End of Year Survey!

Click on this link to access the survey!

Carbon Footprint

Link to Carbon Footprint Calculator

Assignment: 

In your notebook:
1. List the 5 different categories in which we create carbon dioxide.
2. List two different reductions that you, your household, our class, and LHS can make in order to reduce our carbon footprint. 
3. Record your carbon footprint (in tonnes of carbon dioxide), and the number of Earth's you use. 
4. Answer the Analysis Questions.

Analysis Questions:

(Once you have completed the entire calculation)
1. What do you think it means by the "Total number of Earth's used"?
2. Look at the comparison between boys and girls, which footprint is greater? Why do you think this is so?
3. Search for another country. Is the carbon footprint of this country more or less than the US? Why do you think this is so?

Public Service Announcement

Environmental Science Disaster Topics


Link to some information of some of these topics.

Environmental Science PSA Assignment

Public Service Announcement

For this assignment, you will brainstorm ideas, come up with a concept, write, plan, and present a Public Service Announcement (PSA) that focuses on an environmental disaster and a solution to the problem. You will work in groups of 2 to complete your PSA. Use the guidelines below to begin to conceptualize a 60-second spot.

Media messages are fleeting. One compelling central message, clearly presented with a simple call to action, is the most effective way to get your point across.

Answer the following questions to begin:

1. Target Audience: Who do I want to reach with my message?

2. Message: What is my message? What do I want the viewer to understand?

 

3. Action Step: What is the call to action? What do I want the viewer to do? How can the viewer help solve the problem?

 

4. Significance of Issue to the Public: Why is this issue important to the public?

Energy Sources Comparison Essay Resources

Rubric


Essay Template

Energy Mini-Presentation

Energy Basics - (You can find the percent of U.S. energy consumption)


All Energy Sources


Non-Renewable Sources
Coal
Oil (Petroleum)
Natural Gas
Nuclear (Scroll down to page 5)




More Coal Information


More Nuclear
More Fossil Fuels


Renewable Source
Hydropower
Biomass
Wind
Solar
Geothermal


More Geothermal
More Hydropower
More Solar
More Renewable Sources (scroll through powerpoint to find your source)


Tons of resources here at this website

Ecology Review Questions

Use the food web to the right to answer the following questions:

1. What is the producer in this environment?
2. What are the tertiary consumers?
3. Give two examples of competition in this food web.
4. Identify the omnivore in this food web.
5. Identify the decomposer in this food web.
6. Which animals are herbivores?
7. Give an example of a predator-prey relationship.
8. If the grasshopper population decrease, what will be the effect on the populations of grass, frogs, and beetles?
9. Name two biotic and two abiotic factors that affect this food web.
10. How many hawks can be supported by 25,000 grasshoppers?

 

 

Population

Use the graph of the carrying capacity of deer to the right to answer the following questions.

1. What is the carrying capacity of this ecosystem?
2. What happened in 1850 to make the deer population drop so rapidly?
3. What happened in 1900 to make the deer population grow so much?

Use the scenario below to answer questions 14 – 16.

There was a large wildfire that destroyed large fields of grasses and shrubs in this ecosystem.

1. How would this effect the carrying capacity of this ecosystem?
2. What would happen to the population of deer?
3. Wolves are predators of the deer what do you think would happen to the wolf population following this wildfire?

 

Use the scenario below to answer questions 17-20.

A new species of rabbit is introduced to the area and its population begins to grow rapidly. The rabbits eat the same food as the deer.

1. What is the ecological relationship between the rabbits and the deer?
2. Will the deer population increase or decrease? Explain.
3. Will the wolf population increase or decrease? Explain.
4. The rabbit population grows and grows and then suddenly drops a great amount, give a reason for what might have occurred?

Biome Presentation Materials

Biome Presentation Rubric!




Food Web Picture Links:
Tundra Food Web
Taiga Food Web
Rainforest Food Web
Temperate Forest Food Web
Temperate Grasslands Food Web
Savanna Food Web
Alpine Food Web


Computer Lab Deliverables!
 
Research Links:
These are the only links that you should be using the day we are in the computer lab


General Biome Information:
http://kids.nceas.ucsb.edu/biomes/
http://www.ducksters.com/science/ecosystems/world_biomes.php

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Experiments/Biome/index.php (Good for Climographs)

http://www.thewildclassroom.com/biomes/index.html










Week 12 Powerpoints and Classwork
Monday:
Presentation
Video






Tuesday:
Presentation
Biome Explore
Video

Week 10 Powerpoints (Desert and Tundra Biomes)

Monday: Unit 3 Introduction and Desertification Article
Tuesday: Desert Overview/Food web and graph activity

Desert/Tundra Packet - Due Friday

The Desert/Tundra Packet will include the following:

1. Desert Overview
2. Tundra Overview

Each Overview should contain the following:

• 3 sentence basic description of biome
• Annual rainfall
• Average temperature range
• Typical Vegetation
• Typical Animal life
• Location and specific examples. 
• Biome specific questions
• Why are Deserts typically found in between the 15' and 35' latitudes?
• What is the difference between Alpine and Arctic tundra?

Along with the overviews, the packet will include:
3. Desertification Article Questions
4. Desert Food Web
5. Average Monthly Desert Temperature Graph (Same link as Desert Food Web)


More to come....

Week 8/9 Homework - Due Tuesday 10/14

Use these problems to serve as a review for the Unit 2 test that we are having on Tuesday, October 10th.

1. Define the following words:

• Producer
• Herbivore
• Carnivore
• Scavenger
• Decomposer

2. What does the 10% rule mean?

3. What is the difference between a primary and secondary secondary succession event?

4. What are the first types of organisms that inhabit an area after a succession event?

5. What is the difference between mutualism, commensalsim, and parasitism?

6. Describe why natural selection would create the many different types of bird beaks. 

7. In the picture below, the dotted line is the carrying capacity and the line that letter C is pointing to is the population size. Explain why the population  rises above and dips below the carrying capacity multiple times.

8. Name three different ways in which carbon is cycled through the environment. 

If you have any questions, fee free to email me for help! 

Mr. Sandoval's Contact Info

Hey everyone,

If you have a question about class or any of the assignments you can get a hold of me by phone/text or email.

E-mail:  Noah.Sandoval@lawtonps.org
Cell:      (405) 757-0267

Week 8 - Powerpoints and Activities

Monday: Natural Selection
Powerpoint
Predation/Protective Coloration Activity

Tuesday:
Powerpoint
Natural Selection Summary Questions

Wednesday:
Food vs. Beak Powerpoint
Food vs. Beak Handout
Food vs. Beak Activity Guide

Thursday:
Food vs. Beak Review Powerpoint

Week 7 - Powerpoints/Activities

Monday: Energy Flow
Powerpoint
Energy/Biomass/Food web pyramid - Follow the instructions on the document to fill out each side of the pyramid. Cut it out and assemble the 3D pyramid.

Tuesday: Carbon Cycle
Powerpoint
Carbon Cycle Key Terms
For more information you can visit the following site.
http://www.visionlearning.com/en/library/Earth-Science/6/The-Carbon-Cycle/95

Wednesday: Ecological Succession
Succession powerpoint
Succession problems

Thursday: Carrying Capacity
Carrying capacity powerpoint
Carrying capacity deer herb exercise
Carry capacity problems


Also for those who wish to complete quiz corrections, here is the Week 7 Quiz

Week 7 Homework

Click Here to find the problems for week 7.

Remember to fully read the question and to answer all parts!

Test/Quiz Corrections

Students can earn half of the points that they missed on tests and quizzes by doing test/quiz corrections. In order to complete test/quiz corrections students must:

• Have original answer sheet from test/quiz.
• Determine the correct answer. 
• If it is a multiple choice question, students must write a 2-3 sentence describing why the answer they chose is correct.
• Return the test/quiz to Mr. Sandoval

Test/quiz corrections are an opportunity to not only recover missed points, but they also serve to ensure that students have learned the different objectives that are taught in this class. 

Below are the different Tests/Quizzes that students have taken thus far:

Quiz - Week 3

Quiz - Week 4

Unit 1 Exam

Quiz - Week 7

Week 6 Homework

1. Completed "A Hike through the Rainforest" Packet. Click Here to view the packet.
(Most if not all of this should be completed in class).

2. Complete the Cause and Effect Questions related to the "A Hike through the Rainforest" Packet.

Below are the powerpoints from the class:

• Wednesday
• Thursday

Old Homework Assignments

Week 5 Homework Questions:

1. Define the following terms and describe what happens (natural disaster/land formations) at each.
a. Divergent boundary
b. Convergent boundary
c. Transform boundary

2. Draw out a convection cycle and label where the liquid is hot and cold.

3. Describe how hot air "rises".

4. Define homeostasis

Week 4 Homework Questions:

1. What two things/forces create the Coriolis Effect?
2. Find 2 positive and 2 negative feedback loops in nature or in your life. Draw a diagram showing how they function.

Week 3 Homework Questions:

1. Describe what happens at a subduction zone.
2. Describe the movement of the plates at a transform, divergent, and convergent boundaries.
3. What is formed as a result of a divergent boundary.
4. How do convection cycles cause the movement of the crust/plates.