1. Please write an answer these three questions, without talking at all!
APES 8/19/10
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?

2. APES 8/19/10 (cont.) Syllabus/Curriculum Map/Expectations Textbooks
Intro 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

3. APES 8/20/10
Lecture/Notes: Introduction to Environmental Science (slides # 1-12)
Living in an Exponential Age
Human Populations & Natural Resources
3-2-1 Discussion: Ecological Footprints

4. APES 1/19/10
Lecture/Notes: Chapter 3 Slides #44-55 (Matter cycles Energy Flows applied in ecosystems: Food chains, webs, & trophic levels)
Students answer Lab- Peanut Power Questions on back
Reminder: Unit II Test Wednesday

5. APES 8/30/10
Lab: “Effects of Radiation on the Germination and Growth of Brassica rapa Seeds”
Homework: Finish reading Ch 2; finish all objectives & key terms
Unit I Test Tuesday
45 questions, Ch 1 & 2
Slightly more questions from Ch 2
Study well, these are AP-level questions!

6. APES 8/31/10
Check Lab: “Effects of Radiation on the Germination and Growth of Brassica rapa Seeds”
Finish Ch 2 ppt slides (quick!)
Review, Questions, Unit I test
HW: read p ; do Objectives #1-6 (cross off #7); cover all vocab through p 61.5
Quiz on Chapter 3 Friday

7. APES 9/1/10 Go over Unit 1 Test Lecture Ch 3 slides #1-33
Group Work- Critical Thinking p. 75 # 6, 9, 10 and
HW: read p ; do Objectives #8-12a (water & carbon cycles only do not write out #12a, you can just trace it with your finger)
BRING YOUR UPDATED CALENDARS!!
Quiz on Chapter 3 Tuesday
Wear “Lab Clothes” on Friday!!

8. APES 9/2/10 Set Field Trip Calendar
Continued Lecture: Ch 3, Intro to Ecology
APES Calculations (simple, yet powerful!)
p. 76 “Ecological Footprint Analysis” #1-3
SHOW ALL WORK. It’s good for you.
Homework: Finish Objectives (12a nitrogen, phosphorous, sulfur; 12b; 13; 14)
Lab clothes for tomorrow
Ch 3 quiz Tuesday

9. APES 9/3/10 Finish Calculations Observe Brassica rapa experiment
p. 76 “Ecological Footprint Analysis” #1-3
SHOW ALL WORK. It’s good for you. It’s on the AP Exam!
Observe Brassica rapa experiment
Continued Lecture: Ch 3, Intro to Ecology
Energy in Ecosystems (slides # 40-61)
Lab: Peanut Power
Homework: Study for Ch 3 quiz Tuesday
We will finish lecture Matter in Ecosystems #62-90

10. APES 9/7/10 Observe Brassica rapa experiment Go Over Lab: Peanut Power
Finish Lecture: Ch 3, Intro to Ecology
Matter in Ecosystems
Quiz Ch 3 Introduction to Ecosystems
HW read p , do Review questions #1-5 p. 97 & 98

11. APES 9/8/10
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 Data Analysis read p.98 and do p. 99 #1-3.
Lecture Intro to Biodiversity Slides #
HW Read p , do Review Questions p #6-10
Wear clothes for outside tomorrow!

12. APES 9/9/10 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

13. APES 9/10/10 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

14. 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

15. Go Over Quiz Ch 5 Projects
APES 9/14/10
Go Over Quiz
Ch 5 Projects

16. 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 , do p #1-5

17. 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 , do p #5-10
Unit 2 Test (Ch 3-6) has been postponed until Thursday. For sure!

18. 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)

19. APES 9/23/10 Go Over Ch 5 quiz Test Unit 2 (Ch 3-6)
HW: Read p , do p. 159 #1-4
Wear outside shoes tomorrow (going in to the BHS forest)

20. 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 , do p. 159 #5 & 6
Ch 7 Quiz on Wednesday, 9/29

21. APES 9/27/10
Lecture- Climate & Terrestrial Biodiversity: “Beautiful Biomes”
Classwork- Critical Thinking p. 160 #1, 2, 3, 5, 7
HW: Read p , do p #5-9
Ch 7 Quiz on Wednesday, 9/29

22. APES 9/28/10 Lecture: “Forests & Mountains” A Walk in the Forest
Classwork- Data Analysis p #1-4
HW Do p. 160 (top) # 10
Ch 7 Quiz on Thursday
Extra Credit- Attend Coastfest on Saturday!
10 AM to 4 PM

23. 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

24. 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

25. APES 10/1/10 Projects, Ch 8 “Aquatic Biodiversity”
Extra Credit- Attend Coastfest on Saturday!
10 AM to 4 PM

26. Chapter 8 Presentations
APES 10/4/10
Chapter 8 Presentations

27. APES 2/16/10 Finish Ch 8 Projects Begin Ch 8 Presentations(?)
HW- Look over other sections of Ch 8 in preparation for take-home quiz tomorrow night

28. APES 2/17/10 Ch 8 Presentations
HW- Take Home Quiz; Read Ch 9 p. 183 Case Study- The Passenger Pigeon

29. APES 2/18/10
Ch 9- The Species Approach to Preserving Biodiversity Slides #1-21: Intro to the Species Approach
Activity: Characteristics that make species vulnerable
Ch 9 Slides #22-43 Intro to HIPPCO
HW- Read Ch 9 p ; do p.211 #1-4

30. APES 2/19/10 Ch 9 Finish Invasive Species Lecture Slides 44-46
Video: “Cane Toads!”
HW- Read Ch 9 p ; do p #5-8

31. Begin Lynx Habitat “Lab” (using Excel)
APES 2/22/10
Chapter 9, Slides #47-67
“HIPPCO”: Population, Pollution, Climate Change, & Overexploitation
National & International Efforts to Preserve Biodiversity
Begin Lynx Habitat “Lab” (using Excel)
HW- Read Ch 9 p , do p. 212 #9-10
Chapter 9 Quiz Tomorrow
Friday: Unit 3 Test “Understanding & Preserving Biodiversity” Ch 7,8,9,10

32. Okefenokee Campout Logistics! Quiz, Ch 9 Chapter 10, slide #1-21
APES 2/23/10
Okefenokee Campout Logistics!
Quiz, Ch 9
Chapter 10, slide #1-21
Value of terrestrial biodiversity?
HW-Read p , do p. 246 Review Sheet # 17-25

33. APES 2/24/10
Okefenokee Campout Logistics: Tents & Cars
Chapter 10, slides #10-21: Intro to Forests
Group Classwork- Critical Thinking questions #5 & 6 on p. 247
Slides # 22-49: Forestry Management
HW-Read p , do Review Sheet #
Unit 3 Test Friday Ch 6-10

34. APES 2/25/10
Okefenokee Campout Logistics
Chapter 10, slides #41-63: Deforestation
Video: Wangari Maathai
Slides # 64-77: Solutions for preserving terrestrial biodiversity
HW- Study for Unit 3 Test tomorrow Ch 6-10

35. APES 2/25/10
Okefenokee Campout Logistics
Slides # 78-end: Solutions for preserving terrestrial biodiversity
HW- Read p , answer Review Questions p. 272 #1 & 2

36. APES 3/1/10
Go Over Test/Campout Logistics
Ch 11 Human Impacts on Aquatic Biodiversity Slides #1-24
“Cruise Cruise Baby” Video (Investigating Aquatic Biodiversity)
Protecting Marine Biodiversity Slides #25-32
Chapter 11 Quiz Wednesday
HW- Read p , answer Review Questions p. 272 #3-7

37. APES 3/2/10
Threats to Marine Biodiversity slides #28-32
Protecting Marine Biodiversity slides # 33-36
Okefenokee Campout Logistics
Protecting, Restoring, & Sustaining Wetlands slides #25-32
Chapter 11 Quiz Wednesday
HW- Read p , answer Review Questions p. 272 #3-7

38. Presentations: Chapter 12, Food, Soil, & Pest Management
APES 3/8/10
Presentations: Chapter 12, Food, Soil, & Pest Management
Local Terrestrial Biodiversity: A Walk in the Woods
HW: Begin Ch 13 “Water Resources” Read p , do Review Questions p. 341 # 1-3

39. Finish Presentations: Chapter 12, Food, Soil, & Pest Management
APES 3/9/10
Finish Presentations: Chapter 12, Food, Soil, & Pest Management
Lecture: Water Resources
Potential for Water Conflicts: Slides # 1-9
Aquifers: Slides #10-23
HW:
Take Home Quiz Ch 12
Ch 13 “Water Resources” Read p , do Review Question p #4

40. Lecture: Water Resources
APES 3/10/10
Lecture: Water Resources
Finish Aquifers- through slide #23
Water Scarcity- slides #24-32
“Spot reading”- Water resources
Lecture: Dealing with Water Scarcity
Who should own water? Where will we get more water? Slides #33-35
HW: Ch 13 “Water Resources” Read p , do Review Questions p #5-7
HW: Read “Harvest of Water” online, incl. pictrues

41. Work on “Harvest of Water”
APES 3/11/10
Work on “Harvest of Water”
Lecture: Solutions to Water Scarcity slide #36-57
HW: Ch 13 “Water Resources” Read p , do Review Questions p #8-10
Quiz Tomorrow: Chapter 13 “Water Resources”

42. Lecture: Solutions to Water Scarcity slide #67-85
APES 3/12/10
Lecture: Solutions to Water Scarcity slide #67-85
Quiz- Ch 13 Water Resources
Eat! “low on the food chain”
Work on “Harvest of Water” Projects
HW: Ch 14 “Geology & Nonrenewable Minerals” Read p , do Review Questions p. 368 #1-2

43. APES 3/16/10 AP Exam commitments Go Over quizzes Ch 12 & 13
Unit 4 Test “Food, Water, & Mineral Resources”
Test will be Friday
Ch 11-14
Complete and learn Study Guide!
Lecture- Ch 14 “Mineral Resources”
Work on Study Guide
HW Read p , do Study Guide Questions #23-29

44. APES 3/17/10 Work on “Harvest of Water” Project Work on Study Guide
HW Read p , do Study Guide Questions #30-32, then go back and start working on #1-?
Unit 4 Test “Food, Water, & Mineral Resources”
Test will be Monday
Ch 11-14
Complete and learn Study Guide!

45. APES 3/19/10 Lecture- Ch 14 “Mineral Resources” Slides #24-51
Mineral, Rocks, & the Rock Rycle
Mining: Human Extraction of Mineral Resources
Present “Harvest of Water” projects
Lecture “Future of Mineral Resources” Slides #52-64
HW Finish & Study from Study Guide
Unit 4 Test “Food, Water, & Mineral Resources”
Test will be Monday
Ch 11-14
Complete and learn Study Guide!

46. APES 3/22/10
Finish Ch 14 ppt slides #51-64 Depletion Curves & the Future of Mineral Resources
Last minute questions about Unit 4 Study Guide
Unit 4 Test “Food, Water, & Mineral Resources”
HW- Read Ch 15 “Nonrenewable Energy” p , do Review Questions p.396 #1-2

47. APES 3/23/10 Test- Unit 4 Lecture: “Nonrenewable Energy” Slides #1-35
Introduction to Nonrenewable Energy
Key Concept: Net Energy
Crude Oil
HW- Read Ch 15 “Nonrenewable Energy” p , do Review Questions p #3-7

48. 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
Lecture- Natural Gas & Coal
HW- Read Ch 15 “Nonrenewable Energy” p , do Review Questions p #8-10

49. APES 3/25/10 Lecture: “Nonrenewable Energy”
Conventional Crude Oil
“Heavy Oils” (Oil sands, oil shales, etc.)
Natural Gas
Critical Thinking Questions p. 397 # 1, 3, 5
15 Minutes!
Lecture- Coal, possibly begin Nuclear Power
Go to Ms. Hawthorne’s room (Rm 35) for class Friday

50. 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

51. 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

52. APES 4/8/10
Field trip- SSI WWTP

53. APES 4/9/10 SSI WWTP Pics Ch 16 Through slide #12
KWL objectives for Ch 16 (from ppt)

54. APES 4/12/10 Okefenokee Campout is this weekend!
Lady Jane biodiversity cruise is next Thursday, 4/22
Lecture –Energy Efficiency- through slide #48
Read “Solutions” p Of the 15 total ‘bullet points’:
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 , do p. 435 Review #1-6

55. APES 4/13/10 Lecture –Solar Heat & Electricity slides #49-71
Discuss questions from yesterday
Read “What can You Do?” p 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#73-102
HW Finish reading Chapter 16 and all review questions

56. APES 4/14/10
Lecture- Wind, Hydropower, Biomass, Hydrogen slides#79-118
Quiz- Chapter 16
Begin Butterfly Lab Tomorrow!

57. APES 4/15/10
Prelab- “Primary Consumer Energy Flow” a.k.a. the butterfly lab
Begin Butterfly Lab
Ch 17 “Environmental Hazards & Human Health”

58. 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

59. APES 4/20/10 Mass Butterfly Larvae
Okefenokee Pics & Lady Jane Logistics
Lecture Ch 17
Putting it all Together: Risk Factors Ranked
Quiz

60. 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 , do review questions p #1-5
Quiz Friday

61. 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 , do review questions p. 294 #6-8
Quiz Tomorrow

62. 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 , do review questions p. 528 #1-4

63. APES 4/27/10 Lecture Ch 19- Climate Change & Ozone Depletion
CW- Human Effects on Climate
HW- Read p , do review questions
p. 528 #5-7

64. 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