1.  Aug. 22 – 26

Introduction: Sacred Balance
Intro: Brown Before Green
Environmental History – Sec.2

1. Introduction 

2. Epidemiology – [setup] Section 1

3. Vegetative Communities of Arizona - Section 2

4. Essential Elements (plant seeds): Section 8

2.  Aug. 29 – Sept. 2

Biology:  An introduction - Sec. 4
Soils - Sec. 5
Assignment: complete personal water worksheet at end of Sec. 6

1. Study of a Life Cycle - Section 4[setup]

2. Epidemiology – Sec. 1 (observe microbes)

3. Endangered Wildlife of Arizona – Sec. 3

4. VIDEO: Keystone Sp.-Salmon – Sec. 25  p.163

3.  Sept. 5 – 9
NO MONDAY CLASSES
LABOR  DAY

Soils - Sec. 5
Water in AZ - Sec. 6
Journal Reports 1 & 2 Due!

1. The Plant Body: The Leaf - Section 6

2. Continue: Life Cycle – Section 4 (week 2)

3. Essential Elements: (Set-up) - Section 8

4.  Sept. 12 – 16

Water in AZ - Sec. 6
VIDEO: Rivers Lost
Riparian Habitat of AZ – Sec. 7

1. The Study of Soils - Section 6

2. Growth of a Plant - Section 9 (Set-up)

3. Continue: Study of a Life Cycle - Section 4 (week 3)

5.  Sept. 19 – 23

EXAM #1 J

Water Pollution - Sec. 8

Air Pollution - Sec. 9

1. Water Pollution - Section 7

2. Continue: Life Cycle - Section 4 (week 4)

3. Continue: Essential Elements - Section 8 -  1^st Data

4. Continue: Growth of a Plant - Section 9 (Day 7)

5. Conclude: Study of Soils – Section 6

6.  Sept. 26 – 30

Air Pollution - Sec. 9
Plant Growth & Development -Sec. 10 

1. Flower Morphology & Pollination - Section 10

2. VIDEO: Sexual Encounters of the Floral Kind

3. Conclude: Life Cycle - Section 4 (week 5)

4. Continue: Growth of a Plant - Section 9 (Day 14)

Toxins in our Environment - Sec. 11
Journal Reports 3 & 4 Due!  

1. Seed Dormancy - Section 11 - Set up

2. Seed Dispersal - Section 12

3. Continue?:  Study of a Life Cycle - Section 4

4. Conclude: Essential Elements – Sec. 8 – 2^nd Data

5. Growth of a Plant - Section 9 (Day 21)

8.  Oct. 10 – 14

Toxins in our Environment - Sec. 11
EXAM #2 

1. Environmental Awareness - Section 13

2. Use of Bioinsecticides - Section 14 - Setup

3. Conclude:  Growth of a Plant - Section 9 - (Day 28)

4. Conclude:  Seed Dormancy - Section 11

9.  Oct. 17 – 21

Backyard Critters - Sec. 12 

1. The Diversity of Arizona Animals - Section 15

2. Conclude: Bioinsecticides - Section 14

10. Oct. 24 – 28

Backyard Critters - Sec. 12Ethnobotany - Sec. 13

Field Trip:  Desert Botanical Gardens – Sec. 23

11. Oct. 31 – Nov. 4

Population Dynamics - Sec. 14

1. Bears, Habitat and Carrying Capacity - Section 16

2. Population - Section 17

12. Nov. 7 – 11
NO FRIDAY CLASSES
VETERAN’S DAY-NOV.11

Interactions in Communities - Sec. 15
Interactions in Ecosystems - Sec. 16

Field Trip:  Gilbert Riparian Preserve - Sec. 22
Go on your own time.

13. Nov. 14 – 18

EXAM #3 J
Environmental Editorial Due!!
Veg. of Western N. America - Sec. 17

1. Skulls Talk - Sect. 18

2. Vegetative Communities of AZ - Section 2 (finish)

14. Nov. 21 – 25
HAPPY THANKSGIVING
NOV. 24,25 NO CLASSES

Veg. of Western North America - Sec. 17 Snag Ecology– Sec. 18

Political Action Letter DUE!

NO LABS: THANKSGIVING WEEK

NO THURS/FRI CLASSES

Forest Ecosystems & Fire – Sec. 19

Old Growth Forest – Sec. 20

1. Owl Ecology - Section 19

2. Forest Ecology and Dendrochronology - Sect. 20

Wetland Ecology - Sec. 23
Marine Ecology - Sec. 24

Developing a Sustainable Community –Sect. 21

17. Dec. 12 - 15

FINALS WEEK 

FINAL EXAM!!
(no labs)

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