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HW HW HW HW HW HW HW HW HW HW HW HW HW Finals || **19** Finals || **20** Finals ||  ||   ||
 * **Monday** ||  **Tuesday**  ||  **Wednesday**  ||  **Thursday**  ||  **Friday**  ||
 * 28 || **29**
 * Review Ch 14
 * 1) Study Ch 14 test || **30**
 * Ch 14 TEST
 * Fact card assigned
 * 1) R&N 15.1 15.2
 * 2) Fact card 1 week
 * 3) Eproject Friday || **1**
 * Air 15
 * What is the general composition and structure of the atmosphere?
 * Why does weather follow general patterns?
 * 1) R&N 15.3
 * 2) Fact card
 * 3) Eproject Friday || **2**
 * Air 15
 * What causes weather?
 * What causes climate variability?
 * Summary Eproject assigned
 * Eproject due
 * 1) Fact card
 * 2) Eproject sumamry ||
 * **4**
 * Air 15
 * What is accelerated climate change
 * What is the evidence for human caused climate change?
 * Storyboard
 * 1) SLEEP || **5**
 * Eproject work session
 * MCAS
 * 1) SLEEP AND EAT
 * 2) Story board || **6**
 * Eproject work session
 * MCAS
 * 1) R&N 16.1, 16.2 16.3
 * 2) Fact Card
 * 3) Story Board || **7**
 * Story board collected
 * Garden
 * Fact card collected
 * Global warm ws
 * 1) R&N 16.5 & 16.6 || **8**
 * EProject work Session
 * 1) Eproject summary ||
 * **11**
 * EProject work Session
 * 1) Eproject summary || **12**
 * 1) CH 16 test
 * 2) Eproject summary || **13**
 * CH 16 TEST
 * 1) Final prep
 * 2) Eproject summary || **14**
 * Eproject present
 * 1) Final Prep || **15**
 * final review
 * Final Prep ||
 * **18**

Esites HW: Eproject due in 1 week
 * __Day 73 May 25 Friday__**

Garden 1st 1/2 HW:
 * __Day 72 May 24 Thurs__**

Video Earth Revealed HW: read and notes 15.1 VOTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 * __Day 71 may 23 Wed__**

So what's so good and bad about mining? Why is the east coast odf the US one of the safest places to live (geologically speaking) HW: Vote on WIKI next Topic
 * __Day 70 May 22 Tues__**

EProject Organization Progress Reports BellRinger Ch 14 - mInerals HW: Data Analysis: AND Examining Tectonic Margins page317 AND What do you think page 305 1page double spaced response (use prompts from text).
 * __Day 69 May 21 Mon__**

BellRinger 14.3 and 14.4 Rock cycle game Recycling video HW:Test error analysis AND worksheet packet
 * __Day 68 May 18 Fri__**

BellRinger 14.1 and 14.2 Garden Describe how the rock cycle creates and recycles rock. What is the impact of weathering and sedimentation on rocks and ecosystems? HW: Read and notes 14.3 and 14.4
 * __Day 67 May 17 Thurs__**

Town meeting vote Biodiversity blitz (maybe) What are the natuiral process of the earth? How do these processes shape our resources? HW: Read and notes 14.1 and 14.2 AND Final editorials due
 * __Day 66 May 16 Wed__**

Town Meeting!! HW: Town officials post your majority decision to wiki by 7:45 am - Stake-holders write editorials (DRAFT) Block 1 http://ahs-esci-l1.wikispaces.com/-/Town%20Meeting%20Groups/Block%201%20Editorials/?responseToken=e25156e79172f50ce26686c2861e4be6 Block 4 http://ahs-esci-l1.wikispaces.com/project/manage/Town+Meeting+Groups
 * __Day 65 May 15 Tues__**

Review 12.1 and 12.2 VOcab What do savannahs and closed canopy forest have in common and how are they distinguished from each other? In a primary forest, are all trees old and large? Explain. What are the two most valuable products that come out of forests? How are they harvested? How does a monoculture differ from a natural forest? How can grazing be sustainable? If it is not what can happen? What can be done to prevent it? Ch 11 & 12 Quiz HW: Town Meeting tomorrow!!!!
 * __Day 64 May 14 Mon__**

Ms. Shenker out Complete table in class prepare for town meeting HW: Quiz MOnday on table and 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.1 and 12.2 only 40 minutes!! Town meeting Tuesday
 * __Day 63 May 11 Fri__**

Outside Bio Blitz HW: Complete bio blitz table
 * __Day 62 May 10 Thurs__**

Introduce biodiversity Blitz and project What is biodiversity? What are speices? What allows certain areas to have high biodiversity? How do we benefit from biodiversity? What are the threats to biodiversity HW: read and VOCAB ch 12.1 and 12.2
 * __Day 61 May 9 Wed__**

Ch 10 Quiz hw: read and notes 11.1, 11.2 and 11.3
 * __Day 60 May 8 Tuesday__**

finish Food Inc Review Ch 10 HW: Study Quiz CH 10
 * __Day 59 May 7 Monday__**

//Food Inc// What does it mean to be sustainable as a farmer? HW: Data analysis page 222 & //Food Inc.// response ( B1 Food Inc Discussion or B4 Food Inc Discussion) post on Wiki and respond to three classmates by Monday at 7:45am
 * __Day 58 May 4 Friday__**

Garden 1st 1/2 //Food Inc// HW: Read and Notes 10.5 & 10.6
 * __Day 57 May 3 Thursday__**

Why is farming so energy intensive? Worksheets & 10.7 - How can we conserve soils? HW: Read and Notes 10.4
 * __Day 56 May 2 Wednesday__**

Describe how soils are complex ecosystems Describe how abuses to soils can reduce farm production HW: Read and Notes 10.3 **AND** Complete soil Lab **AND** Eproject
 * __Day 55 May 1 Tuesday__**

Ch 8&9 Quiz Collect Soil Profile HW: Read and Notes Ch 10.1 & 10.2
 * __Day 54 April 30 Monday__**

Ch 9 review HW: Fact Card Due Monday (2 per Esite) - Ch 8&9 quiz Monday (40 points)
 * __Day 53 April 27 Friday__**

Garden 1st Half Ch 9 The Green Revolution - are genetically engineered crops friend or foe? HW: Data Analysis page 195
 * __Day 52 April 26 Thursday__**

Esites Bring all papers you need to go to the Esites!!! HW: Eproject due in 1 week Ch 9 Read and notes for:
 * __Day 51 April 25 Wednesday__**
 * Figure 9.11
 * 9.4

Chapter 8 BellRinger How do solubility and mobility determine where and when chemicals move? 8:00 How does exposure and susceptibility determine how we can respond to toxins? 8:10 How does bioaccumulation and biomagnification increase concentrations of chemicals? 8:20 How does persistence make some materials a greater threat? 8:30 How do chemical interactions increase toxicity? 8:40 Introduction Ch 9 HW: Fact Card
 * __Day 50 April 24 Tuesday__**

Ch 9 Read and notes for:
 * Learning Outcomes; Case study; Conclusion;
 * Page 182 (We need the right kinds of food -- Vitamins can prevent...)
 * Page 184 (A Few Major Crops... -- A Boom in Meat...)

Chapter 8 BellRinger How is the global disease burden changing? 8:00 Why do infectious emergent diseases still kill millions of people? 8:10 How does conservation medicine combine ecology and healthcare? 8:20 Why is resistance to drugs, antibiotics, and pesticides increasing? 8:30 Who should pay for healthcare? 8:40 How do toxins affect us? 8:50 How does diet influence health? 9:00 HW: Fact Card due in 1 week
 * __Day 49 April 23 Monday__**

__**Day 48 April 13 Friday**__ Chapter 8 JigSaw

__**Day 47 April 12 Thursday**__ Garden HW: CH 8 individual work for JigSaw Block 1 print out. Block 4 POST TO WIKI!!!

__**Day 46 April 11 Wednesday**__ Collect Producer Fact Card Bioaccumulation activity HW: Bioaccumulation Activity and Vocab

__**Day 45 April 10 Tuesday**__ Collect ESites Month2 Hw: Read and Notes 8.3 & Fact Card due Wed

__**Day 44 April 9 Monday**__ Ms. Shenker Out Classwork: Homework: Read and Notes 8.2 & Fact Card due Wed
 * Complete Human population WS from last Thursday - turn in to sub
 * Use books for Producer Fact Card
 * Read and take notes 8.1 and 8.2

__**Day 43 April 5 Thurs**__ HW: Read and Notes 8.1 & Fact Card due next Wed
 * Be able to graph the relative increase in human population over the historical record
 * What controls human populations - biotically and abiotically?
 * Interpretation of age structure graphs
 * What is the ideal family size dependent on?

__**Day 42 April 4 Wed**__ Garden 1/2 block Ch 7 - Human Populations HW:
 * What is the history of human population growth?
 * What determines human population growth?
 * How is human population growth culturally and economically dependent?
 * Post your Producer to the Wiki on the Eproject page! First come, First served! NO DUPLICATES
 * What do you think page 140 answer questions
 * Fact Card due in 1 week

__**Day 41 April 3 Tuesday**__ Ch 6 Unit Test/Quiz HW R&N CH 7 Case Study page 132

__**Day 40 April 2 Monday**__ Esites HW: CH 6 TEST Tuesday

__**Day 39 March 30 Friday**__ GARDEN first 1/2 or planting in classroom 6.4 Concepts to master Ch 6 HW: Ch 6 test Tuesday
 * What are the factors that limit species and genetic diversity?
 * What are the impacts of fragmented habitats to populations?

__**Day 38 March 29 Thursday**__ BR Analyzing relationships among organisms 6. What factors regulated the population growth of the a. rattlesnake b. birds c. rodents 6.3 Concepts to master Ch 6
 * What are the types of factors that regulate population growth?
 * Provide examples of density dependent and density independent population factors
 * HW: R&N 6.4**

__**Day 37 March 28 Wednesday**__ Oh Deer! What goes up must come down - ?s # 2 & 5 6.2 Concepts to master Ch 6
 * What are the impacts of birth rate, death rate, immigration and emigration to growth rate?
 * How do we interpret a survivorship graph? How do the three curves differ from one another?
 * HW: R&N 6.3 and** Oh Deer Activity Oh Deer L1 modified MJS s12

(t) || # of Deer(N) || # of Deer(N) || drought ||
 * || BLOCK 1 Data || BLOCK 4 Data ||
 * Time
 * To || 2 || 2 ||
 * T1 || 4 || 4 ||
 * T2 || 8 || 8 ||
 * T3 || 14 || 16 ||
 * T4 || 12 || 18 ||
 * T5 || 14 || 16 ||
 * T6 || 14 || 20 ||
 * T7 || 14 || 12 ||
 * T8 || 8 There was a drought || 18 ||
 * T9 || 10 || 14
 * T10 || 18 || 20 ||

__**Day 36 March 27 Tuesday**__ BellRinger 6.1 concepts to master - Ch 6 HW: **R&N 6.2**and Lynx Hare WS: and **outside** 15 minutes to RUN AROUND
 * Data Analysis page 115
 * How can we describe population growth with symbols? with graphs
 * How exponential growth describes continuous change
 * What is a s-shaped growth curve and why?
 * What is sustainable yield
 * What are the two ways species respond to limits

__**Day 35 March 26 Monday**__
 * BellRinger
 * How does a lake differ from a swamp?
 * How does the neritic zone differ from the open ocean?
 * What do all temperate biomes have in common?
 * What do tundra and hot dessert have in common?
 * Table discussion
 * Organize
 * Presentation
 * Diorama session
 * HW R&N 6.1

__**Day 34 March 23 Friday**__ How are aquatic biomes distinguished from one another? HW: Build-a-bird due Monday - Consumer Fact card corrections due MOnday (must have draft and grading sheet)

__**Day 33 March 22 Thurs**__ What is sustainability and why is it important? Why is the AHS garden sustainable? Who maintain this garden? What are the garden rules How are graphs used to describe biomes? What graphs can we use to represernt biomes? How to graph a climatogram HW: Build-a-bird fact card due Friday & read and notes 5.2

__**Day 32 March 21 Wed**__ Library today - using BOOKS for biomes HW: Build-a-bird

__**Day 31 March 20 Tues**__ What are the major terrestrial biomes? What characteristics are used to dive up terrestrial biomes? HW: draw a color picture of your bird labeling its unique adaptations for survival in its biome

__**Day 30 march 19 Mon**__ Ch 4 Test Today HW: Research birds in general, what makes them unique? Why is a bird a bird? Then research unique birds of the world. Investigate the HUGE diversity of bird and their unique adaptation. Read and take notes 5.1

__**Day 29 March 16 Fri**__ 1/2 day Section 4.4 discussion & review HW: STUDY HUGE CH 4 test MONDAY

__**Day 28 March 15 Thur**__ outside Esites HW: Color clean nice map, data table, site description, weather data all due Tuesday

__**Day 27 March 14 Wed**__ Lecture/discussion 4.3 and 4.4 drawing succession terrestrial Aquatic succession ws HW: Worksheets

__**Day 26 March 13 Tues**__ To determine how community properties impact populations. 1. Bell Ringer on 4.1 and 4.2 2. Keystone species, whatr are they? 3. How does biomass differ by biome? 4. What is the community structure of the esites? 5. How to map? HW: Mapping your bedroom

__**Day 25 March 12 Monday**__ Lecture/discussion 4.2 Lecture properties of communities Lecture community change HW: Read and notes 4.4 & As gross as it gets

__**Day 24 March 9 Friday**__ Fact Card Due Today - in groups 30 minutes choose best fact card parts HW group Fact card due Monday!!

__**Day 23 March 8 Thursday**__ OUTSIDE TODAY rain, snow or shine!! HW Fact card due tomorrow Read and notes 4.4

__**Day 22 March 7 Wednesday**__ Bell Ringer Darwin's five steps CH 3 test discussion Speciation white board notes LEcture competition OutsideTomorrow!!!!! HW Read and take notes 4.3 and, fact card due Friday

__**Day 21 March 6 Tuesday**__ Ws Competition, predator Prey, symbiosis HW Read and take notes 4.3 & Fact Card due Friday

__**Day 20 March 5 MOnday**__ Fact Cards Evolution Powerpoint HWRead and take notes 4.2 & Fact Card due Friday

__**Day 19 Friday**__ Evolution BR testing

__**Day 18 Mar 1 Thursday**__ chemical testting HW: Organism Fact card Read and notes Ch 4

__**Day 17 Feb 29 Wednesday**__ Chemical Testing lab HW Organism Fact card - What is AVIS?

__**Day 16 Feb 28 Tuesday**__ CH3 Unit Test HW: Make a list of 5 producers, 5 herbivores, 5 omnivores, 5 carnivores, 5 decomposers found in Andover – check the Wiki for helpful websites. Make sure you choose native species and provide both their common and scientific name (i.e., Red Maple, __Acer__ __rubrum)__

__**Day 15 Feb 27 Monday**__ introduce extra credit nitrogen cycle HW: Post your DOT to Wiki & study Ch 3 Unit Test!

__**Day 14 Feb 17 Friday**__ Chapter 3 Test Tuesday AFTER Break No Homework have a great Break!!

__**Day 13 Feb 16 Thursday**__ ACE presentation Collins Center Block 1 HW N bomb

__**Day 12 Feb 15 Wed**__ Carbon cycle recap BR Nitrogen cycle Vocab cow HW: Complete Class Worksheets

__ **Day 11 Feb 14 Tues** __ Water cycle vocab drawing/recap Carbon cycle vocab drawing Gizmo intro HW: and WS

__**Day 10 Feb 13 Mon**__ BR foodchains and pyramids Food chain drawing Food web drawing Water cycle drawing HW: Complete Worksheets (Carbon Cycle & Atmospheric Cycles )

Day 9 Feb 10 Fri
 * Bellringer Photosyn
 * Char of life
 * Levels of org
 * food chains
 * trophic levels
 * HW: R&N 3.5**
 * complete WS - A Food Chain and Energy Pyramids**

Day 8 Feb 9 Thur ◦ Video ◦ group work - baloney detector ◦ how do we connect physical energy to life? ◦ Physical vs Chemical energy? Which do we rely on? ◦ Energy for Life - But is all life based on the sun? ▪ CHemosynthesis ▪ Photosynthesis ▪ Cellular respiration
 * Ch 3 Intro (B4)
 * What is Ecology
 * What makes something Organic
 * Organization of matter - lecture
 * Characteristics of Life - lecture
 * Energy and Thermodynamics
 * HW: Read and notes Ch 3.4 - Photosynthesis bellringer**

Day 7 Feb 8 Wed
 * Ch 1& 2 Quiz
 * Wiki Information
 * HW :**
 * **Join Wiki**
 * **Get Field Trip Permission Slip Signed**

Day 6 Feb 7
 * HW:**
 * **Study CH 1 & 2 Assessment**


 * Day 5 Feb 6 **

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 * HW:**

Cover books Contracts signed Safety agreement signed Read and Take Notes Ch 1.
 * Day 4 Feb 3 **
 * Day 3 Feb 2 **
 * Read and take notes**
 * Day 2 Feb 1 **
 * Read and Take Notes**
 * Day 1 Jan31 **