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Week One—Monday the 14th:
(15) Current Science--My Vacation...best thing, & science event
(10) This CP 1/2 credit--notebook work only on adventure learning
(10) Notebook--new pages & write standard(s)
New pages: http://www.geocities.com/pecglobalscience/inbcpnewpages.html
New PEC science page: http://www.geocities.com/pecscience/
End of period page: http://www.geocities.com/pecglobalscience/endofperiod.html
(5) New partners
(10) People: Charles Darwin, Marie Curie, Robert Ballard, Jane Goodall, George Washington Carver, Rosalind Franklin, Thomas Edison, Aaron Doering
--Who, What, Where, When, Why, How
Present on Thursday: talk with handout, poster/share, PowerPont®/share, or other?
(10) EOP--clean, what I did, cool quiz: http://www.geocities.com/pecglobalscience/endofperiod.html
Week One—Tuesday the 15th: (5) Review: People: Charles Darwin, Marie Curie, Robert Ballard, Jane Goodall, George Washington Carver, Rosalind Franklin, Thomas Edison, Aaron Doering. People research--Who, what, where, when, why, how--list sources. Decide upon presentation.
(45) Research & create
(10) EOP
Week One—Wednesday the 16th: (5) Introduction to Religious Freedom Day--January 16, 2008:
http://religiousfreedomday.com/
Presidential proclamation: http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/01/20070111-2.html
1786 Virginia Statute by Thomas Jefferson: http://religiousfreedomday.com/for_educators_virgstatute.html
Paraphrased wording: http://religiousfreedomday.com/for_educators_virgstatutepara.html
(10) Why Religious Freedom Day in science class? (Vote) Can scientists believe in God? Why or why not? Discuss
(5) Religion Among Academic Scientists (RAAS):
http://www.buffalo.edu/reporter/vol38/vol38n43/articles/EcklundReligiousScientists.html
(10) Go to computer for next two: Lee Stroble, a journaist, became an atheist in biology class:
http://www.leestrobel.com/videoserver/video.php?clip=strobelT1049
http://www.leestrobel.com/videoserver/video.php?clip=strobelT2009
Stroble & Flew:
http://www.leestrobel.com/videoserver/video.php?clip=strobelT2035
(5) Robert Jastrow: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Jastrow
"For
the scientist who has lived by his faith in the power of reason, the story ends
like a bad dream. He has scaled the mountain of ignorance; he is about to
conquer the highest peak; as he pulls himself over the final rock, he is
greeted by a band of theologians who have been sitting there for
centuries."
"There
is a strange ring of feeling and emotion in these reactions [of scientists to
evidence that the universe had a sudden beginning]. They come from the heart
whereas you would expect the judgements to come from the brain. Why? I think
part of the answer is that scientists cannot bear the thought of a natural
phenomenon which cannot be explained, even with unlimited time and money. There
is a kind of religion in science, it is the religion of a person who believes
there is order and harmony in the universe, and every effect must have its
cause, there is no first cause...
This
religious faith of the scientist is violated by the discovery that the world
had a beginning under conditions in which the known laws of physics are not
valid, and as a product of forces or circumstances we cannot discover. When
that happens, the scientist has lost control...
Consider
the enormity of the problem. Science has proven that the universe exploded into
being at a certain moment. It asks, what cause produced the effect? Who or what
put the matter and energy in the universe? Was the universe created out of
nothing, or was it gathered together out of pre existing materials? And science
cannot answer these questions".
(5) So, why Religious Freedom Day and science? Discuss
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Week One—Thursday the 17th: (15-30) Scientist Presentations! Use rubric for student speeches—rubric summary for your presentation on left-hand page. List and write a sentence about each scientist.
(20) "Adventure/action"-- http://www.walkathome.com View the video: http://www.lesliesansone.com/about/aboutwalkathome.htm List the four basic moves and one benefit from walking.
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Week One—Friday the 18th: Make sure you have the following pages in your notebook: Science Class Guidelines/Rules and New PEC Detention Policy.
Complete all pages for this week.
Meet with Steve to review & grade work for this week.
[ ] Watch this video on Fennoscandia 2008:: http://www.polarhusky.com/explore/scrapbook/classic_movies/adventurelearningmovies.html?ref=6
and the following on global warming: (1) Watch video online: http://www.recorderonline.com/animation/gore/ Then print the following pages; save them to be used next week:
[ ] Fennoscandia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fennoscandia
[ ] PEC ED 2006: http://www.geocities.com/reynoldschool/earthdaypec2006
[ ] PEC ED 2007: http://www.geocities.com/reynoldschool/earthdaypec2007
[ ] Porterville 2030: http://www.ci.porterville.ca.us/offices/departments/cds/index.cfm?did=20&parentID=78
[ ] Giant Tech Expo: http://giantexpo.org/
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Week Two—Monday the 21st: HOLIDAY—Martin
Luther King. Jr.
Week Two—Tuesday the 22nd:
(10) Current Science-Global Warming article from PVR:
By SETH BORENSTEIN
AP SCIENCE WRITER/WASHINGTON--
There's
more to the recent dramatic and alarming thawing of the Arctic region than can
be explained by man-made global warming alone, a new study found. Nature is
pushing the Arctic to the edge, too.
There's
a natural cause that may account for much of the Arctic warming, which has
melted sea ice, ice sheets and glaciers, according to a study published
Thursday in the journal Nature. New research points a finger at a natural and
cyclical increase in the amount of energy in the atmosphere that moves from
south to north around the Arctic Circle.
Butthatenergytransfer,
which comes with storms that head north because of ocean currents, is not
acting alone either, scientists say. Another upcoming study concludes that the
combination of both that natural energy transfer increase and man-made global
warming serve as a one-two punch that is pushing the Arctic over the edge.
Scientists
are trying to figure out why the Arctic is warming and melting faster than computer
models predict.
The
summer of 2007, like the summer of 2005, smashed all records for loss of summer
sea ice in the Arctic Ocean and ice sheet in Greenland. In September, the
Arctic Ocean had 23 percent less sea ice than the previous record low. Greenland's
ice sheet melted 19 billion tons more than its previous record.
The
Nature study suggests there's more behind it than global warming because the
air a couple miles above the ground is warming more than calculated by the
climate models.
(c)
Porterville Recorder 1/2/2008
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(30) Adventure learning overview by Aaron Doering. Label the next blank right-hand page in your INB Adventure Learning Overview. Watch the first 25 minutes of the presentation. Take Cornell format notes in your INB.
http://breeze.uliveandlearn.com/p73911032
(5) Label the next four pages in your INB: next left-hand page is GoNorth! FS 2008. Next right-hand is Porterville 2030. Next left-hand is Earth Appreciation Day 2008 @ PEC. Next right-hand is Giant Tech Expo 2008.
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Week Two—Wednesday the 23rd: (10) On the Go North! page in your notebook, paste the Fennoscandia page and write out The Five Questions:
1. What is the Arctic? What makes it unique?
2. Who are the Arctic people? What are their traditions and knowledge?
3. How do we affect the Arctic, and how does the Arctic ecosystem affect life on Earth?
4. What part can we take in protecting the environment and the life of traditional people?
5. Will a commitment to sustainability make a difference in our lives?
(5) Also write out the overview and watch the movie:
Overview: Timeframe: 2/11/08 'till 5/12/08 * Location: Fennoscandia * Credit: 1/2 credit of science per unit completed. Movie: http://www.polarhusky.com/explore/scrapbook/classic_movies/adventurelearningmovies.html?ref=6
(15) On your Porterville 2030 page in your INB:
Write the address of the website: http://www.ci.porterville.ca.us/
Study the zoning map (online or ask Steve for a printed copy) and draw a sketch of the proposed boundary.
(10) Class discussion about Go North! and Porterville 2030.
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Week Two—Thursday 24th: Earth Day 2008 and Giant Tech Expo 2008
On the Earth Appreciation Day in your notebook:
(10) Write a paragraph about Earth Day. Use the following as resources:
http://www.earthday.net/about/faq.aspx
http://earthday.wilderness.org/history/index.htm
http://dnr.wi.gov/org/caer/ce/eek/earth/earthd.htm
(10) On the Giant Tech Expo page, glue the page you printed last week, list the competitions and circle one you’d like to participate in.
(20) Group discussion: Earth Day--What we've done--slides and previous flyers and What we'd like to do this year...Giant Tech—What should we participate in this year? Label End of Credit Period pages in your INB—next blank right-hand page SCORING RUBRIC; following blank right-hand page Self-Reflection.
TONIGHT-- put the End of Credit Period pages in your INB: rubric and Self-Reflection, answer self-reflection questions and illustrate page for rubric.
Source: http://www.geocities.com/pecglobalscience/endofcreditperioditems.html
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Week Two—Friday the 25th: (10) In your notebook: Label the next page Wrap Up and write out/answer the following questions:
Adventure learning units we’ve studied that I’d like to participate in:
What I've learned in this unit:
Liked about the unit:
What I'd change:
(35) Meet with Steve to evaluate work and post grade/credit.
Watch the video & take Cornell notes: http://www.teenswalk.com/video/teentalk.htm
EOP/END/Revised 1/17/08