Environmental Science Fall Semester Block

First Nine Weeks

Dat
e

Day

Chapt
er

8/11
8/12
8/13
8/14
8/17

Tue.
Wed.
Thur
s.
Fri.
Mon.

8/18
8/19
8/20

Tues.
Wed
Thurs.

2.1

821

Fri.

2.2

8/24
8/25

Mon.
Tues.

2.3

8/26

Wed.

8/27
8/28

Thurs.
Fri.

3.1

8/31

Mon.

3.2

9/1
9/2
9/3
9/4
9/7

Tues.
Wed.
Thurs.
Fri.
Mon.

Section

Materials

Reading

Benchmark Test
1.1

Our Island Earth

1.2
1.3

The Nature of Science

The community of
Science

Activities
Review rules
Review ACHEIVE

4-11
12-20
21-27

POGIL- Safety First

POGIL- Scientific Inquiry

Test
Economics
U.S. Environment
Policy
Early Dismissal
International
Environmental Policy
and agenda

36-41

Early
Release

42-47

48-55
Fishing lab

Candy, lab
materials

3.3
3.4

Test
Matter and the
Environment
Systems in
Environmental Science
Earths Spheres
Biogeochemical Cycles
Test
No School

POGIL Analyzing and

Interpreting Data

64-71
72-75
76-82
83-89

POGIL Nutrient Cycles

9/8
9/9
9/10
9/11
9/14

Tues.
Wed.
Thurs.
Fri.
Mon

4.1
4.2
4.3

9/15
9/16

Tues.
Wed.

5.2
5.3

9/17

Thurs.

9/18
9/21

Fri.
Mon.

9/22
9/23
9/24
9/25
9/28
9/29

Tues.
Wed.
Thurs.
Fri.
Mon.
Tues.

6.2
6.3

Biomes
Aquatic Ecosystems
Test

168-180
181-191

7.1
7.2

200-206
207-211

9/30
10/1
10/2
10/5

Wed.
Thurs.
Fri.
Mon.

7.3

Our Planet of Life

Extinction and
Biodiversity loss
Protectors Biodiversity
Test

228-233

10/6

Tues.

8.2

10/7

Wed.

8.3

10/8
10/9
10/1
2
10/1

Thurs.
Fri.
Mon.

Trends in Population
Growth
Predicting Population
Growth
People and their
Environments
Test

Tues

Studying Ecology
Describing Populations
Population Growth
Test
Evolution

100-103
104-109
110-117

133-140
141-148

5.4

Species Interactions
Ecological
Communities
Community Stability

6.1

Test
Defining Biomes

5.1

8.1

Mid-term Exam

126-132

POGIL- Population Growth

POGIL- Evidence for
Evolution

149-155

POGIL- Ecological
Relationships

164-167

POGIL- Biomes of North

America

212-217

234-241
242-247

End of 4th Nine

POGIL- Population
Distribution

3
10/1
4

Weeks
Wed.

Environmental Science Fall Semester Block

Second Nine Weeks
Dat
e

Day

10/1
5
10/1
6
10/1
9

Thurs
.
Fri.
Mon.

9.1

10/2
0

Tues.

9.2

10/2
1
10/2
2
10/2
3
10/2
6
10/2
7
10/2
8
10/2
9
10/3
0
11/2
11/3

Wed.

9.3

Thurs
.
Fri.

9.4

Mon.

10.1

Tues.
Wed.
Thurs
.
Fri.
Mon.
Tues.

Chapt
er

Section

Materials

Reading

Activities

Early
Dismissal
Fall Break
An Overview of
Environmental
Health
Biological and Social
Hazards Early
Release
Toxic Substance in
the environment.
Natural Disasters

256-260
261-266
267-276
277-283

Test
292-298

10.2

Land Use and

Urbanization
Sprawl

10.3

Sustainable Cities

305-313

299-304

Test
11.1
11.2

Resource
Management
Forest Resources
No School

324-329
330-336

POGIL- The Spread of

Pathogens

11/4
11/5
11/6
11/9
11/1
0
11/1
1
11/1
2
11/1
3
11/1
6
11/1
7
11/1
8
11/1
9
11/2
0
11/2
3
11/2
4
11/2
5
11/2
6
11/2
7
11/3

Wed.
Thurs
.
Fri.

11.3

Forest Management
Test

337-343

14.1

420-425

Mon.
Tues.

14.2
14.3

Earth: The Water

Planet
Uses of Fresh Water
Water Pollution

Wed.

Love Canal

426-434
435-443

Test

Thurs
.
Fri.

15.1

Mon.

15.3

15.2

Tues.
Wed.

16.1

Thurs

16.2

Fri.

16.3

Mon.

16.4

Tues.

Earths
Atmosphere
Pollution of the
Atmosphere
Controlling Air
Pollution
Test

452-460

Our Dynamic
Climate
Climate Change

484-490

Effects of Climate
Change
Responding to
Climate Change
Test

497-501

461-468
469-473

491-496

502-507

Thanksgiving Break

Wed.
Thurs
.
Fri.
Mon.

17.1

Energy: An Overview

516-521

0
12/1
12/2
12/3
12/4

Tues.
Wed.
Thurs
.
Fri.

12/7
12/8

Mon.
Tues.

18.1

12/9

Wed.

18.2

12/1
0
12/1
1
12/1
4
12/1
5
12/1
6
12/1
7
12/1
8

Thurs
.
Fri.

18.3

Mon.
Tues.

17.2

Fossil Fuels

522-528
Gasland

17.3
17.4

18.4

Harmful Effects of
Fossil Fuels
Nuclear Power
Test
Biomass and
Geothermal Energy
Hydropower and
Ocean Energy
Solar and Wind
Energy
Energy from
Hydrogen
Test

529-535
Chernobyl
Heart

536-541

550-555
556-560
561-569
570-573

Review for exams

Wed.
Thurs
.
Fri.

Exams