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Suggested Reading: 19.1-19.2 WELCOME TO APES!!

27 Aug 1 Syllabus

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2 Lab: Fishing for the Future

3 Notes: Ecosystems (Ch. 3)

Suggested Reading: 3.1-3.2

28 Aug 4 Lab: Producers and Consumers

5 Wksht: How Ecosystems Work

Suggested Reading: 3.3-3.4

29 Aug 6 How to APES

- StreamWatch Groups (first SW 9/13)

- Environmental Service Hours (due 10/24)

StreamWatch ID Guide (due 9/5)

Project: Book Report - Due to Canvas 9/23 by 7:25AM

Ch. 1-2 Take Home TEST - TWO parts, both due 9/3 by 7:25AM

Suggested Reading: 3.5-3.6

30 Aug 7 Lab: Carbon Cycle

8 Wksht: Carbon Cycle

Suggested Reading: 4.1-4.2

REMINDER: Ch 1-2 Take Home TEST - both parts due 9/3 by 7:25AM

3 Sept 9 Lab: Nitrogen Cycle

10 Wksht: Tracking the Path of Nitrogen

11 Notes: Evolution (Ch. 4)

Ch 3-4 Supplemental Notes

Suggested Reading: 4.3-4.4

4 Sept 12 Lab: Modeling Evolution

13 Article: Gaia Hypothesis

Suggested Reading: 4.5-4.6

REMINDER: StreamWatch ID Guide Due Tomorrow (each person does their own)

5 Sept 14 Lab: Island Biogeography

15 Article: Weird World of Islands

6 Sept Ch. 3 & 4 TEST (Ecosystems & Evolution)

16 Article: Borders of an Ecosystem

17 Notes: Populations (Ch. 5)

Ch 5-6 Supplemental Notes

Suggested Reading: 5.1

9 Sept 18 Lab: Succession

Suggested Reading: 5.2

10 Sept 19 Lab: Species Diversity

Suggested Reading: 5.3

11 Sept 20 Lab: Predator Prey Interaction

Suggested Reading: 5.4

12 Sept 21 Notes: Human Population (Ch. 6)

22 Lab: Power of Pyramids

Suggested Reading: 6.1-6.2

13 Sept 23 Lab: Survivorship

Suggested Reading: 6.3-6.4

16 Sept FIRST StreamWatch Day (for real this time)

** (1st Period did 9/18 Case Study and did SW on 9/18)

17 Sept Ch. 5 & 6 TEST (Populations)

24 Notes: Terrestrial Biodiversity (Ch. 7)

Ch 7-8 Supplemental Notes

25 Article: Arctic Shifts

Suggested Reading: 7.1

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FIRST NOTEBOOK CHECK (items #1 - 25): Wed, 18 Sept 2024

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18 Sept 26 Case Study: Global Forests

27 Article: West Africa's Last Rainforest

Suggested Reading: 7.2

19 Sept 28 Lab: Factors That Influence Ecosystems

29 Notes: Aquatic Biodiversity (Ch. 8)

Suggested Reading: 7.3

REMINDER: Book Report due to Canvas by 7:25AM on 9/23

23 Sept Book Report Project Culminating Activity

Project: Ecological Study (aka EcoStudy) - due to Canvas by 7:25AM on 10/7

(topic signup @ 3:00 pm)

Suggested Reading: 8.1

24 Sept 30 Lab: Biome Match

Suggested Reading: 8.2

25 Sept EcoStudy Project Workday

Suggested Reading: 8.3

26 Sept StreamWatch Day

31 Lab: River & Stream Systems

Suggested Reading: 8.4

27 Sept Unexpected Teacher Workday

30 Sept EcoStudy Project Workday - due to Canvas by 7:25AM on 10/7

1 Oct 32 Lab: Coral Reef Biodiversity

Suggested Reading: 8.5

2 Oct Ch. 7 & 8 TEST (Biomes)

33 Notes: Species Approach (Ch. 9)

Ch 9-11 Supplemental Notes

34 Article: Save Coral Reefs

Suggested Reading: 9.1

4 Oct 35 Lab: Endangered Species

Suggested Reading: 9.2-9.3

REMINDER: EcoStudy due to Canvas by 7:25AM on 10/7

7 Oct Activity: Cats Into Borneo

36 Lab: Illegal Immigration

37 Notes: Sustaining Terrestrial Biodiversity (Ch. 10)

Suggested Reading: 9.3-9.4

8 Oct Video Response: Racing Extinction - submit to Canvas

Suggested Reading: 10.1-10.2

9 Oct 38 Lab: Ripple Effect

39 Article: Wolf Killings

Suggested Reading: 10.3-10.4

10 Oct 40 Lab: Tree Cookies

41 Article: Burn Baby Burn

Suggested Reading: 10.5-11.1

11 Oct StreamWatch Day

42 Lab: Forestry & Conservation

Suggested Reading: 11.2-11.4

15 Oct 43 Lab: Forest Dilemmas

44 Article: Forestry in NC

45 Notes: Sustaining Aquatic Biodiversity (Ch. 11)

Suggested Reading: 11.5-11.6

16 Oct 46 Lab: Fisheries Mismanagement

17 Oct Ch. 9-11 TEST (Sustaining Biodiversity)

47 Notes: Food, Soil & Pests (Ch. 12)

Ch 12-13 Supplemental Notes

48 Article: Feed 9 Billion People Sustainably

Suggested Reading: 12.1-12.2

18 Oct 49 Case Study: Global Grain Production

50 Article: Is Food Irradiation Safe

Suggested Reading: 12.3-12.4

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2nd NOTEBOOK CHECK (items #26 - 50): Tues., 22 Oct 2024

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21 Oct 51 Lab: Soil Porosity & Permeability

Suggested Reading: 12.5-12.6

22 Oct 52 Lab: GIZMOS: Genetic Engineering & GMOs

Suggested Reading: 13.1-13.2

23 Oct 53 Lab: Pest Solutions

54 Notes: Water Resources (Ch. 13)

Suggested Reading: 13.3-13.4

24 Oct Video Response: Kiss the Ground

Suggested Reading: 13.5-13.6

25 Oct StreamWatch Day w/ Soil Pit

Suggested Reading: 13.7

28 Oct 55 Lab: Color Me A Watershed

- Map showing land changes 2000-2020

29 Oct Ch. 12-13 TEST (Food & Water Resources) - goes on Q2

56 Notes: Geology (Ch. 14)

Ch 14-16 Supplemental Notes

57 Wksht: Rock Cycle

Suggested Reading: 14.1-14.2

30 Oct 58 Lab: Earthquakes & Plate Tectonics

59 Lab: Temperature & Chemical Weathering

Suggested Reading: 14.3-14.4

31 Oct 60 Notes: Nonrenewable Resources (Ch. 15)

61 Lab: Cookie Mining

Suggested Reading: 14.5-15.1

4 Nov Project: StreamWatch Ecological Study - due to Canvas by 7:25AM on 11/18

- how to get started

- next steps

Suggested Reading: 15.2-15.3

6 Nov 62 Case Study: Oil & Natural Gas

63 Notes: Renewable Resources (Ch. 16)

Suggested Reading: 15.4-15.5

7 Nov 64 Lab: MIssion Possible

Energy Speed Dating Profile (for your assigned energy source)

Suggested Reading: 16.1-16.2

8 Nov StreamWatch Day

Suggested Reading: 16.3-16.5

12 Nov 65 Lab: Energy Speed Dating

Suggested Reading: 16.6-16.7

13 Nov SW EcoStudy Workday

- final steps

Suggested Reading: 16.8-16.9

14 Nov 66 Lab: Ecological Footprint

67 Article: Footprint of a Digital Economy

15 Nov Ch. 14-16 TEST (Geology & Energy Resources)

68 Notes: Risk, Toxicology & Human Health (Ch. 17)

Ch 17-19 Supplemental Notes

69 Article: Vaping Linked

Suggested Reading: 17.1-17.2

REMINDER: SW EcoStudy (abstract, intro, disc only) due to Canvas by 7:25AM on 11/18

FULL hard copy due in class

18 Nov 70 Case Study: Persistent Organic Pollutants

71 Notes: Air & Air Pollution (Ch. 18)

72 Article: Smallest of Pollutants

Suggested Reading: 17.3-17.5

19 Nov Before the Flood Video Response - due to Canvas by 7:25AM 11/20

Suggested Reading: 18.1-18.2

20 Nov 73 Lab: Global Warning & the IPCC (USE: Summary for Policymakers)

74 Article: Global Warning is Epic

Suggested Reading 18.3-18.4

21 Nov 75 Make Up Version: Auto Emissions (submit via Canvas)

Suggested Readying: 18.5 - 18.6

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3rd NOTEBOOK CHECK (items #51-75): 21 Nov 2024

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22 Nov 76 Lab: Emissions Trading

77 Notes: Climate Change & Ozone Loss (Ch. 19)

78 Article: Sea Level Bill

Suggested Reading: 19.1-19.2

25 Nov 79 Lab: Criteria Pollutants Bingo

80 Lab: Murder in the Air

26 Nov StreamWatch Day

81 Lab: Lichens as Indicators

Suggested Reading: 19.1-19.2

2 Dec 82 Lab: Stratospheric Ozone

83 Article: Ozone Layer

3 Dec Ch: 17-19 TEST (Health, Air Pollution, & Climate Change)

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FINAL NOTEBOOK CHECK (items #76 - end): 6 Jan 2025

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Missing on Lab Day?

The activities below have make-up versions. WCPSS policy gives 1 day for each excused absence to make up missed work.

StreamWatch Make-Up

(organism will be assigned)

Ch. 3-4

Fishing for the Future

Producers & Consumers

Modeling Evolution

Island Biogeography

Ch. 5-6

Species Diversity

Ch. 7-8

Rivers & Streams

Ch. 9-11

Endangered Species

Forestry & Conservation

Forest Dilemmas

Fisheries Mismanagement

Ch. 12-13

Porosity & Permeability

Ch. 14-16

Chemical Weathering

Ch. 17-19

Lichens as Indicators

Emissions Trading

Murder in the Air

Stratospheric Ozone

Ch. 20-21

YoreTown Needs a Landfill

Ch. 22-24

Appropriation Adventure

Politics & Enviro Policy

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