Londonderry High School

Welcome To Mr. Knee's Webpage

Londonderry High School
Science Department

Introduction

Thank you for visiting my webpage. Lots of the information I provide in class will be made available at this website so that you can access it from anywhere you can access the web. If you should be absent from school, this is a good place to check on what needs to be done to keep up with your studies. Below is general information that applies to all classes. Seperate tabs have been created for course specific information about Freshman Science and AP Environmental Science.

General Information

In the table below you can checkout class specific expectations and policies. Click on the any specific topic to learn about it.

Absences	Extra Help	Grading Policy	Homework Policy
Items Needed	Late Work	Overall Goals	Plagiarism & Cheating

Science Safety

Providing rich laboratory experiences is an important aspect of learning science and safety in the science lab is the top priority of these learning experiences. Londonderry's Science Department has adopted a department wide Lab Safety Contract that must be read and signed by all LHS students taking a science class and their parents or guardians. To view the contract or obtain a copy of it click on this hot link: Lab Safety Contract.

Contact Information:

Email: Mr. Knee (preferred contact - just click on my name and leave your message)
Phone: 432-6941 ext. 2811

Globe AP Environmental Science with Mr. Knee

Welcome To Adanced Placement Environmenal Science

AP Environmental Science is a course that covers information equivalent to an introductory college level course and as such there is an emphasis on students being independent learners. Student enrolled in APES will be issued a college level textbook titled Living In The Environment, 15th ed. by G. Tyler Miller. In addition, students will be issued an iPad 2 for the year. The course will, for the most part, be a paperless course using 21st Century technology and skills that will hopefully better prepare you for college and life long learning.

In the "Course Information" table below, you will find hot-links to a variety of topics concerning this course. Just click on the link to get more information on a topic.

Course Information
Topic Outline (CollegeBoards)	Web Information	Expectations	Extra Help
APES Course Description	Cell Phone Use	Academic Code	Lab Safety Contract
Items Needed	Aspen Portal (x2) Codes	Honor Pledge
Competencies	Homework Policy	Absences
iPad Manual	iPad Loan Agreement	iPad Damaged/Loss Agreement

Tentative Class Syllabus:(10/21/2012 at 7:00 PM)

For a weekly schedule of what is going on in the class (homework assignments, labs, quizzes, tests, compentencies, projects, etc.) click on the tentative information button above. In addition, please take a moment to look at any notes posted below.

Notes:

1. Mr. Knee's AP Environmental Science Syllubus

2.The AP Environmental Science Course Description Book

3. Goal Setting for APES( http://tinyurl.com/GoalSettingAPES)

4. Flashcardlets for Ch. 1

5. The Tragedy of The Commons Lab Activity

6.The LORAX and SUSTAINABLE

7. In Southwest, Worst Case Senario Plays Out

FRESHMAN SCIENCE

Welcome to Mr. Knee's Freshman Science Class

In the "Course Information" table below, you will find hot-links to a variety of topics concerning this course. Just click on the link to get more information on a topic.

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW TO BEGIN FRESHMAN SCIENCE
Introduction	Items Needed	Expectations	Computer Contract
Competencies	Academic Code	Web Information	Honor Pledge
Topics Covered	Homework Policy	Aspen Portal (x2) Codes	Lab Safety Contract
Extra Help	Absences	Cell Phone Use

Tentative Class Schedule :(updated 2:30PM, 01/14/2013) For a weekly schedule of what is going on in the class (homework assignments, labs, quizzes, tests, compentencies, projects, etc.) click on the tentative information button above. In addition, please take a moment to look at any notes posted below.

Click here for the First Quarter Class Schedule

Click here for the Second Quarter Class Schedule

Notes: WATCH BELOW FOR NEW POSTINGS FOR QUARTER 4

1. Click on this link to see your vocabulary words and there definitions for semester two.

Semester Two Vocabulary

2. Click here to view the presentation on "The Formation of The Solar System" for your notes.

Formation of The Solar System

If you miss placed your homework notes, you can download a copy here: Solar System Notes

3. Click here to view the presentation on "Minerals and Rocks" for your notes.

Minerals and Rocks

4. Click here to view the presentation on "Rocks and The Rock Cycle" for your notes.

Rocks and The Rock Cycle

5. Click here to view the resentaion on "Layers of The Earth" for your notes

Layers of The Earth

6. Click here to view the presentation on " Plate Techtonics for your notes

Plate Tectonics

7. Click here to view the presentation on "Geological Dating: Relative Dating"

If you misplaced your homework notes, you can download a copy here: Geological Dating: Relative Dating Notes

8. Click here to view the presentation on "Geological Dating: Absolute Dating"

9. If you misplaced yo homwwork notes, you can download a copy here: Geological Dating: Absolute Dating Notes.

10. Click here to view the presentation of "Brief Overview"

11. Click here to view the presentation on "Our Unique Planet"

12. Seasons for the Northern Hemsphere: Here is the web link to "Seasons"

http://esminfo.prenhall.com/science/geoanimations/animations/01_EarthSun_E2.html

13. Click here to view the presentation on "EnvironmentalEthic"

14. Click here to view the presentation on "Sustainability"

If you miss placed your homework notes, you can download a copy here: Sustainabilty Notes

15. Click here to view the presentation on the Seven Key Principles of Ecology - ECDCICA

Seven Key Ecological Principles - ECDCICA

16. Click here to view the presentation on "Ecosystem Energy Flow"

If you miss placed your homework notes, you can download a copy here: Ecosystem Energy Flow Notes

17. Hydrologic Cycle

18. Nitrogen Cycle link: http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/lsps07.sci.life.eco.nitrogen/

19. Carbon Cycle link: http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/tdc02.sci.life.eco.ccycle/

20. Click here to view the presentation on "The Carbon Cycle"

21.

Key To Leaves of Virgina (New Hampshire Also)

Soil Biological Communities

PDF (Soil Biodiversity)

Soil Biology: The Soil Biology Primer

Wow Look At All These Tiny Animals

Hope College Leaf Litter Arthropods

Cells Alive

On the Precipace of Extinction - The Southern Sea Otter

Molecule Evolution and The Early Earth

Great Bay

Stream Study

Great Barrier Reef Explorer

Queensland, AU Flooding

Biome Flash Cards

Interactive Rock Cycle

Planet_Earth_Origins

Seasons

Goal Setting for APES

Power of Ten

How Roller Coasters Work

Files marked ".pdf" require Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Files marked ".doc" require MS Word.
Files Marked ".ppt" require MS PowerPoint.
Rich Text Files ".rtf" will open on any computer.

Absences.pdf

APES_Course_Description_Effective_2010.pdf

APES_Syllabus.docx

APES_Syllabus.pdf

Arrangement_Periodic_Table_Print.pptx

Big_Bang_Theory.ppt

Big_Bang_Theory_Notes.docx

Carbon_Cycle.ppt

College_Prep_Freshman_Science.pdf

Distances_In_Space.ppt

Distances_in_Space_Notes.docx

ECDCICA_Principles.ppt