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Advanced Environmental Science (College Now) Schedule Unit 1: Ecosystems and Ecology Chapters 1, 3, 4 & 8 Date Period Topic Chapter 1: Environmental Problems, Their Causes and Sustainability Sept 9 F Reg. Red Course Intro/Welcome Environmental Problems 1-1 Living More Sustainably What’s Due? Parent Forms 13 T Reg. Red 1-2 Population Growth 1-3 Resources 1-4 Pollution 1-5 Environmental and Resource Problems Activity: Tragedy of the Commons Read Ch 1 15 Th Reg. Red Ecological Footprint Salinization Lab Read Ch 1 19 M Reg. Red The Scientific Method Wrap up Ch 1 Chapter 3: Science, Systems, Matter and Energy 21 W Late Start The nature of science Models and behavior Systems, inputs, and throughputs 23 F Reg. Red Matter, elements and compounds Atoms, molecules and ions Elements Poster 27 Tu Reg. Red Energy Law of Conservation of Matter 29 Th Reg. Red Matter and Energy Laws and Environmental Problems Chapter 4: Ecosystems: What are They and How do They Work? Oct. 3 M Reg. Red Quiz Ch 3 The Nature of Ecology Read Ch 1 Read 3.1-3.2 HW Ch 1 Due Read 3.3-3.4 HW Ch 1 Due Read 3.5-3.7 Salinization Lab due Read 3.8 Quiz Ch 3 HW Ch 3 Due Read 4.1-4.2 5 W Late Start Troposphere, biosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere Range of tolerance, limiting factors Read 4.3-4.4 Food chains and webs; energy flow 7 F Reg. Red Trophic levels and energy flow Primary Productivity Soils Activity: porosity and permeability Read 4.5 11 T Reg. Red Soil horizons and profiles Hydrologic Cycle Read 4.6 17 M Reg. Red Cycles of Matter: Carbon Cycle & Nitrogen Cycle Read 4.7 19 W Late Start Wrap-Up Review Ch 4 Quiz Ch 4 HW Ch 4 Chapter 8: Community Ecology Oct 21 F Reg. Red 8-1 Community Structure and Species Diversity 8-2 Types of Species 8-3 Competition and Predation 8-4 Parasitism, Mutualism and Commensalism Activity: Island Biology 25 T Reg. Red Activity: Eating at Lower Trophic Levels 27 Th Reg. Red 8-5 Ecological Succession 8-6 Ecological Stability, Complexity and Sustainability Unit Review 31 M Reg. Red Unit Test Ecology Ch 1, 3, 4 & 8 Review session today at 7: 10 a.m. Read 8.1-8.2 Read 8.3-8.4 Read 8.5-8.6 HW Ch 8 Quiz Ch 8