Big Mac Economics

• What is meant by "The Big Mac Index"
• What makes the Big Mac so useful as an economic indicator?
• What factors define the cost of the sandwich?

Playlist

External Resources for this year

Our primary means of interaction will be through Google Classroom this year.  In addition, we will be using diagnoser.com for several of your pre-tests and Explorelearning.com (Gizmo) for your labs.  

This page has a quick guide for the external links you will want use.

1.  if you registered for the class prior to August 20th, you have already received an invitation to join the class on Google Classroom.  If you didn't get the invite use one of the following codes

• 1st Period: pz57fqt
• 4th Period: lvlln7x

You need to do this through your psd267.org account or you will get booted. 

2. We will be using Gizmo for many of our investigations throughout the year.  Goto 

https://www.explorelearning.com/

Your classroom code is:

• 1st Period: FKVKHT
• 4th Period: XZ2R5C

3.  diagnoser.com 

In the coming weeks we will also be using www.diagnoser.com for several of your diagnostic tests.  To use the program you need to goto

www.diagnoser.com

Your user name is 

911-22-#   where "#" is the number lists as DIAGNOSER NUMBER on SKYWARD.  

Your PIN/ Password is listed in SKYWARD as DIAGNOSER PIN

Welcome to Natural Resources

Welcome to Natural Resources for the 2021-22 school year.  This year will be significantly different from previous years as the requirements for distance learning preclude us from doing the two most important things in the course:

1. Go outside as much as possible to conduct labs and field studies.
2. Maintain the focus on using those labs and field studies to focus our analysis and conversations in the classroom. 

That said we will do our best to maintain the spirit of the course whether we are online,
Natural Resources will focus on the study of the environment and our interaction with it.  Units will focus on:

Science Basics - Reviewing the underlying scientific principles of Biology, Chemistry and Physics that affect all areas of study.

• Measurement
• Problem Solving
• Graphic Analysis
• Understanding Significance
• Basic Mechanics -Describing Motion
• Physical and Chemical Properties
• Thermal Energy

The Land 

• Soil Formation and Properties
• Soil Maps and Surveys
• Map Reading and Land Navigation
• Mining and Resource Extraction
• Land Management and Use

The Water

• Properties of Water
• Water Cycles
• Water quality
• Water management and use

The Air

• Climate and Weather
• Air Quality

Ecology

• Plant life and Function
• Animal life and Function
• Forest Management

Human Influence on the Environment

• Conserve, Preserve and Exploit - The fate of all resources
• Energy Production
• Oil economy and the Future of energy production
• Fisheries Management
• Policing the Environment
• Collapse - nine environmental pressures beyond simple climate change

High School Space Science

• Space Weather - protecting our modern civilization
• Exploring other worlds - Resources beyond our earth.