Environmental Science Syllabus - April 2020
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

March 30
TO DO:

What happens to the rest of the plastic? Where does it end up?
STANDARD:
EP.GOV GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS AND ISSUES: EP.GOV 9 Waste management (solid and hazardous)

April 1
TO DO:

What products are currently made from recycled plastic? Describe them and provide links to examples..
TO DO:
ATTEND ONLINE ZOOM MEETING Check your email for invite!
1:00 PM Wednesday March 31
  PW in your email
STANDARD:
EP.GOV GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS AND ISSUES: EP.GOV 9 Waste management (solid and hazardous)

2
TO DO:

Choose one product (could be from your photos) and brainstorm ways that product could be delivered to consumers without plastic (or using less plastic.)
STANDARD:
EP.GOV GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS AND ISSUES: EP.GOV 9 Waste management (solid and hazardous)
3
TO DO:
Refer back to the photos of products you found in your home:
List ways you could reduce your use of disposable plastic:
Identify challenges you might face with each solution.)
STANDARD:
EP.GOV GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS AND ISSUES: EP.GOV 9 Waste management (solid and hazardous)

What am I supposed to do each day?

April 13
DUE TODAY:

Your finished Plastic web page!
LEARNING TARGET:

Describe an ecosystem in terms of community, trophic levels, food chains, and food webs.
TO DO:

•Make a new folder inside your class folder. Place all your old work inside that folder.
Download this Community and Ecosystem diagram and and save it to your class folder on your drive
Save a copy of Doc 1 Background Questions doc to your class folder. Use the diagram to type the answers to the questions on the doc
.
Here is a 5 minute video of the explanation of the background information on the Community and Ecosystem diagram.
STANDARD:
Earth Systems: Interconnected Systems on Earth - Biospheres Ecosystems (equilibrium, species interaction, stability)

14
DUE TODAY:


LEARNING TARGET:

•Explain the impact of a keystone species on the ecosystem.

TO DO:
.
• Watch this video on Keystone species and trophic cascades. .
Watch for the impact the starfish had on other species in their environment.

STANDARD:
Earth Systems: Interconnected Systems on Earth - Biospheres Ecosystems (equilibrium, species interaction, stability)
15
DUE TODAY:

Answers to background questions on your doc
LEARNING TARGET:

Explain the impact of a keystone species on the ecosystem.
IN CLASS
:
2:00 Zoom meeting - see your email for meeting ID, and password. See you there!
AGENDA:
Introduce the discovery activity
Introduce Doc 2 Trophic Cascade discussion questions
  Download into your folder and look over the entire doocument before watching the video, below.
  Video that explains the Trophic Cascade (3 minutes) discussion questions
TO DO:

Finish the rest of the questions
STANDARD:
Earth Systems: Interconnected Systems on Earth - Biospheres Ecosystems (equilibrium, species interaction, stability)
16
DUE TODAY:

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LEARNING TARGET:

Explain the impact of a keystone species on the ecosystem.
TO DO:

• Complete the discovery activity
. The videos are clips from yesterday so if they don't work, just click through.
Work on video discussion questions
STANDARD:
Earth Systems: Interconnected Systems on Earth - Biospheres Ecosystems (equilibrium, species interaction, stability)

17
Catch-up. Make-up, and Q&A day!

 

Catch-up Zoom meeting

 (Access Password: v0?#8*@E)

April 20
DUE TODAY:

Answers to Background Questions doc. PUT IT IN YOUR FOLDER

LEARNING TARGET:

Describe the conditions affecting the number of species and the size of each population that can live in an environment.
TO DO:

Work on video discussion questions
STANDARD:
Earth Systems: Interconnected Systems on Earth - Biospheres Ecosystems (equilibrium, species interaction, stability)
21
DUE TODAY:

  Video Discussion Questions - PUT THE DOC IN YOUR FOLDER!
LEARNING TARGET:

Describe the conditions affecting the number of species and the size of each population that can live in an environment
TO DO:

Read Part 1 of the Coyote document. You can find the document in your Geology folder on your Google Drive. Reead the document and watch the Part 1 Coyote video (6 minutes) for hints on answering the questions,
STANDARD:
Earth Systems: Interconnected Systems on Earth - Biospheres Ecosystems (equilibrium, species interaction, stability)
22
DUE TODAY:

Part 1 Coyote doc - reading
LEARNING TARGET:

Consider the difficulty in predicting the effects of perturbing an ecosystem.
IN CLASS
:
2:00 Zoom meeting - see your email for meeting ID, and password. See you there!
AGENDA:
Discussion of activity questions.
Discussion: introduce the coyote removal discussion.
TO DO:

Read Part 2 of the Coyote Removal document. It will be in your Geology folder.:
Part 1 Coyote doc - 3 questions
STANDARD:
Earth Systems: Interconnected Systems on Earth - Biospheres Ecosystems (equilibrium, species interaction, stability)
23
DUE TODAY:

• Coyote Removal Part II reading

LEARNING TARGET:

Consider the difficulty in predicting the effects of perturbing an ecosystem.
TO DO:

Coyote Removal Part II questions
STANDARD:
Earth Systems: Interconnected Systems on Earth - Biospheres Ecosystems (equilibrium, species interaction, stability)
24
Catch-up. Make-up, and Q&A day!
May 4
DUE TODAY:
Everything late.
TO DO:  Read this article
in popular science about the role of prairie dogs in the environment. Email me immediately if you have trouble accessing the article.
5
DUE TODAY:
Reading complete

TO DO: Sketch out the food web described in the article.
Put a photo of your web on a doc in your class folder.
6
DUE TODAY:
Food web on doc in folder

IN CLASS:
Zoom meeting. Check your email.

TO DO: Explain the role of the prairie dog in the food web. This explanation should be posted on your food web doc.
7

TO DO:
Work on food web and explanation.

8
DUE TODAY:
Prairie dog food web and explanation

Back to envirogeo page

Handouts:  Background Info Coyotes