Environmental Science Assignments
- Instructor
- Mrs. Emily Mercando
- Term
- 2020-2021 School Year
- Department
- Science
- Description
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Environmental science will explore the topics of air and water pollution, integrated pest management, endangered species, biomes, habitat destruction, and ecosystems. Students will examine how each of these interacts with each other and how all of these topics relate to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the world. The course offering is dependent on enrollment.
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Upcoming Assignments
No upcoming assignments.
Past Assignments
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Endangered Species Project
Please submit your Endangered Species Project here. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
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What endangered species would you like to do your project on?
Please state the endangered species you would like to do your project on. There are not allowed to be any repeats, so please make sure that no one else has chosen that species.
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Chapter 7 Created Study Guide
Please submit your Chapter 7 Created Study Guide here. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
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Chapter 7 Study Guide
Please complete the attached study guide during class on Monday, May 10th. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
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Chapter 7 Vocabulary Study Guide
Please create your own Chapter 7 Vocabulary Study Guide, this should be something physical, not electronic. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
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Protecting Biodiversity Packet
Please complete the attached packet during class on Friday, April 30th. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
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Extinction & Biodiversity Loss Packet
Please complete the attached packet during class on Wednesday, April 28th.
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Our Planet of Life Packet
Please complete the attached packet during class on Monday, April 26th. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
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Chapter 6 What I Learned
Please submit the What I Learned portion of your What I Know, What I Learned Worksheet.
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Chapter 6 Created your own Study Guide
Please submit your created study guide here. Please remember you must make it on paper or notecards, nothing electronic! Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
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Chapter 6 Study Guide
Please complete the attached Study Guide during class on Thursday, April 15th. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
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Chapter 6 Created Vocabulary Study Guide
Please create your own Chapter 6 Vocabulary Study Guide and USE it to study from! Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
Should contain at least 20 vocabulary words!
Should contain at least 20 vocabulary words!
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Chapter 6 Vocabulary Review
Please complete the attached review during class on Thursday, April 8th. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
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Biome Presentation Notes
Please complete the attached notes during Biome Presentations on Wednesday, March 31st and Tuesday, April 6th.
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Biome Presentations
Please see attached.
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Aquatic Ecosystems Packet
Please complete the attached packet during class on Thursday, March 18th. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
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Biomes Packet
Please complete the attached Notes Packet during class on Tuesday, March 16th. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
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Defining Biomes Packet
Please complete the attached packet during class on Thursday, March 11th. Please use your textbook and the notes video for help. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
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Biomes Research
Please complete the attached assignment during class on Wednesday, March 10th. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
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What I Know, What I Learned
Please complete the What I Know portion of the attached worksheet during class on Wednesday, March 10th.
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What I Learned
Please complete the What I Learned portion for Chapter 5.
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Chapter 5 Study Guide
Please complete the attached study guide during class on Friday, March 5th. Please email me with any questions or concerns!
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Chapter 5 Created Study Guide
Please submit the study guide you create for Chapter 5 here.
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Chapter 5 Self-Test
Please complete the attached Self-Test during class on Wednesday, March 3rd. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
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Chapter 5 Vocabulary Study Guide
Please submit the Chapter 5 Vocabulary Study Guide you created here.
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Chapter 5 Vocabulary Review
Please complete the attached worksheet in class on Thursday, February 25th. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
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Community Stability Packet
Please complete the attached packet during class on Tuesday, February 23rd. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
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Create a Food Web Activity
Please complete the attached activity in class on Friday, February 19th and Monday, February 22nd. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
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Ecological Communities Packet
Please complete the attached packet during class on Wednesday, February 17th. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
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Natural Selection Activity
Please complete the attached PhET simulation activity during class on Tuesday, February 16th. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
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Real Data: Energy & A Broken Mutualism?
Please complete the attached two worksheets during class on Thursday, February 11th. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
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Species Interactions Packet
Please complete the attached packet during class on Tuesday, February 9th. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
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Central Case: Zebra's
Please complete the attached Case Activity in class on Monday, Febraruy 8th. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
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Evolution Packet
Please complete the attached packet during class on Thursday, February 4th. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
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Chapter 5 What I Know, What I Learned
Please complete the What I Know portion of the attached worksheet. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
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Chapter 4 What I Learned
Please submit the What I Learned portion of your Chapter 4 What I Know, What I Learned worksheet. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
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Chapter 4 Study Guide - Make your own
Please subnit they study guide you made for your Chapter 4 Test in class on Friday, January 29th here. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
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Chapter 4 Study Guide
Please complete the attached study guide during class on Tuesday, January 26th and Wednesday, January 27th. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
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Chapter 4 Vocabulary Study Guide
Please submit your Chapter 4 Study Guide you created during class on Thursday, January 21st here.
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Chapter 4 Vocabulary Review
Please complete the attached Review Packet during class on Wednesday, January 20th. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
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Real Data Math: Turkey's
Please complete the attached worksheet in class on Tuesday, January 19th. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
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Migrating Populations Project
Over the few days you will be working on this project during class. Please email me with any questions or concerns!
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Population Growth Packet
Please complete the attached packet during class on Thursday, January 7th. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
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Sampling Assignment
I would liek for you to try the sampling method for an item that is in your home. Try and do the math for that item and then cout how many of that item you actually have in your home. Once you complete the math, write a short blurb on why you think it was or was not accurate. Please email me with any questions.
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Describing Populations Packet
Please complete the attached packet during class on Tuesday, January 5th. Be sure to use your notes and your book for help. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
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How the 5 Concepts relate to an organism
Use the chart on the last page of your Studying Ecology Packet as a reference to recreate the same chart, but with a different organisms, of your choosing. Please email me with any questions or concerns!
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Studying Ecology Packet
Please complete the attached packet during class on Thursday, December 17th. Be sure to read all directions and complete each part correctly! Use the online book if you need more information and please email me with any questions or concerns!
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Golden Toad Case Activity
Please read and complete the questions for the attached Case Activity during class on Tuesday, December 15th. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
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Ecology Video & Questions
Please watch and take notes on the attached video. After you have watched the video please answer the Ecology Questions and submit them by the end of the period! Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
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Chapter 4 What I Know, What I Learned
Please complete the What I Know portion below during class on Monday, December 14th. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
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What I Learned
Please complete the What I Learned portion of the Chapter 3 What I Know, What I Learned. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
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Chapter 3 Test
Please complete the attached Test during class on Thursday, December 10th. You may not use any resource, except your brain. You must stay on Zoom with your camera on while completing your Test. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
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Chapter 3 Review
Please submit what you would like to review before your Chapter 3 Test.
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Chapter 3 Study Guide
Please complete the attached study guide during class on Monday, December 7th. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
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Chapter 3 Vocabulary Study Guide
Please make a study guide with your vocabulary words (must contain at least 35-40 words). You may not use anything that we have already completed in class. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
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Chapter 3 Vocabulary Review
Please complete the attached review during class on Wednesday, December 2nd. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
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Ecological Footprint: Fertilizer
Please complete the attached Ecological Footprint Activity during class on Tuesday, December 1st. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
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Turkey Assignment
Please complete the following assignment during class on Wednesday, November 25th. Remember there is no Zoom meeting today. This assignment is due at the end of class. Please email me with any questions or concerns!
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Biogeochemical Cycles Packet
Please complete the attached packet during class on Monday, November 23rd. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
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The Water Cycle Activity
Please complete the following activity during class on Thursday, November 19th. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
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Biogeochemical Cycles Video
Please watch and take notes on the attached video during class on Friday, November 20th. Once you have watched the video please answer the attached questions. Questions are due at the end of the period TODAY! Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
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Distribution of Earth's Water
Please complete the following activity in class on Wednesday, November 18th. The document should say the remaining milliliter on number 1. Sorry for the typo!
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Earth's Spheres Packet
Please complete the attached notes packet during class on Tuesday, November 17th. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
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Earth's Systems Packet
Please complete the attached packet during class on Thursday, November 12th. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
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Matter and the Environment Packet
Please complete the attached packet during class on Tuesday, November 10th.
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Dead Zone Case Study
Please complete the following Case Activity during class on Monday, November 9th. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
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Chapter 3 What I Know
Please complete the What I Know column during class on Monday, November 9th. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
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Chapter 2 What I Learned
Pleae submit the What I Learned portion of your What I Know, What I Learned worksheet.
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Chapter 2 Review Crossword
Please complete the attached crossword during class on Monday, November 2nd. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
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Chapter 2 Study Guide
Please complete the attached study guide in class on Friday, October 30th. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
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Chapter 2 Vocabulary Study Guide
Please submit your Chapter 2 Vocabulary Study guide here. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
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Chapter 2 Vocabulary Review
Please complete the attached Vocabulary Review in class on Friday, October 23rd. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
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Clean Water Activity
Please complete the attached activity during class on Wednesday and Thursday. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
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Ecological Footprint: Daily Water Use
Please complete the attached worksheet during class on Tuesday, October 20th. After completing the worksheet I would like for you to reflect on your Daily Water Use in a 7-10 sentence paragraph. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
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International Environmental Policy Process Packet
Please complete the attached note packet during class on Thursday, October 15th. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
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Environmental Policy Timeline Project
Please submit your Environmental Policy Timeline Project here. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
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United States Environmental Policy Packet
Please complete the attached packet during class on Tuesday, October 6th. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
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Economics Packet
Please complete the attached packet during class on Friday, October 2nd. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
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What I Know
Please complete the 'What I Know' section of the chapter 2 What I Know, What I Learned Worksheet during class on Thursday, October 1st. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
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Cleaning the Tides Central Case
Please complete the following worksheet during class on Thursday, October 1st. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
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What I Learned
Please complete the "What I Learned" column of your What I Know, What I Learned Worksheet.
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Chapter 1 Study Guide Turn-In
Pleae turn in your Chapter 1 Study Guide here. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
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My Ecological Footprint Activity
Please complete the following activity during class on Monday, September 28th. Here is a link to make a Google Doc of the Activity: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-mc6bPE29yOVfaWIOFXZNpxpXec0oZ8_/copy
This is due at the end of class. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
This is due at the end of class. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
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"Overshooting" Ecological Resources
Please complete the attached worksheet in class on Thursday, September 24th. Here is a link to get a Google Doc copy of the worksheet: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bGaadp6acokAXIIFId6PTFqs5jLoQM4c/copy
Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
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Scientific Method Lab: Gummy Bears
Attach is the gummy bear lab completed in class on Monday, September 22nd and Tuesday, September 23rd. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
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Vocabulary Review
Please complete the following review in class on Tuesday, September 22nd.
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The Community of Science Packet
Please complete the attached packet during class on Thursday, September 17th. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
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The Tragedy of Commons Lab
Please submit your Swedish Fish lab here. Please be sure to include your data tables!
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The Nature of Science Packet
After watchng The Nature of Science Video, please complete the following packet. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!
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Our Island, Earth Worksheet
After watching the Our Island, Earth Video, please complete the following worksheet.
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Fixing a Hole in the Sky Worksheet
After reading the Depletion of the Ozone Case, please complete the following worksheet. Please let me know if you have any questions. Due Thursday by 7:30 am.
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What I know
Please submit the first half of your 'What I know, What I learned' worksheet.