Wednesday, Sept 24
Environmental Science
For Today:
1. Turn in HW: CH 2, part 1 Notes
2. Environmental History Timeline
- Finish for HW…Due Tuesday,
Seating chart
cell phones
Homework
Timeline part 2 – you will have ½
period on Friday to work on timeline
• Finding Info
Lifespan
Important contribution to Env Sci
• Timeline
Date
Person and Contribution (shorten)
Small Drawing…(color?)
• Answer the 3 questions
Friday, Sept 27
• For today
1. Modeling the Weathering process Lab
2. Env Sci History timeline
HW – Rewrite or type Lab report
- Complete TimeLine
Both are Due Tuesday
Timeline Info
• Finding Info
• Lifespan
• Important contribution to Env Sci
• Timeline
• Date
• Person and Contribution (shorten)
• Small Drawing…(color?)
• Answer the 3 questions
Tuesday, Sept 30
1. Turn in Final Copy of Weathering Lab report
and your finished timeline.
(check name and heading)
1. Water as a Polar Molecule – Notes and make
a water molecule.
2. Planet Earth On-line assignment – finish for
HW if not completed in class.
Water as a polar molecule
• A water molecule is made of 2 Hydrogen
atoms and 1 Oxygen atom that are covalently
bonded together.
• What does this mean?
• Water is a polar molecule! And looks like this:
Because water is a polar molecule:
• It acts like a magnet • Has cohesion • Has adhesion –
• Water molecules dissolve other polar molecules
in the environment and inside our bodies!
Thursday, Oct 2
• Turn in “Planet Earth”
For Today:
1. Water molecule notes
2. Amazing Water Activities
3. “Mission to Mars” Group Activity and Video
• http://www.jst.go.jp/csc/virtual/earth/guide/
english/data/top.html
Monday, October 6
1. Finish Mission to Mars Video
- Add 15 notes (30 total). Turn in after video
2. Mission to Mars Group Activity
3. HW - Grand Oasis Study Guide for Ch 2
- Due Wednesday
Mission to Mars Group Activity
• Complete individual part of assignment
• In groups, decide what to bring and who
would go.
Wednesday, Oct 8
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Set up “Microorganisms: Friend or Foe” Lab
Review Ch 2 study guide
Start “Planet Earth: From Pole to Pole”
HW – Work on your Math!
Microorganisms Lab Set up
1. Carefully read procedure.
2. Groups of 5 or 6
3. Divide up the work:
Bread, other 4 containers, tapers, labelers
4. Labelers – Number dishes and write key on
piece of paper. Add Period and names to paper
5. Tapers- one piece of tape per dish.
6. When finished – go back to seat and share
answers on study guide.
Friday, Oct 10
Assembly Day
• Microorganism Lab observation
• Finish video – “From Pole to Pole”
• Terrestrial/Aquatic Biomes w/s – Finish for HW
• Quiz Wednesday on
1. The amazing water molecule
2. Ch 2: A Grand Oasis in Space w/s
3. Terrestrial/Aquatic Ecosystems w/s
• For the 3 aquatic biomes (p58-61), write down
and answer 3 questions.
Wednesday, Oct 15
1. Microbiology observation…quickly
2. Ch 2 quiz
3. HW – Species Interdependence and Human
Influence w/s – Due Friday
• Keep “Terrestrial Ecosystems” w/s
until Friday
Friday, Oct 17
1. Take out your HW:
– Ecosystems W/S
- Human Carrying Capacity W/S
2. Human population and Carrying Capacity
discussion and video
3. Finish Microorganisms Lab (and video)
Tuesday, Oct 21
• Biomes Power Point Assignment
Due Thursday, Oct 23. I will give 15 minutes to
coordinate and then we will share projects.
Thursday, Oct 23
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Time to finish Biome Power Points
Present Power Points
Global Habitats Poster Assignment
Adaptations On-line Assignment
Send PP to [email protected]
Monday, Oct 27
• Please turn in your Winter Adaptations
worksheet
• Biome Power points presentations
• Washington Ecosystems and Forests On-line
assignment. Finish for HW if not completed.
Spotted and barred owl
• 80’s and 90’s – spotted owl protected in old
growth forests
• 2000’s – Barred owl invades habitat and
region where spotted owl lives
Now, what to do?
Marbled Murrelet
Mountain Beaver
NO!
YES!
Wednesday, Oct 29
• Turn in HW – Ecosystems On-Line Assignment
• Biome Power Points
• Lab – Common Trees of Western Wa Forests
Tree Lab
1. Describe and try to ID each tree
2. Make nice detailed drawings of leaves of
each tree
3. Be aware of scaled drawings…measure leaf
and but a scale next to your drawing.
Google “Washington trees” and go to
“Trees of Washington – WSU”
Friday, Oct 31…BOO!
1. Tree notes
2. Video – “Nightmares of Nature”
Scientific Names
1. System to name all living things was finalized
by a Swede named Carolus Linneaus.
2. Established system using Latin…
3. All types of living things have a scientific
name that consists of a genus and species
name.
4. This allows us to use a common language
when discussing living things.
For dogs and dog-like animals the genus is Canus
For dog, the scientific name is:
Canus lupus
For the coyote it is : Canus latrans (dog barking)
For modern man it is: Homo sapiens, which
means man thinking.
When written, the scientific name is always
underlined, or it is typed in italics.
Big Leaf Maple
Acer marcophyllum
Meaning: Roman, big leaf
-very hard wood, good for furniture
-can be a source of maple syrup
-seeds are wind disbursed
Black Cottonwood
Populus trichocarpa
Meaning: Roman, hairy fruit
- Large and fast growing
- Seeds are cottony and wind dispursed
- Grows in wet areas
Western Hemlock
Tsuga heterophylla
meaning: Japanese, different leaves
- Needles different sizes
- Grows well in shade
- Grows tall when there are canopy openings
Vine Maple
Acer circinatum
Meaning: Roman, round
- Can grow long and viney
- Seeds wind disbursed
- Very colorful fall colors
Western Red Cedar
Thuja plicata
Meaning: Greek, pleated
- Can live for a very long time (up to 1000 years)
- Wood is very disease resistant (cedar chests)
- Good for building house exteriors but
expen$ive.
Douglas Fir
Pseudotsuga menseizii
Meaning: False Hemlock, Menseiz
- Dominant Tree in area forests
- Tallest tree
- Rough bark/fire resistant
- Most economically important tree – lumber
Red Alder
Alnus rubra
Meaning: Roman, red
- Lives near water
- Pioneer species – can live on nutrient poor soil
- Can fix nitrogen so other trees/plants can use
it.
Tuesday, Nov 4
Ecological Succession
1. Douglas Firs versus Western Hemlocks
2. Succession – Background Info
3. Ecological succession work sheet
We will have a quiz Thursday, Nov 13 on
Washington trees, succession, and
deforestation.
Douglas Fir
Western Hemlock
Ecological Succession
Use page 446 – 447 in Bio book, p 61-62 in ES
book and internet.
On the back choose 2 of the scenarios
Try to include:
Process that starts succession
Examples of pioneer species
Chain of events
Climax community
Thursday, Nov 6
1. Mt St Helen’s Video – please write down 30
notes.
2. Go over Succession Hand out
3. Complete the rest of the scenarios – please
write or type on piece of paper.
HW - Succession vs. Chaos HO – Fold paper into
4 boxes. Each box gets title, description and
drawing…8 total…skip “climate is always
changing”
Lichen – combination of algae and fungus that have a
mutualistic relationship. A common pioneer
organism. Breaks down rocks to minerals. Adds
nutrients to soil.
Algae – photosynthesis
Fungus – protection, absorb nutrients
Monday, Nov 10
1. Deforestation in Washington and in the
Tropics
Complete on line assignment.
2. Review for quiz
HW – Quiz Thursday on Washington Trees,
Ecological Succession, and deforestation