Chap 6 Assigned

Chap 6 Quiz-Monday 12/16

DTM - Tuesday 12/17 (pg 156 in text)

R+R Wed 12/18 (free response questions pag 176-177)

Biome Presentation Peer Scoring

Peer scoring Sheet

Chap 4

Chap 4 quiz- Wed

DTM chap 4-Thurs

RnR Chap 4- Friday

Chap 2

Read and take notes Chap 2 (monday)

Online Quiz (tuesday)

Dtm (Wed)

R+R (Thursday)

WQI Lab

Data collection sheet

Chap 14

Chap 14 Quiz- Due Friday

RNR 14 Due Sat

DTM Due Sunday

Water Pollution Presentation

Powerpoint presentation

Slides to include

1. What is the pollutant

2. How do Humans create the issue

3.How does it influence waterways

4. Short term impact

5. Long term impact

6. How do we deal with it

7. Real world example/case study

Wastewater treatment Plant Assignment

1. Using pages 504 and 505 in the Miller LITE Book create a set of diagrams that you will use to take notes on during the wastewater treatment plant tour.
2. Watch this film
3. Make sure you have turned in your permission slip to Ms. Wilcox

Water Diversion Projects

Projects are posted in the comments section

Water Diversions Follow Up

After completing the Water diversions lab do the following

1. Choose a water diversion project not used in the lab.
2. Research the following

• Description of project
• What the water is used for
• Area of land the project is used for
• Rate of use (you must show your math here)
• The impact of the creation of the project
• Initial
• Short term
• Long term
• Economic, political,social,environmental
• the benefits of the project 
• Initial
• Short term
• Long term
• Economic, political,social,environmental

Create a powerpoint 

Bolivian Water War Case Study

Case Study

Chap 9 Standard assignment

Chap 9 Quiz  Due Wed

Chap 9 R+R Due Thursday

Chap 9 DTM Due Friday

Important info for the DTM:  Lapse rate is 6.49 oC/ 1000m.

essay rubric check your work

Classwork rubric for question 2

Please score out a partners essay as well as your own to see how you would have done on this ap question.

Classwork oct 7th

1.  Write a paragraph per biogeochemical cycle that identifies 2 specific ways in which humans influence the cycle and what the resulting global impacts are associated with the human influence.

(the internet may be used to research this)

2.Complete the following essay. (No internet resources or notes)

Mt lakes Biodiversity study Lab Due on Wed Oct9th

Lab Write



Data

• Smirk's Class
• Anderson's Classes
• Site data (temp, moisture, soil depth, % organic)
• Tree Diameter
• Humus Depth
• Site map

Data Entry for mt. Lakes lab

At this point all groups need to submit their biodiversity data for the mt Lakes trip.

Please use the biodiversity data collection sheet to enter your data

please be aware of the site number and the board letter that you are entering data for.

Mt lakes Diversity study Data Share out

Sunlight Data

Organic content of soil- Data Sheet

Biodiversity Data Sheets

Humus layer depth

Chap 5 Evolution Standard assignment

Chap 5 Online Quiz  Due Wed


Chap 5 R+R  Due Thurs


Chapter 5 DTM  Due Fri

Dissection of a root nodule

Dissection of a root nodule

Mt Lakes Data Collection

Biodiversity Data Sheet

Organic content-soil Data Sheet

Mt. Lakes Data share out

Mt. Lakes Data

Chap 3 Standard assignment work

Chap Quiz due Monday

R+R Due Tuesday

DTM Due Tuesday




Quiz Wed Chap 3

sept 17th

Do Now:

Get an ipad and

Read this article


In an ecosystem matter is recycled and energy flows through.

Today in class we are going examine the first part of this statement by making posters that show biogeochemical cycling.

The poster topics are

Sulfur cycle
Phosphate cycle
Carbon Cycle
Water Cycle
Nitrogen Cycle
Rock Cycle

your task today is to

1. Create 2 posters

• First, a poster that has the cycle labeled with the reactants and the products for each chemical reaction with the biological, geological or chemical condition in which it occurs
• Second, an unlabeled poster for review purposes.

2. Research the following

•  Time spent in each phase and how much is in each phase
•  Specific example of the cycle in an ecosystem

A. research how this cycle is a limiting factor and what the evolutionary response to this is.
B. research how the system uses this material and what support is needed to keep the cycle going if any.

Calculating your ecological footprint

Calculate your carbon footprint

Calculator



Upon calculating your footprint choose 1 area that you assessed and develop a plan to reduce your carbon emissions.

Calculate the following

1. How much would you reduce your footprint by making this change?
2. How much would this change cost you as a consumer.


What are the issues with implementing the change you have suggested. Discuss solutions on how to overcome these barriers. Find 1 example of how this change has been implemented successfully.

Send in what you have done at the end of the period (even if you have not finished the assignment)
Send in the complete assignment which should contain the following.

• Report of your footprint
• Description of the change you would make to your lifestyle
• Calculations associated with
• 1. Reduction of footprint
• 2.Cost
• Issues with implementation
• Solutions to barriers
• Example of successful implementation. 

Chapter 1 Standard Assignment

Online Quiz-Due Wed

R+R Thursday

Do the math Friday

Class Quiz Friday

Welcome

Smirks APES Information Form

Final Exam

Group Self evaluation ( make sure you download the template and share it with me upon completion)

Peer evaluation (Make sure you get the self eval from your cohort group and complete the evaluation)


Step 1 get into groups
Step 2 Self evaluate lab report (20 min)
Step 3 Peer Evaluate report (20 Min)
Step 4 Presentations- turn in peer eval and self eval at start of presentation

Complete the prelab assignment for your original research at mountain lakes

Prelab guide

Vanishing Bees

Vanishing bees assignment

Garbage Warrior Assignment

Garbage warrior

Fuel

Fuel Assignment

Walle Movie Questions

Green Movie Question form

EB assignment

Each period we watch the movie you must write 3 Questions and their answers in the following form.

EB Movie Questions

HPG labs

lab 19 due monday

labs 21 and 22 due thursday


Lab 21 Pyramid production data

April 8th upon completion of the essays

1. Doubling Time Lab (due at end of period)




2. Solar Absorption Lab (due wed.)


Mock Data to be used in Solar absorption lab

This weekend

1. Prepare for exam on chapters 12,13 and 8. (tuesday)

2. For a good review for chapter 12 and 13 watch the film Kilowatt Ours
(this will not be enough to prepare you but it does give a nice overview)

3. Possible essays (monday)
(remember that these are only 1 option the other essay(s) will come from anything we have covered this year)

4. Start reading chapter 6 and 7 (we will begin lecture on chapter 6 on Wed and chapter 7 on Thursday)

essay for april 4th

Essay

Key for Essay from april 4th

Scoring key from yesterday

Renewable resource essay

. Anaerobic methane digesters have been used for many years to reduce energy costs on farms throughout Europe
and on some large farms in the United States. The digesters operate by using anaerobic bacteria to break down
animal waste. During the process, which typically uses a tank heated to about 100°F (38ÁC) to speed the
reactions, raw manure is broken down and methane is produced. The methane can then be used to generate
electricity or produce heat.
  For a certain dairy farm with 500 cows, the cost of installing a digester is approximately $400,000. Assume that
the farm uses 800,000 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity each year at a cost of $0.10 per kWh. The waste from
a single cow can produce 3.0 kWh of electricity each day.
(a) Describe the steps by which methane produced in the digester can be used to generate electricity.
(b) Discuss TWO environmental benefits that may result from the installation of an anaerobic methane digester.
(c) Assuming that the cost of electricity remains constant and the farmer starts using the manure from the cows
in an anaerobic digester to produce electricity on the farm, calculate:
 (i) The number of kWh of electricity that can be produced in one year
 (ii) The amount of money the farmer can save in one year, NOT counting the installation cost of the
digester. (You may round your answer to the nearest $1,000.)
 (iii) The amount of time, in years, that it will take to recover the cost of installing an anaerobic digester on
the farm. (You may round your answer to the nearest whole number of years.)
(d) Calculate the minimum number of cows the farm would need to produce 800,000 kWh of electricity
per year.

Renewable Resources Project(s)

Group Presentation

1. Create groups of 4 (and 2 groups of 5)
2. Get topic assigned
3. Create a powerpoint (or Prezi) that explains your renewable resource. Your presentation should include (whole group)
1. Overview of technology
2. Advantages
3. Disadvantages
4. Emissions
5. Cost per KWH
6. Energy investment
4. Each member of the group needs a specific example of the technology in use.

Individual Presentation (this will be turned in and posted but not presented. Due friday before spring break)

1. Choose a method to reduce our energy dependency. 
1.  Explain how the behavior/technology works.
2. What are the advantages
3. Disadvantages/limitations
4. Amount of energy saved
5. Impact shift

Check the spreadsheet to make sure no one else has the same project

Chapter 8 Earth Systems

Chapter 8 is now assigned

1. Quiz
2. R+R 8
3. DTM 8

Nonrenewable energy sources chap 12 Now assigned

Chap 12

1. Quiz
2. DTM These are found on page 321(your turn blue box at bottom of the page) and 341(measuring your impact)
3. R +R

Supplemental Questions to energy audit lab

1. Do a cost analysis for the follow appliances. You need to answer what the current cost/energy consumption is for the appliance you have (one assigned in the lab). Then find an Energy Star version of the appliance and compare the cost of operating and the cost of purchase.  After you have calculated these costs determine how long it will take you to pay off the purchase

1. Washing machine
2. Dryer
3. Dishwasher
4. Fridge
5. 75 W light bulb to CFL equivalent (include bulb life in your answer)
6. 75 W light bulb to LED equivalent (include bulb life in your answer)

2. Often our energy usage goes unseen. These appliances that use energy while we are not actively using them are sometimes called "vampire appliances".  Research and calculate the cost of vampire appliances in your home.

3. Heating and cooling a home is a major source of energy consumption. Compare the energy costs of cooling your home with room ac units, central air, vs. geothermal.  If you are going to cool your home for the next 20 years this way (assuming fixed cost per kwh for electricity) which is the most economical?  

• Things to consider in your calculation
• Installation cost
• cot of use
• size of house
• size of unit(s), number of units needed to cool house

Heat

Film: Heat

Air pollution control technologies

• Baghouse filter
• Electrostatic Precipitator
• Scrubber-Wet
• Scrubber-Dry
• Catalytic Convertor
• Fluidized Bed Reactor

Mercury in fish case study

Mercury in fish case study

Stratospheric ozone homework

Essay Prompt

Chap 15 assigned

RNR 15

no dtm

Essay for chap4,5,19 test

Essay Here


Due Wed -Hard copy  ( if you don't have it with you wed no credit. Electronic does not count)

Wedge Game

Wedge Game Homepage

Midterm Review

Template- copy this template to either google docs or word and fill in the info. When done share it with me and I will update the blog with the completed review sheets.



Chapters to be reviewed
1
1-1,1-2,1-3,1-4,1-5,1-6
2
2-1,2-2,2-3,2-4,2-5,2-6 
3
3-1,3-2,3-3,3-4,3-5 
4
4-1,4-2,4-3 (Biome table)
5
5-1,5-2,5-3,5-4, 5-5 (chap 5 notes Not organized by objective)
9
9-1,9-2,9-3,9-4 
14
14-1,14-2,14-3,14-4,14-5,14-6,14-7
19
19-1,19-2,19-3,19-4,19-5,19-6 
20
20-1,20-2,20-3,20-4,20-5

Chap 19 assigned

Chap 19 assigned

Quiz
DTM:Page 526
R and R