10/31 Books Friday

Working on chapter 6 review questions tomorrow, bring books.

Have a fun Halloween!

10/29 No quiz Wednesday, Career Center Thursday

The quiz is postponed until Friday (or, perhaps Monday)

The short answer will be...

1) National monuments, what they are, why important (3 reasons), list three, how different from National Parks, how created.

2) Invasive species:  defined, how impact environment ( three described impacts), identify three animal, and two plant species, solutions.

3) CCD (Colony Collapse Disorder), identify, impacts, why bees are important, define Natural Capital, explain the main reasons its happening, provide solutions. Here's the link to the video we watched in class.
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rEDtwi2FoM  

Career Center Thursday-Use websites from Monday

APES Career Center Monday

Here are the interactive websites we'll be using tomorrow.  Tuesday we'll meet in the the room for attendance and head to the play right after.


http://www.learner.org/courses/envsci/interactives/

http://www.electrocity.co.nz/

http://concord.org/stem-resources/african-lions-modeling-populations 

APES 10/24

Tomorrow due

Chapter 5 review questions, letter to USDA/NICIS 1-2 pages hand written or typed (you can turn it in your notebook), final lab procedures typed, and all notes/observations from notebook.  Finally the forest system food web handout.  

We will have a good part of the period to work on this, especially considering that 6th period didn't get time today in order to watch the partial solar eclipse.

Monday in Career Center

Have a great weekend!!!!

APES 10/22 lab report/web due

Lab report and food web handout due Wednesday, review questions and NICIS both due Friday.  Tomorrow have books, to work on questions, and vocabulary.

Please include the actual simulation of your variables with your report.

High pH Alkaline “Mono Lake” reduce ATP, and enzyme reactions in cells to organisms

Low pH-vinegar, acidic- mine draining and tailings

Salt- Salt water intrusions, increased evaporation

Sugar- land fill discharge, eutrophication

Alcohol-toxic spill

Heat-global climate change

Light- increased UV ozone hole

Dark-succession

Microwave-radiation

APES 10/21- BRING BOOKS

We'll be using the books Tuesday and Wednesday, please bring them in, you can leave them here if you want to.

Invasive species link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iKYcqKyXic

APES 10/20

If you want a few extra credit points, present the "scientific myth" Monday or Tuesday, must have visuals, be thought provoking, organized, convincing with citation, and evidence.

Please record first observation of lab tomorrow and record in notebooks, be sure to add what your simulation represents.  I.E.  mining, UV, radiation, toxic spill etc. 

We will read an article "Invasive Species" from Time magazine, be sure to write a reflection after reading based on the writing from the article, state specific evidence and where found.  1.5 pages.

Bring books on Tuesday to work on chapter 5.

APES 10/16

Lab should be completed by Friday to turn in along with the food web handout.  Please have the final version typed (as a group) and submitted with rough draft by next Wednesday.  I'll collect everything that day.  

Chapter 5 review questions and quiz next Friday.

Here's a recent report on an international study of ocean acidification, and policy concerns.

http://sciencenordic.com/ocean-acidification-yes-it%E2%80%99s-serious 

New National Monument

The newest National Monument is just East of LA,  created under executive order which is different than how National Parks are created.  Currently President Obama has signed into legislation 12 new monuments, and greatly expanded another during his tenure.

This is the link

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/10/10/3578621/obamas-national-monuments/ 

APES 10/13

Please turn in the Chapter 4 questions and begin chapter 5.  The "myth" assignment is also due today, I've been getting peoples PowerPoint so please send them to my email   bhofsteen@turlock.k12.ca.us

Today we're completing the handout from last week and starting a self designed lab.

Happy Monday!!

APES-10/9 myths due date change

After consideration of many peoples busy schedules the myth write up/ PowerPoint/ etc.  is now due on Monday.  It should be at least one page, or five slides with graphic.  Site sources.

This is the final free response question-


What are the main reasons plants and animals are are becoming endangered or going extinct?

use the class articles and this link
http://online.wsj.com/articles/report-wildlife-numbers-drop-by-half-since-1970-1412085197?KEYWORDS=loss+of+biodiversity 

APES 10/7 test information

Friday's test will be 25 multiple choice questions ONLY from chapter 4.

There will be five short answer questions 

they are:

1)  Discuss world food shortages and strategies to solve them.

2)  Agricultural benefits and impacts of the recent increase in Almond orchards.

3)  Amphibian decline, why is it happening? Why important and what can be done? P.78, 94, and 96

4)  Four natural capital components of biodiversity P.79

5)  Water use in California, what is changing and what are the impacts?

APES 10/7

Tuesday we'll be finishing and giving presentations from the Global Satellite Imaging cards.

Wednesday we're completing an environmental impact self designed lab, you will be working in groups of four.

If you haven't yet make sure to sign up for which "myth" you are going to research.  A one page write up on what you find out, and determine if it is indeed a myth.  Here's the link to the site.

http://skepticalscience.com/argument.php 

I will put up a study guide for the test this Friday later today or early tomorrow.

APES 10/3

This is a link for the aerosols piece of the GLOBE satellite activity.

http://terra.nasa.gov/FactSheets/Aerosols


Chapter 4 questions due Thursday, we'll have Wednesday class time to work on them.

Unit one TEST is scheduled for next Friday covering chapters 1-4