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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