Aravaipa Learning Community
Weekly Schedule
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Monday, August 20 Introduction
SS: Diversity, Writing Sample- Knowledge of Indians MA: Icebreaker, BW Number Sense SC: Science Icebreaker |
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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 |
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Monday, August 27 SS: Reading Paleo Indians; Internet Research MA: BW Measurement, Decimals SK: Meyer Briggs |
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Wednesday, August 29 SS/MA: Dating Methods MA: BW Data, Graphs, Half
Life, Exp Decay |
Monday,
September 3 No
Class - Labor Day |
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Wednesday, September 5 SS: Seriation Exercise; Lecture on Archaic Peoples MA: Half Life, Cause and Effect SK: Cornell Notetaking |
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Monday, September 10 SS: Film on Anazazi; Research on Plant Types MA: Circles, Percents;
Prepare for Plant Survey |
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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" |
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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) |
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Wednesday, September 26 SS/MA: Ecology Simulation Game |
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Monday, October 1 SS/MA: Dendochronology Internet Simulation MA: Ratio, Proportion SK: Discussion Question |
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Wednesday, October 3 SS/MA: Guest Speaker from UA Tree Ring Lab (ratio, graphing,
circles) SK: Defining Terms |
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Monday, October 8 MA: Area, Density, Concentration SC: Soil Salinization Lab SK: Discussion Question; study skills |
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Wednesday, October 10 SS/SK: Questions in margin MA: Exponential Growth; World Population SK: Writing paragraphs |
Aravaipa Learning Community
Weekly Schedule
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Monday, October 15 SS/SK: Research Groups MA: Logistical Growth: Virus simulation SK: Writing summary; Number puzzle |
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Wednesday, October 17 SS/SK: Research Groups MA: Computer simulation; Population growth SK: Discuss TBNR Chapter
5 |
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Monday, October 22 SS/SK: Research Groups MA: Order of Operations; Exp Growth SK: Discuss Question |
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Wednesday, October 24 SS/SK: Research Groups; Discuss Reading Assn. MA: Population Growth Project SK: Discuss Question |
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Monday, October 29 SS/SK: Research Groups; POL Video MA: Computer Simulation Population Growth SK: Discuss Question TBNR Ch7 |
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Wednesday, October 31 SS/SK: Research Groups; POL: Apaches MA: Solving Equations SK: Discuss Question |
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Monday, November 5 SS/SK: Research Groups: FT to San Carlos (Indian/Gov) MA: Solving Equations, Complex Models SK: TBNR Ch8, Time Management |
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Wednesday, November 7 SS/SK: Research Groups;POL: Apaches Portfolios due MA: Solving Equations, Area |
Monday,
November 12 No class - Veterans Day |
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Wednesday, November 14 SS/SK: Group Presentation: Indians and Government MA: Area SK: TBNR Ch8; Essay; Asset Test |
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Monday, November 19 SS/SK: Group Presentation: Plants & Animals MA: Linear Models SK: TBNR Ch9; Advising & Registration |
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Wednesday, November 21 SS/SK: Group Presentation: Ranchers MA: Linear Models |
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Monday, November 26 SS/SK: POL: Hopi MA: Scientific Notation, Add/Sub Fractions POL: O'Odham SC: Epidemiology Lab |
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Wednesday, November 28 SS/SK: Group Presentation: Miners POL Video SC: Epidemiology Lab |
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Monday, December 3 SS/SK: Field Trip to AZ State Museum |
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Wednesday, December 5 SS/SK: Group Presentations: Trappers All Project Reports Due MA: Linear Models, Quadratic Functions SK: TBNR Ch12,Ch15 |
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Monday, December 10 SS/SK: Group Presentations: Townpeople MA: Volume SK: Vonnegut |
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Wednesday, December 12 MA: Measurement, Percent SS/SK: Final Class Day |
Note:
This schedule is subject to change as the class progresses.