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Last updated: 11/5/08


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All assignments should be done in your notebook.  Staple in handouts.  Always make sure you write in the NUMBER of the assignment.

 

FIRST QUARTER

#1  pg 5   Key Terms -define

#2  pg.6  Who is Rachel Carson?  What did she do?

#3  pg 8-  What is the ECOFACT about?

#4  pg 8    # 1-3. Write answers in a full sentence so as to reflect the question for all  assignments like this during the year.

#5   pg 9  Who are hunter-gathers?

#6  pg 12   CASE STUDY  read    pg 13   #1,2.

#7  pg 14   COPY CHART on renewable/nonrenewable resources

#8   pg 15   #1-4

#9    ACTIVE READING  (HANDOUT)   :    THE ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY   both sides.

#10  p18  Key Terms

  pg 19   Which country has the largest ecological footprint in the world?

#11   AR   (H)  Understanding our environment.

#12 pg 21  #1-3

#13  Lab: analyzing Ecological Footprints  (H)

#14  AR  (H)    Making Informed Decisions

#15   pg  22    COPY  all ten  MAIN IDEAS for chapter 1

#16   p23  #6-15  WRITE OUT QUESTION AND ANSWER

#17  PG 24  #22,23,24

        Pg25  #32,33

TEST  CHAPTER 1     9/17/08

#18  PG. 31   key terms:define

#19  p36.   Read FACT      Ans.  How did fleming discover Penicillin?

#20  pg 37 #1-4

21  AR:   SCIENTIFIC METHODS    (H)

#22   PG 38   kEY TERMS

#23  AR:  STATISTICS AND MODELS  (H)

#24  PG 44  #1-3

#25  PG.45    KEY TERMS (ONLY 2)

#26  PG.46     CASE STUDY:  SAVING THE EVERGLADES   PG47 #1,2

#27  PG. 49   #1-3

#28  MAP SKILLS:  BIOME MAP  (H)

#29  pg. 50  copy Main Ideas

#30  pg.  51  #10-18

        pg. 52   #25-27

Chapter 3

#31    pg.n59  Key terms   define

#32   pg. 61    List and describe the 5 layers of the earth illustrated/

#33   pg. 63   Name the ten tectonic plates

                    What is the Ring of Fire?

#34     pg. 61  What is Pangaea?

          pg. 64     How do animals predict earthquakes?

          pg 65    What happened on Ma 18, 1980?

#35     pg. 66    #1=4

#36     Active Reading:   the Geosphere

#37      pg.67    KT

#38       Read ECOFACT.  wHAT DO YOU THINK?

#39       PG. 72      #1-4

#40        ACTIVE READING:    THE ATMOSPHERE

#41        PG 73     KEY TERMS

#42         ACTIVE READING:  THE HYDROSPHERE AND BIOSPHERE

#43       PG. 81   # 1-4

#44        PG.   88    MAP SKILLS:   EARTHQUAKE HAZARD ZONES.    # 1-3

#45     PG. 89  TRACKING OCEAN CURRENTS WITH TOY DUCKS.      WHAT.....THINK?

#46    PG.  83   #10-18      PG.84  #19,24,25.

TEST CHAPTER   2 AND 3

CHAPTER 4:

#47   PG.93    KT

#48    PG 96  #1-4

#49     AR:  ECOSYSTEMS:  EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED.

#50   PG 97    KT

#51   PG 98   COPY TABLE 1 LEFT SIDE COLUMN ONLY.

#52  PG. 98   CASE STUDY:  FINCHES   PG 99 #1,2

#53   AR- EVOLUTION

#54 AND #55    EXERCISE:  RELATING NATURAL SELECTION AND FREQUENCY OF TRAITS  (H)

#56 PG 101   #1-4

#57 PG 102   kT

#58 PG 107 #1-4

#59   AR:  DIVERSITY OF LIVING THINGS

#60  PG 108  COPY MAIN IDEAS.

#61  p 109  #10-17

        p110  #18-24

END OF FIRST QUARTER

START OF SECOND QUARTER

TEST-NOV.5  ON CH.4

#62  p117   KT

#63  p120  Read Case about DDT  p121. answer #1,2

#64  AR:  ENERGY FLOW IN ECOSYSTEMS

#65  pg  122#1-4

 

 



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