APES 8/11/11
1.
A.
B.
C.
Please write an answer these three
questions, without talking at all!
What food do teenagers usually eat?
How many library books are borrowed by
teenagers every year?
How many text messages are sent by
teenagers every year?
APES 8/11/11 (cont.)
Syllabus/Curriculum Map/Expectations
 Textbooks
 Introduction to AP Environmental Science
 Expanding Global Awareness Requires
Understanding Other Perspectives
Homework:
 Go online and calculate your ecological
footprint…be ready to discuss in class tomorrow!
 Read p. 5-8, do Objectives #1 & 2, begin Key Terms

APES 8/12/10






Slides 11-30 Sustainability, Developed vs
Developing Countries, Natural Resources,
Ecological Footprint
3-2-1 Discussion: Ecological Footprints
STELLA Model: Understanding CAPITAL
HW (rare for a Friday): Read p. 5-11, “do” Review
questions p.25 #1-3 (26 terms…)
Quiz on Ch 1 is Wednesday, 8/17
Summer Reading quiz is Monday, 8/22
APES 8/15/11




STELLA Models
 Simple Compound Interest
 Living off Interest or Living off Principal?
(a.k.a. Capital?)
Population Simulation Lab- The Dice Game
HW read p.12-22. do p. 25 Review #4-8
HW finish any unfinished work for the dice lab
APES 1/16/11





Finish Lecture Ch 1 (Slides 31-60)
 Pollution
 Causes of Environmental Problems
 Consumption Patterns
 3 Revolutions
 2 Paradigms, 3 Environmental Worldviews
 4 Scientific Principals of Sustainability
Finish Dice Lab
HW Read p. 23-24, do p.25 Review #10
HW Study for Quiz on Ch 1 tomorrow
Summer reading Quiz is Monday, 8/22
APES 1/17/11






Questions before the quiz?
Quiz- Ch 1 Environmental Problems, Causes, &
Sustainability…need paper for short answers
Lecture Ch 2 Science, Systems, Matter, Energy slides
#1-9- Re-introduction to science!
Dice lab final instructions
HW Read p. 28-35, do Objectives #1, 2; begin key
terms
HW Finish Writing up Dice Lab “Game 1
Questions” (there are 5 of them) AND Rule of 70
Calculations for China, US, Pakistan, and the EU.
APES 8/18/11



Go Over Ch 1 Quiz
Ch 2 Slides #1-17 Science & Complex, Dynamic
Systems
Feedback Loop Activities





Seeking Balance
Practice using Causal Loop Diagrams to understand
Positive and Negative Feedback
HW: Read p. 35-43, do Obj # 3, 6, 7; all vocab down
through “energy efficiency a.k.a. energy productivity”
Reminder: Summer Reading quiz Monday!
Lab Tomorrow: Effects of Radiation on the
Germination and Growth of Brassica rapa Seeds
APES 8/19/11







Instructions for finishing up Population/Dice Game
Finish Lesson/Practice: Feedback Loops & Causal
Loop Diagrams
Lecture Slides #18-34 Matter and Changes in Matter
We will set up irradiated Brassica rapa seed lab on
Monday
HW: Read p. 44-47.5, do Objectives #4, 5, 8, 9, 10
and finish the few remaining vocabulary words
HW: Finish population/Dice Lab questions
Reminder: Summer Reading quiz on Monday
APES 8/22/11




Summer Reading Quiz
Collect Population/Dice Lab
Lab: “Effects of Radiation on the Germination and
Growth of Brassica rapa Seeds”
Unit I Test postponed until Wednesday



45 questions, Ch 1 & 2
Slightly more questions from Ch 2
Study well, these are AP-level questions!
APES 8/23/11



Check Lab: “Effects of Radiation on the
Germination and Growth of Brassica rapa Seeds”
Finish Ch 2 ppt slides 21-48
Unit I Test postponed until tomorrow





45 questions, Ch 1 & 2
Slightly more questions from Ch 2
Study well, these are AP-level questions!
HW: Finish all reading, objectives, & vocabulary that
you havene’t already done.
Quiz on Chapter 3 Monday
APES 8/24/11





Check Lab: “Effects of Radiation on the
Germination and Growth of Brassica rapa Seeds”
Finish Ch 2 ppt slides 55-64
Unit I Test
HW: read p. 50-61, do Review p. 74-75 #1-6 (lots of
vocabulary built in!)
Quiz on Chapter 3 Tuesday next week
APES 8/25/11






Check Brassica rapa lab
Go Over Unit 1 Test
Lecture: Introduction to Ecology slides 1-29
Begin Planning Field Trips
HW: read p. 61.5 to 65.25; Review p. 75 #7 & 8
Quiz on Chapter 3 Tuesday




APES
8/26/11
Set Field Trip Calendar
Continued Lecture: Ch 3, Intro to Ecology
Check Brassica rapa lab
APES Calculations (simple, yet powerful!)






p. 76 “Ecological Footprint Analysis” #1-3
SHOW ALL WORK. It’s good for you. It’s on the AP
Exam!
Homework: Read over Peanut Power Lab (we do
the lab Monday)
WEAR LAB CLOTHES MONDAY!
WEAR LAB CLOTHES MONDAY!
Quiz Ch 3 Tuesday
APES 8/29/11

Continued Lecture: Ch 3, Intro to Ecology






Energy in Ecosystems (slides # 35-61)
Lab: “Peanut Power” (actually, almond power)
HW: Read p. 65-74, do Review p. 75 #9-10
Observe/Complete Brassica rapa experiment
HW: Be prepared to turn in the Brassica rapa lab
Wednesday or Thursday
Quiz Ch 3 Tomorrow

We will finish lecture “Matter in Ecosystems” before
the quiz
APES 8/30/11


Go Over Lab: Peanut Power
Finish Lecture: Ch 3, Intro to Ecology





Energy & Matter in Ecosystems (35 slides!)
Quiz Ch 3 Introduction to Ecosystems
Observe/Break down Brassica rapa experiment
HW read p. 77-86.5, do Review questions #1-5 p. 97
& 98
Quiz Ch 4 next Tuesday (Monday off!)
APES 8/31/11






Go Over Quiz Ch 3
Lecture: Introduction to Evolution slides #1-25
Application: p. 98 Critical Thinking #4 (read Core
Case Study p. 92) and p. 98-99 Data Analysis read
p.98 and do p. 99 #1-3.
Lecture Intro to Biodiversity Slides #
HW Read p. 86.5-97.5, do Review Questions p.9798 #6-10
Wear clothes for outside tomorrow!
APES 9/1/11

Lecture: Introduction to Biodiversity #27-37


Niches
Lab- Wooly Worms


Pre-lab & Data collection
Chi Square calculations
HW
*Wooly Worms Data Analysis Questions #1-7
* Radiation/ Brassica rapa LabAnalysis of Results # 1,2
and “Topics for Discussion” #3
APES 9/2/11





Collect Brassica rapa lab
Lecture: Different Types of Species Slides # 34-44
Finish Chi Square analysis of Wooly Worm data
Lecture: Speciation, slides #45-54
HW:

Study for Ch 4 quiz Monday


Make sure you can name and explain several reasons why
biodiversity is important
Finish Wooly Worms Data Analysis Questions #1-7
APES 9/13/10




Finish Ch 4 ppt Slides #48-70
Quiz Ch 4 Evolution & Biodiversity
Explain Ch 5 projects
HW Carefully read your section of Ch 5
APES 9/14/10


Go Over Quiz
Ch 5 Projects
APES 9/20/10




Lecture- Ch 6 Human Population
Classwork- Exploring the World Population Data
Sheet
Note- Unit 2 Test is Wednesday 9/22 (Ch 3-6)
HW read CH 6 p. 122-130.5, do p 137-8 #1-5
APES 9/21/10




Lecture- Human Population: “Where Have We
Been, and Where Might we be Going?”
Critical Thinking p. 138 #2, 6, 7, 8 Show all work
for #7!
HW read p. 130.5-137, do p. 137-138 #5-10
Unit 2 Test (Ch 3-6) has been postponed until
Thursday. For sure!
APES 9/22/10


Finish Human Population powerpoint
Stuff on the ’Net:




Population Trends
APES in the news: GMF’s
Study for Test
Test tomorrow Unit 2 (Ch 3-6)
APES 9/23/10




Go Over Ch 5 quiz
Test Unit 2 (Ch 3-6)
HW: Read p.140-147, do p. 159 #1-4
Wear outside shoes tomorrow (going in to the BHS
forest)
APES 9/24/10






Go over Unit 2 test
Intro to Climate & Terrestrial Biodiversity: “Warm
fluids ________, cold fluids __________.”
Lecture: “Climate Determines Community, But
What Determines Climate?” slides # 16-32, with
animations
Classwork- Critical Thinking p. 160 #1, 2, 3, 5, 7
HW: Read p. 48-52.5, do p. 159 #5 & 6
Ch 7 Quiz on Wednesday, 9/29
APES 9/27/10




Lecture- Climate & Terrestrial Biodiversity:
“Beautiful Biomes”
Classwork- Critical Thinking p. 160 #1, 2, 3, 5, 7
HW: Read p. 148-159, do p. 159-60 #5-9
Ch 7 Quiz on Wednesday, 9/29
APES 9/28/10






Lecture: “Forests & Mountains”
A Walk in the Forest
Classwork- Data Analysis p.160-161 #1-4
HW Do p. 160 (top) # 10
Ch 7 Quiz on Thursday
Extra Credit- Attend Coastfest on Saturday!

10 AM to 4 PM
APES 9/29/10



Planet Earth Video- “Seasonal Forests”
HW: Study for Ch 7 quiz on Thursday
Extra Credit- Attend Coastfest on Saturday!

10 AM to 4 PM
APES 9/30/10





Quiz Ch 7/Pick up project guidelines: Ch 8
“Aquatic Biodiversity”
Longleaf Pine Forests- A reading from Janisse Ray’s
Ecology of a Cracker Childhood
Go over field trip schedule
HW: Carefully read your section of Ch 8
Extra Credit- Attend Coastfest on Saturday!

10 AM to 4 PM
APES 10/1/10

Projects, Ch 8 “Aquatic Biodiversity”

Extra Credit- Attend Coastfest on Saturday!

10 AM to 4 PM
APES 10/4/10

Projects, Ch 8 “Aquatic Biodiversity”
APES 10/5/10

Chapter 8 Presentations
APES 10/6/10




Finish Ch 8 Presentations: Groups 6 & 7
Lady Jane Trip Logistics
Begin Chapter 9- The Species Approach to
Preserving Biodiversity
HW: Read p. 183-192, do p. 211 #1-4
APES 10/7/10

Finish Chapter 9- The Species Approach to
Preserving Biodiversity

Classwork/Discussion- Vulnerablility Characteristics
HW: Read p. 193-202.5, do p. 211-212 #5-7



(#7 is BIG!)
By Monday: Read p. 202.5, do p. 212 #8-10
APES 10/8/10



Personal day
“Cane Toads!”
Finish Reading/Review Questions for Chapter 9
APES 10/11/10




Lady Jane Trip Logistics
Finish Chapter 9 Lecture
APES in the News: China’s 4 ‘Moon Shots’
Quiz Tomorrow: Chapter 9



APES 10/12/10
Chapter 9 Quiz
Introduce/Begin Lynx Lab
HW Read p.214-222.25, do p.246 #1-4





APES 10/13/10
Go Over Quiz Ch 9
Lynx Lab
Begin Lecture Ch 10
HW Read p. 222.25-231.5, do p.246 #5-6
Test Unit III (Ch 7-10) Wednesday 10/20

APES 10/14/10
Chapter 10, slide #1-21






Value of terrestrial biodiversity?
Intro to Forests & Deforestation
Individuals Make a Difference: Amy Smith @
TED.com
Work on Lynx Lab Excel Project
HW Read p. 231.5-245, do p.246 #7-10
Test Unit III (Ch 7-10) Wednesday 10/20



APES 10/15/10
Planet Earth Video- Shallow Seas
HW Begin Unit III Study Guide
Test Unit III (Ch 7-10) Wednesday 10/20





APES 10/18/10
Marine Biodiversity Cruise (Lady Jane)
logistics
Chapter 10, slides #22-61: Forests &
Deforestation
Individuals Make a Differernce: Wangari
Maathai @ Nobelprize.org
Finish Lynx Lab
HW- Complete & Study Unit III Study Guide
 Test Wednesday




APES 10/19/10
Slides # 63-85: Solutions for preserving
terrestrial biodiversity
Marine Biodiversity Cruise logistics
Science Geek Rap: “Cruise Cruise Baby”
HW- Complete Unit III Study Guide
 Test Wednesday




APES 10/20/10
Discussed political corruptions vis-à-vis
proposed zoning changes on SSI
Unit III Test
Examined plankton sample from marine
biodiversity cruise
HW: Read p. 249-257.25
Do p. 272 #1-3





APES 10/21/10
Go Over Unit III Test
Ch 11 Human Impacts on Aquatic Biodiversity
Slides #1-24
Lady Jane cruise pics
Note: Chapter 11 Quiz Monday
HW- Read p. 257-268, answer Review
Questions p. 272-3 #4-8





APES 10/22/10
Protecting Marine Biodiversity Slides #25-36
CW p. 273 Critical Thinking #4,5,6
Slides
HW- Read p. 257-272.5, answer Review
Questions p. 273 #9-10
Ch 11 Quiz on Monday….night! Reserve some
time.

APES 10/25/10
Finish lecture ch 11



1.
2.
APES 10/26/10
Projects- Chapter 12: Food, Soil, & Pest
Management
Chapter 11 Quiz Thursday Night
HW:
Read the Aldo Leopold quote on p. 276 and
write a few sentences about what this quote
means to you.
Scan all section headings, “blue” subheadings, and illustration/captions for pages
276-290



1.
APES 10/27/10
Projects- Chapter 12- Food, Soil, & Pest
Management
Chapter 11 Quiz Thursday Night
HW:
Scan all section headings, “blue” subheadings, and illustration/captions for pages
291-310.


APES 10/28/10
Presentations- Chapter 12- Food, Soil, & Pest
Management
HW Chapter 11 Take-Home Quiz


APES 10/29/10
Finish Presentations for Chapter 12
Sustainable food party/Planet Earth Video
“Fresh Water”
APES 11/1/10

Begin Lecture Ch 13- Water

HW: Read p. 313-329.5, do p. 341-342 #1-5
APES 11/2/10

SSI Field Trip Thursday! Logistics…bring
water & a raincoat!
WOTR Project (National Geographic Article)

HW: Read p. 329.5 to 340, do p. 342 #6-10


Chapter 13 Quiz Friday
APES 11/3/10

Lecture:






Water Scarcity
Groundwater Removal
Dams
“Harvest of Water” (WOTR) Posters (40 min!)
SSI Field Trip Logistics- Bring water & a
raincoat!
Chapter 13 Quiz Friday

SSI WWTP
APES 11/4/10



APES 11/5/10
Do the following 3-2-1 re: yesterday’s field trip
3 new things you learned
2 questions you have about what you saw
1 thing that surprised you the most
Photos
Lecture:

More from Ch 13
Chapter 13 Quiz Monday


Water Treatment

APES 11/8/10
Finish Lecture Ch 13- Slides (27 slides)





Water Transfers
Alternative sources of water
Conserving water
Floods: Too much water!
Chapter 13 Quiz


APES 11/9/10
Lecture Ch 14- Slides 1-40
Rocks & Fossils Lab


APES 11/10/10
Go Over Ch 13 Quiz
Finish Lecture Ch 14 (24 slides)





Mineral Extraction (Mining) Techniques
Environmental Effects of Mineral Extraction &
Processing
Future of Mineral Supplies
Good News: The Ecoindustrial Revolution
Unit 4 Test Friday! Food, Water, & Mineral
Resources (Ch 11-14)
APES 11/12/10



Last minute questions about Unit 4 Study Guide
Unit 4 Test “Food, Water, & Mineral Resources”
HW- Read Ch 15 “Nonrenewable Energy” p. 370374, do Review Questions p.396 #1-2
APES 11/15/10

Lecture: “Nonrenewable Energy” Slides #1-35




Introduction to Nonrenewable Energy
Key Concept: Net Energy
Crude Oil
HW- Read Ch 15 “Nonrenewable Energy” p. 375386.5, do Review Questions p.396-397 #3-7
APES 11/29/10

Lecture: “Renewable Energy” Slides #27-72
Cars
Buildings
Solar Electricity




HW- Skim Ch 16 p. 399-416



Pay attention to bold terms, diagrams, and captions.
Ch 16 Quiz on Wednesday
Bring in campout pics
APES 11/30/10

Lecture: “Renewable Energy” Slides #57-113
Solar
Wind
Biomass
Geothermal
Hydrogen






HW- Skim Ch 16 p. 417-434



Pay attention to bold terms, diagrams, and captions.
Ch 16 Quiz tomorrow
Bring in campout pics!
APES 12/2/10


Go Over Ch 16 Quiz
Lecture: “Environmental Hazards & Human
Health” Slides #2-33
Biological Risks (Diseases)
Chemical Risks



HW- Skim Ch 17 p. 438-453.5



Pay attention to bold terms, diagrams, and captions.
Ch 17 Quiz Monday
Bring in campout pics!
APES 12/3/10

Lecture/Discussion: “Environmental Hazards &
Human Health” (until 10:50 AM)
Biological Risks (Diseases)
Chemical Risks
Cultural Risks





Classwork: “Risky Business!”
HW- Skim Ch 17 p. 453.5-465



Pay attention to bold terms, diagrams, and captions.
Ch 17 Quiz Monday
Campout pics?
APES 3/24/10


Go Over Test- Unit 4
Lecture: “Nonrenewable Energy”






Key Concept: Net Energy
Conventional Crude Oil
“Heavy Oils” (Oil sands, oil shales, etc.)
Case Study Timelines- A Brief History of Human
Energy Use p. 372-373
Lecture- Natural Gas & Coal
HW- Read Ch 15 “Nonrenewable Energy” p. 386.5396.5, do Review Questions p. 397 #8-10
APES 3/25/10

Lecture: “Nonrenewable Energy”




Critical Thinking Questions p. 397 # 1, 3, 5



Conventional Crude Oil
“Heavy Oils” (Oil sands, oil shales, etc.)
Natural Gas
15 Minutes!
Lecture- Coal, possibly begin Nuclear Power
Go to Ms. Hawthorne’s room (Rm 35) for class
Friday
APES 3/26/10

Go to Ms. Hawthorne’s room (Rm 35) for class
Friday
APES 4/7/10


Field Trips for April, including tomorrow!
Lecture: “Nonrenewable Energy”




Coal & Nuclear Power
Critical Thinking Questions p. 397 # 6,7,8
Mini-Lecture- Waste Water Treatment
HW- Take Home Quiz Ch 15
APES 4/8/10

Field trip- SSI WWTP
APES 4/9/10



SSI WWTP Pics
Ch 16 Through slide #12
KWL objectives for Ch 16 (from ppt)
APES 4/12/10

Okefenokee Campout is this weekend!



Lecture –Energy Efficiency- through slide #48
Read “Solutions” p.432. Of the 15 total ‘bullet
points’:
A.
B.


Lady Jane biodiversity cruise is next Thursday, 4/22
Find 3 that you understand well and describe 2 things
about them: 1) why they are important and 2) reasons
why they may be challenging .
Find 3 that you have questions about and write at least
one question
Lecture- Solar Energy- Through slide #72
HW- read p. 399-419, do p. 435 Review #1-6
APES 4/13/10



Lecture –Solar Heat & Electricity slides #49-71
Discuss questions from yesterday
Read “What can You Do?” p.434. Out of the 12
suggestions:




List all that you/your family are already doing
List two more that you think would be reasonable to
begin doing within the next year
Lecture- Wind, Hydropower, & Biomass slides#73102
HW Finish reading Chapter 16 and all review
questions
APES 4/14/10



Lecture- Wind, Hydropower, Biomass, Hydrogen
slides#79-118
Quiz- Chapter 16
Begin Butterfly Lab Tomorrow!
APES 4/15/10



Prelab- “Primary Consumer Energy Flow” a.k.a. the
butterfly lab
Begin Butterfly Lab
Ch 17 “Environmental Hazards & Human Health”
APES 4/19/10



Mass Butterfly Larvae
Okefenokee Pics & Lady Jane Logistics
Lecture Ch 17






Transmissable Disease: Ecological Medicine
Assessing Risks from Toxic & Hazardous Materials
Putting it all Together: Risk Factors Ranked
Work on Primary Consumer Energy Flow Lab
Background Questions
HW- Finish Reading Ch 17 and Finish all review
questions
Quiz Tomorrow
APES 4/20/10



Mass Butterfly Larvae
Okefenokee Pics & Lady Jane Logistics
Lecture Ch 17


Putting it all Together: Risk Factors Ranked
Quiz
APES 4/21/10






Mass Butterfly Larvae
Lady Jane Logistics!
Lecture Ch 18- Air Pollution
Work on Primary Consumer Energy Flow Lab
Background Questions
HW- Read p. 468-478, do review questions p. 293294 #1-5
Quiz Friday
APES 4/22/10



Mass Butterfly Larvae
Lady Jane Logistics!
Lecture Ch 18- Air Pollution Slides #27-55






Factors Affecting Air Pollution
Acid Deposition
Indoor Air Pollution
CW- Smog!
HW- Read p. 479-488.2, do review questions p. 294
#6-8
Quiz Tomorrow
APES 4/26/10




Mass & position butterfly pupae in habitat
Lecture Ch 19- Climate Change & Ozone Depletion
CW- Human Effects on Climate
HW- Read p. 497-513, do review questions p. 528
#1-4
APES 4/27/10



Lecture Ch 19- Climate Change & Ozone Depletion
CW- Human Effects on Climate
HW- Read p. 513.5-522.5, do review questions
p. 528 #5-7
APES 4/28/10




STELLA Model- The Ozone Story
Finish Lecture Ch 19- Climate Change & Ozone
Depletion
HW- Finish Chapter 19 reading and review
questions
Quiz Tomorrow on Chapter 19