Aravaipa Learning Community Weekly Schedule

 

(1) Monday, August 20

Introduction

SS: Diversity, Writing Sample- Knowledge of Indians

MA: Icebreaker, BW Number Sense

SC:  Science Icebreaker

(2) Wednesday, August 22

SS: Ways of Knowing; Web Research

MA: Cause and Effect; BW Fractions as groups, Math Attitude Survey

SK: Title V Pre/Post Test, Notetaking

(3) Monday, August 27

SS: Reading Paleo Indians; Internet Research

MA: BW Measurement, Decimals

SK: Meyer Briggs

(4) Wednesday, August 29

SS/MA: Dating Methods

MA:  BW Data, Graphs, Half Life, Exp Decay

Monday, September 3

No Class - Labor Day

(5) Wednesday, September 5

SS: Seriation Exercise; Lecture on Archaic Peoples

MA: Half Life, Cause and Effect

SK: Cornell Notetaking

(6) Monday, September 10

SS: Film on Anazazi; Research on Plant Types

MA:  Circles, Percents; Prepare for Plant Survey

(7) Wednesday, September 12

SS/MA: Plant Community Survey

MA:  Percent;Analyze Survey Data

SK: Email

 

(8)  Monday, September 17

SS: Guest Speaker on Prehistoric Indians; Web Archeology Simulation

MA: Negative Causal Loops

SK: Discussion of Chapter 1 "This Book is Not Required"

 

(9) Wednesday, September 19

SS: Field Trip to Hohokam Site

(10) Monday, September 24

MA: Percent, Positive Feedback Loops

SK: Discussion of Chapter 1 TBNR

SC/MA:  Preparation for Soil Salinization Lab (signed numbers)

(11) Wednesday, September 26

SS/MA: Ecology Simulation Game

(12) Monday, October 1

SS/MA: Dendochronology Internet Simulation

MA: Ratio, Proportion

SK: Discussion Question

(13) Wednesday, October 3

SS/MA: Guest Speaker from UA Tree Ring Lab (ratio, graphing, circles)

SK:  Defining Terms

(14) Monday, October 8

MA: Area, Density, Concentration

SC:  Soil Salinization Lab

SK: Discussion Question; study skills

(15) Wednesday, October 10

SS/SK: Questions in margin

MA: Exponential Growth; World Population

SK:  Writing paragraphs

 

Aravaipa Learning Community Weekly Schedule

 

(16) Monday, October 15

SS/SK: Research Groups

MA: Logistical Growth: Virus simulation

SK: Writing summary; Number puzzle

(17) Wednesday, October 17

SS/SK: Research Groups

MA: Computer simulation; Population growth

SK:  Discuss TBNR Chapter 5

(18) Monday, October 22

SS/SK: Research Groups

MA: Order of Operations; Exp Growth

SK: Discuss Question

(19) Wednesday, October 24

SS/SK: Research Groups; Discuss Reading Assn.

MA: Population Growth Project

SK: Discuss Question

(20) Monday, October 29

SS/SK: Research Groups; POL Video

MA: Computer Simulation Population Growth

SK: Discuss Question TBNR Ch7

(21) Wednesday, October 31

SS/SK: Research Groups; POL: Apaches

MA: Solving Equations

SK: Discuss Question

(22) Monday, November 5

SS/SK: Research Groups: FT to San Carlos (Indian/Gov)

MA: Solving Equations, Complex Models

SK: TBNR Ch8, Time Management

(23) Wednesday, November 7

SS/SK: Research Groups;POL: Apaches

Portfolios due

MA: Solving Equations, Area

Monday, November 12

No class - Veterans Day

 

(24) Wednesday, November 14

SS/SK: Group Presentation: Indians and Government

MA: Area

SK: TBNR Ch8; Essay; Asset Test

(25) Monday, November 19

SS/SK: Group Presentation: Plants & Animals

MA: Linear Models

SK: TBNR Ch9; Advising & Registration

(26) Wednesday, November 21

SS/SK: Group Presentation: Ranchers

 

MA: Linear Models

(27) Monday, November 26

SS/SK: POL: Hopi

MA: Scientific Notation, Add/Sub Fractions

POL: O'Odham

SC: Epidemiology Lab

(28) Wednesday, November 28

SS/SK: Group Presentation: Miners

POL Video

SC: Epidemiology Lab

(29) Monday, December 3

SS/SK: Field Trip to AZ State Museum

 

 

(30) Wednesday, December 5

SS/SK: Group Presentations: Trappers

All Project Reports Due

MA: Linear Models, Quadratic Functions

SK: TBNR Ch12,Ch15

 

(31) Monday, December 10

SS/SK: Group Presentations: Townpeople

MA: Volume

SK: Vonnegut

(32) Wednesday, December 12

MA: Measurement, Percent

SS/SK: Final Class Day

 

Note: This schedule is subject to change as the class progresses.