Chapter 8: Earth Systems
Are Hybrid Vehicles as Environmentally Friendly as We Think? |
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Friday (09/28): Watch the videos: "China's hold on Rare Earths" and "60 Minutes Highlights Importance of Rare Earth Elements." Read "Are Hybrid Vehicles as Environmentally Friendly as We Think?" on pages 207-208 of Friedland, et.al. 2012 and "Building Better Batteries" (Nature 451:652-657) .
Saturday/Sunday (09/29-09/30): Read and take notes on pages 208-214 in Friedland, et.al. 2012; Watch the videos: "Alfred Wegener: Great Minds," "Plate Tectonics," and "Bill Nye The Science Guy - Earthquakes." Read "Earth's Tectonic Plates Have Doubled Their Speed" (New Scientist, 29 Aug 2014) and "The Really Big One" (The New Yorker, 20 Jul 2015) .
Monday (10/01): Read and take notes on pages 215-221 in Friedland, et.al. 2012. Watch the video: "Rock Types and the Rock Cycle: Igneous Sedimentary Metamorphic.
Tuesday (10/02): Read and take notes on pages 221-227 in Friedland, et.al. 2012.
Wednesday (10/02): Read and take notes (on pages 227-230 in Friedland, et.al. 2012. Working Toward Sustainability: Mine Reclamation and Biodiversity on pages 229-230 in Friedland, et.al. 2012; Watch the videos "Mine Reclamation" and "Reclamation Stories: Cleaning Up Inactive MInes, Silverton." Read "Growing Popularity of Sustainable Mining Reclamation" (Engineering & Mining Journal, Aug 2012).
Thursday (10/03): Read.
Friday (10/04): Chapter Work & Test Due: Take Chapter test on Schoology (it will be timed, so once you start, you cannot stop - there are no re-takes.
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Chapter 9: Water Resources
Dams and Salmon on the Klamath River |
Chapter 9 Schedule: |
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Saturday/Sunday (10/05-10/06): Watch the "Solving the Klamath Crisis: Part 1" video; Read and take notes on pages 149-150 of Friedland, et.al. 2012.
Monday (10/07): Read and take notes on pages 150-154 in Friedland, et.al. 2012; Watch the video "."
Tuesday (10/08): Read and take notes on pages 154-162 in Friedland, et.al. 2012; Watch the videos "."
Wednesday (10/09): on pages 168-172 in Friedland, et.al. 2012; Watch the video ""
Thursday (10/11): Download and read the articles "" and "" Mark the text as described in class. Attach the articles in your notebook.
Friday (10/11): Read and take notes on Working Toward Sustainabiity: on pages 172-173 in Friedland, et.al. 2012; Watch the video ""
Saturday/Sunday (10/12-10/13): Read and take notes on Working Toward Sustainabiity: on pages 172-173 in Friedland, et.al. 2012; Watch the video ""
Monday (10/14): Read and take notes on pages 163-167 in Friedland, et.al. 2012; Watch the video ""
Tuesday (10/15): Chapter Work & Unit Test Due: Submit notebook for grade. Take Unit FRQ test in class (it will be timed, so once you start, you cannot stop - there are no re-takes)
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SCIENCE APPLIED
Is There a Way To Resolve the California Water Wars?
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