Back to School Schedule

Here's what we'll do the first couple of days back, particularly in regards to the test.

Tuesday:  Review and overview of next unit
Thursday:  Test and first assignment for populations unit.
Monday:  Go over tests

Unit 3 Review Questions

Here's a link to the review questions we used in the Kahoots Questions in class.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YCvub37tJ1nG4p-iwSH415fUXIIRd8X39PQWX6cA0to/edit

Snow day updates

We'll skip the vocab quiz from Friday.

Be sure to ask questions on Tuesday about the ch 23 reading guide.

Tuesday will still be a review day and the papers are still due Tuesday.

Test still on Thursday.

You can start studying over the weekend.  Look at the list of topics in the unit Three entry below and review your reading guides and the vocabulary lists.

Ch 18, 21, & 23 Vocabulary

Here is a link to the short vocabulary list.  The quiz is on Friday.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1APl1YfNZYm7r67vVuZEOtQD1XS1Q8zkfhPaFt-A3EY4/edit

Here is the link to the online Flashcards
http://www.flashcardmachine.com/3513543/4fy2

Unit Three Project - The Dakota Access Pipeline

In the last three hours the Army Corp of Engineers has shifted the nature the Dakota Access Pipeline debate by not granting an easement to drill under the Missouri River directly North of the Standing Rock Sioux's reservation.  Still, even if there weren't the possibility for policy reversals with the changing of the president, the Dakota Access pipeline would stay in the news.  They are pumping oil in the Bakken range in North Dakota at historic rates, the dangers of moving the oil by train are significant, and the Energy Transfer Company has invested millions in a pipeline that has been mostly completed.  The tribes have won a victory but the story of the pipeline is not over.

Follow the link below to an in-class assignment to build background knowledge about the conflict, and a writing assignment due next that asks you to form your opinion about the pipeline.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dRNp09iVWNC2JBMQez6WCRpza9AbfviSSK4XuccdiAc/edit

As this story is quickly changing, it's possible that we will add new possibilities to the assignment, but this basic assignment should remain despite the evolving story.

Here are additional resources to consider.

link to a  map

Ch 15 and 16

Here is a link to the flashcards for the Ch 15 and 16 vocabulary.

http://www.flashcardmachine.com/3507338/1to4

Here is a link to the vocab in list form

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ltJrOak3YYdQ7kcJaQWjuuhFsp3VuHO9P1xSEKFHZ9w/edit?usp=sharing

Here is the reading guide for Ch 15.  The first part is due Friday 11/18.  The second part is due Tuesday 11/22.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1R6Nb228G3t3LpjkDdg4gzDe8pYdNsBm2s_B0zx_jpjs/edit?usp=sharing

Unit 3

Unit 3:  Using Land and Water Resources Part 2 (chapters 15, 23 & parts of 16 & 18)

Fracking and Oil Car Transport:  What are best policies and approaches?

I.  A. Earth Science Concepts (Geologic time scale; plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanism; seasons; solar intensity and latitude)

IV. D. Other Land Use 1. Urban land development (Planned development; suburban sprawl; urbanization) 2. Transportati on infrastructure (Federal highway system; canals and channels; roadless areas; ecosystem impacts) 3. Public and federal lands (Management; wilderness areas; national parks; wildlife refuges; forests; wetlands) 4. Land conservation options (Preservation; remediation; mitigation; restoration) 5. Sustainable land-use strategies

IV. E. Mining (Mineral formation; extraction; global reserves; relevant laws and treaties)

VI. C. Economic Impacts (Cost-benefit analysis; externalities; marginal costs; sustainability)

Reading Guide Due Dates

11/18 first half of Ch 15  plate techtonics

11/22 second half of Ch15  minerals, mining, refining

11/29 first half of Ch 16 oil resources refining fracking

12/1  middle part of Ch 16  Coal LNG 

12/5 ch 18 risk analysis

12/7 ch 23  urban issues/planning sprawl

12/9 ch 21  sewage treatment 

12/12 review presentations/project

Vocabulary Quizzes

12/1 Ch 15 and 16

12/9  Ch 18, 23, 21

Unit Test  12/15