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Fall 2007 - Spring 2008
Wildlife ID Page

COURSE INFO
About APES, Syllabus, Grading, AP Scores

SCHEDULE
Daily Schedule

RESOURCES
AP Exam, Textbook On-Line, Web sites, misc. forms

PROJECTS
EJ #1

UNIT
TOPICS
UNIT
RESOURCES
WEB RESOURCES
** = required
ASSIGNMENTS & PROJECTS

UNIT
1

 Environmental Science Overview

Living Sustainably

History of Conservation

Science, Systems, Matter and Energy

Ch 1 Objectives

Ch 1 Outline

Miller PP Ch 1
Ch 2 Objectives
Ch 2 Outline

Miller PP Ch 2

Ch 3 Objectives
Ch 3 Outline
Miller PP Ch 3
Science, Thinking and Methods Notes
Deeper look at Rule of 70
BBC State of the Planet
Environmental Sustainability Index

Environmental History Timeline

Environmental Milestones
Worst Mistake in History?
**Scientific Method diagram
Another Scientific Method Summary
  •  More for Less
  • Tragedy of Commons
  • State of Environmental Issues
  • Something's Fishy
  • WS - Variables and Controls
  • Ch 3 Presentations
  • V - Chemistry and Environment
  • Salinization Lab

CH 3 Web Study Guide

         

UNIT
2

 Principles of Ecology

“Modern Society will find no solution to the ecological problem unless it takes a serious look at its lifestyles.”
Pope John Paul II

 

 

 

 

 

ECOLOGY
Ch 4 Objectives
Ch 4 Outline

Miller PP Ch 4

 

Basic Ecology - Marietta Collge
Food Chains/Webs/Pyramids
Walking with Ghosts
Whale Food Web
Hydrothermal Vents
**Primary Productivity - SF Bay
MIT Productivity Slides
What Are Phytoplankton?
NPP Research Summary
NPP and CO2 Enrichment

 MAPS

CYCLES

 

 

ECOJOURNAL #1

DUE November 8&9

UNIT

3

 

Evolution and Biodiversity

"Facts do not 'speak for themselves', they are read in the light of theory"
S.J.Gould

EVOLUTION
Ch 5 Objectives
Ch 5 Outline
 
 
 

 

Biogeography

  • Weather, Climate and Biomes
Ch 6 Outline
 

 

 

**Weather and Climate PP

 
 
 
 
 
 
  •  Tarbuck #12 - Earth and Sun
  • Tarbuck #13 Atmospheric Heating
  • HO - Layers of A
  • V - El Nino
  • Biomes
  • Biomes - web site
  • V - Biomes

 

UNIT

4

Community Ecology

 


 

 

Population Dynamics

 


 
CH 8 Goals

Ch 8 Outline

Ch 8 Miller PP

CH 8 Quiz

 

Ch 9 Goals

 

Ch 9 Outline

CH 9 Miller PP

Ch 9 Quiz

 

 

Resources

  • Population & Community Ecology Research Group

    The work of this group is at the forefront of addressing pure and applied issues that include the importance of species diversity and interactions in the provision of ecosystem services, the impact of pollutants, disease and invasive species on communities, the role of microbes in ecosystem functioning and the scaling from individual life histories to community dynamics.

Current Events - extra credit questions on unit test

More evangelicals concluding God is green

Traditionally conservative movement moving to embrace ‘creation care’

To Slow Amazon Fires, Scientists Light Their Own
In need of a caped crusader
 
  • CH 8 Study Guide
  • V - Scienctific American Frontiers - "Wildlife"
  • NGS Video - Mimicry and Camo
  • Coyote Case Study
  • Deer Carrying Capacity
  • Kaibab Deer Ecology
  • Wildlife Journal Video Clips

 

UNIT

5

Human Populations, Risk, Toxicology and Health

 

Ch 12 Goals

Ch 12 Outline

Ch 12 PP

Ch 11 Health/Risk Summary

 

PROJECT - Pick Your Disease

US Census Bureau - use for Pyramid HW

"Census and Sensibility: Population and Resources" - Hoover Institution Radio Program

 

UNIT 5 CURRENT EVENTS

 

 
 
 
 
  • Disease presentation
  • Population Pyramids
  • Risk assessment
  • Virus Town
  • LC50 Lab
  • Phyical Risks Video

 

 

UNIT

6

Soils

 

Food Resources

 

Pesticides and Pest Control

 

Soils Outline

Soils Summary

 

Food Outline

Food Summary

 

Pests Outline
 

Resources

 

Current Events

  • Soils Lab
  • Diet and Land Use Activity
  • V - Feed The World
  • V - GM Foods(NCSU)

CURRENT UNIT

UNIT
7

  Mineral Resources

Non-Mineral Resources

Fossil Fuels

Alternative Energy Resources

Energy Usage and Conservation

Mineral Recsources - covers material in CH 10, Sec 1-4 and Ch 15 Sec 1-4

Mining Notes - study worksheet

 
Energy Resources - cover 15-5 thru 15-9
 
Alt. Energy Resources - class presentations
 
UNIT 7 CURRENT EVENTS
 
  • Mining PP worksheet(posted Mon)

Check this out..........

WORLD CLOCK

UNIT 7 and 8 are now merged


UNIT

8

Air and Air Pollution

Climate Change and Ozone Levels

Air Pollution Outline

 

Air Pollution Summary

 

Climate Change and Ozone
 
 
 
CURRENT EVENTS
  • Colorful Idea Sparks Renewable Electricity From Painting Solar Cells
 

 

 

 



ENERGY PRACTICE TEST

 

 

UNIT

9

Aquatic Ecology

 

Water Resources

 

 

Water Pollution

Water Resources Outline

Water Resources Summary

Water Pollution - pdf slides

Water Pollution Outline

Water Pollution Summary

***Aquatic Food Webs
 
 
UNIT 6 CURRENT EVENTS
March 2008 - Will dams again rise across the West?
March 2008 - Meds in Drinking Water
March 2008 - Drugs in water causing troubling problems to fish, wildlife
March 2008 - West Coast salmon fishing ban weighed
Appeals Court Tosses Plan to Settle Oregon Water Dispute
Water shortages will leave world in dire straits
Dam it All
Dupont in NC
Toxic river in China reflects deeper problems
 
  • V - Biology of Ponds and Lakes
  • V - NGS - WATER
  • V - Troubled Waters
  • Mini-ecosystem Study

 

 

UNIT

10

 Urbanization

Waste

 
Urbanization Outline
 
Waste Outline
 
Waste Summary
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

UNIT

11

 Sustaining Biodiversity

  • Wild Species
  • Terrestrial Biodiversity
  • Aquatic Biodiversity

 

 
Wild Species
 
Terrestrial BioDiv
 
Aquatic BioDiv
 
CURRENT EVENTS
 
 
 
 
 
Earthaven is an aspiring ecovillage in a mountain forest setting near Asheville, North Carolina. We are dedicated to caring for people and the Earth by learning, living, and demonstrating a holistic, sustainable culture

 

UNIT

12

Politics, Economics, Ethics, Legislation
 
 
Politics Outline
 
Economics Outline
 
Ethics Outline
 
 

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PDF Outlines and Objectives Courtesy Gayle Evans, Gainesville HS FL