Environmental Science

ES students took their exam for our first unit on Tuesday. (120pts)
We have also finished our Bottle Biology Terrarium Projects on Thursday. (100pts)

Monday, 10/1, we will start a new unit:  Protected Areas and Natonal Parks

Students will be expected to learn their 50 STATES!!  YOU CAN DO IT!!!

This unit will include a typed, research paper.  Students will choose a National Park and do a full report on the park including superlatives and park issues in 2012.

DUE DATE:  ACTION POINTS ARE DUE ON MONDAY, OCT. 8     NO EXCEPTIONS!!

60 ACTION POINTS ARE DUE FOR EACH QUARTER. 

GET ALL YOUR ACTION POINTS!!  GO FOR 60 AND NOTHING LESS!!!

CANOEING:
2 day float trip on the Eleven Point River:  Sept. 29-30
1 day float trip on the Currrent River.  Oct. 7

Environmental Club

The Env. Club has been busy already this year.  We have worked two days on the LHS Flyer Forest Trail, which is now almost finished and ready for Biology classes.  GREAT JOB AND THANKS TO ALL THOSE WHO HELPED ON THE TRAIL!!!

We also drove a float in the Homecoming Parade.  We had a wondeful time-- Of course, the big hit was the travelling snakes caravan.  It was just super to see the club students reaching out to citizens- LITERALLY-
to offer them a close-up of a real snake.
We had walking water bottles and tropical trees.  Candy throwing was also fun for all-- I ate my share!!!!

Club officers will be taking over meetings.  Students are encouraged to help with one of the acitivites at each club meeting.
Here are your Environmental Club Officers for 2012/13:

President:           Aly Gatwood (12)                Service Liasion:   Carmen Binder (11)
Vice-President:  Tristan Farrell (11)                PR / Computers:  Margaret Scott (11)
                                                                                                 Dana Russell (12)

Upcoming events:  Oct 9- TJ's Pizzas are coming in.  Please have parent pick-up ready.

                            Oct. 16-  FIELD TRIP:  Botranical Gardens and Cici's Pizza
                                                                      Time:  2:30-6:30pm
                                                                      Cost:  10$
SEE YOU ON TUESDAY!!!

ALL CLASSES AND ENV. CLUB

***Students are encouraged to comment on my blog.  I appreciate knowing what you are enjoying in class and what you are struggling with in class.  
Students will receive +5 Action Points for class with a thoughtful comment post (per week).

Environmental Club students--- feel free to comment here with any new ideas for the club. 

ALL COMMMENTS ARE WELCOME!!!

APES

WELCOME TO A GREAT, NEW CLASS AND A GREAT, NEW YEAR!!!!

APES has started the year with a unit on Populations (Chapter 6 and 7). 
Students have been doing a Duckweed Population Lab, which we redesigned due to early problems.

APES students went to the GEMPP outdoor classroom for two days and collected various soil samples.
We have spent this week analyzing our samples for soil texture, porosity, percolation, and water holding capacity.  We will also be looking at macroinvertebrates in the leaf litter.  Although soil is not directly tied to populations, I wanted the students to get involved in lab analysis early in the year. 
Soil will NOT be on the Populations Test.

Students are well under way with their lab/ current event journals.  This is a very important part of the course- students may have to present their lab journal to a college for college credit.

***First Exam will be Thur or Fri., Sept. 27 or 28.  ***

ACTION POINTS ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE CLASS.
Students need 60 Action Points per quarter.  Action Points are due on MONDAY, OCT. 8.

Other important dates:   Kid class at GEMPP are Sept. 15 and 22.    25 Action Points!!
                                    2-day canoe trip is Sept. 29-30
                                    1 day canoe trip is Oct. 7.

*** Students are encouraged to comment on my blog for +5 Action Points per week!!

Environmental Science

Environmental Science classes have been very active at the start of the school year.  We have built Bottle Biology Terrariums in class and have had two field trips to the GEMPP outdoor classroom.

Our first unit is an introduction to Environmental Science, focusing on the three aspects of Env. Sci:  Nature, Culture, and Technology.  To understand this concept, we are looking at five issues:  Food and Famine,
Wood Use, Coral Reefs, Honeybees, and Mountain Gorillas.

***Students need 60 Action Points per quarter.  ACTION POINTS ARE DUE Mon, Oct. 8. ***

Other important dates:  Kid class at GEMPP:  Sat, Sept. 15 and Sept. 22.  ------ 25 Action Points!!

FIRST EXAM:  TUES. SEPT. 25.

CANOE TRIPS:  2-day trip:  Sept. 29-30.    
                            1 day trip:  Oct. 7.                                      GET ALL YOUR ACTION POINTS!!

Environmental Club

Environmental Club has started a big, new year!  We have had over 30 students at each of the first meetings.
Meetings are every Tuesday from 2:30-4:00pm in Room 203.

We just started our first TJ's Pizza Fundraiser for the school year.  Students have two weeks to sell.
Forms are due on Sept. 25.  Pizza will be delivered during the club meeting on Tues, Oct. 9.
$$$ can be used for:  Spring Canoe/ Ozark Trip in May.
                                 2013- Great Smoky Mountains Trip (8-days)
                                 2015- Costa Rica Rainforest Trip (12-days)

Officer elections are on Sept. 18.  On Sept. 25, we will go out and finish the Flyer Forest Trail.

Our first field trip will be Oct. 16:  Shaw's Garden and Cici's Pizza dinner.  Time is 2:30-6:30pm
                                                                                                                 Cost is $10 for bus and dinner.
Drop by and get a semester hand-out from me for the Environmental Club.