The Weeks of 9/16-9/27

• Mon 9/16:  Turn in Climate Change Packet if not already.  Simpson's Diversity Index calculation.  Testing water for dissolved oxygen, dissolved carbon dioxide, and pH.  Finish field tests if necessary.  Turn in weather worksheet.  Read 55.4.
• Wed 9/18:  Soil Tests.  Climate Change Notes.   Carbon Cycle (will do later). 
• Fri 9/20:  Signed Field Trip formed due.  Sorting macroinvertebrates and using the count to determine water quality.  Turn in Biotic Factors worksheet.  Population growth curves.  (will do later)
• Mon 9/23:  Gather materials for the field trip, pack, and label for your group.  Go over Field Trip activities.
• Wed 9/25:  Field Trip Day!  Gather in class by 9:50.  When we are all assembled, we will take the materials we packed and load them onto the bus.  The school bus will leave by 10:00 am.  We should return by 1: 45 pm.  You should have packed a lunch, water, and snacks if needed.
• Fri 9/27:  Debrief field trip.  Enter field trip data into database.  Field Trip Assignment due on Monday!  Go over Carbon Cycle and Population Growth Curves.  Review ecology concepts for test next Wednesday 10/2.