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SECOND SEMESTER |
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| 1/4 |
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attention grabber "Find It puzzles" |
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Winter Ecology - survival scenario |
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Cryopreservation lab |
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set up |
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research: Frostbite |
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definition, signs, treatments, and cryopreservation |
| 1/12 |
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Cryopreservation lab - finish |
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Sidewalk salt - what are the effects on spring plants? |
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design and set up (the teacher will also set up a demonstration of salt/metal interaction) - must be okayed before set-up! |
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Insulation contest rules |
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we will set this up next class |
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Bring weather gear for next class |
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Discuss: What plants and animals do when winter comes? what are their adaptations? |
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notes on the T-drive |
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Demo lab: Fur, Feathers, or Fat? |
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activity: adaptation cards |
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students will receive a card with an animal or plant on it and what it does to cope with winter. |
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reading: the manatees in "Florida" |
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Cryopreservation labs due |
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Set up Salt labs |
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Observe metal and salt demonstration |
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review: animal and plant adaptations |
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Jello "animals" |
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Insulator contest |
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may be done indoors too if using the computers to monitor temperature changes with the computers |
| 1/19 |
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Check salt labs - make observations and complete first part of lab report |
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Discuss insulating lab - what worked? |
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Winter Ecology research project |
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choose and determine the procedure |
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Do background information search for project with sources. |
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Reading: Manatees in Florida |
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Human populations unit: - Graphing Human Populations through time |
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graphs due next class |
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| 1/21 |
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Human population graphs due |
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salt lab - make observations |
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carry out winter ecology research projects |
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due 1/27 |
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| 1/27 |
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winter ecology research projects due - individual! |
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winter ecology unit quiz |
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sidewalk salt research - finish and complete conclusions |
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Human population questions |
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due next class |
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need to get population graphs back from teacher in class |
| 1/29 |
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Human population questions due |
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turn graphs back in too |
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Activity: Making Population pyramids |
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each person will make an pyramid from provided data |
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program: World in the Balance: the Population paradox |
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there is a worksheet to accompany this - in class |
| 2/2 |
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finish the World in the balance program and worksheet |
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due 2/4 |
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do accompanying activities/questions |
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Go over winter ecology quiz |
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Discuss labs: Salt and winter projects - hand back to students |
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Notes: Unit on Human Population |
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powerpoint notes on T-drive |
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activity: Power of the Pyramids |
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World in the Balance worksheets are due |
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Reading and discussion: Coming to America |
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beliefs about immigrants and misconceptions |
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name research due |
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research the meaning and origin of your first and last name |
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discuss: Age pyramids, survivorship curves, and life expectancy |
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power point notes |
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Read "coming to America" |
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discuss the misconceptions surrounding immigrants |
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6 billion people activity |
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due next class |
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discover where you are in relation to the people of the world - web activity |
| 2/10 |
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finish human population notes |
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activity: Food for thought |
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look at the disparity between different countries on several demographic characteristics |
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handout review |
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test next thursday |
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| 2/16 |
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Review for test |
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Clicker review |
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Do Concept review problems and go over in class |
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Discuss: Land use |
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introduction to next unit |
| 2/18 |
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Chapter 9 test Human Population |
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activity: Mapping Land Use in Mitchell |
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due next class |
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| 2/22 |
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Hand back and go over the chapter 9 test |
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Handout notes/outline for chapter 14 land use planning |
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we will discuss 14:1 Land use - types of as well as ecological services |
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finish Mapping Mitchell activity |
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discuss |
| 2/24 |
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Bring in building materials for Heat Island lab |
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lab Urban Heat Islands |
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test building materials for the heat island effect |
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discuss 14:2 Urbanization and urban sprawl |
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| 2/26 |
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discuss Heat Island lab |
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Discuss: farmland and rangeland |
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video "Caretakers of the Earth" (18 min) |
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showcases 5 ranching families and what they do to preserve rangeland |
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Demonstration: Wood products |
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worksheet 14:2 |
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due today |
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Discuss: Rangeland and Forest areas |
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lab: Matchstick forest |
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be able to discuss what factors contribute to a fast burning forest fire |
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on-line E-trip on fire ecology |
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due next class |
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on-line lab: Fire management |
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due next class |
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Discuss Fire labs |
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Finish Unit notes: Wilderness and Public lands |
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activity: locating public lands in South Dakota |
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using SD maps |
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Concept review |
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due next class |
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review on T-drive |
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test next Wed. |
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national parks video |
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| 3/8 |
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lab: Planning a development |
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given a "tract" of land, develope/plan what will go where with justifications |
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review : concept review due! |
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test on WED. |
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| 3/10 |
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Chapter 14 Test |
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lab: Mining Cookies |
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mining background information and questions |
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| 3/12 |
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cookie lab questions due/discuss |
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go over test |
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Begin chapter 16: Mining |
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notes on T-drive |
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Mining word find |
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due tues. |
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lab: Fast Crystallization |
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looking at crystal formation under the microscope as an introduction into one of the ways minerals are extracted from ore. |
| 3/16 |
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Mining and You video |
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overview of the mining industry |
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Word finds due |
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Notes 16:2 |
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Trading Game |
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supply and demand |
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Miner's game |
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on-line |
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