Week	Day	Date	Activity	Assignments	Standards / GLE
20	Mon	1/14	Introduction / Minerals Mineral Lab/Sand Lab/Gold Panning Learning-Styles-Online Multiple Intelligences A Geologist's Lifetime Field List Mineral ID Key Mineral Galleries Smithsonian Gem & Mineral Collection Arenology: The Study of Sand
	Tue	1/15	Rocks Rock Lab GeoMan's Mineral and Rock ID Charts Rockhounds Rock ID Key Rocks and Minerals Lab Gold Panning on the Kenai Peninsula
	Wed
	Thu
	Fri
21	Mon	1/21	Holiday: Civil Rights Day
	Tue	1/22	Paleontology Fossil Lab USGS Fossils,Rocks, and Time Fossil Types fossils-facts-and-finds.com Determining Age of Rocks and Fossils Historical Geology Paleomap Project Historical Geology The Paleontology Portal: Exploring Time & Space - Alaska Museum of the Rockies Montana State University
	Wed
	Thu
	Fri
22	Mon	1/28	Plate Tectonics The Dynamic Earth: The Story of Plate Tectonics The Restless earth: A Geologic Primer
	Tue	1/29	Earthquakes USGS Earthquakes Information The next big Earthquake in Alaska Seismic Monitor Are You Prepared? 72hours.org
	Wed
	Thu
	Fri

Week	Day	Date	Activity	Assignments	Standards / GLE
23	Mon	2/4	Glaciers Glacier Power UAF/ASF
	Tue	2/5	Volcanoes USGS Volcanic Facts Alaska Volcano Observatory
	Wed
	Thu
	Fri
24	Mon	2/11	Weather / Climate Meteorology Univ. of Illinois WeatherBuff Cloud ID Chart S'Cool On-Line Cloud Chart Cloud Descriptions and Pictures Plymouth State Univ. PBS Alaska Weather NOAA Climate Change EPA "The Real Inconvenient Truth" www.JunkScience.com
	Tue	2/12	Exam 1 Earth Systems
	Wed
	Thu
	Fri
25	Mon	2/18	Astro Systems - Andy Vey
	Tue	2/19
	Wed
	Thu
	Fri
		2/24 - 3/8	International Institute of Education @ Costa Rica

Week	Day	Date	Activity	Assignments	Standards / GLE
28	Mon	3/10
	Tue
	Wed
	Thu
	Fri
		3/17 -3/21	Spring Break / Vacation
29	Mon	3/24
	Tue	3/25	Exam 2 Astro Systems
	Wed
	Thu
	Fri
			Text for 3rd Third of LSIS 102 and all of LSIS 201 : 2010 Essential Biology 3rd Ed Campbell, Reece, Simon ISBN-10: 0805368420 http://www.amazon.com/Essential-Biology-3rd-Campbell-Websites/dp/0805368426 Biology  Life on Earth 8th Ed Audesirk, Audesirk, Byers  2008 ISBN 0-13-238061-7 Pearson / Prentice Hall Publishing Texts that will also be suitable for this class: Biology: Concepts & Connections 4th or 5th Ed Campbell, Reece, Taylor (previous text for LSIS 102 & 201) Biology 9th Ed Sylvia Mader ISBN 13-978-0-07-325839-3 McGraw Hill Publishing (text for BIO 115 & 116)
30	Mon	3/31	Introduction, field trip discussion, field lab discussion
	Tue	4/1	Lecture Audesirk Ch 26 Population, Biotic potential, Environmental resistance, Population distribution, Human population Campbell Ch 36 Mader Ch 46
	Wed
	Thu
	Fri

Week	Day	Date	Activity	Assignments	Standards / GLE
31	Mon	4/7	Alaska Wildlife Curriculum Alaska Dept. of Fish & Game Alaska Natural Resource & Outdoor Education Association Project Learning Tree Role of Fire in Alaska Alaska Seabird Curriculum field lab activities
	Tue	4/8	Lecture Audesirk Ch 27 Community, Niche, Competition, Symbiosis, Keystone species, Succession Campbell Ch 37 Mader Ch 47
	Wed
	Thu
	Fri
		4/12	Field Trip Islands & Ocean meet at KPC 7:30 am at Islands 9:45 am
32	Mon	4/14	field lab activities
	Tue	4/15	Lecture Audesirk Ch 28 Ecosystem, Nutrient cycles, Energy flow, Acid deposition, Global warming Campbell Ch 37 Mader Ch 48
	Wed
	Thu
	Fri
		4/19	Field Trip Sea Life Center meet at KPC 7:30 am / ASLC 9:45 am
33	Mon	4/21	field lab activities
	Tue	4/22	Lecture Audesirk Ch 29 Biosphere,  Biomes, Ecosystems Campbell Ch 37 Mader Ch 49
	Wed
	Thu
	Fri

Week	Day	Date	Activity	Assignments	Standards / GLE
34	Mon	4/28	Audesirk Ch 30 Biodiversity, Extinction, Conservation, Sustainability Campbell Ch 38 Mader Ch 50
	Tue	4/29	Exam 3  Life Systems
	Wed
	Thu
	Fri
35	Mon	5/5	Make Up / KPC Last Day
	Tue
	Wed
	Thu
	Fri
36	Mon	5/12
	Tue
	Wed
	Thu
	Fri
37	Mon	5/19
	Tue
	Wed

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