APES Unit 3
Climate, Terrestrial and Aquatic Biodiversity

Review Test 10/24

Major Biomes Map

 

Date

Do in Class

 

W/Th

·   IRC

·   GIS “Running Hot and Cold” Module 3

o    Instructions

o    Worksheet – Server

Study for Unit 2 Test

F 10/3

·   Unit 2 Test – MC and FRQ

 

M 10/6

·  GIS “Running Hot and Cold” Module 3

·  Read Chapter 5

·  Weather Basics S38-42

T 10/7

·   Finish GIS

·   Know Biome Clues and Climatographs cards

 

·   Do Biome Characteristics – Server

·   Create Climatographs on Excel– Server

·  Read Chapter 6

·   Atmosphere, Weather and Climate

·   Read

·     “Air, Climate and Weather,” Environmental Literacy

·     “Weather,” EL

·     “Climate,” EL.

W / Th

·   Creating Continents, Currents, Topography and therefore Biomes on Butcher Paper

·   Terrestrial Biomes

·   Read “Biomes & other Ecological Zones,” EL
F 10/10

·   Creating Continents, Currents, Topography and therefore Biomes on Butcher Paper

·   Aquatic Biomes

·   Read Coastal Ecosystems,” EL

M 10/13

·   Insolation Lab – Server

·   Hippocampus Videos

- All under The Atmosphere

T 10/14

Cabrillo Aquarium

·   Finish Assignment

·   Prepare Questions for Game

W/Th

·   SG Discussion (15 minutes)

·   Heat Transfer – Server

·   See videos below

F 10/17

·   Game

·   Review for Monday

M 10/20

·   Unit 3 MC and FRQ

·   Read Chapter 4

F 10/24

·   Quarter Review Final

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Need to Know

Turn in

Online Video

·   Unit 3 Glossary

o Chapter 5

o Chapter 6

 

Formative

·   Test 10/20

·   First Review Test 10/24

 

Homework

·   Unit 3 Study Guide – Reflector

·   Biome Characteristics – Server

·   Know Biome Clues

·   Know Climatographs cards

 

Classwork

·   Hot and Cold – Server

·   Butcher Paper – Hard Copy

·   Climatographs – Server

·   Insolation Lab – Server

 Biomes

§  General Land Biomes (youtube) 

§  Desert (TD – 4 m) 

§  Surviving in the Desert (PBS) 

§  Chaparral (Video.google) 

§  Arctic Tundra (TD – 5 m) 

§  Alpine Tundra (Video.google) 

§  Prairies and Grasslands (Video.google) 

§  Tundra and Taiga (PBS)

§  Forests  (PBS) 

§  Tropical Rainforest (Video.google) 

Aquatic

§  Coral Reef Connections (Flash Interactive) 

§  Deep Sea Vents and Life's Origins (TD – 3.5 m) 

§  Intertidal Zone (TD – 5 m) 

§  Wetlands (PBS) 

 

 

AP Requirements for Laboratory Investigation:

1.      How does this lab relate to the environment?

2.      Develop and conduct well-designed experiments.

3.      Utilize appropriate techniques and instrumentation.

4.      Analyze and interpret data, including appropriate statistical and graphical presentations.

5.      Think analytically and apply concepts to the solution of environmental problems.

6.      Make conclusions and evaluate their quality and validity.

7.      Propose further questions for study.

8.      Communicate accurately and meaningfully about observations and conclusions.

9.