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HONORS ENVIRONMENTAL LESSON PLANS ~ K. McCLURE ~ SPRING 2013
WEEK ONE
Date / PlansThurs 1/24 / Disc class packet
Start Major Env’tal Problems (create 16 square sheet of paper, write major environmental problems in each one, convert to mind map)
HW: Get forms signed (due Mon)
Fri 1/25 (Reduced due to ER) / Collect forms
Finish Major Env’tal Problems Mind Map (present and display)
Ecolog due on Monday!
WEEK TWO
Date / PlansMon 1/28 / Collect forms
Discuss and collect Ecologs
Start Ch 1.1 PP – Stop and Think ResourcesAct
Tues 1/29 / Collect late forms
Finish Ch 1.1 PP and Start 1.2 PP – Tragedy of Commons Blog (due Tues 2/5), Risk Assessment Act (need scissors), AWSOTD Video Pt 2
Wed 1/30
Laptops / Finish Ch 1.2 PP – Dev v. Dev. Vortices Act, Hans Rosling Video, 7 Billion People, Ecological Footprint Act
Thurs 1/31 / Coll & disc Ecological Footprint Act – highest initial number of planets (why?), lowest initial number of planets (why?), biggest drop when adjusting lifestyle (why?)
Disc Science Safety Acknowledgement & show Lab Safety Rap
Ch 2.1 PP on Experimental Design – late to class problem, CO2 exp’t (Assign different tables to determine problem in the form of a question, hypothesis as an if/then statement, independent and dependent variable, control group and experimental group, constants, how to ensure the validity of the data)
Disc Salinization Problem and design experiment
Fri 2/1 / Set up Salinization Lab – do everything except mix water and seeds
Start Ch 2.2 PP - John Snow Act
WEEK THREE
Date / PlansMon 2/4
Laptops / Disc and Collect Ecologs
Seed Lab (Day 0) - mix seeds and water
Finish Ch 2.2 – summarize John Snow Act with video clip and handout
Ch 2.3 PP
Start Decision Making Model Act (Each group will research issue then create poster that briefly explains problem, dmm table with values and consequences, and group’s final decision.)
1)Fracking in NC
2)Offshore oil drilling on NC Coast
3)White street landfill expansion in Greensboro
4)Sludge application to fields
5)Proposed gas station
6)Environmental education center
7)Mountains-to-Sea Trail expansion
8)Hwy 119 By-Pass
Tues 2/5
Laptops / Check seeds (Day 1)
Finish DMMs and Tragedy of Commons Blogs
Wed 2/6 / Check seeds (Day 2)
Present DMMs and hang in hallway
Review Game Ch 1 & 2
Thurs 2/7
TAKE FIRST LUNCH / Check seeds (Day 3)
Ch 1 & 2 TEST
Ecology Review CW Puzzle
Start Ch 8.1 PP
Fri 2/8 / Check seeds (Day 4)
Finish Ch 8.1 PP
Population Estimation and Growth Simulation Lab – need beans, markers, calculators
Return tests
SOMEONE MUST TAKE SEEDS HOME (Days 5-6)
WEEK FOUR
Date / PlansMon 2/11 / Check seeds (Day 7) – share data and clean up
Discuss Seed Germination Lab Report (due Wed 2/20)
Coll Population Lab
Disc & coll Ecologs
Ch 8.2 PP
Start Coyote Case Study
Tues 2/12 / Finish Coyote Case Study (coll)
Start Ch 9.1 PP
BRING CALCULATORS TOMORROW!
Wed 2/13 / Finish Ch 9.1 PP
Power of Pyramids Lab – need calculators, rulers & colored pencils!
Thurs 2/14
Laptops / Ch 9.1 PP on Demographic Transition
Demographic Transition Lab – need computers, rulers & colored pencils (due Fri)
Fri 2/15
Laptops / Show“People Bomb”while students complete Power of Pyramids and Demographic Transition Labs (coll) and work on Seed Germination Lab Reports (due Tues)
WEEK FIVE
Date / PlansMon 2/18 / PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY
Tues 2/19
Laptops / Coll Seed Lab Reports and complete Peer Evaluations
Disc & coll Ecologs
Ch 9.2 Group Projects (Problems of Rapid Growth, Thailand’s Pop Plan, China’s Pop Plan, India’s Pop Plan, ICPD Goals and Progress) – need laptops, markers, roll of paper, yard sticks
Wed 2/20 / View Ch 9.2 PP while students present Population Trends
“China’s One-Child” and Two-Child Policy” Videos – complete List of Positives and Negatives (coll)
Thurs 2/21 / Finish Ch 9.2 on dropping fertility rates and possible stabilization at 9 billion by 2050
Ch 10.1 PP
Disc NC Endangered PP Project (students may find partners and choose category)
Return Papers
Review Game
Fri 2/22
Laptops / TAKE FIRST LUNCH
Ch 8 & 9 TEST
Work on Endangered PP Project
WEEK SIX
Date / PlansMon 2/25
Laptops / Coll & disc Ecologs
Ch 10.2 PP
Continue Endangered PP Project
Tues 2/26
Laptops / Ch 10.3 PP
Complete Endangered PP Project – email final PPs to me & bring backup copy on flash drive
Wed 2/27 / Endangered PP Presentations with peer evaluations
Disc Common Characteristics and Common Threats of Endangered Species
Thurs 2/28 / Return tests
Start Ch 11.1 PP through Watersheds – tie flood plain zones into wetlands
Wetland Debate – review case and character backgrounds (prepare for tomorrow)
“Water: To the Last Drop” Part I
Fri 3/1 / Wetland Debate – 5 minutes to discuss with like characters; each character gets 3 minutes to argue case and 2 minutes to answer questions; group must come to consensus and write plan on paper with all members’ signatures (coll); share actual outcome
Finish Ch 11.1 PP – jar of gravel, wax pencil, funnel, & water bottle
WEEK SEVEN
Date / PlansMon 3/4
Laptops / Disc & coll Ecologs
Start Ch 11.2 PP – Freshwater Usage Sorting Act
Bolivian Water Case Study
Research Three Gorges Dam Pros & Cons for HW
Tues 3/5 / Continue Ch 11.2 PP
Take Virtual Tour of Drinking Water Treatment Plant
Show “Story of Bottled Water”
Disc Three Gorges Dam Pros & Cons, view video, then write your opinion beneath table (collect)
Assign Tapwater Ad (due Tues)
SET UP EUTROPHICATION LAB!
Wed 3/6 / Finish Ch 11.2 PP - clips of Reverse Osmosis & Spragg Bags
Start Ch 11.3 PP through Opening Slide of Water Pollution (tie into Eutrophication Lab)
Eutrophication Lab (coll)
Thurs 3/7 / Continue Ch 11.3 PP through Sludge Treatment
“Reclaiming the Neuse River” – P&S (coll)
Fri 3/8 / Collect Consent Forms & $2
Continue Ch 11.3 PP through Ocean Pollution
Start Fecal Coliform in Antarctica Case Study (finish Part III for HW)
Finish Tapwater Ad for HW
Tues 10/25 / Collect Consent Forms & $2
Collect Tapwater Ads and hang them in hallway – gallery walk
Complete Fecal Coliform in Antarctica Case Study (collect)
Complete Ch 11.3 PP
Return papers
Review Game
Wed 10/26 / Collect Consent Forms & $2
Ch 10 & 11 TEST
I & D #13: Nuclear Wastes (due Wed)
Discuss and begin Alternative Energy SourcePP Project
Thurs 10/27
(MEDIA CTR) / Collect Consent Forms & $2
Start Ch 17. 1 PP through Coal
Work on Alt Energy Source PP Project
Fri 10/28
(MEDIA CTR) / Collect Consent Forms & $2
Return tests
Finish Ch 17. 1 PP
Work on Alt Energy Source PP Project
WEEK ELEVEN
Date / PlansTues 11/1 / FIELD TRIP TO WWTP
200 word reflection w/ WC on what you learned – due Wed
Wed 11/2 (REDUCED TO 1 HR DUE TO ER) / Collect reflections
Ch 17.2 PP on Nuclear Power
Discuss & coll I & D #13: Nuclear Wastes
Thurs 11/3
(MEDIA CTR) / Disc FREEDM Center (Show videos from website)
Handout Photo Releases (due Thurs 11/10)
Assign Preview Vocabulary Sheet to work on in MC (due Mon)
Finish Alt Energy PowerPoints
Fri 11/4 / Present Alt Energy Source PP w/ Peer Reviews
WEEK TWELVE
Date / PlansMon 11/7 / Coll FREEDM Photo Releases
Coll & disc Ecologs
Finish Alt Energy Sources PP Pres (Hydrogen Power)
Show Mike Strizki Video Clip
Disc FREEDM Vocabulary – show ice packs and hand warmers to demonstrate endothermic and exothermic rxns, show “Electricity and Magnetism” video to current terms (not enough time to do light bulb comparisons – save til tomorrow)
Return papers
Review Game (Brain Savvy)
Tues 11/8 / Ch 17 & 18 TEST
I & D #20: Free-Market Env
Wed 11/9 (NETBOOK CART) / Finish FREEDM Vocab on Lightbulbs – do “Which Bulb is a Better Buy?” Act, then pass out Light Bulb Comparison table (collect Vocab Sheets & Photo Releases)
Cap & Trade Card Simulation – need index cards
Show “Story of Cap and Trade” & disc student thoughts
Coll I & D #20: Free-Market Env
Ch 12.1 PP through Secondary Pollutants – need to “put a name with the face, so to speak”
facebook Pages for Primary Pollutants – template in assignment folder online
Thurs 11/10 (NETBOOK CART) / Coll FREEDM Photo Releases
Finish facebook Pages for Primary Pollutants
WEEK THIRTEEN
Date / PlansMon 11/14
(NEED iBOOKS) / NEED HOT AND COLD WATER
QUICKLY Coll & disc Ecologs
Present Primary Pollutant facebook pages
Continue Ch 12.1 PP through Temperature Inversions – temp inversion demo
Smog City Activity (finish for HW if needed)
Tues 11/15
(NEED iBOOKS) / Collect Smog City Activity
Ch 12.1 PP on Regulations on Air Pollution
DustBusters Act
Start discussion of DustBusters Results
SET UP PROBEWARE LAB FOR ACID RAIN!
Wed 11/16
(NEED iBOOKS) / Finish disc of DustBusters and tie into Ch 12.2 PP on Effects of Air Pollution on Health and Indoor Air Pollution/Sick Buildings
Ch 12.3 PP on Acid Rain through pH scale
Start Acid Rain Lab – explain LoggerPro 3 and how to use probeware
Thurs 11/17
(NEED iBOOKS) / Return tests
Continued Acid Rain Lab & collect from those who finished
Tracing Acid Rain Act (due Mon)
Fri 11/18 / NC FREEDM Systems Center VISIT
Need 9 tables cleared (2 with electrical access), ICE and Photo Releases
Send student with cart to meet crew at 9:40 am!
WEEK FOURTEEN
Date / PlansMon 11/21 / Disc & Collect Ecologs
Finish Acid Rain Lab/Finish Tracing Acid Rain Act/Answer FREEDM Follow-Up Questions
Disc FREEDM Follow-Up Questions
Finish Ch 12.3 PP on Acid Rain
Disc and collect Tracing Acid Rain
Tues 11/22 / Ch 3.2 PP on Atmosphere – up to Layers of Atm
Layers of the Atmosphere Act (disc using Ch 3.2 PP & collect)
Finish Ch 3.2 PP on Atmosphere
Ch13.1 PP on Climate Objectives
Eight Essential Questions about Climate – each table will teach on Mon 11/28
NO ECOLOG DUE ON TUES
WEEK FIFTEEN
Date / PlansMon 11/ 28 / NO ECOLOG DUE TODAY - choose anti-GCC article from past year for your Ecolog next week!
Eight Essential Questions about Climate – 30-minutes to finish then start presentations (show video clips/animations on convection currents, coriolis, el nino)
Tues 11/29 / Finish Eight Essential Questions about Climate
Ch 13.2 PP on Ozone Layer
Ups and Downs of Ozone Graphing Act (due Thurs)
Wed 11/30 / Greenhouse Effect Probeware Lab (complete for HW)
Work on Ozone Layer Act while waiting during lab
Thurs 12/1 / Collect Ups and Downs of Ozone Graphing Act & Greenhouse Effect Lab – use PP images to review ozone depletion in spring and effect of atmosphere and heat trapping gases on warming and cooling of atmosphere
Ch 13.2 PP on Global Climate Change up to data evidence
Ice Bubbles Act – work as table – discuss and keep
Finish Ch 13.2 PP on Global Climate Change
Start “An Inconvenient Truth” w/ questions (keep) – FF thru political and life history sections
Fri 12/2 / Finish “An Inconvenient Truth” w/ questions (coll) – FF thru political and life history sections
Return papers
WEEK SIXTEEN
Date / PlansMon 12/5 / Collect and discuss Anti-GCC Ecologs
Review Game
Ch 12 & 13 Test
I & D #12: Green Cars (REPLACE NEXT YEAR)
Tues 12/6 / GIVE OUT LAB SUPPLY SLIPS & BAGS FOR SOIL SAMPLES!!!
Ch 14.1 PP
Start Land Use Planning Project
Wed 12/7 / Wetland Mitigation Debate – discuss issue; assign stakeholders roles, students should become familiar with issue by Wed
Wetland Mitigation Debate – review issue; stakeholder discussions; table discussions; group proposal on paper; ask groups to present proposals; discuss postscript
Wetland Mitigation Debate – quickly finish presentation of proposals; discuss postscript
Thurs 12/8 / Ch 14.2 PP
Disc and collect I & D #12: Green Cars (REPLACE NEXT YEAR)
Work on Land Use Planning Project
Fri 12/9 / Return tests
Quick Presentation of Land Use Plans – hang in hallway
Ch 14.3 PP through deforestation – show “Goods from the Woods”
Start Research on Oak Clear-Cutting Debate – need one-page of research w/sources by Mon ( NO ECOLOG)
WEEK SEVENTEEN
Ch 15 TOO RUSHED DUE TO UPCOMING BREAK – REVISE PPs and CONCENTRATE MATERIAL!
Date / PlansMon 12/12 / Oak Clear-Cutting Debate – collect research and opinion
Finish Ch 14.3 PP
Start Soil Lab –set up samples for drying, set up soil texture jars, soil pH jars, and soil flocculation jars – discuss clean-up
Tues 12/13 / Ch 15.1 PP on Feeding the World
Ch 15.2 PP through Soil - soil tube sample, box of soil samples
Soil Lab – complete soil tests and share data (due Thurs)
Wed 12/14 / Finish writing down Soil Lab Data
Quickly highlight Ch 15.1 PP through Ch 15.2 – from “Ecology of Food” to “Modern Agriculture”
“Food, Inc.” w/ P&S (coll)
Thurs 12/15
(iBOOKS) / Collect Soil Labs
Ch 15.2 PP to Sustainable Agriculture
Discuss Organic Farming Plan
Bring in Organic Foods on Mon for Extra Credit!!!
Fri 12/16
(iBOOKS) / Ch 15.3 PP
Continue Organic Farming Plan
Bring in Organic Foods on Mon for Extra Credit!!!
WEEK EIGHTEEN
Date / PlansMon 12/19 / Coll and disc Ecologs
Eat Organic Foods while watching “Store Wars” and “Meatrix”
Finish and Present Organic Farm Plans
Return papers
Tues 12/20 / Review Game
Ch 14 & 15 TEST
Iss & Dec: Pay As You Throw Programs (due Wed 1/4)
WEEK NINETEEN
Date / PlansTues 1/3 / Ch 14 PP (modified from APES PP)
Cookie Mining Lab
Wed 1/4 / Disc Exam Schedule
Disc & coll Cookie Lab
Ch 19.1 PP thru landfills - “Story of Stuff” & Layers of the Landfill Notebook
Disc & coll I & D #23: Pay to Throw Programs
Thurs 1/5 / Return tests
Decision Making Model Act on “NC Megadumps” - work as individual, disc with table, make group decision, disc as class, use projector to display one person’s chart, share state’s final decision w/ info on Solid Waste Management Act of 2007 (coll)
Finish Ch 19.1 PP on ways to dispose of trash
Fri 1/6 / Ch 19.3 PP on Hazardous Wastes
“Garbage” Video - Problems & Solutions (coll)
WEEK TWENTY
Date / PlansMon 1/9 / Disc & coll Ecolog
Trash Sorting Activity (set up trash can with compostable cup, plastic bags, plant clippings, aluminum can, drink box, etc.)
Ch 19.2/19.3 PP on Reducing Wastes (solid and hazardous)
Tues 1/10 / Finish Ch 19.2/19.3 PP on Solid Waste Options
Discuss Exam Details – 150 MC questions (< 10 questions each from Ch 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 (focus on mining), 17, 18, & 19 counting75% and 1 cumulative essay counting 25%) curved to 100; bring textbook, #2 pencils, & notebook paper
EXAM REVIEW (Charades/Pictionary/Password/Crateball/Brain Savvy)
Return all work
Wed 1/11 / EXAM REVIEW (Charades/Pictionary/Password/Crateball/Brain Savvy)
Return all work
Thurs 1/12 / EXAM