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On-Your-Own Problems

To be done for each week's assignment: Before each week's class session, post your answers to the On-Your-Own problems on the class forum. You should send them to me no later than the evening of the day prior to class. The On-Your-Own problems should be answered in complete sentences. If you miss a class session, you should still post your answers. Make sure your name is on your answers. If you are the first to post, put "On-Your-Own, Module 1 (2, 3, etc.), Assignment 1 (2, 3, etc.)" in the subject line. If you are not the first, then hit "respond" to that post and enter YOUR answers. Detailed answers and explanations are provided for you at the end of the module, so that you may check your own work. DO NOT look at the answer to a question until AFTER you have tried to answer it! DO NOT copy the answers from the Book or fellow students and post them ... you will not receive credit for your work. Keep copies of all your answers in your notebook and always bring your notebook to class..

Study Guide Questions

To be done at the completion of each Module. Complete the Study Guide Questions in their entirety and post your answers to me no later than the evening prior to the class session in which we will be finishing said module. Make sure your name is on your answers. If you are the first to post, put "Study Guide, Module 1 (2, 3, etc.), Assignment 1 (2, 3, etc.)" in the subject line. If you are not the first, then hit "respond" to that post and enter YOUR answers. I will be going over the solutions in class, at which time you may make corrections and adjustments. Keep copies of all your Study Guide Question answers in your notebook.

Exams

Exams will be administered in the home at the end of every Module (I recommend that they be administered by a parent/adult). These exams are designed to be taken online and sent directly to me by clicking on the submit button at the bottom of each exam. Please answer in full sentences. I will not be able to give partial credit for work done if your answers are not clear and concise (It also helps me to see where you having problems). Keep a copy of your answers in case of technical difficulties. Exams must be turned in by the due date for grading. The only excuses for late work will be by prior arrangement. If you miss the exam due date without an approved excuse, an additional fee will be charged to grade your exam. Exams will be graded and returned by email. Print off a copy of each exam and file them in your notebooks in the order taken.

Lab Experiments

Keep a lab notebook in which you record notes, drawings, and samples of observations made in the field and/or your home lab. This notebook will randomly be checked through out the course. I prefer the little notebooks titled "composition notebook." You can get them virtually anywhere school supplies are sold. You are to record your experiments as discussed in the "student notes" section of the course. I will evaluate the way you have recorded your experiments and then make suggestions on what you need to do to improve. When you turn in your notebook at the end of the semester, I will evaluate the remaining labs, and that will be worth 35% of your total course evaluation, should you desire a grade/credit.

Evaluation

I will not spend time grading or commenting on the posted assignments, but a record will be kept of how many answer sets you turn in and this will be part of your evaluation. These assignments will be discussed in class. Your Lab notebook will be evaluated for organization and completion of all assigned experiments. All tests will be scored according to the percentage correct. Grades and credit can be arranged if requested through Cascade Independent High School.

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1. (By Aug. 28) Student Notes, read pp. iv-xiv
Have Portfolio notebook arranged!
Have Laboratory notebook arranged (for field notes and drawings)!
Have microscope and lab equipment on hand!

2. (Sept. 7) Module #1, The Oceans of Our Planet
Read: pp. 1 - 13 up to but not including Seawater
Answer: On-Your-Own problems 1.1 - 1.8
Do Experiment 1.1

3. (Sept. 14) Module #1, Seawater
Read: pp. 13 - 30
Answer: On-Your-Own problems 1.9 - 1.15
Do Experiments 1.2 - 1.5
Answer: Study Guide Questions pp. 31 - 32

Module #1 Test completed and turned in Sept. 15

4. (Sept. 21) Module #2, Life in the Sea
Read: pp. 33 - 41 up to but not including The Challenge of Life in the Sea.
Answer: On-Your-Own problems 2.1 - 2.4
Do Experiments 2.1 - 2.2

5. (Sept. 28) Module #2, The Challenge of Life in the Sea.
Read: pp. 41 - 51
Answer: On-Your-Own problems 2.5 - 2.12
Do Experiment 2.3
Answer: Study Guide Questions pp. 53 - 54

Module #2 Test completed and turned in Sept. 29

6. (Oct. 5) Module #3, The First Four Kingdoms
Read: pp. 55 - 65 up to but not including Kingdom Protista:...
Answer: On-Your-Own problems 3.1 - 3.6
Do Experiments 3.1 - 3.2

7. (Oct. 12) Module #3, Kingdom Protista: The Multicellular Algae
Read: pp. 65 - 73
Answer: On-Your-Own problems 3.7 - 3.12
Answer: Study Guide Questions pp. 75 - 76

Module #3 Test completed and turned in Oct. 13

8. (Oct. 19) Module #4, Marine Invertebrates I
Read: pp. 77 - 87 up to but not including Phylum Ctenophora
Answer: On-Your-Own problems 4.1 - 4.4
Do Experiment 4.1

9. (Oct. 26) Module #4, Phylum Ctenophora
Read: pp. 87 - 93
Answer: On-Your-Own problems 4.5 - 4.11
Do Experiment 4.2
Answer: Study Guide Questions pp. 95 - 96

Module #4 Test completed and turned in Oct. 27

Oct. 30 - Nov. 3 Autumn Break

10. (Nov. 9) Module #5, Marine Invertebrates II
Read: pp. 97 - 110 up to but not includig Other Arthropod Classes
Answer: On-Your-Own problems 5.1 - 5.8
Do Experiments 5.1 - 5.2
Do Dissection Experiment #5.1 (The Clam)

11. (Nov. 16) Module #5, Other Arthropod Classes
Read: pp. 111 - 124
Answer: On-Your-Own problems 5.9 - 5.14
Do Dissection Experiment #5.2 (The Sea Star)
Answer: Study Guide Questions pp. 127 - 128

Module #5 Test completed and turned in Nov. 17

Nov. 20 - 24 Thanksgiving Break

12. (Nov. 30) Module #6, Marine Vertebrates II
Read: pp. 129 - 141 up to but not including Locomotion
Answer: On-Your-Own problems 6.1 - 6.9
Do Experiment 6.1

13. (Dec. 7) Module #6, Locomotion
Read: pp. 142 - 155
Answer: On-Your-Own problems 6.10 - 6.15
Do Experiments 5.1 - 5.2
Do Dissection Experiment #6.2 (The Shark)
Answer: Study Guide Questions pp. 157 - 158

Module #6 Test completed and turned in Dec. 8

14. (Dec. 14) Module #7, Marine Vertebrates II
Read: pp. 159 - 169 up to but not including Class Mammalia
Answer: On-Your-Own problems 7.1 - 7.4

15. (Dec. 21) Module #7, Class Mammalia
Read: pp. 169-12
Answer: On-Your-Own problems 7.5 - 7.12
Answer: Study Guide Questions pp. 185 - 186

Module #7 Test completed and turned in Dec. 22

Dec. 25 - Jan. 12 Christmas & New Years Break

16. (Jan. 18) Module #8, Marine Ecology
Read: pp. 187 - 198 up to but not including Primary Productivity
Answer: On-Your-Own problems 8.1 - 8.7

17. (Jan. 25) Module #8, Primary Productivity
Read: pp. 198 - 206
Answer: On-Your-Own problems 8.8 - 8.12
Do Experiment 8.1
Answer: Study Guide Questions pp. 209 - 210

Module #8 Test completed and turned in Jan. 26

18. (Feb. 1) Module #9, The Intertidal Zone
Read: pp. 211 - 221 up to but not including The Middle Intertidal Zone
Answer: On-Your-Own problems 9.1 - 9.9

19. (Feb. 8) Module #9, The Middle Intertidal Zone
Read: pp. 221 - 232
Answer: On-Your-Own problems 9.10 - 9.17
Answer: Study Guide Question pp. 235 - 236
Do Experiments 9.1 - 9.2

Module #9 Test completed and turned in Feb. 9

20. (Feb. 15) Module #10, Estuary Communities
Read: pp. 237 - 247, up to but not including Estuarine Communities
Answer: On-Your-Own problems 10.1 - 10.4

21. (Feb. 22) Module 10, Estuarine Communities
Read: pp. 247 - 256
Answer: On-Your-Own problems 10.5 - 10.13
Do Experiment 10.1
Answer: Study Guide Questions pp. 259 - 260

Module #10 Test completed and turned in Feb. 23

Feb. 26 - Mar. 2 Mid-Winter Break

22. (Mar. 8) Module #11, Coral Reefs
Read: pp. 261 - 275 up to but not including Coral Reef Ecology
Answer: On-Your-Own problems 11.1 - 11.10
Do Experiment 11.

23. (Mar. 15) Module #11, Coral Reef Ecology
Read: pp. 275 - 280
Answer: On-Your-Own problems 11.11 - 11.15
Answer: Study Guide Questions pp. 283 - 284

Module #11 Test completed and turned in Mar. 16

24. (Mar. 22) Module #12, Continental Shelf Communities
Read: pp. 285 - 294 up to but not including Hard Bottom Shelf Communities
Answer: On-Your-Own problems 12.1 - 12.6
Do Experiment 12.1

25. (Mar. 29) Module #12, Hard Bottom Shelf Communities
Read: pp. 294 - 303
Answer: On-Your-Own problems 12.7 - 12.13
Answer: Study Guide Questions pp. 305 - 306

Module #12 Test completed and turned in Mar. 30

26. (Apr. 5) Module #13, The Epipelagic Zone
Read: pp. 307 - 320 up to but not including Life in the Epipelagic Zone
Answer: On-Your-Own problems 13.1 - 13.10
Do Dissection Experiment 13.1 - 13.2

Easter/Spring Break: Apr. 9 - 13

27. (Apr. 19) Module #13, Life in the Epipelagic Zone
Read: pp. 320 - 329
Answer: On-Your-Own problems 13.11 - 13.15
Answer: Study Guide Questions pp. 331 - 332

Module #13 Test completed and turned in Apr. 20

28. (Apr. 26) Module #14, The Deep Ocean
Read: pp. 333 - 343 up to but not including The Deep Sea
Answer: On-Your-Own problems 14.1 - 14.6
Do Experiments 14.1 - 14.2

29. (May 3) Module #14, The Deep Sea
Read: pp. 343 - 351
Answer: On-Your-Own problems 14.7 - 14.11
Answer: Study Guide Questions pp. 353 - 354

Module #14 Test completed and turned in May 4

30. (May 10) Module #15, Ocean Resources
Read: pp. 355 - 365 up to but not including Mariculture
Answer: On-Your-Own problems 15.1 - 15.15
Do Experiment 15.1

31. (May 17) Module #15, Mariculture
Read: pp. 365 - 373
Answer: On-Your-Own problems pp. 15.6 - 15.10
Answer: Study Guide Questions pp. 375 - 376

Module #15 Test completed and turned in May 18

32. (May 24) Module #16, Effects of Humans on the Sea
Read: pp. 377 - 383 up to but not including Synthetic Pollutants
Answer: On-Your-Own problems 16.1 - 16.5

33. (May 31) Module #16, Synthetic Pollutants
Read: pp. 383 - 391
Answer: On-Your-Own problems 16.6 - 16.10
Do Experiment 16.1
Answer: Study Guide Questions pp. 393 - 394
Turn in Labs for Evaluation!

Module #16 Test completed and turned in June 1

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