Weeks 3 and 4

• Tues 9/11:  Present carbon cycles to the class.  Start notes on climate change.  Do critter sorting and Simpson Diversity Index part of Biotic Factors worksheet (to prepare for Field Trip next Wed 9/19).  Hand out 2 Field Trip forms to get signed.  Check off 4.3 DBQ's and carbon cycle drawn in notebook.
• Thurs 9/13:  Go outside and practice using quadrats and measuring the height of trees using a measuring tape and a Clinometer.  Come back inside and complete the biotic factors worksheet and get it checked off.  Do DBQ's on pp. 233 and 234.
• Mon 9/17:  Do chemical water testing using the aquarium water in the classroom.  Go over what we will do on the Field Trip and pack and label our equipment.   With the muck that I am bringing in from Whitaker Ponds, each class will make a sealed mesocosm and each individual should make their first observation.  Finish checking off all DBQ's and go over the answers.  There will be an Ecology Test next Thursday 9/27.
• Wed 9/19:  Whitaker Ponds Field Trip!  Students going on the AM Field Trip should come to Room 214 by 8:10 am and we will get our equipment assembled and go out to the bus when we are all ready.  The bus should return to Lincoln by 11:30 am and we will return to the classroom, organize the equipment, empty the dump jars, and leave everything ready for the PM field trip.  PM field trippers should meet in Room 214 by 11:45, get your equipment set, and we will head out to the bus to leave by 12:00 pm.  The PM bus should return by 3:10 or so, and we will have time to get the equipment back to the classroom, dump out the dump jars, and clean up.
• Fri 9/21:  Reflection on the field trip.  Make sure that you have put your data into the class database.  Finish talking about climate change and review what will be on the Ecology Test next Thurs 9/27.