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TEXTBOOK: Wright, Richard T. __Environmental Science: Toward a Sustainable Future__. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2005. First Six Weeks

Required : Access to Internet, Microsoft Office and Printing (School or home) flashdrive 3 ring notebook Portfolio 3 ring notebook Lab Notebook Notebook paper Pencils Black pens Graph paper APEES Test Review Book

Week 1 (2 days)

TOWARD A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE (Ch. 1)

 * [|Ch. 1 Book Notes]- class notes [[file:THE LAST DAYS OF EASTER ISLAND.ppt]]
 * **APES Ch. 1 Homework: p. 22 Review Questions #1-16 Thinking Environmentally #2-4**
 * [|Supplementary Info - Resistance is Fertile: The Commodification of Life and][|Environmental Protest in the 21st Century]
 * [|Supplementary Notes: Sustainability (PJ Shlachtman)]
 * [|The Scientific Method]- on your own
 * [|Supplementary Notes: Critical Thinking (PJ Shlachtman)]
 * [|Supplementary Notes: Critical Thinking (PJ Shlachtman)]

Essay Test Chapter 1 Fri Aug 31

Week 2 (7days)

ECOSYSTEMS: WHAT THEY ARE (Ch. 2)

 * [|Ch. 2 Book Notes]- class notes
 * **APES Ch. 2 Homework: p. 53 Review Questions #4-18 Thinking Environmentally #1-4**
 * [|Environmental Lab Skills]and [|class data table]- first formal lab
 * [|Food Chain / Food Web Activity]
 * [|Predation Lab]and [|Predation Lab Data Table]
 * [|Supplementary Notes: Ecosystems (PJ Shlachtman)]

ECOSYSTEMS: HOW THEY WORK (Ch. 3)

 * [|Ch. 3 Book Notes]- class notes [[file:APES-Chapter-3-PPT.ppt]]


 * **APES Ch. 3 Homework:p. 83 Review Questions # 1-15 Thinking Environmentally #** **1, 4, 5**
 * [|Summary of Biogeochemical Cycles]- class notes
 * [|Supplementary Notes: Matter and Energy; Experiment Design (PJ Shlachtman)]
 * [|APES Chemistry Review Notes: Matter and Energy]- on your own
 * [|APES Chemistry Review Notes: Names and Formulas]- on your own
 * [|APES Chemistry Review Notes: Thermochemistry]- on your own
 * Carbon Cycle Game [|instructions]and [|game board]
 * [|APES Chemistry Review worksheet]- on your own
 * [|Ch. 2-3 Test Hints for Multiple Choice (two copies)]

Test Chapter 2- 3 Thurs Sept 6

Research Proposal Draft Due Friday Sept 7 by the end of the class. We will go to the computer lab to make sure everyone submits paper by uploding to google docs.

Week 3 ( 2 days)

ECOSYSTEMS: HOW THEY CHANGE (Ch. 4)
[|PPT 5] [|Powerpoint Populations]


 * [|Cats Of Borneo Activity]
 * [|Moose and Wolves of Isle Royale Activity]
 * [|Ch. 4 Book Notes]- class notes
 * **APES Ch. 4 Homework:p. 117-118 Review Questions # 4-18 Thinking Environmentally #** **1-5**
 * [|Geologic Time Scale from DePaul University]
 * [|Genetics Review]- on your own
 * [|Carrying Capacity Mini-Lab]
 * [|Estimating Population Size Mini-Lab]
 * [|Ecological Thoughts]- on your own
 * [|Most Recent Biological Classification]- on your own
 * [|Supplementary Notes: Population Dynamics (PJ Shlachtman)]
 * [|Supplementary Notes: Communities and Succession (PJ Shlachtman)]
 * [|Supplementary Notes: Evolution and Change (PJ Shlachtman)]
 * [|Ch. 4 Test Hints for Multiple Choice (two copies)]
 * [|Tragedy of the Commons Mini-Lab]

Group Presentations Sept 10 and 11

PROJECTS
Week 4 (6 days)
 * [|Biome Project]and [|Biome scoring rubric]
 * [|Biogeochemical Cycles Project], [|Cycles scoring rubric], [|10% Rule scoring rubric]

THE HUMAN POPULATION: DIMENSIONS (Ch. 5)[[file:APEES5.notebook]]

 * [|Ch. 5 Book Notes]- class notes
 * **APES Ch. 5 Homework:p. 148-149 Review Questions # 1-12 Thinking Environmentally #** **2, 4**
 * Sustainable Island Lab - formal lab
 * [|Sustainable Island Lab (with colored beads)]- document highlighted in color for color printing
 * [|Sustainable Island Lab (with colored beads)]- document not highlighted, for black-and-white printing
 * [|Supplementatry Notes: Human Population (PJ Shlachtman)]
 * [|Population Profile (Age Pyramid) Mini-Lab]

POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT (Ch. 6)
Test 4-6 Week 5 (3 days) THE PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD (Ch. 9) Essay Test Chapter 9
 * [|Ch. 6 Book Notes]- class notes
 * **APES Ch. 6 Homework:p. 175 Review Questions # 1-12 Thinking Environmentally #** **1-5**
 * [|Ch. 5-6 Test Hints for Multiple Choice (two copies)]
 * [|Doubling Time and Exponential Growth], from [|Molnar]
 * [|Population Analysis]- not done this year
 * [|Bacteria Bottles Acticity]
 * [|The Lily Pond Parable]
 * **APES Ch. 9 Homework:p. 258-259 Review Questions # 1-13 Thinking Environmentally #** **1, 3**
 * [|Bioengineered and Irradiated Foods]
 * [|Famine Activity]
 * [|Supplementatry Notes: Food Resources (PJ Shlachtman)]

Week 6 (7 days)

SOIL: FOUNDATION FOR LAND ECOSYSTEMS (Ch. 8)[[file:soilsintroduction.ppt]] [[file:Chapter_08.ppt]]
Test Chapter 8 Nov 16
 * [|Ch. 8 Book Notes]- class notes
 * [|Photos of rocks]- supplement to class notes
 * **APES Ch. 8 Homework:p. 230-231 Review Questions # 1-12 Thinking Environmentally #** **1-4**
 * [|Supplementary Notes: Soil (PJ Shlachtman)]
 * [|Soil Texture Triangle Activity]
 * [|Salinization Lab](p. 3-4 are data tables)
 * [|Physical Characteristics of Soil Lab]- formal lab
 * [|In The Time It Took To Form One Inch of Soil...]
 * [|Ch. 8 Test Hints for multiple choice (two copies)]

Second Six Weeks

Week 7 and 8 (10 days)

WATER TOPICS (Ch. 7 & 17)[[file:Chapter_07.ppt]]

 * [|Ch. 7 Book Notes]- class notes
 * **APES Ch. 7 Homework:p. 205 Review Questions # 3-5, 7-15 Thinking Environmentally #** **3-6**
 * [|Water Treatment Grid]- extension of class notes
 * [|Chemistry Water Review]
 * [|50 Ways to Save Water]
 * Estuaries: [|article]and [|questions]
 * [|Home Water Use Survey]
 * [|Water Diversions], adapted from [|Molnar]
 * [|Tampa Bay Desalination Plant Article]- older info
 * [|General Information - Desalination Article]
 * [|Supplementary Notes: Water (PJ Shlachtman)]
 * [|Ch. 17 Book Notes]- class notes[[file:Chapter_17.ppt]]
 * **APES Ch. 17 Homework:p. 489 Review Questions # 3-16 Thinking Environmentally #** **1, 2**
 * [|Notes on Domestic Wastewater Definitions]- on your own
 * [|Supplementary Notes: Water Pollution (PJ Shlachtman)]
 * [|More Water Pollution Notes (PJ Shlachtman)]
 * [|Water Loss Drop by Drop], adapted from [|Molnar]
 * [|Water Testing Lab #1]
 * [|Water Testing Lab #2 student guide]and [|data sheet], [|water lab][|formula questions]
 * [|Ch. 7 & 17 Test Hints for multiple choice]

Test Chapter 7 & 17 Thurs Oct 26 Week 9 and 10 (8 days)

THE ATMOSPHERE: CLIMATE, CLIMATE CHANGE, & OZONE DEPLETION (Ch. 20)[[file:Chapter_20.ppt]]

 * [|Ch. 20 Book Notes]- class notes
 * **APES Ch. 20 Homework:p. 571 Review Questions #4-17 Thinking Environmentally #2, 4**
 * [|Specific Heat practice problems]- on your own
 * [|Supplementary Notes: Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming #1 (PJ Shlachtman)]
 * [|Supplementary Notes: Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming #2 (PJ Shlachtman)]
 * [|Acid Rain Seed Lab]
 * [|Acid Rain Plant Lab]

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION (Ch. 21)[[file:Chapter_21.ppt]]
Test Chapter 20-21 Thurs Dec 6 Week 11, 12 and 13 (11 days) [|35 Inconvenient Lies vs Inconvenient Truth]
 * [|Ch. 21 Book Notes]- class notes
 * **APES Ch. 21 Homework:p. 602 Review Questions #1-15 Thinking Environmentally #1, 3**
 * [|LD 50 Notes]
 * [|Ch. 20-21 Multiple Choice Test Hints]
 * [|Tropospheric Ozone (O3) Lab] with [|Ozone Color Scale](posted for reference - does not work well in our humid climate)

ENERGY: FOSSIL FUELS (Ch. 12)[[file:Chapter_12.ppt]]

 * [|Ch. 12 Notes]- class notes
 * **APES Ch. 12 Homework:p. 346-347 Review Questions #3-16 Thinking Environmentally #1, 3, 4**
 * [|Supplementary Notes: Nonrenewable Energy Resources (PJ Shlachtman)]
 * [|Cookie Mining Lab]- formal lab
 * [|CO2 Audit Mini-Lab: your contribution to global warming and what you can do about it]
 * [|CO2 Emissions from Fossil Fuel Burning activity] with [|data table]- adapted from [|Molnar]

ENERGY: NUCLEAR POWER (Ch. 13)[[file:Chapter_13.ppt]]

 * [|PHUHS Atom Review Notes]- on your own
 * [|Ch. 13 Notes]- class notes
 * **APES Ch. 13 Homework:p. 373 Review Questions #2-14 Thinking Environmentally #1-3**
 * [|Radioactivity and Half-Life (Coin-Flip) Mini-Lab]- optional homework

ENERGY: ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES (Ch. 14)[[file:Chapter_14.ppt]]
Test Chapter 12-14 Tues Dec 18 Week 14
 * [|Ch. 14 Notes]- class notes
 * **APES Ch. 14 Homework:p. 402 Review Questions #1-14 Thinking Environmentally #1, 3**
 * [|Supplementary Notes: Alternative Energy Resources (PJ Shlachtman)]
 * [|Supplementary Notes: Renewable Resources (PJ Shlachtman)]
 * [|Ch. 12-14 Multiple Choice Test Hints]

ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS AND HUMAN HEALTH (Ch. 15)

 * [|Ch. 15 Notes]- class notes
 * **APES Ch. 15 Homework:p. 432-433 Review Questions #1, 3, 4, 6-12 Thinking Environmentally #1-2**
 * [|Risk Perception and Risk Reality Mini-Lab] with [|expert rankings]
 * [|Air Pollution and Combustion of Materials]

PESTS AND PEST CONTROL (Ch. 16)

 * [|Ch. 16 Notes]- class notes
 * **APES Ch. 16 Homework:p. 460-461 Review Questions #2-4, 6-12 Thinking Environmentally #1-3**
 * [|Supplementary Notes: Pesticides and Pest Control (PJ Shlachtman)]
 * [|More Supplementary Notes on pesticides (PJ Shlachtman)]
 * [|Toxicology Lab (LD-50)]- formal lab
 * [|Ch. 15-16 Multiple Choice Test Hints]

Week 15 (5 days)

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE: DISPOSAL & RECOVERY (Ch. 18)

 * [|Ch. 18 Notes]- class notes
 * **APES Ch. 18 Homework:p. 510-511 Review Questions #1-12 Thinking Environmentally #1-4**
 * [|Recycling Notes]- class notes
 * [|Pinellas County Utilities Solid Waste Info Sheet]- class notes extension
 * [|Testing Plastics]- formal lab
 * [|Energy and Recycling]- class activity, adapted from [|Molnar]

HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS: POLLUTION & PREVENTION (Ch. 19)
Test Chapter 15-19 Due Jan 2
 * [|Ch. 19 Notes]- class notes
 * **APES Ch. 19 Homework:p. 536-537 Review Questions #1-15 Thinking Environmentally #2, 4, 5**
 * [|Minamata Disaster]- supplement
 * [|The Love Canal Tragedy]- supplement
 * [|Categories of Household Hazardous Waste (HHW)]- supplement
 * [|Total Environmental Releases of Chemicals: U.S.(from scorecard.org)]
 * [|Total Environmental Releases of Chemicals: Florida (from scorecard.org)]
 * [|Major Pollutants: Pinellas County (from scorecard.org)]
 * [|Supplementary Notes: Hazardous Waste (PJ Shlachtman)]
 * [|Ch. 18-19 Multiple Choice Test Hints]

Week 17 (4 days)

WILD SPECIES AND BIODIVERSITY (Ch. 10)

 * [|Ch. 10 Notes]- class notes
 * **APES Ch. 10 Homework:p. 287 Review Questions #1-13 Thinking Environmentally #2-5**
 * [|Biodiversity Activity]
 * [|Supplementary Notes: Sustaining Wild Species (PJ Shlachtman)]

ECOSYSTEM CAPITAL: USE AND RESTORATION (Ch. 11)
Test Chapter 10-11 Thurs Jan 4
 * [|Ch. 11 Notes]- class notes
 * **APES Ch. 11 Homework:p. 317-318 Review Questions #1-19 Thinking Environmentally #2-4**
 * [|Ch. 10-11 Multiple Choice Test Hints]

EARTH DAY
Week 18 (2 days)
 * [|Notes: All About Earth Day]

ECONOMICS, PUBLIC POLICY, AND THE ENVIRONMENT (Ch. 22)

 * **APES Ch. 22 Homework:p. 632-633 Review Questions #1-12 Thinking Environmentally #2, 5**

SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES AND LIFESTYLES (Ch. 23)
Test Chapter 22-23 Jan 8
 * **APES Ch. 23 Homework:p. 660-661 Review Questions #3-16 Thinking Environmentally #1**

LEGISLATION SUMMARY

 * [|EPA's Key Environmental Legislation List]

FOR THE AP EXAM

 * [|Exam Tips - from the APES chief reader]
 * [|FRQ Guide from CVHS Oregon]
 * [|APES: How to Write Essays]
 * [|**"The Many Ways To Go APE(S)"**]- resource for study/flash cards
 * [|APES Math Tips for the AP Exam]
 * [|Percent change]
 * [|Mr.Burkett's AP information]

AFTER THE AP EXAM

 * [|Environmental "Who's Who"]
 * [|Molecular Model Lab]

FINAL EXAM

 * [|APES Final Exam Review]

SEMESTER EXAM

 * [|Semester Exam Review]