Environmental Science 9 Week Plan/Nov.5-December2015
DATES
Topic
Nov. 6-15
Water Quality and Trout in
the Classroom
Learning Objective
Students will be able to:
A. Collect water quality data from Sugarland Run
Stream to determine the health of the stream.
B. Set up and raise brook trout for release in
May2016.
C. Begin writing water quality paper for Semester
paper.
Eutrophication, Nutrient
Cycles and Limiting Factors.
A. Define eutrophication , nutrient cycles and
limiting factors.
B. Understand how limiting factors can affect
populations.
Nov. 18- December.
Approximate Dates
of Summative Assessments
Unit Assessment 11/20 and First
draft of paper 11/26
Journal Assessment
Unit Assessment: First week in
Dec. 2015
Semester Paper and
Studying Bird Populations
DecemberJanuary2016
A. Define the importance of birds in an ecosystem.
Journal Assessment
OTTW: Great Backyard Bird
count with Cornell University.