Environmental Science B
Unit 0: Course introduction and Lab Safety
9/5: Go over the syllabus and welcome to the course!
9/7: Finish going over syllabus
9/11: Safety Lab and Presentation
Retired: Safety Lab Presentation
Accident at Jefferson High EdPuzzle
9/13: Finish the Safety lab and turn it in
9/15: Start Unit 1: Biodiversity!
9/15: What is biodiversity and connectivity of species
9/19: Biodiversity followup (Bill Nye Edpuzzle)
9/21: Biodiversity in your area (through starting the food web)
9/26: Biodiversity in your area (Finish food web and questions)
9/28: Unit Review and wrap up
10/2: Exam
10/4: Introduction to Endangered Species
10/6: Introduction to Endangered Species
10/11: Species in Danger:The Honeybee and Species You May Know
10/13: Endangered Species Research and Screencast
10/17: Endangered Species Research and Screencast
10/19: Create and submit your screencast
10/23: “Gallery Walk”
10/25: REVIEW
10/27: TEST
Quarterly and Quarterly Review
10/29: Quarterly Review and Marking Period Catch-up
11/2 : Quarterly Review
11/4: Quarterly
10/31: Invasive Species Introduction
11/2: RARE: Invasive Species Threaten Island Diversity
11/6: MP 1 Catch up
11/9: MP 1 Catch up
11/14: Invasive Species Research
11/16: Invasive Species Research
11/21: Invasive Species Research Completed
11/27: Review
11/29: Exam
12/1: Blue Planet day 1 (part 1; ½ of the video)
12/5: What are corals?
12/7: Blue Planet day 3 (part 2; 2nd ½ of the video)
12/12: Protecting Coral Reefs
12/14: Corals Review
12/18: Test on Corals
12/20: Edpuzzle and Overfishing
12/22: Sustainably managed Fisheries
1/3: A healthy Ocean
1/5: Salmon
1/9: Unit 5 Exam
1/11: Quarterly Review
1/16: Quarterly
: Research Project
: Research Project
: Research Project
: Quarterly Review and Project Wrap up
: Quarterly
2/1: Human Population Growth part 1
2/6: Human Population Growth part 2
2/8:The Nitrogen Cycle
2/12: The Nitrogen Cycle and Farming (Fertilizers)
2/14: Deforestation:
2/26: Sustainable Farming Practices
2/28: Catch-up/Extra Credit:
3/1: Sustainable Farming Practices:
3/5: Sustainable Farming Practices:
3/7: Urban Farming And Unit Wrap up
3/11: Review
3/13: Exam
3/15 Deforestation
3/19 Logging and Farming
3/21 Palm Oil Plantations
4/2 Global Warming
4/4 Biodiversity and Habitat Loss Research (PROGRESS CHECK!)
4/8 Biodiversity and Habitat Loss Research
4/10 Biodiversity and Habitat Loss Research
4/12 Biodiversity and Habitat Loss Research
4/16 Review
4/18 Unit Exam
Unit 8: Habitat Conservation: Land Conservation/National Parks
Day 1: 4/21: Land management and NPS
Day 2: 4/25: Conservation vs. Preservation
Day 3: 4/27: Introduction to National Parks Project: NP#1 Research
Day 4: 5/1: NP#2 Research
Day 5: 5/3: NP Research wrapped up
Day 6: 5/5: Logistics of the trip
Day 7: 5/9: Itinerary work
Day 8: 5/11: Itinerary work / Review
Day 9: 5/15: Exam
5/17: What is Ecotourism? Edpuzzle Videos
5/21: Ecotourism Project
5/23: Ecotourism Project
5/28: Ecotourism Exam
5/30: Final Review
6/3: Final Review
6/6: Final Review
6/11: FINAL EXAM
Enviro B 22-23
Unit 0: Course introduction and Lab Safety
9/6: Welcome back!
9/8: Go over the syllabus and welcome to the course!
9/12: Safety Lab and Presentation
Accident at Jefferson High EdPuzzle
9/14: Finish the Safety lab and turn it in
9/16: Start Unit 1: Biomes!
9/16: What is biodiversity and connectivity of species
9/20: Biodiversity followup (Bill Nye Edpuzzle)
9/22: Biodiversity in your area (through starting the food web)
9/28: Biodiversity in your area (Finish food web and questions)
9/30: Unit Review and wrap up
10/4: Exam
10/7: Reset, Refresh and Connect
10/12: Introduction to Endangered Species
10/14: Species in Danger: The Honeybee and Species You May Know
10/18: Endangered Species Research and Screencast
10/20: Endangered Species Research and Screencast
10/24: Create and submit your screencast
10/26:“Gallery Walk”
10/28: REVIEW
11/1: TEST
Quarterly and Quarterly Review
10/29: Quarterly Review and Marking Period Catch-up
11/2 : Quarterly Review
11/4: Quarterly
11/3: MP 1 Catch up
11/7: MP 1 Catch up
11/10: Invasive Species Introduction
11/15: RARE: Invasive Species Threaten Island Diversity (through slide 11)
11/17: Invasive Species Research (through slide 15)
11/21: Invasive Species Research (Through slide 17)
11/23: Invasive Species Research Completed (slide 19)
11/29: Review
12/1: Exam
12/5: Blue Planet day 1 (part 1; ½ of the video)
12/7: What are corals? (through slide 8)
12/9: Reset-Refresh Day
12/13: Blue Planet day 3 (part 2; 2nd ½ of the video)
12/15: Protecting Coral Reefs
12/19: Corals Review
12/21: Test on Corals
12/23: Edpuzzle and Overfishing
1/4: Sustainably managed Fisheries
1/6: A healthy Ocean
1/10: Salmon
1/12: Unit 5 Review
1/17: Unit 5 Exam
1/19 Quarterly
: Research Project
: Research Project
: Research Project
: Quarterly Review and Project Wrap up
: Quarterly
1/30: Human Population Growth part 1
2/1: Human Population Growth part 2 (⅔: reset refresh day)
2/7:The Nitrogen Cycle
2/9: The Nitrogen Cycle and Farming (Fertilizers)
2/13: Deforestation:
2/15: Catch-up/Extra Credit:
2/17: Sustainable Farming Practices:
2/28: YONDR DAY
3/2: Sustainable Farming Practices:
3/6: Sustainable Farming Practices:
3/8: Unit Wrap Up
3/10: Review
3/14: Exam
3/16 Deforestation
3/20 Logging and Farming
3/22 Palm Oil Plantations
3/24 Global Warming
3/28 Biodiversity and Habitat Loss Research
3/30 Biodiversity and Habitat Loss Research
4/10 Biodiversity and Habitat Loss Research
4/12 Biodiversity and Habitat Loss Research
4/14 Review
4/18 Unit Exam
Unit 8: Habitat Conservation: Land Conservation/National Parks
Day 1: 4/21: Land management and NPS
Day 2: 4/25: Conservation vs. Preservation
Day 3: 4/27: Introduction to National Parks Project: NP#1 Research
Day 4: 5/1: NP#2 Research
Day 5: 5/3: NP Research wrapped up
Day 6: 5/5: Logistics of the trip
Day 7: 5/9: Itinerary work
Day 8: 5/11: Itinerary work / Review
Day 9: 5/15: Exam
EnviB 20-21
Unit 0: Introduction and Safety
Unit 0: Introduction to Environmental B and Safety
Objectives:
Become familiar with the course and the safety procedures and equipment of the classroom.
9/5:
9/9 + 9/11:
Unit 1: Biomes of The World
Objectives:
Describe the significant features of the different biomes around the world.
Analyze climographs and determine which biome they belong to
Describe how organisms have adapted to each biome.
9/13: Introduction to biomes
9/17: Climographs and biomes around the world
9/19: Research; Questions and your favorite biome
9/23: Test and jumpstart on the next unit
Unit 2: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Stability
Objectives:
Describe what biodiversity is and how it contributes to the stability of an ecosystem
Describe natural events as well as actions humans have taken that have affected the biodiversity of various ecosystems, and in what way.
(logging, mining, farming, urbanization and tropical storms, etc.)
Describe how an ecosystem responds to disruptions
9/25: Part 1: What is biodiversity?
9/27: Part 2: Why is Biodiversity Important?
10/3: Part 3: The Lorax
10/7: Part 4: Human Impact on Biodiversity
10/10: Part 4: Human Impact on Biodiversity Presentations
10/15: Introduction to 1st semester project
10/17: test
Unit 3: Nourishing the Planet
Objectives:
Describe how the human population has changed over time, its impact on our environment and how we are/will be feeding the planet
10/21: envbu3 part 1: Why is dirt important
10/23: p2: Where does soil come from
10/28: p3: transportation in plant
10/30: p3 transportation in plants wrapup
11/1: p4: feeding the future
11/6: Quarterly
11/8: Test and H2Woe Video: Water sustainability and India
Unit 4: Sustainability & Water Accessibility to People around the Planet
11/13: What is sustainability? Sustainable practices and water scorecard
11/15: A long walk to water: Ch1-4 30 minutes
11/19: Along Walk to water Ch5-8 30 minutes
11/21: A long walk to water Ch9-13 35 minutes
11/25 :A long walk to water Ch14-18 40 minutes, Salvas story
11/27: Water is Life
12/3: Water Filtering Lab (maybe do this first to show how hard it is to filter water)
12/5: Review and test (google form)
Unit 5: Coral Reefs & Coral Bleaching
12/10: Blue Planet day 1 (part 1; ½ of the video)
12/12: What are corals?
12/16: Blue Planet day 3 (part 2; 2nd ½ of the video)
12/18: Protecting Coral Reefs
12/20: Getting presentations ready for Semester 1 Project
1/7: Semester 1 Project Presentations and Review
1/9: Test on Corals
1/13: Semester 1 Project Presentations and Review
1/15: Semester 1 Project Presentations and Review
1/17: Quarterly Review
BLOCK: Quarterly
Unit 7
Unit 8 Impact on the Nitrogen Cycle
Unit 9 Impact of the Hydrologic Cycle on Living Things