AP Environmental Science -- Summer Assignment
Current Events Scrapbook and Vocabulary List
Create a scrapbook of current events that relate to environmental science and policy.
Over the course of the summer, find six (6) magazine or newspaper articles and write a
one to two page description of the article. The scrapbook will be turned in on the first
day this class meets in August 2014. This assignment will be counted as a project grade
for first advisory. The scrapbook must meet the following:
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The scrapbook must include six (6) newspaper or magazine articles regarding
environmental science collected from over the summer.
No two (2) articles can be from within the same week.
The scrapbook will take the form of a small three-ringed binder that only has this
assignment in it.
Articles will be printed out from their on-line source or taped to an 8.5 x 11 piece
of paper and included in the scrapbook.
A typed description of the article will be included for each article. The one to two
page description will include:
 A brief description of the topic or controversy
 A description of the people involved in the article and their stake in the
issue
 An explanation of why the article is related to the themes in environmental
science
 Your opinion on any controversy that might be in the article or a
description of something new that you learned from the article
SCORING GUIDE
Advanced (4)
Scrapbook contains
more than 6 articles
from 6 different weeks.
Each article is printed
or neatly taped to 8.5 x
11 paper.
Proficient (3)
Scrapbook contains 6
articles from 6 different
weeks. Each article is
printed or neatly taped
to 8.5 x 11 paper.
Basic (2)
Scrapbook contains less
than 6 articles. Two or
more articles are from
the same week. Each
article is printed or
neatly taped to 8.5 x 11
paper.
Each article has a
typed, well-written
description that relates
to one or more of the
themes in APES.
Scrapbook is in a
three-ring binder.
Each article has a
typed, well-written
description that relates
to one of the themes in
APES.
Scrapbook is in a
three-ring binder.
Each article has a typed,
well-written description.
Scrapbook is in a threering binder.
Below Basic (1)
Scrapbook contains
less than 4 articles.
Two or more articles
are from the same
week. Articles are not
printed or neatly taped
to 8.5 x 11 paper.
Three or more are
Articles are not typed.
Description of one or
more articles is
missing or incomplete.
Scrapbook is not in a
three-ring binder.
Vocabulary list:
On the first day of class, you will have a vocabulary test on the words included on the
other side of this paper. Look them up in books and the internet over the summer and be
ready for a vocabulary test in any format.
Vocabulary List
Acid
Atomic number
Atoms
Base
Biological community
Biomass
Carbon cycle
Carbon sink
Carnivores
Cells
Cellular respiration
Chemical energy
Chemosynthesis
Compound
detritivores
ecology
ecosystem
elements
energy
entropy
enzymes
first law of thermodynamics
food chain
food web
heat
herbivores
hydrologic cycle
ions
Conservation of matter
isotopes
Consumers
kinetic energy
Decomposers
matter
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
metabolism
molecule
nitrogen cycle
omnivores
organic compounds
pH
phosphorus cycle
photosynthesis
population
potential energy
producer
productivity
scavengers
second law of
thermodynamics
species
sulfur cycle
trophic level
anthropogenic