AP Test Registration Info

It is time to register for AP Exams!

Registration runs from December 10 to February 15.
> You MUST register in order to take an exam.
> No walk-ins will be permitted this year.
> If planning to take two exams scheduled for the same day, register online as normal. In February, you will receive further information regarding an alternate exam schedule.
> Parent or Guardian permission is required. > Register online at aptestservice.com/pps or scan this QR code.



This year, exams will be administered at the Portland Expo Center in North Portland, located off the TriMet MAX Yellow line. AP Japanese and Chinese will take place at a different PPS location (TBA).
* Week 1. May 6 – 10, 2019
* Week 2. May 13 – 17, 2019

For more info, visit www.pps.net/Page/10514, apstudent.collegeboard.org or see your school’s AP Testing Coordinator

Begin Unit 3: Population Biology

In the news - NASA landed InSight Mars rover
NASA.gov

Registering for APES test - see flier & blog post

Unit 3: Population
(Test on Monday, December 10th)

Heading: Population Biology
Learning Objective: I can describe factors that affect the growth of populations in an ecosystem

population - a group of interbreeding individuals of the same species

No population can continue to grow indefinitely because of limitations on resources and because of competition among species for those resources. 

What are factors that affect animal population size?
(brainstorm class list & write in notebook)

PPT and take notes under today's heading and LO

HOMEWORK for Tuesday:Watch Bozeman Population Ecology Video (12 mins) and take notes

Reivew Quizlet Population Biology terms (12 basic terms)

Homework check; FRQ Practice #3 & #4

-Tutorial Schedule today - please come during tutorial!
-Return GIS activity worksheet (in Synergy)
-Posters are being graded and recorded in Synergy

Homework check on notes for Khan Academy Videos on 
Biogeochemical Cycles & Flow of Energy and Matter
(quick review of key points)

-So...Unit 1 ✔, Unit 2 ✔(almost)

To wrap up Unit 2 and continue practicing for the APES test in May, today we'll do another round of FRQ practice writing on ecology and biogeochemical cycles.

(Up next is Unit 3: Population (population concepts & human population); we need to finish this before holiday break! Counting today we have 6 class periods to cover and test on Unit 3. We'll start Unit 3 next class.)

In notebook...11/28/18
Heading: FRQ Practice #3 & #4  
Learning Objective: I can practice writing free response questions (FRQ's) in order to prepare for the AP test.

You'll need at least two blank sheets of lined paper

Do not write your name at the top - write your ID number
as well as 'FRQ #3' or 'FRQ #4,' period, and 11/28/18

Please label each part of the question so that your grader can easily find your answers.


~22 minutes per question (I'm giving you 45 minutes total)
TIMER HERE

Good luck! Please no talking, phone use, or breaks during testing - we're practicing focused academic writing.

Staple together and submit both when finished, we'll peer grade these when all are turned in

Biogeochemical Cycles Whiteboards

A photo of Biogeochemical Cycles whiteboards from class presentations is HERE

Saturday Academy Summer Internship Info

Saturday Academy's ASE (Apprenticeships in Science & Engineering) Program offers current 9-11th grade students the opportunity to intern with scientists, technologists and engineers for 8-weeks during the summer.

ASE Internships are full-time summer positions, designed by mentors themselves. Mentor organizations include universities, hospitals and research institutions and private companies. The application process is competitive, with more than 600 applicants each year for approximately 160 positions. ASE interns have been listed on published research, helped to design and test commercial products and spent countless hours in the field and in the lab.

The ASE Application is OPEN! (To apply, add internships to your locker - from here you can start your application and create an account. This will allow you to save your progress).


The application deadline is Friday, March 8.

For more information, please visit their website www.saturdayacademy.org/ase.

We also encourage students and parents to participate in the upcoming evening ASE information session:

Location: Wilson High School

Address: 1151 SW Vermont Street, Portland, OR 97219

Date: Wednesday, December 12th at 7:00 pm

This information session is open to any interested students and families.
 

Calendar/Syllabus check in; Finish 5 Biogeochem Cycles Packet; HOMEWORK FOR WED

Welcome back! I hope you had a good Thanksgiving with your families. 

Stand, walk around, when I say stop find someone different to share for each:
1. Rose from Thanksgiving break
2. Thorn from Thanksgiving break
3. What is your current motivation?

Where have we been and where are we going?!

-Last class we had a guest speaker who led us through a workshop on GIS mapping of global earthquake hazards (the worksheet was due for 10 points); he will be back to talk further about GIS application to environmental science

-Previous to that we did a group biogeochemical cycle presentation based on your individual research for posters (not all classes got to complete the feedback cycle)

-So...Unit 1 ✔, Unit 2 ✔(almost)

To wrap up Unit 2 and continue practicing for the APES test in May, today we'll do another round of FRQ practice writing on ecology and biogeochemical cycles.


Up next is Unit 3: Population (population concepts & human population); we need to finish this before holiday break! Counting today we have 8 class periods to cover and test on Unit 3. We'll start Unit 3 next class. 

-Today you will complete the packet of all 5 biogeochemical cycles using other students' poster presentations and the textbook  (it counts as a homework); fill in key points on cycles using photos on the blog of your whiteboards; get a stamp when finished

-Check blog to update homework list; start Wednesday's homework (below)

HOMEWORK:
Watch these two videos & take notes (half page for each)
1. Khan Academy Biogeochemical Cycles Overview 
(8 mins)
2. Khan Academy Flow of Energy & Matter (10 mins)

UP TO DATE HOMEWORK LIST

Homework list:
1. The Gaia Theory worksheet
2. Tragedy of the Commons Warm Up Question from class
3. Tragedy of the Commons Discussion Questions from lab
4. Atmosphere/Global Water Use/Soil notes (blog)
5. NASA Ocean and Weather video preview (wksht)
6. Plate Tectonics Lab
7. Intro to Salmon Questions (from class)
8. Salmon Stations (in class activity)
9. Running the Gauntlet Video Questions (if you didn't go on field trip); if you did go on the field trip, make a homework entry that says 'Field Trip' to be stamped since you did a pre/post assessment on the trip
10. 'Soil' notes and questions from textbook
11. 'Sustainability' notes and questions from textbook
(1st homework check)

12. Diagnostic Test from 'Fast Track' textbook
13. Practice FRQ's #1 & #2 from 'Fast Track' textbook
14. Bozeman Ecology video & questions (blog)
15. Bozeman Biogeochemical Cycles video & questions (blog)
16. Biogeochemical Cycle poster questions
17. World GIS Day prep videos & notes (blog)
18. GIS Activity Worksheet (activity with guest speaker; can be done online on your own)
19. The Five Biogeochemical Cycles Packet (handout to complete from textbook)
20. Khan Academy Videos: BGC Cycles & Energy Flow (blog)
21. Bozeman Population Video & notes (blog)
22. Population Biology PPT Notes (blog)
23. GIS Mapping Population Dynamics worksheet (handout)

Conferences & Thanksgiving: NO SCHOOL

World GIS Day - Guest Speaker

HOMEWORK for today was: 
World GIS Day Prep Notes & videos

Guest Speaker on Thursday, 11/15/18
Paul Ferro - GIS Consultant for the US Bureau of Land Management

What is GIS? Geographic Information Systems
(link to ESRI)

Geographic Information Systems (GIS): a framework for gathering, managing, and analyzing data; it analyzes spatial location and organizes layers of information into visualizations using maps and 3D scenes. ​

Penn State University Geospatial Revolution video (18min)

The Big One - Cascadia Earthquake news video (2min)

Biogeochemical Posters Due & Presentations; HOMEWORK: GIS Day Prep Notes & Videos

Biogeochemical Cycle Posters Due Today!

Presentations by group ~ Each One Teach One
-Get into 5 groups 
(water, nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur, and carbon cycle)
-While you're working with your group I'll come around and stamp your completed answers in notebook & completed poster (I'll write down names of those with completed questions and poster)

What does each group need to do?
1. Each person should have their completed poster and notebook out
2. Compare your posters and answers to questions
3. On a whiteboard, write the name of your cycle and a summarized version of the answers to 1a-g. 
4. Pick one person's poster to display on the overhead while you present.
5. Each group will present their best poster and summarized answers 
6. All posters will be displayed in groups for others students to walk around and learn from. 
7. Each student will get 5 sticky notes and post a Praise/Polish on one poster from each cycle group.
8. Each student will get a blank template packet with all 5 cycles in it to complete using information from the gallery walk and the textbook


HOMEWORK: World GIS Day Prep Notes & videos

Guest Speaker on Thursday, 11/15/18
Paul Ferro - GIS Consultant for the US Bureau of Land Management

What is GIS? Geographic Information Systems
(link to ESRI)

Geographic Information Systems (GIS): a framework for gathering, managing, and analyzing data; it analyzes spatial location and organizes layers of information into visualizations using maps and 3D scenes. ​

Video - Penn State University Geospatial Revolution (18min)

The Big One - Cascadia Earthquake news video (2min)

Biogeochemical Cycle Poster Work Day (computers available)

Biogeochemical Cycle Poster Work 
Due next class! (Tues 11/13)
What questions do you have?
Exemplars available from Whisnand's students

Biogeochemical Cycles; Intro Poster Project; Poster Work Time (computers available)

Heading: Biogeochemical Cycles

Learning Objective: I can develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth’s materials and the flow of energy that drives this process.

Notes:
First law of thermodynamics - the total amount of energy in a closed system cannot be created nor destroyed, but can be changed from one form to another 

Earth as a Closed System

Elements and compounds that make up nutrients move continuously through the 4 spheres on earth (atmosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere) in cycles called the biogeochemical cycles

As nutrients move through the cycles, they can accumulate and remain in certain portions for periods of time; these temporary storage sites (e.g. atmosphere, ocean) are called reservoirs.

Introduce Poster Project 
Rubric, requirements, due date is Tuesday 11/13

Good resources:
-The 'Living in the Environment' textbook p.66
-Fast Track to a 5 p.89
-Water, Carbon, & Nitrogen cycles explained with interactive diagrams
-Windows to the Universe website
-Human Impact on Biogeochemical Cycles
-5 Biogeochemical Cycles with LOTS of vocab (short 3 min video, no audio)

If you were absent on 11/13, here is your cycle:
Period 1 - Juliana: phosphorus; Alexia: nitrogen; Karime: carbon

Candy Video; Homework Check; Finish Biogeochemical Cycle Notes; Intro Poster Project

Can you die from eating too much candy?

Homework check: 

15. Bozeman Science APES Biogeochemical Cycles (8:30 mins)

Answer the following questions as you watch:
1. What are the three 'abiotic' types of matter? (where nutrients cycle through)
2. Name the 5 biogeochemical cycles discussed in the video.
3. Limiting nutrients lead to _____, or overly enriched water due to runoff. 

Let's clear up some common misunderstandings about ecosystems and add some very important clarifying information...(take notes, add to your guided notes!)

The 10% Rule means that when energy is passed in an ecosystem from one trophic level to the next, only ten percent of the energy will be passed on. A trophic level is the position of an organism in a food chain or energy pyramid

Energy that isn't passed along to the next trophic level is lost as heat

The SUN is the ultimate energy source for all life

Only plants (+ algae and some bacteria) do photosynthesis, and they can only do it during the day when light energy from the sun is available. BUT, at all times plants are capable of doing cellular respiration to get energy needed to grow, repair, etc.

(These 4 Photosynthetic Animals are the exception)

The main goal of cellular respiration is to release energy stored in food

Food webs contain food chains

Continue...
Heading: Biogeochemical Cycles
Learning Objective: I can describe the major biogeochemical cycles and the steps involved in each cycle.

WARM UP: Using what you already know, draw the water cycle. Use arrows to indicate the flow of water through the cycle and label with appropriate terms. Do this on a small white board with your table partners. 
Water Cycle

Matter, in the form of nutrients, cycles within and among ecosystems and the biosphere. 

Biogeochemical Cycles - natural processes that recycle nutrients in various chemical forms from the nonliving (abiotic) to living (biotic) organisms and then back to the abiotic environment

Bio - living
Geo - relating to the earth
Chemical - organic matter returns to chemical matter 

These cycles are driven directly or indirectly by incoming solar energy and the earth's gravity

The 5 Biogeochemical (or Nutrient) Cycles:
Water, Carbon, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, & Sulfur

Nutrient cycles connect past, present, & future forms of life. Some of the carbon atoms in your skin may have once been a part of an oak leaf, a dinosaur's skin, or a layer of limestone rock. A person living 25,000 years ago may have inhaled some of the nitrogen molecules you just inhaled!