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.