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Discussion Persuasive Paper Rubric

Schedule for the week of : 1/7-1/11

Monday	Tuesday	Blockday	Friday
Erin Brockovitch; Toxins Take Home Essay	Erin Brockovitch: Toxins Essay Due	Erin Brockovitch	NB's Due; Discussion
HW: Toxins Essay	HW: Finals Review	HW: Finals Review	HW: Finals Review

Schedule for the week of : 12/17-12/21

Monday	Tuesday	Blockday	Friday
Forces of Nature DVD	Present Endangered Species Brochures	Toxicity Notes, Lab	Discussion
HW: Finish Brochures	HW: Read 15	HW: Read 16	HW: Have a Wonderful Winter Break!

Schedule for the week of : 12/10-12/14

Monday	Tuesday	Blockday	Friday
Preserving Wildlife and Wild Areas Notes	Endangered Species Brochures	Endangered Species Brochures	Discussion: The Story of Stuff
HW: Read 13	HW: Read 13	HW: Read 14	HW: Read 14

Schedule for the week of : 12/3-12/7

Monday	Tuesday	Blockday	Friday
Ag Effects Notes	Engineer your own Crop, Eating at Lower Trophic Level	Ag Test	Discussion
HW: study notes	HW: review 11-12	HW: relax	HW: essay

Schedule for the week of : 11/26-11/30

Monday	Tuesday	Blockday	Friday
RTSTP: Feed the World	Ag and Food Supply Notes	Soils Stations Lab	Discussion
HW: read 11	HW: read 11	HW: read 12	HW: essay

Schedule for the week of : 11/19-11/20

Monday	Tuesday	Blockday	Friday
Review for Ch 9-10 Test	Ch 9-10 Test	No School--Happy Thanksgiving	No School
HW: study 9-10	HW: relax	HW: relax	HW: relax

Schedule for the week of : 11/13-11/16

Monday	Tuesday	Blockday	Friday
No School	Ecological Restoration Notes	Succession Posters	Discussion
HW: read 10	HW: read 10	HW: update NB	HW: Essay

Schedule for the week of : 11/5-11/9

Monday	Tuesday	Blockday	Friday
Eco-Energy Notes	Bioproduction in SF Bay	Global Green-up	Discussion
HW: read 9	HW: Bioproduction in SF Bay Questions	HW: update NB	HW: Essay

Schedule for the week of : 10/29-11/2

Monday	Tuesday	Blockday	Friday
RTSTP: Biodiversity; Review for Test	Strange Days: Predators	Test: Ecosystems, Evolution, and Biomes	Discussion
HW: NB essay from last Friday, Review 6-8	HW: Review 6-8	HW: Read 9	HW: essay

Schedule for the week of : 10/22-10/26

Monday	Tuesday	Blockday	Friday
Biome Riddles Sign-ups; RTSTP: Biodiversity	Biome Riddles Sharing; RTSTP: Biodiversity	Arastradero Field Trip	Notebooks Due; Discussion
HW: Biome Riddles	HW: Bring Lunch for Thursday	HW: update NB	HW: relax

Schedule for the week of : 10/8-10/12

Monday	Tuesday	Blockday	Friday
Evolution Video: Great Transformations	Evolution Video: Extinction	Parking Lot Biodiversity Analysis	Guest Speaker: Arastradero Overview
HW: Read 6	HW: Read 7	HW: Read 8	HW: Museum Visit if haven't already

Schedule for the week of : 10/8-10/12

Monday	Tuesday	Blockday	Friday
Ecosystems Notes	Biodiversity and Evolution Notes	Drift vs. Selection Lab	No School
HW: Read 6	HW: Read 7	HW: Read 8	HW: HW holiday

Schedule for the week of : 10/1-10/5

Monday	Tuesday	Blockday	Friday
Finish BioGeoChemical Cycles Notes	Video: The Living Machine	Systems and Cycles Test; Env in the News Online	Environmental Art
HW: Study 5	HW: Study 5	HW: Read 6	HW: Museum Visit

Schedule for the week of : 10/1-10/5

Monday	Tuesday	Blockday	Friday
Finish BioGeoChemical Cycles Notes	Video: The Living Machine	Systems and Cycles Test	Discussion
HW: Study 5	HW: Study 5	HW: Read 6	HW: essay

Schedule for the week of : 9/24-9/28

Monday	Tuesday	Blockday	Friday
BioGeoChemical Cycles Notes	Guest Speaker: Ride for Climate	Online Plate Tectonics Tutorial; Cycles Stations Lab	Finish GMO Debate
HW: Raed 5	HW: Read 5	HW: Finish Lab	HW: essay if you haven't

Schedule for the week of : 9/17-9/21

Monday	Tuesday	Blockday	Friday
Population Explosion Lab	People Bomb: Solutions Section	Finish People Bomb; Who's Overpopulated Activity	Discuss Who's Overpopulated; Population Essay
HW: Finish Lab	HW: Review Ch 3-4	HW: Finish Questions	HW: Popultion essay

Schedule for the week of : 9/10-9/14

Monday	Tuesday	Blockday	Friday
Intro TEST: Ch. 1-2, open note	Human Population Growth Notes	World in Balance; Pyramids Lab	Debate: GMO's
HW: Read Ch 3-4	HW: Read Ch 3-4	HW: Finish lab, reading	HW: discussion essay

Schedule for the week of : 9/4-9/7

Monday	Tuesday	Blockday	Friday
Labor Day Holiday	Themes; Environmental Science Decision Making	Carbon Diet; 4 Corners Value Justification; Race to Save the Planet	Discussion: Can Technology Save the Planet?
HW: Finish Ch. 1	HW: Low Carbon Diet	HW: Read Ch. 2	HW: discussion essay

Schedule for the week of : 8/28-8/31

Tuesday	Blockday	Friday
Welcome, Course Info; Issues Mixer	Textbooks; Themes Overview; Commons Lab	Discussions; Env Optimist or Pessimist
HW: get materials; info sheet signed	HW: Read Ch. 1	HW: discussion essay

Last Year's Weekly Schedules

Environmental Science Resource Websites

General Environmental News Sites for Discussion Topic Ideas

Earth Systems and Geology

Ecology, Evolution, and Ecosystems

Food Supply and Agriculture

Energy

Atmosphere and Weather

Environment and Society