AP+EnviSci


 * Welcome to AP Environmental Science! ****Always try your BEST & this class will be FUN!**

Parents & Students:
 * What does "AP" mean?? See the College Board resources: click [|here].
 * What does AP Environmental mean? Click [|here]
 * The **AP Test**: **Monday, May 6, 2013.**
 * 100 Multiple choice questions, 4 Free Response Questions (essays), No calculators
 * Value if passed: 3 college credits!
 * [|Tips for students]

**ANNOUNCEMENTS:** Budget document

**LINKS:** __[|Geologic Timeline Visual Tour]__ __[|Geologic Timeline Webquest] __ __[|El Nino Southern Oscillation data] __ __[|ENSO Link #2] __ __[|CarbonTIME Pretest] __ [|Textbook companion site]  Review Online with Quizzes  APES Web Resources  Environmental Council  Encyclopedia of Earth  Earth Touch Videos  [|Ecological Footprint Calculator]  **Chapter core concepts worksheet**: **Course information packet**: [|Helpful Website] [|Dimensional Analysis Video]
 * [|Flashcards]
 * [|Quizzes]
 * Science Seminar ("Current Events") Guidelines: [[file:ScienceSeminar_InstructionsAPES.pdf]]**
 * Acceptable sources:** [|BBC Science & Environment], [|Environmental News Network], [|National Geographic Environment], or [|Emerging Nanotechnologies]
 * || <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">**CLASS NOTES** || <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14.66px;">**HOMEWORK:** ||
 * Unit 0: Background Math Skills || **Help with** "**factor label method" (conversions)**!
 * Khan Academy VIDEOS**
 * __[|LONG DIVISION]__**

1) [|Multiplying fractions] 2) [|Basic Method] 3) [|Metric Conversions] 4) [|More metric]

1) [|Review] 2) [|Practice problems I] 3) [|Practice Problems II] 1) [|Review] 2) [|During calculations] || **Due Fri, 3/22:** Study for POLLUTION (student seminars & classwork) & POPULATION (Ch 6) **test**.
 * Scientific Notation**
 * Significant Figures**
 * Due ongoing:** Science Seminar presentations: POLLUTION: Research presentation AND guided handout for peers.
 * Due Mon, 3/11:** Practice Long Division **[|HERE] AND** Graph your two countries' population pyramids **AND** complete the Chapter 5.3 & 6 packet with population calculation practice problems.
 * Due Thurs, 2/28:** Create a poster of carbon pools for your 1 m x 1 m plot.
 * Due Tues, 2/26:** Read handout about Carbon pools
 * Due Mon, 2/11:** Core concepts & online quiz for Ch 5 (Optional extra credit for also doing chapter 4).
 * Due Fri, 2/8:** Prepare for a nitrogen cycle & eutrophication quiz
 * Due Thurs, 2/7:** Graphic organizers on the back of TWO readings: Nitrogen cycle & Eutrophication
 * Due Tues, 12/18:** Surface area : volume ratio worksheet, #1-5
 * Due Fri, 12/7:** Core Concepts, Ch 12.
 * Due Thurs, 12/6:** Revised experimental procedure for porosity & permeability
 * Due Mon 12/3:** Start Experiment #2 in your lab book where you (1) Answer the pre-lab questions, and (2) Invent a hypothesis and method for measuring soil porosity and permeability. See the assignment sheet: [[file:PorosityandpermeabilityLabDesign.pdf]]
 * Due Fri, 11/30:** Complete the Ch 19 Packet; be prepared for a Factor label Friday & Ch 19 quiz.
 * Due Wed, 11/28:** Finish the soil graphic organizer for Ch 12 Section 3, and use the first three nutrients from [|this] for the back.
 * Due Tues, 11/27:** Reflection on your grade (front & back; look on SchoolNet for your % grade).
 * Due Tues, 11/20:** Core concepts from Ch 18.
 * Due Tues, 11/13:** 3-paragraph essay evaluating the three aspects of public speaking in "An Inconvenient Truth" film. See details here: [[file:AnInconvenientTruthHW.pdf]]
 * Due Thurs, 11/8:** Get AP sign-up sheet signed and bring in the $5 ASAP. Work on your next Science Seminar presentation.
 * Due Mon, 11/5:** Core Concepts: Ch 3.2 and Ch 19.4.
 * Due Thurs, 11/1:** Be prepared for a Geologic Timeline Quiz.
 * Due Tues, 10/30:** Geologic Time Webquest
 * Due Fri, 10/26:** Thorough answers to both FRQ questions assigned Monday. Answers should be hand-written on separate paper and stapled to the handout.
 * Due Thurs, 10/25:** Complete the ENSO project from class Tuesday.
 * Due Tues, 10/23: (1)** Research and answer #1-3 on the back of the "Preparing for FRQs" (2) READ both FRQ questions assigned today.
 * Due Mon, 10/22:** Try the test calculation questions again; open notes.
 * Due Wed, 10/17:** Study for the Earth's Energy Budget Test 10/17!
 * Due Tues., 10/16:** Finish the Insolation/Seasons Lab. See today's notes to the left ("Insolation Lab").
 * Due FRI, 10/12:** (1) Radish seed germination lab report (individual) & visual aid for your presentation (team).
 * Due Thurs, 10/11:** Read the Thermodynamics article and answer questions #1-10 using complete sentences.
 * Due Wed, 10/10 @ 8pm:** Send me your email account so I can add you to our wiki website!
 * Due Fri 10/5:** Earthquake project. NOTE: YOU MAY CHOSE ANY THREE CITIES THAT BORDER THE PACIFIC or INDIAN OCEANS (including international cities).
 * Due Wed, 10/3:** (1) Simpson's Experimental design worksheet, (2) Core concepts. 2 for each: Ch 14.1, 14.2, 18.1 and S47-49 (in the back of the book). **Geosphere Test**
 * Due 9/6/12**: Summer HW articles, math packet, and graphing packet. Read the directions, please!!!
 * Due 9/12:** Practice problems (metric system; front & back except for the riddle (#4)
 * Due 9/13:** SOLUTIONS (showing work in the factor label method) to the word problems. Bring questions to class to ask before the test!Scientific notation review - Quiz!
 * Due 9/19**: Personal narrative (what you are most proud of and what your top THREE VALUES/PRIORITIES are). Max: 2 pages, Min: 2 paragraphs. Typed for extra credit.
 * Due Fri, 9/21:** [[file:PlateTectonics_WebquestWorksheet.pdf]] ([|Website]) Neatness counts!
 * Due Mon, 9/24:** Chapter 1 Core Concepts.
 * Due Tues, 9/25:** Study your webquest for a plate tectonics quiz (3 types of plate boundaries and the //stress// and //fault// //​type// ​associated with each. ||