T2 HUMAN IMPACTS

Carol Coad

carol.coad@rentonschools.us

I am usually available after school. Please check with me if you plan on staying after. 

 

Final Assessment Study Guide: 

Human Impacts Final Assessment study guide

 

Course Information

Course Description: This is a 0.5 credit lab science course. Students are required to earn 3 full credits (6 trimesters) of lab science to graduate.

Course Objectives:  Students will be exploring the ways human actions shape the planet as well as examining the motivations for altering the world in which we live. 

Class Calendar:

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
12/2 - No school

12/3 - Day 1 Nuts and bolts and seating charts!

Absent? 

Absent? Complete this assignment: 12.3 Welcome to 2nd Trimester *ONLY FOR ABSENT STUDENTS!

12/4 - Guest Speaker from King County

Absent? Do this assignment: 12.4 Climate Inequality *ONLY FOR ABSENT STUDENTS

12/5 - Human Needs Discussion

Absent? Review group posters and see me for a summary sheet. 

12/6 - Your needs and natural resources - 12.6 Your needs and natural resources

12/9 - Population Pyramids, Day 1

Absent? Do this: 12.9 Population Pyramids

12/10 - Population Pyramids, Day 2

Absent? Continue the worksheet through the section comparing 1904 to 2004

12/11: Turn in 12.9 assignment

12.11 Life Expectancy Gap reading and data diagram instructions

Absent? Do the article and see me for diagram topics when you get back. 

12/12 - Finish review poster for 1. human population growth

2. doubling rates in poplulations

3. Types of population curves in various species

12/13 - Diagram Practice
12/16 - PG&E vs. Hinkley, CA, part 1 12/17 - PG&E vs. Hinkley, CA, part 2

12/18 - Human Impacts on a Countries Resources: 12.18 Human Impact on Country's Resources

Graphic Organizer (not required): 12.17 Graphic Organizer for Human Impacts on a Country's resources

12/19 - 

Day 2 Human Impacts on a Countries Resources

12/20 - 

Day 3 Human Impacts on a Countries Resources

12/23 Break No School! 1/3

1/6 - Start Puget sound unit

Absent? Do this: 1.6 Intro Puget Sound unit

1/7 - Present "Human Impacts on Country's Resources" project from before break 1/8 - Topic selection and research for the Puget Sound Human Impacts project 1/9 - PS HI research time 1/10 - PS HI research time
1/13 -  PS HI research time

1/14 - Check in 1/2 sheet and  PS HI research time

Absent? complete this:

1.14 PS project check in full page.docx

1/15 - Stream table set up and practice run

Absent? 1.15 Stream Table intro and Meandering Stream

1/16 - Meandering streams continued 1/17 - academic choice day
1/20 - No School Martin Luther King Jr's Birthday

1/21 River Erosion Gizmo 

Absent? 1.21 River Erosion

1/22 - Stream tables: modeling culverts

Absent? 1.22 Culverts

1/23 - Modeling culverts continued 1/24 - Puget Sound project check in and 1.24 Power of a logjam
1/27 - 1.27 Project connections

1/28 - Class Feedback

1.28 Summarizing and connecting your project o others

1/29  1/30  1/31 - Library project work day
2/3 - Library project work day 2/4 - SNOW 2/5 - SNOW 2/6 - Library project work day 2/7 - Library project work day
2/10 - Puget Sound Project Presentations 2/11 - 1.11 Water Footprint 2/12 - Finish Water Footprint and do Puget Sound project reflection (absent? see me for the paper)

2/13 - sub day

2.13 Teenage Brain

2/14
2/17 Break No School! 2/21
2/24 2/25 2/26 2/27 2/28
3/3 3/4 3/5 3/6 3/7
3/10 3/11 3/12 3/13 3/14 - Last day of 2nd tri

School Information

Weekly Announcements | Student Handbook | Bell Schedule | Family Access Skyward | Family Access Canvas

If you are experiencing stress, anxiety, or thoughts of self-harm call Teen Link at 866-TEENLINK (866-833-6546) and ask to talk to a peer. The phone line is open 6 p.m.– 10 p.m. and chat is available 6 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. daily. https://www.teenlink.org/