OPEN HOUSE - August 25, 2011 WELCOME to AP/IB Environmental Science

Jennifer Ekstein MS.Ed Education takes everyone! Please feel free to contact me by or phone office I love ! I communicate topics and lessons through - you may have received s from me!!

Topics Climate Change Air, Land, Water resources Tragedy of Commons Pollution Ecological Communities, Biomes, etc Population Ecology All topics combined with Socio- Political-Economic Impacts

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, Nothing is going to get better. It's not." — Dr. Seuss, The Lorax  coherent perspective of the interrelationships between environmental systems and societies  one that will enable them to adopt an informed personal response to the wide range of pressing environmental issues they will inevitably come to face.

Homework- Chapter HW packet –Reading –Chapter outline –Review questions –Due every Wed with a Quiz –Less than 70% a citizenship

Weighted Grading 15% Activities 25% Labs 40% Exams & Quizzes 10% Homework 10% FINAL

AP/IB Laboratory Exercises Formal Notebook –Introduction –Hypothesis –Results –Conclusions Grading Criteria –Standard Rubric

Grading Curve 95% A+55%C- 90% A54 % F 85% A 80% B+ 75% BNo D Policy! 70% B- 65% C+ 60% C

Engrade.com Online gradebook Sign-up with access code Printouts in class in back weekly

AP/IB Schedule IB SL- Counts as a Group 3/4 AP -

No unexcused Late work accepted! Students can look book companion website: Google: Miller 15th Edition Living In the Environment m/cgi- wadsworth/course_produ cts_wp.pl?fid=M20b&pro duct_isbn_issn= &discipline_numb er=0

Wish List Tissue for sick students! Hand Sanitizer Band-aids Laser Printer Paper Towels