"There is no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work and learning from failure" – Colin Powell
by snodgrass on May 22, 2012 at 8:03 am · Filed under Uncategorized
Reminders – -
- Test on land/waste/polymers this Thursday
- Tensile Strength formal lab report due this Friday
Land waste polymer study guide
Mon 5/21
Tensile Strength lab conducted, data collected and compared to two other groups, then graphed. Formal lab report due Friday
Land/waste/polymer studyguide distributed
Tensile Strength of Polymers Lab 2012
Lab Rubric Standard 20112012
Conclusion Validity lab report guide
HW: work on lab report and studyguide
Tues 5/22
Review – - impacts of polymers on society and environment, land/waste crossword, sorting card activity
HW: studyguide and lab report
Wed 5/23
Review game – - land/waste/plymer test
HW: Study!! studyguide due tomorrow
Thurs 5/24
Land/waste/polymer test
HW: Tensile Strength formal lab report – - DUE tomorrow!
Fri 5/25
Introduction to fossil fuels and nonrenewable energy resources.
by snodgrass on May 14, 2012 at 8:38 am · Filed under Uncategorized
Mon 5/14
Polymer webquest in C207; students will have to work efficiently in class to complete the web quest due tomorrow.
Polymer Webquest
HW: Finish web quest
Tues 5/15
Structure of polymers – - building hydrocarbons using molecular models.
HW: search for a news article relating to plastics and their impact on society and/or the environment to complete a current event on Due Friday.
Polymers 2012
Wed 5/16
Pros vs Cons of Plastics – whole group discussion
Thurs 5/17
Overview of Polymers – - PowerPoint; review of polymer webquest small group collaboration to complete graphic organizer.
HW: Current event on an article relating to plastics and… environment/medicine/health/BPA/pollution/petroleum resources/etc.
Fri 5/18
Crosslinking Lab activity — demonstrating the effect of crosslinking by creating sillyputty/slime
Tensile Strength Lab – - preview; lab conducted on Monday
by snodgrass on May 9, 2012 at 7:37 am · Filed under Uncategorized
Reminders – -
Class will meet in B225 on Thursday 5/10
Monday 5/7
Warm-up – - what a dump graph interpretation and determining volume of trash by percentage.
We will read three articles from the Hartford Courant on the closure of the landfill, possible uses of the landfill space and the trash-to-energy plant in Hartford.
PowerPoint – What happens to our trash here in West Hartford? - take notes on outline provided.
Where does West Hartford’s Municipal Solid Waste Go
HW: Garbage Story crossword, answer questions 1-2 on Landfill diagram/article packet.
Tues 5/8
Go over crosswork and landfill questions/discuss perceptions on waste management
Note-taking – - finishing PowerPoint and defining Hazardous Wastes
Brownfields and Superfunds2010
Wed 5/9
Note-taking – - Brownfields and Superfunds
HW: Read Phytoremediation guide and complete graphic organizer
Thurs 5/10 - – class will meet in B225
State of CT Brownfield task.
2011 – Standard Student Worksheet for CT Brownfield Sites
HW: complete Brownfield task – - due tomorrow.
Fri 5/11
Discussion of brownfields – - lessons from love canal
Video - - Plastic bags
by snodgrass on May 1, 2012 at 10:11 am · Filed under Uncategorized
Mon 4/30
Finish note-taking on Smart Growth
HW: List examples of smart growth that can be applied to urbanization to make land use more sustainable.
Tues 5/1
Examine examples of land use pattern photographs with smart growth principles applied as examples of sustainable land use/ urbanization
Students will begin working on Bishop’s Corner Re-design project due Fri 5/4
HW: Bishop’s corner project
Wed 5/2
Students will continue to work on Bishop’s Corner project.
Thurs 5/3
Estimating time required for various waste products decomposition.
Making inferences – - how does the lifespans of waste affect the need for “reduce/reuse/recycle”? — – class discussion.
HW: Finish Bishop’s Corner Redesign – DUE TOMORROW!!
Friday 5/4
Garbage Story – - video notes completed while watching.
Landfill – - diagram, color coded then read through the articles about Hartford’s landfill and answer questions.
Homework – HowThingsWork LandFills diagram
HW: Guided reading on Waste pgs 488 – 492
by snodgrass on April 23, 2012 at 8:07 am · Filed under Uncategorized
Reminders – –
There will be a quiz this Wednesday on Water Quality and watersheds.
Weekly Objectives:
- Can I evaluate a watershed for potential water qulaity threats?
- Can I discern between point-source and nonpoint-source water pollution?
- Can I identify potential contaminants within a watershed?
- Can I summarize the process/cause of artificial eutrophication?
- Can I explain what a hypoxic zone is within a body of water?
- Can I infer water quality challenges that often follow natural disasters?
- Can I distinguish between land use land resources and land cover?
Mon 4/23
Watershed activity Parts 2-3 in class
HW: complete watershed activity part 4
Tues 4/24
Discussion of loop lake case study.
Jay’s situation and biomagnification
HW: study water quality
Wed 4/24
Water Quality quiz
Introduction to land use.
HW: Land Use active reading
Thurs 4/26
Compare and Contrast Urban vs Rural land - – venn diagram
Urban Sprawl PPT – - take guided notes
Urban Sprawl
Fri 4/27
Graph quiz scores, go over answers
Finish Urban Sprawl ppt notes
Preview Bishops Corner Redesign project
by snodgrass on April 11, 2012 at 7:38 am · Filed under Uncategorized
Mon 4/9
Topography Activity – - in class practice reading and creating features on a topographic map
Tues 4/10
Discussion and review of After the Storm video – - students will make corrections on notes page.
Illustrating eutrophication
HW: Water Pollution – - guided reading pages 284-285, 289.
Wed 4/11
Water Quality Standards – - researching to describe the water quality standards of dissolved oxygen, turbidity, and nutrients/fertilizers in small groups
turbidity
dissolved oxygen
nutrients/fertilizers
HW: graph the water quality data in watershed activity packet on the water quality graphs.
Thursday 4/12
The story of loop lake will be read aloud in class and we will discuss point-source and non-point source water pollution.
Students will work with table partners to map out the watershed boundaries for the loop lake.
HW: complete Part I of the Watershed activity
Friday 4/13
Complete parts 2,3 and 4 of watershed activity.
by snodgrass on April 2, 2012 at 8:11 am · Filed under Uncategorized
Weekly Reminders - -
This is the last week of the 3rd quarter – - make sure that you check Power School for missing work that you can still make up (as long as its been within 2 weeks), some credit is alwasy better than a zero!
Mon 4/2
Air Quality Test
Tues 4/3
Introduction to topographic maps – - An island trip activity and notes on reading maps
Topographic Maps
HW: Summary questions from PPT
Wed 4/4
Common Interim Assessment
HW: Active Reading – - Water Pollution
Thurs 4/5
After the Storm – - video.
HW: Error repair and item analysis on Air Quality test – - due Monday
Have a great long weekend!!
by snodgrass on March 27, 2012 at 10:25 am · Filed under Uncategorized
Weekly Reminders – –
Mon 3/26
Greenhouse effect Quiz
Carbon Cycle – — review activity
HW: complete carbon cycle analysis questions
Tues 3/27
Ecofootprint quiz – - take quiz in class and complete hand-out as you navigate through the website.
Ecological footprint quiz
HW: start working on air quality studyguide and finish ecofootprint quiz activity
Wed 3/28
Overview of carbon cycle and discussion of ecofootprint.
Compare your footprint to two others around the room and write a 3 sentence paragraph reflecting on how you compare to others around the world.
Thurs 3/29
Ecofootprint game.
Review of climate change impacts
HW: studyguide
Fri 3/30
Review game – - air quality
HW: Study for air quality test Monday 4/2
by snodgrass on March 20, 2012 at 10:39 am · Filed under Uncategorized
Weekly Reminders – -
- Class will meet in B225 to complete the CO2 graph for your technology competency B graduation requirement
- Quiz Friday – - Greenhouse effect and climate trends
- Extra credit opportunity – - Toxic House Activity
The toxic Home 2012
Mon 3/19
Air pollution puzzle for review
Greenhouse effect - – guided reading page 339-341; work in pairs during class
HW: complete guided reading
Tues 3/20
CO2 graphing exercise and analysis of CO2 and global temperature trends.
HW: Finish CO2 graph questions and Climate Change guided reading pages 342-345
Wed 3/21
Pair and shair – - analyzing CO2 and global temperature trends
Review of Carbon Cycle and human impacts on the carbon cycle
HW: Study greenhouse effect and carbon cycle
Thurs 3/22
Global Warming – The Signs and the Science – - video clips and discussion
HW: Study greenhouse effect and the carbon cycle for quiz tomorrow
Fri 3/23
Quiz – - Greenhouse effect
Small group discussion cause/effects of climate changes
by snodgrass on March 13, 2012 at 9:56 am · Filed under Uncategorized
Reminder – -
Acid Rain Lab report DUE Friday!!
Lab report rubric
Conclusion Validity lab report guide
Mon 3/12
Measure change in mass of each rock type and clean up lab materials
HW: graph lab data
Tues 3/13
Graph Acid Rain quiz scores and correct quiz as we go over each question.
Meet with lab groups to discuss the validity of your conclusions
Wed 3/14
Discussion – - Killer Smog in Donora, PA and relate to tragedy of commons and the need for the Clean Air Act
Donora, PA – 1948
HW: work on lab reports – due friday
Thurs 3/15
Guided notes – - Air Pollution controls
Air Pollution Controls
HW: Lab reports due tomorrow!!
Fri 3/16
Small group activity — reviewing air pollution and air quality controls
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