9/7 First day of school: kesterl, intro

9/8 posted survey on google clasroom

9/9

9/10

Did chapter 1 stuff

took a walk to the garden one day and talked about phenology

took a walk to the sawyerkill one day to become familiar with it

9/13 posted ap registration info and UCCC info and went over

9/14

9/15

9/16  holiday

9/17:  Class and Lab water sampling practice at the Sawyerkill 

9/20:  Class: Start Ch. 2 with water do now in note packet and discuss. did light bulb demo with saltwater, tap water, and distilled water; also incandescant bulb and led bulb, discussed enrgy efficiency.  Not covering most of chemistry review material from the notes or book.

9/21   Class: Ecological Footprint

          Lab: EHD project

9/22  Class: Discussed EHD project results, showed videos on EHD and CWD

9/23  Class:  Watch mono lake documentary

         Lab: Tides, google classroom

9/24  Class:  go over tide wksht from lab, went over wate pH chart from ch2 notes and talked about what makes rainwater acidic, did bromthymol blue and straw demo

9/27 Class: Notes Ch.2 energy up to system dynamics

        Lab:  Water chestnut/ experimental design

9/28  worksheet energy problems

9/29 Finish Ch.2 notes system dynamics, feedback loops

        Lab:  Water chestnut/ experimental design

9/30  Worked together on openbook CH.2 Test

10/1  Period 1 Canoe trip tivoli bays

         Period 3 will be ...watching movie Racing extinction

10/4  went over ch 1 end of chapter test, assign ch2 end of ch test, 

10/5 Do now: write and equation for photosynthesis, discuss respiration, cycling of energy and nutrients, start ch 3 notes

        Lab:  worked together as a class on the free response questions 1 and 2 for ch. 2 end of chapter test

10/6  Notes Ch 3, assign module questions

10/7  Class Notes and videos ch3 module 7 hydrologic cycle, carbon cycle

        Lab:  plant biodiversity/invasive species Sawyerkill photo project

10/8 Notes Nitrogen Cycle

10/11 Columbus Day

10/12  finish Ch 3 notes

           lab plant biodiversity/invasive species Sawyerkill photo project

10/13 Classwork ch3 practice exam free response question 1, chapter review packet

10/14  Test ch 3

          Lab print and hang up plant project

10/15 canoe trip (period 1 students will watch Racing extinction)

10/18  Measure your impact ch.4 showed nat geo video on atmosphere layers 4 minute link that is in notes 

    Lab: computer room to print pictcres for plant project

10/19  start ch. 4 notes, demo flashlight thru paper towel tube on globe

10/20 first half of video on atosphere (link is in notes)

          lab: hang up pictures of plants and canoe trip

10/21  second half of atmosphere video

10/22 celebrate Mole Day

10/25  Ch. 4 notes through module 20

10/26  Ch.4 notes

          Lab: Specific heat lab

10/27

11/15  ch5 notes through artificial selection

     lab mark and recapture

11/16

11/17

     lab mark and recapture go over questions, show lincoln index explanation video