warm-ups: river prep september 17 – september 21
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Warm-ups: River Prep
September 17 – September 21
Monday, September 17, 2012View the following sites and explain what 1 part per million or 1 part per billion looks like. If 8 ppb of a mineral is toxic to organisms, what would this look like in the river?
http://www.vendian.org/envelope/dir2/lots_of_dots/million_dots.htmlMegaPenny Project
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
• The hypothesis for the Parts per Billion Lab was:If ……
• State if this hypothesis is accepted or rejected. Then support with examples from the lab.
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
• The hypothesisIf ……
Was rejected because you cannot see parts per million or parts per billion with the naked eye. By the time the solution was 1 part per 100,000 the liquid looked like clean water.
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
• Acid rain fell in Summit County for weeks on end. The rivers became very acidic. What can be done to return the rivers to a neutral pH level?
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
• Some type of an alkaline or basic material can be added to the water to neutralize the acidic water.
• Some examples are salt, baking soda and sodium hydroxide.
Thursday, September 20, 20121. Write the definition for biodiversity on your paper.
Biodiversity – A large quantity of plants and animals AND a large variety of plants and animals.
2. Write a sentence in which the definition for biodiversity is clear to the reader.
3. Draw a picture of an environment with a healthy biodiversity.
Friday, September 21, 2012
• Using the structure “All Write Round Robin” – students take turns stating responses to the problem below.– Each student records each answer on their own paper.
List as many human and environmental impacts (positive and negative) as you can remember from the Snake River Basin Food Web Jenga game.
Backdrops:
- These are full sized backdrops, just scale them up!
- Can be Copy-Pasted out of Templates for use anywhere!
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