EnvironmentalNotebook

Notebook Check One (to be checked on 9/17/25)

001, 8/25, APES Syllabus

002, 8/25, Lab: Fishing for the Future

003, 8/25, Notes: Ecosystems

8/25, Ch 3-4 Supplemental Notes

8/25, Student Information Form (due 8/26)

8/25, Suggested Reading: 3.1-3.2

004, 8/26, Lab: Producers & Consumers

005, 8/26, Wksht: How Ecosystems Work

8/26, Suggested Reading: 3.3-3.4

006, 8/27, How to APES

8/27, Ch 1-2 Home Exam (due 8/29)

8/27, StreamWatch ID Guide (due 9/8)

8/27, Summer Book Report (due 9/22)

8/27, Suggested Reading: 3.5-3.6

007, 8/28, Lab: Carbon Cycle

008, 8/28, Wksht: Carbon Cycle

8/28, Suggested Reading: 4.1-4.2

8/29, Ch 1-2 Home Exam Due (by 7:25 AM)

009, 8/29, Lab: Nitrogen Cycle

010, 8/29, Wksht: Tracking the Path of Nitrogen

011, 8/29, Notes: Evolution

8/29, Suggested Reading: 4.3-4.4

012, 9/2, Lab: Modeling Evolution

013, 9/2, Article: Gaia Hypothesis

9/2, Suggested Reading: 4.5-4.6

014, 9/3, Lab: Island Biogeography

015, 9/3, Article: Weird World of Islands

9/4, Exam: Ecosystems & Evolution

016, 9/4, Article: Borders of An Ecosystem

017, 9/4, Notes: Populations

9/4, Ch 5-6 Supplemental Notes

9/4, Suggested Reading: 5.1

018, 9/5, Lab: Succession

9/5, Suggested Reading: 5.2

9/8, StreamWatch ID Guide Due

019, 9/8, Lab: Species Diversity

9/8, Suggested Reading: 5.3

020, 9/9, Lab: Predator Prey Interaction

9/9, Suggested Reading: 5.4

021, 9/10, Lab: Survivorship

9/10, Suggested Reading: 6.1-6.2

022, 9/11, Notes: Human Population

023, 9/11, Lab: Power of Pyramids

9/11, Suggested Reading: 6.3-6.4

9/12, StreamWatch Activities (got boots?)

9/15, Exam: Populations

024, 9/15, Notes: Terrestrial Biodiversity

9/15, Ch 7-8 Supplemental Notes

025, 9/15, Article: Arctic Shifts

9/15, Suggested Reading: 7.1

Notebook Check Two (to be checked on 10/17/25)

026, 9/16, Lab: Atmospheric Circulation

9/16, Suggested Reading: 7.2

027, 9/17, Case Study: Global Forests

028, 9/17, Article: Last Rainforest

9/17, Suggested Reading: 7.3

029, 9/18, Lab: Factors That Influence Ecosystems

030, 9/18, Notes: Aquatic Biodiversity

9/18, Suggested Reading: 8.1

031, 9/19, Lab: Coral Reef Biodiversity

9/19, Suggested Reading: 8.2

9/22, Book Report Project Due (to canvas by 7:25 am)

9/22, Project: Ecological Study (topic signup) (due 10/6)

9/22, Suggested Reading: 8.3

032, 9/24, Lab: Biome Match

9/24, Suggested Reading: 8.4

9/25, StreamWatch Activities

033, 9/25, Lab: River & Stream Systems

9/25, Suggested Reading: 8.5

9/26, Eco Study Project Workday

9/29, Exam: Biomes

034, 9/29, Notes: Species Approach

9/29, Ch 9-11 Supplemental Notes

035, 9/29, Article: Save Coral Reefs

9/29, Suggested Reading: 9.1-9.2

036, 9/30, Lab: Endangered Species

9/30, Suggested Reading: 9.3-9.4

037, 10/1, Lab: Ripple Effect

038, 10/1, Article: Wolf Killings

10/1, Suggested Reading: 10.1-10.2

10/2, Eco Study Project Workday

10/2, Suggested Reading: 10.3-10.4

039, 10/3, Notes: Sustaining Terrestrial Biodiversity

10/3, Eco Study Project Workday

10/3, Suggested Reading: 10.5-10.6

10/6, Eco Study Project Due (to canvas by 7:25 AM)

10/6, Activity: Cats Into Borneo

040, 10/6, Case Study: Illegal Immigration

10/6, Suggested Reading: 11.1

041, 10/7, Lab: Tree Cookies

042, 10/7, Article: Burn, Baby, Burn

10/7, Suggested Reading: 11.2

043, 10/8, Lab: Forest Dilemmas

044, 10/8, Article: Forestry in NC

045, 10/8, Notes: Sustaining Aquatic Biodiversity

10/8, Suggested Reading: 11.3

046, 10/9, Lab: Fisheries Mismanagement

10/9, Suggested Reading: 11.4

047, 10/10, Lab: Forestry & Conservation

10/10, StreamWatch Activities

10/10, Suggested Reading: 11.5

048, 10/14, Lab: Bycatch

10/14, Suggested Reading: 11.6

049, 10/15, Lab: Gizmos GMOs (PSAT takers exempt)

10/16, Exam: Sustaining Biodiversity

050, 10/16, Notes: Food Soil & Pests

10/16, Ch 12-13 Supplemental Notes

Notebook Check Three (to be checked on 11/20/25)

051, 10/16, Article: Feed 9 Billion

10/16, Suggested Reading: 12.1-12.2

052, 10/17, Case Study: Global Grain Production

053, 10/17, Article: Is Food Irradiation Safe

10/17, Suggested Reading: 12.3-12.4

054, 10/21, Lab: Soil Porosity & Permeability

10/21, Suggested Reading: 12.5-12.6

055, 10/22, Lab: Pest Solutions

056, 10/22, Notes: Water Resources

10/22, Suggested Reading: 13.1-13.2

10/23, Video Response: Kiss the Ground (submit to canvas)

10/23, Suggested Reading: 13.3-13.4

10/24, Demo: GH Soil Pit

10/24, StreamWatch Activities

10/27, Q1 StreamWatch Data Books Due

057, 10/27, Lab: Color Me A Watershed

10/28, Exam: Food & Water Resources

058, 10/28, Notes: Geology

10/28, Ch 14-16 Supplemental Notes

059, 10/28, Wksht: Rock Cycle

10/28, Suggested Reading: 14.1-14.2

060, 10/29, Lab: Earthquakes & Plate Tectonics

061, 10/29, Lab: Temperature & Chemical Weathering

10/29, Suggested Reading: 14.3-14.4

10/30, Q1 Service Hours Due

062, 10/30, Notes: Nonrenewable Resources

063, 10/30, Case Study: Oil & Natural Gas

10/30, Suggested Reading: 14.5-15.1

064, 10/31, Lab: Cookie Mining

065, 10/31, Notes: Renewable Resources

10/31, Suggested Reading: 15.2-15.3

11/3, Project: StreamWatch Ecological Study

11/3, Energy Speed Dating Profile (due 11/5)

11/3, Suggested Reading: 15.4-15.5

066, 11/5, Lab: Energy Speed Dating

11/5, Suggested Reading: 16.1-16.3

067, 11/6, Lab: Mission Possible

11/6, StreamWatch Eco Study Workday

11/6, Suggested Reading: 16.4-16.6

11/7, StreamWatch Activities

11/7, Suggested Reading: 16.7-16.9

11/12, Exam: Geology & Energy Resources

11/17, StreamWatch Ecological Study Due