Wednesday, January 9, 2019

Land Use continued; Vocabulary Quiz; Bozeman Agriculture video & questions

Tutorial Schedule today!

Mandatory Tutorial attendance today for the following students:
Per 1
Jian Alexia Julianna Karime Nate Kevin Angie
Per 3
Austin Nathan Shantell Max Adrian Laura Joscelyn Daniel
Denise Diana (Otis) Michael
Per 4
James Phillip Nickole Holden Eh K'Nyaw Oscar

-Review key points from land use graph on food allocation

-What is so striking about the last two categories compared to the 'agriculture' category? Is this sustainable? 

What I See: "When I compare the caloric and protein intake to the land used for agriculture..."
What It Means: "It means that..."

A word about APES test scores & credit, as seen on a social media teacher group post:
"A former student returned yesterday and let me know that Virginia Tech gave him 8 credits for the 5 he earned on the APES exam! That's incredible! Anyone else know of other schools giving significant credits for high APES scores? It think that this time of year, it could serve as a motivator for students."

Land & Water Use Vocabulary Quiz
10 points
You're given a definition, fill in correct term from word bank

After you finish the quiz:
Watch 'Bozeman Science Agriculture' video (9 mins)
and answer the following questions in your notebook:
1. What are the 5 characteristics of Industrial Agriculture?
2. Name a negative effect of each characteristics (5 total)
3. Name a solution to each of the 5 negative effects. 
4. What is Atrazine? What are some problems with it?
5. Due to negative effects of industrial farming, what are many farms now moving towards?

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