Local Policy

LO: We will analyze local polices on an environmental issue of concern.

DOL:  Given the results of our field study, I will write conclusions which earn 3 of 4 points on the STAAR Analytic Writing Rubric


Write three questions in Cornell Notes style to answer from the guest lecturer, Chris Watts the Animal Services Commissioner for District One.

Video One
Video Two

In your conclusions include a plan of action for one issue related to animals and the environment.

 

Ride Along

LO: We will investigate the fuel efficiency of our route to school, and evaluate more fuel efficient routes.

Obtain a street or road map of the route from home to school. 

Map a shorter route. 

Calculate the miles traveled, and use this information to estimate your CO2 emission from driving to school and back each day.




Then estimate how much CO2 you could save with your alternate route.

Use your conclusions to discuss how the alternate route could benefit the environment and yourself. 


DOL: Given the results of "Ride Along" I will write conclusions which earn 3 of 4 points on the STAAR writing Rubric

What a pest

LO: We will evaluate pests and environmentally friendly ways to deal with them.

What is Colony Collapse Disorder?

Read the article and complete the Freyer Model for discussion

Research and answer the following:

How does the city of Dallas addresses the mosquito population? What pesticide is used?

Does this threaten the Bees?

Are there more environmentally friendly ways to control mosquito population? Research and note at least one.

DOL: Given the results of "What a Pest," I will write conclusions which earn 3 of 4 points on the STAAR Analytic Writing Rubric.

Write conclusions which address Dallas' mosquito control techniques. If changes are needed, how can we make that happen?

 

Reducing Your Carbon Footprint

5/5

First we retest:

go to disd.schoolnet.com 

Login with the same password you use to login to the computer. 

Select test:

"D5_Adamson SLO Post Assessment Environmental Systems Megahan Second Trial"

Online Passcode: TU4HU5M



LO: We will evaluate our personal carbon footprint.


Research and find out what the definition of  "carbon footprint" is, and write that down.

Answer the question: Why do we need to reduce our footprint?

Next, use the EPA calculator. Copy "Your Summary," and "Multiply Your Results,"  into your journal.

Compare your numbers to your neighbor. What are they doing differently? Compare and contrast your patterns of use, and write down at least two similarities and two differences.
 

Make a table for Pros, Cons, Solutions

•  under pros list all the ways you are reducing your footprint.
• under  cons list all the ways you are increasing your footprint.
• under solutions list ways to further improve your footprint. 

In your conclusions, tell me three areas you can target for reduced CO2 emissions, and how you feel about making those changes.  

DOL: Given the results of Reducing Your Carbon Footprint

Light Pollution

5/4

LO: We will evaluate local sources of light pollution.


Read the article about light pollution:

"IDA works to combat light pollution and restore dark sky."

As you are reading, work with your table partner to write a quiz question about the article.

Class quizzes the class.

Check out the light pollution map for Dallas, Texas.

As you look at the map consider:

How are we doing in Oak Cliff? 
What are some of the sources of light pollution here?
What are the pros and cons of reducing light pollution in an urban area? 

 DOL: Given the results of  "Light Pollution," write conclusion which earn 3 of 4 points on the STARR writing rubric.

Sources of Water Pollution

LO: We will analyze sources of stormwater pollution. 

 

As you watch the video, fill in the information on the Freyer Model

As we make a short walk outside, note the location of storm inlets on the street. Identify sources of storm water pollution here at school.

DOL: Given the results of "Sources of Water Pollution," I will write conclusions which earn 3 of 4 points on the STARR Analytic Writing Rubric.
DOL: 

Test Information

disd.schoolnet.com

Online Passcode: HA9GY6NU9 

 Test

LO: We will analyze the impact of development on local population.

DOL: Write conclusions which earn 3 of 4 points on the English III STAAR analytic writing rubric

Population Issues

Login: sstudent5756
password: t3k2j

 

When you are finished, watch this Ted Talks with Jason Roberts. He will be talking about the trolley project in Oak Cliff, which is the cause of all the traffic on Zang and Beckley. Also the reason the road is underconstruction on the corner of Zang and Davis.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b093D3tAp7w

Here's information about other building projects in our neighborhood:

Alamo Manhatten Apartment buildings

 

Public Art Garden

Field Study Table of contents

PMTable of Contents

Date	Title of Assignment	Graded
4/21	Field Study vs. Laboratory
4/22	Measure Up
4/25	Organizing Data
4/26	Coevolution
4/27	Investigating Succession
4/28	Observing Competition
4/29	Population Issues
5/2	Simple Biodiversity Assessment
5/3	Sources of Water Pollution
5/4	Light Pollution
5/5	Reducing Your Carbon Footprint
5/6	Land-Use Planning
5/9	What a Pest!
5/10	Rock Ore Mineral
5/11	Ride Along
5/12	Biomass Survey
5/13	Recycling
5/16	Sources of Pollution
5/17	Local Policies

Organizing Data

Follow the steps we wrote down the first day.

Make sure you write down two questions to answer today. 
 

Write down the type of data you will collect. 

Create a data table comparing values.

When we return inside, create a flow chart showing all the steps we completed today. Starts at picking up your notebook and ends with conclusions. 

Finally, write your conclusions. Make sure you write a complete paragraph in which you:

1. Make a claim (answer one of your questions).
2. Provide supporting details (refer to your data).
3. Summarize your findings. 
 

In-text citations for online resources

Citing Web Resources

Citing online sources

Generally, follow the same principals of parenthetical citations to cite online sources. Refer to the author, and if possible, a permanent identifier that would be the same for any reader.
Examples:

The economy will rebound with the new monetary policies (Smith).

Solar power will become the primary source of energy (Williams 2).

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Citing online sources with no author

If there is no author, use the title that begins the citation, either the article or website title. Be sure it also takes the same formatting, i.e. articles are in quotes and website titles are italicized. Shorten / abbreviate the name of the source but ensure that your reader can easily identify it in your works cited (abbreviate the title starting with the same word in which it is alphabetized).
Examples:

Elephants are thought to be one of the smartest mammals (“Smart Elephants”).

Nineteen men and women were convicted (Salem Witchcraft Trials).

Modern Language Association (MLA) formatting

MLA (Modern Language Association) style is most commonly used to write papers and cite sources within the liberal arts and humanities.

General Guidelines

• Type your paper on a computer and print it out on standard, white 8.5 x 11-inch paper.
• Double-space the text of your paper, and use a legible font (e.g. Times New Roman). Whatever font you choose, MLA recommends that the regular and italics type styles contrast enough that they are recognizable one from another. The font size should be 12 pt.
• Leave only one space after periods or other punctuation marks (unless otherwise instructed by your instructor).
• Set the margins of your document to 1 inch on all sides.
• Indent the first line of paragraphs one half-inch from the left margin. MLA recommends that you use the Tab key as opposed to pushing the Space Bar five times.
• Create a header that numbers all pages consecutively in the upper right-hand corner, one-half inch from the top and flush with the right margin. (Note: Your instructor may ask that you omit the number on your first page. Always follow your instructor's guidelines.)
• Use italics throughout your essay for the titles of longer works and, only when absolutely necessary, providing emphasis.
• If you have any endnotes, include them on a separate page before your Works Cited page. Entitle the section Notes (centered, unformatted).

Formatting the First Page of Your Paper

• Do not make a title page for your paper unless specifically requested.
• In the upper left-hand corner of the first page, list your name, your instructor's name, the course, and the date. Again, be sure to use double-spaced text.
• Double space again and center the title. Do not underline, italicize, or place your title in quotation marks; write the title in Title Case (standard capitalization), not in all capital letters.
• Use quotation marks and/or italics when referring to other works in your title, just as you would in your text: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas as Morality Play; Human Weariness in "After Apple Picking"
• Double space between the title and the first line of the text.
• Create a header in the upper right-hand corner that includes your last name, followed by a space with a page number; number all pages consecutively with Arabic numerals (1, 2, 3, 4, etc.), one-half inch from the top and flush with the right margin. (Note: Your instructor or other readers may ask that you omit last name/page number header on your first page. Always follow instructor guidelines.)

Here is a sample of the first page of a paper in MLA style:

 

From: Purdue Online Writing Lab

How to Cite the Purdue OWL in MLA

Entire Website

The Purdue OWL. Purdue U Writing Lab, 2010. Web. Date of access. 18 April 2016.

 

 

http://www.easybib.com/

 

 Library Online Resources

 

 

MLA Citation Methods Quiz

1. What does the acronym MLA stand for?

2. What is MLA?

3. When documenting one author in reference in a text, which is correct?

 

a.This point has been argued before (Frye 197).

 

b.This point has been argued before. (Glenn Frye, 197)

 

c.This point has been argued before. (Frye 197)

 

d.This point has been argued before(Frye, 197).

 

4.When documenting one author by name in a text, which is correct?

 

a.Frye has argued this point before (Frye 197).

 

b.Frye has argued this point before. (197).

 

c.Frye has argued this point before. (Frye, 197).

 

d.Frye has argued this point before (197).

T/F 5. You should not use the authors’ last names in the citation if the authors’ names appear in the text.

Testing Procedure

 Go to disd.schoolnet.com

 

You will use the same password you use to log on to the computer.

Look for the exam titled:

D5_Adamson Environmental Systems Fifth Six Weeks Megahan online [38079]

 

Test code: NU4VE2BA_ ( I will give you the last number the day of the exam)

Research scaffolding

How to write research questions based on a summary. 

Let's use Juana's star summary to generate ideas. 

Remember:

1. Your idea must be covered thoroughly and succinctly in two pages. 

2. Must be derived from the reading. 

3. Must lend itself to more research. 

1) Hook: Description, illustration, narration or dialogue that pulls the reader into your paper topic. This should be interesting and specific.

Now to  write a good hook!

 Here are some things recommended for a good hook:

• A literary quote which may even include some poetry.
• A quote by a famous person.
• And anecdote or simple story.
• A question which poses a clever conundrum.
• A definition  

4/7

Sources

Take the information you used for your quote and write this as the first fact for your first source, SILENT SPRING.

You will use internal citations, and create a bibliography for this paper, as you can see on the rubric. We will use MLA formatting, because this is what you'll use in English.

The library has many resources to help. <--click

Silent Spring

For the next three weeks we will be reading 

Silent Spring by Rachel Carson (click here for the pdf)

We will complete the reading in class, along with the audio book. Working to identify vocabulary and answer at least one major question each day. 

Our DOLs will be essays or reading quizzes everyday, which follow a class discussion of the ten pages covered. 

Week one questions:
 

1.Why does the author feel that insecticides should be called biocides?

2. How did World War II contribute to the growth of insecticides?

3. How do chemists produce the cleaning fluid carbon tetrachloride from methane?

4. For what purpose was DDT originally used?

 
Read together. 
Write a one sentence summary of each page you read.
Answer the questions above.

Do not take the papers with you, leave them for the next class.

Good luck. Take a picture of any pages you do not read, and finish at home (or pull up the pdf linked above). There will be a reading quiz at the start of class Tuesday.

Stay tuned for pictures of Arya. She should be  coming some time today! Sorry. I miss you, and can't wait to hear your Spring Break stories.