Daily Assignments 

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12/12
  • Soil Lab- due Friday! 12/13 (so I can grade them over the weekend!)
  • HW: MAKEUP FRQ due Monday 12/16 must be written short and concise to recieve full credit. 

12/6
12/ 4
  • Survivorship Bubble Lab
  • EXAM next class.

12/2
  • Watch Bozeman videos (3) on Human Poplation and take notes!
  • Go to College Board and take Progress Check 3 Multiple Choice. If you don't finish during class it is HW.  

11/19

11/15
  • Intro to human population 
    • Math Practice! :)
  • HW: watch Bozeman vidoe on Human Population -->  , if you haven't finished McGraw Hill it is open again

11/13 11/8
  • Class discussion on NYT article
  • McGraw Hill Reading due Monday before class

11/6
  • Review
  • Biodiversity Exam
  • HW: Read and be ready for discussion on NYT article. I will call on 2 tables to lead a class discussion. 

11/4
  • FRQ practice on My AP Classroom
  • Read article on Biodiversity
  • Senior picture @ 1pm
  • Field Trip Notes: Meeting at UTEP-Centennial Plaza @ 8:30. Dress appropriately (check weather) and wear comfortable shoes. Bring a water bottle and hat! We will be outside and walking! You also need to bring $5 in quarters. 
    • ​Bring your own lunch or bring money for lunch. 

10/31
  • Biodiversity Review 
  • Biodiversity Lab

10/29
  • Review FRQ and rewrite for 10/10 score
  • Work on presentation for field trip on Nov 5th
    • ​Presentation should be 8- 10 minutes 
    • No PPT- you are speaking to the group so your presentation needs to be engaging and LOUD
    • Write down important numbers/facts on notecards 
    • Presentation Rubric
  • If you have < 60 in the class you are not attending field trip. Instead you must write a 5 pg research paper with at least 7 references (4 must be peer-reviewed/academic articles). Due on Nov 5th- emailed to sarenter@episd.org by 12 pm
  • HW: Make sure you have notes on last classes PPT and watch Wolf video --> 

10/25 10/23
  • Vocab Quiz
  • Practice FRQ
  • HW: McGrawHill Reading due Friday
  • Final Papers are due on Friday in a seperate document labeled  "FINAL_Title of your Paper". I will be looking for: 
    1. ​Introduction with background information (stats and numbers). Here you should have some in-text citations (APA or MLA format). 
    2. Body (1-3 paragraphs)-Go into more detail from your introduction/go into specifics. Tie background information and your topic on the border
    3. Conclusion- why is this important? What is El Paso doing to promote sustainability? What could we do better? Is there anything we can do individually? As a community?
    4. Reference page- APA or MLA format
10/21
10/17
  • Clipbeak Survey
  • ​Clipbeak Lab
  • HW: Finish questions on lab and turn in paper on Monday into Google Drive

10/15
10/10 ​
10/8
  • Fill in survey 
  • Read two academic journal articles about ECOSYSTEM SERVICES and annotate notes (text boxes, emoji, underline, etc.)  on both papers. 
  • As a group answer the following questions: 
    1. ​Describe ecosystem services
    2. Describe the results of human disruptions to ecosystems services
    3. Describe the following ecosystems services categoreis: provisisoning, regulating, cultural and supporting
    4. What are some economic and ecological consequences that anthropogenic activities have on ecosystem services
  • HW: McGraw Hill Reading

10/4
  • Unit 1 Exam
10/2
  • Review Unit 1
    • Food Chains/Webs
    • Energy Flow/ 10% Rule
    • Trphic Levels
    • Primary Productivity
    • Hydrologic Cycle
    • Phosphorous Cycle
    • Nitrogen Cycle 
    • Carbon Cycle
    • Aquatic Biomes 
    • Terrestrial Biomes
    • Intro Ecology/Symbiosis
  • College Board Progress Checks

9/30
9/25
  • Watershed Documentary and discussion
  • HW: McGraw Hill Reading, be ready for Biogeochemical cycles

9/23
  • ​Quiz on Aquatic Biomes
  • Watershed Documentary

9/19-- HW: Watch the videos and take notes if you haven't already done so.  Quiz on Monday over Mural Project. 
9/17 
  • Mural Presentations/Worksheet​
  • HW: Watch 2 videos on BioGeoChemical Cycles and take notes --> 

​GRADING RUBRIC FOR MURAL PROJECT

9/11 & 9/13
  • Work on Mural Project - You have 2 class days. to finish PBL. It will count as a "Mastery" assignment. 
  • You will present your mural and research next week on 9/17. You need to become an  expert on your zones. 
  • HW: Finish Ecology Reading by 9/13
    • Read Blob Article ➡️
9/9 ​9/5
  • Access your online resources go to here. Once you are on the dashboard click on McGraw-Hill  and LAUNCH.  Then Click on BIOME READING 

9/3- Hope you enjoyed your long weekend! 🌈⭐️ 
  • Work in your groups for the marine biome project. Today is research day! Divide up the work (evenly/fairly) and complete research and game plan for Thursday. ​
8/29
  • ​Finish Biome presentations
  • Climatograph  Practice
  • HW: Watch an episode of Blue Planet (Netflix) and write an 1/2  summary of what you learned and use at least 5 vocabulary words. Due Tuesday 9/3  to sarenter@episd.org

8/27
  • Assignment: 1/2 page summary using 2 academic articles. APA format. You must use in-text citations and have a reference page (use Purdue Owl website). Email summary  to sarenter@episd.org. Due next class 8/29
  • ​Library Research Day! YAY! 🤓
  • ​Aquatic Biome Project
  • Marine Biome
    • Santi, Joseph, Bella D, Robert, Sofia, Genovie, Kristina, Anneliese, Mara, Paola, Angel, Clarissa, Suhey, Miguel
  • Freshwater Biome
    • Oona, Matthew, Paige, Didier, Emma, Denise, Maura, Lisa
  • Lake Biome
    • ​Daniel, Martin, Joey, Mackenzie, Sydney, Aranxa, Eden, Bella V, Autum, Anna
  • ​HW: Listen to NPR story

8/23
  • NYT- Amazon fires
  • ​Biome Presentations
  • HW: Finish WS handed out during class. MUST show all math work!

8/21
8/19
  • Intro to Ecology notes
  • ​Create a food web using iNaturalist data 

8/15
  • Recycled paper competition​ (vote on Monday
  • Download iNaturalist App
  • HW:  Watch 2 videos and record 5 plants and 5 animals in iNaturalist
    • ​How to record Observations on iNaturalist
      1. ​​Click on Observe and take a picture of plant or animal (you can take multiple picture per species)
      2. Once you take a clear picture of species then hit Next 
      3. Then click "What did you see?". If you know the name you can type it in. If you don't it will give you suggestions. Click the best one that matches. 
      4. Click Share

8/13
  • Team Builder 🧀🧀
  • Review class syllabus and expectations
  • ​Safety Quiz
  • HW: Paper recycling WS--- pre-lab

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