Welcome to AP Environmental Science. Look here for assignments and other updates throughout the year. Check the APES Docs Button for class handouts.

MP #1 Signed Contracts and Course Descriptions. Complete Personal Environmental Survey.

9/3 read ch 1, complete questions 1-10

9/4 Env Advertisement - Who is advertizing what?

9/8 Complete CH 1 reading. Complete Georges Banks Fisheries assignment. --See Docs Page
9/9 Read Hardin Excerpts, complete Antarctica TOC questions.
9/10 Review for exam.

CH 1 Exam Friday, Sept 11
9/11 Read CH 3; complete Truax Questions. View National Geographic article on Chocolate - http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/news/environment-news/domrep-cacao-wcvin.html

9/14 Complete CH 3 Questions 3.1
9/15 Eating at a lower Tropic Level questions 1,2 and any internet work not completed in class today
9/16 Questions 3.2
CH 3 Quiz Friday 9/18

9/21Read Ch 4 complete 4.1 questions
9/22 UNderstanding the Underdog

9/23 Ecotone

9/24 4.2 Questions

9/28 Read An Elephant Crackup (see docs page)

9/29 Complete Acorn Essay (22 min only!!!) and read Conservation for the People (class handout)

10/5 Global Population and the Nitrogen cycle

10/6 CH 5.1 questions

CH 4-5.1 (Nitrogen, Phosphorous, Carbon, Sulfur cycles) Exam Thursday 10/8

10/9 Read Chapter 5 part 2 - pgs 95-109. Review Specific Heat lab. We will perform this Tues.
10/13 Complete Specific Heat qalculations from class today. Rememebr, the higher the specific heat, the longer it takes for a material to gain in temperature.

10/14 Question set 5.2
10/15 Complete the Specific heat tutorial questions distributed 2-3 days ago. You can choose to view the websites noted, but you must complete the 3 specific heat calculations at the end of the packet. Show your work and your units!

10/16 Read the remainder of Chapter 5 and complete the current event Assignemnt.

10/19 Surface ocean currents assignment

10/20 Read 505 -515 - Water Quality - We will be evaluating water quality on Friday afternoon.

10/21 Geology self-tutorial - ANyone who did not submit Permission slips today must put them in my box before school starts Friday morning.

10/22 Complete stream cleaner from class and Geology self-tutorial

10/23 Geology Self-tutorial - I expect you to have worked through pages 1-3 by Tuesday. The last page is optional.

10/26

CH 5 exam Wednesday 10/28 (Hydrologic cycle-atmosphere -geology. Be sure to include coriolos adn El Nino in your studies. Climate affects ecosystems and these both affect climate).

10/28 Read chapter 6. Group Project will be annonced in class Thurs. Have your groups of 3-4 ready.
10/30Work on Natural Places Projects. Summaries are due 11/ 9/09

11/2 Complete CH 6 Questions. They are due Wed in class. I will discuss Aquatic ecosystems, but will expect you to be up to speed--ready to ask supplemental questions. If you are unclear on how to respond to the wetland questions or feel you just need need more information, I STRONGLY suggest that you check out this EPA resource: http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/. --what,why, how...Wetlands will be discussed in numerous upcoming units as we discuss human interaction and regulation.

11/6 Read chapter 15 - Soils. Be sure you know the contents of chapter 6 - even the topics I did not review in class. You will have a CH 6 exam late next week (Friday) after presentations are completed. I will be giving notes on CH 15 between presentations.

11/9 Ch 15 Questions 1-7 (see docs page)
11/10 We will be outside for a bit tomorrow. Begin Soil conservation, Degredation, desertification assignment. I'll expect it to be finished by Monday.

11/11Study for CH 6 Quiz. Complete the take home (discussion) questions for submission Friday. Selected questions will be graded and added to your quiz grade Friday. No, I will not tell you which ones they are.

1/13 Quiz tomorrow. Bring in your take home section questions. Be sure to review all sections of CH 6, including the case study segments featuring ecosystems and natural places we did not have he chance to discuss. We talked about a number of aquatic ecosystme which tied in nicely which the stream quality investigation we did at Indian Ledge. Be sure to review the effects of human activities on aquatic ecosystems and the tests commonly done to assess water quality. Finally, review your presentation notes. Know those biomes.

11/13 CH 6 MC Quiz - Including questions about natural place presentations.