APES Planning Guide 1/4 – 1/22
Chapter 7, 8 and 14: Earth Systems and Resources
KEY CONCEPTS:
Learning Targets:
Earth Systems (Ch. 7, 8, 14)
7-1 What factors influence climate?
7-2 How does climate affect the nature
and location of biomes?
7-3 How have human activities affected
the world’s terrestrial systems?
I can list the factors that influence climate
I can describe the major biomes by interpreting temperature and precipitation graphs
I can describe the anthropogenic causes for changing biomes
8-1 What is the general nature of
aquatic systems?
8-2 Why are marine aquatic systems
important?
8-3 How have human activities affected
marine ecosystems?
8-4 Why are freshwater ecosystems
important?
8-5 How have human activities affected
freshwater ecosystems?
14-1 What are the earth’s geological
processes and what are mineral
resources?
14-2 How might the supplies of
nonrenewable resources last?
14-3 What are the environmental
effects of using nonrenewable
resources?
14-4 How can we use mineral resources
more sustainably?
14-5 What are the earth’s major
geological hazards?
DATE
Winter
Break
M 1/4
What is
happening in
class?
I can describe the nature of aquatic ecosystems
I can list the ecosystem and economic services of aquatic ecosystems such as estuaries and coastal wetlands, rocky and sandy shores, coral reefs, and
open seas.
I can list and describe the causes of aquatic ecosystem degradation.
I can describe the importance of surface water, run off, watersheds and drainage basins to ecosystems.
I can compare and contrast oligotrophic, eutrophic, and mesotrophic lakes
I can describe cultural eutrophication and explain its impact to an ecosystem's services and natural capital
I can list and describe the layers of a lake
I can list and describe the zones of downhill water flow
I can list and describe the economic and ecosystem benefits of wetlands
I can list and describe the anthropogenic causes for degrading freshwater ecosystems
I can list and describe the organization and services of the geosphere
I can explain the supply and demand of nonrenewable mineral resources
I can explain the effects of using nonrenewable mineral resources and provide examples
I can explain the sustainable use of mineral resources and provide examples
I can list and describe geological hazards
NEW!!! WORK LOG
Homework
-Read Chapter 7 142-165B, Cornell Notes Chapter 7 OR Chapter Review Questions
-Read Chapter 8 166-187B
HW Due Date
M 1/4
T 1/5
-Cornell Notes Chapter 8 OR Chapter Review Questions
W 1/6
Hand Out FRQs
APES Topic Sheet
Update
Set Up File System
BIOME Poster
Th 1/7
Biome Poster
- FRQ 1 (Ch 7)-Timed at Home-No Resources.
Then USE Resources to add in different ink/pencil
F 1/8
Lecture and card
match
-REVIEW Chapter 7 and 8 Work for at least 60 minutes. Strategies to use: picture
review in text, Cornell review, flashcards, uses online text options. LOG what
activities you complete.
LOG check
M 1/11
M 1/11
Bio magnification
Activity
- FRQ 2 (Ch 8)-Timed at Home-No Resources
Then USE Resources to add in different ink/pencil
F 1/15
T
1/12
Bio magnification
Activity
- Read Chapter 14 pg. 348-371B
W
1/13
Planet Ocean
video
-Cornell Notes Chapter 14 OR Chapter Review Questions
Th
1/14
Planet Ocean
video/Lecture
- Sort and Study Vocabulary Ch 14
F
1/15
M 1/18
F 1/8
- Sort and Study Vocabulary Ch 7 and 8
Mining Activity
- FRQ 3-Timed at Home-No Resources
Then USE Resources to add in different ink/pencil
-Study Chapter 14, 8 and 7 in that order.
NO SCHOOL
-Study and log activities.
F 1/15
T 1/19
T 1/19
Mining
Activity Reflection
-Study and log activities.
W
1/20
Th
1/21
REVIEW Game
-Study and log activities.
F
1/22
NOTES:
M/C Test
FRQ Test
LOG check