PLC 08/27/18
Attendance: Vermillion, Baker, Wise, McCandless
1. Easter Island Lesson Discussion
a. Video
b. Lesson walk-through and connections to Fish Simulation
i. Stop video before discussion of Europeans
ii. Limiting Factors and Carrying Capacity
iii. Tragedy of the Commons
iv. Graph curves- s curve- logistic j curve- exponential growth (Easter Island)
v. Videos and discussion first day, textbook worksheet second day
2. Population Explosion Lesson
a. Document on Google Drive
b. Wednesday Baker, Wise, Vermillion Thursday McCandless
c. One day
d. Need computers- Baker scheduled. iPads for Wise, Baker, Vermillion. 324 McCandless
c. https://authoring.concord.org/activities/1013/single_page/fd6323d2-df85-42f2-aec7-14d04508b8b1 link to Pop sim
3. Endless Interactions
a. Thursday Baker, Wise, Vermillion Friday McCandless
b. Relationships in an ecosystem- predator/prey etc. Endless interactions
c. Worksheet in Drive
4. Literacy Friday
a. AP Baker- Practice essay
b. Comp- article Close Reading template (5 per page)
c. 4 page article is typical
Next Week Preview
Succession- 2 days (Tues, Weds)
Quiz- sometime next week, maybe Sept. 7
Pine Creek- CER
Next Steps
Baker- Schedule Technology
Vermillion- Copies
McCandless- Catch up (behind one day)
Wise- Get technology situated
