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Greetings APes students

About half of you have turned in all of this material. If you have not turned in these assignments please see the firm deadline below!

Please make sure you have the following materials handed in by Friday, May 16th:

1) Journals - They should include the following entries:

a) Biomimicry Reflection from Chapter 3

b) Specific article & reflection from your Energy Project (Wildcats for a Better Tomorrow)
(See hw on syllabus for 4/21)

c) Pre-Percy Reflection (See articles on syllabus entitled "The Trouble with Percy" and "The Conflict Setting the Stage").

d) Post-Percy Reflection. What are your reactions to hearing him speak hear on campus? What specific topics engaged you the most? Explain.

* This next Journal entry applies only to students who viewed "Who Killed the Electric Car?" in class and/or who are NOT taking the AP exam or are not on Senior Project.

e) Look up an article related to Alternative Vehicles. This can be an article about electric cars, NGV, hybrid, etc. Write an editorial reflection describing your perspective on the topic in your journal. Please include the article and source in your journal entry.

2) MAMA Discussion of Final Results
One page discussion of final results. This should be written as a formal scientific discussion of your results. Refer back to your hypothesis. Analyze the final results and discuss reasons why your hypothesis was correct/incorrect. Be sure to include the actual data/# in your discussion.

If you missed the Results in class here they are:

MAMA Results 2008
Crissy Field
Copper: 8.1 micrograms/Liter
Mercury: .009 micrograms/Liter

Phoenix Lake
Copper: 0.5 micrograms/Liter
Mercury: Not Detectable

Galilee Harbor
Copper: 1.7 micrograms/Liter
Mercury: Not Detectable

Fort Point
Copper: 8.8 micrograms/Liter
Mercury: 0.01 micrograms/Liter

Berkeley Marina
Copper: 8.2 micrograms/Liter
Mercury: 0.01 micrograms/Liter

Walker Creek
Copper: 2.7 micrograms/Liter
Mercury: 0.016 micrograms/Liter

Raccoon Straits
Copper: 8.0 micrograms/Liter
Mercury: 0.01 micrograms/Liter

Cesar Chavez Park
Copper: 36 micrograms/Liter
Mercury: .02 micrograms/Liter

THe EPA Limits for each of these elements:
Copper: 1500 micrograms/Liter
Mercury: 11 micrograms/Liter