmental Science
Th 2/20/14
TURN IN LAND USE PROJECT
All Warm Ups in your notebook from now on; take
composition book home.
Warm Up
1.What is arable land?
2.How much of the earths land surface is
arable?
3.What is the biggest threat to arable land?
4.Compare/contrast rangeland/arable land.
Earth apple: http://www.farmland.org/Flash/appleEarth.html

Dust Bowl video clips

China topsoil loss
BRING TEXTBOOK TOMORROW
Environmental Science W
2/19/14

Complete Land Use Project

Environmental Science F
2/7/14
Work on Land Use plan to complete next
Wednesday (after break)

Turn in at end of class, done or not

NO EXCEPTIONS

BRING TEXTBOOK MONDAY NO

PHONES WILL BE ALLOWED FOR
TEXTBOOK.
 Environmental Science
Th 2/6/14
Turn in Land Use webquest
Land Use project
Find 3 partners (groups of 3 or 4)
Sit together, facing the front of room
Open book to p 402-403 and begin
reading
Wait for further instruction
 Land Use Project pp 402-
403
1. Choose 3 other partners and sit together.
2. Read page 402-403 in text.
3. Complete top of rubric and get signed off for
approval 1 acre = 209 x 209 (a
4. Get map sheet. little less than a football
field)
5. Complete # 1-4 on p. 402 today. Roads should be no
wider than
6. Begin rough draft work on # 5 a-g.
Neighborhoods 1/10
Also required on separate notebook paper: wide
Connectors wide
A paragraph selling your town to prospective
Highways - 1 wide
homeowners (this will be attached to your map at
the bottom.)
Answer Qs 1-5 on p. 403
Environmental Science W
2/5/14
New Unit: Land Use and Agriculture

Warm Up
1.What are some categories of land use in
the US?
2.Who decides how to distribute the use
of land?
3.Do you think this is a position without
controversy? Explain.

Land Use Webquest & health survey

Environmental Science T
2/4/14
Staple & Turn in:
Study Guide,
quiz sheet,
Biodiversity Notes

Biodiversity test
Environmental Science M
2/3/14
Biodiversity test postponed to tomorrow
Also due tomorrow:
Study Guide, quiz sheet, Biodiversity Notes

Warm Up
1.Has the rate of extinction been steady
throughout the planets evolution?
Explain.
2.What is the #1 cause of todays
extinctions?
3.What is the rate difference of pre-human
vs post-human extinctions?
 Environmental Science T
Stamp Quiz ws 1/28/14
Warm Up
1.How can increasing diversity reduce the need for
pesticides and herbicides?
2.Compare and contrast native and endemic.
3.What are the specific criteria for biodiversity hotspots?
4.What types of areas are critical to biodiversity?
Review Quiz ws & answer Qs on Study Guide

BIODIVERSITY TEST TOMORROW

Due tomorrow: Study Guide, quiz sheet, Biodiversity Notes.
Environmental Science M
1/27/14
Turn in Shade Grown Coffee summary
Warm Up
1.Have humans IDd most of the species that
exist? Explain. (see chart p. 259)
2.What types of organisms do most antibiotics
come from? Other medicines?
3.Which government agency is in charge of
IDing and maintaining lists of endangered
species?

CW/HW: Complete review sheet (due Wed) &

Practice Quiz (due today)
BIODIVERSITY TEST WEDNESDAY
 Environmental Science F
1/24/14
Complete biodiversity hotspot presentations
Shade Grown Coffee article
Future of Biodiversity lecture & ws
Bring textbook Monday

Biodiversity Test Wednesday Ch 10

Environmental Science T
1/21/14
Turn in electronic project
Biodiversity Hotspot Presentations
Environmental Science F
Warm Up
1/17/14
1.What is the most effective way to save
the most species at once? Explain.

Biodiversity Hotspot project Q & A

Population video contest www.Worldof7Billion.org/student_video_contest.
Metro Water District HS Video Contest: FOG
http://www.cleanwatercampaign.com/Educator/high-school-video-contest

Lecture: the future of biodiversity (10.3)

Biodiversity Hotspot presentations begin Tuesday

Environmental Science W
1/15/14
Warm Up
1.Explain two reasons why invasive
species are so successful in new
lands/waters.
2.List examples of invasives in the US.

Biodiversity Hotspots
intro project
Media center
MEET IN MEDIA CENTER TOMORROW
Environmental Science T
1/14/14
Stamp Biodiversity Notes: Ch 10 ws
Invasive Species: Cane Toads Video
with notes
Environmental Science M
1/13/14
Turn in Monarch article Qs
keystone species lecture/video clip
In Journal (After Keystone species lecture)
1.Write the characteristics that can make a
species a keystone species
2.Why is the otter considered a keystone
species?

CW: Wolf article turn in

HW: Complete Biodiversity Notes: Ch 10 ws
 Environmental Science F
1/10/14
No textbook needed sorry
Turn in signed syllabus
Complete/Review Bird Migration
activity ws
WarmUp
1.What is the greatest threat to
biodiversity?

http://www.npr.org/2014/01/10/261120968/when-big-carnivores-go-down-even-
vegetarians-take-the-hit

Monarch butterflies article

 Environmental Science
1/9/14
Turn in syllabus signature sheet only
Warm Up
1.What are the benefits of biodiversity?
2.List and describe the 3 types of
biodiversity?
3.Which type is the most commonly discussed
(default)?
CW: Biodiversity game

BRING TEXTBOOK TOMORROW