Monday, September 28, 2020

Unit 2: Basic Ecology

Textbook Reading:
Chapter 3: Ecosystems - What Are They and How Do They Work?
Chapter 4: Biodiversity and Evolution


Click for the Unit 2 Activity Sheet.

Click to see a short video about this true story or view the "Cats in Borneo" story.

Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on The Nature Of Ecology.

Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Ecosystem Components.

Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Energy Flow in Ecosystems.

Click to watch a quick Khan Academy video explaining how to use dimensional analysis.

Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Soil.

Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Biogeochemical Cycles - The Nutrient Cycles - Hydrologic and Carbon Cycles.

Click to view the "Properties of Water" video.

Click to view the "Crash Course - Hydrologic and Carbon Cycles" video.

Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on The Nitrogen Cycle.

Click to view a very short Nitrogen Cycle video.

Click to view the "Crash Course - Nitrogen and Phosphorus Cycle" video.

Click to read the article "The Effects of the Haber Process on Fertilizers."

Click to read the article "Global Population and the Nitrogen Cycle."

Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on The Phosphorus and Sulfur Cycles.

Click to watch "The Phosphorus Cycle in 65 Seconds" video.

Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Investigating Ecosystems.

Click to watch Johan Rockstrom's TED talk "Let the Environment Guide Our Development" on Planetary Boundaries.

Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Biodiversity.

Click to view a picture of SHSW parking lots for the Biodiversity of a Parking Lot lab.

Click for an online biodiversity calculator.

Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Evolution and the Origin of Life.

Click to see a PowerPoint presentation that reviews Plate Tectonics.

Click to read the article "Evolution in Action."

Click to watch the "Speciation: An Illustrated Introduction" video.

Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Evolution and Biodiversity.

Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Species Diversity.

Click to go to the website for the Biodiversity Hotspots activity.

Saturday, September 5, 2020

Unit 1: Introduction to Environmental Science

Supplement 3: Environmental History of the U.S.
Chapter 2: Science, Matter, Energy and Systems
Supplement 4: Some Basic Chemistry
Supplement 2: Reading Graphs and Maps


Click for the Unit 1 Activity Sheet.

Click to watch the Bozeman Science video "Environmental Science."

Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Introduction to Environmental Science.

It's hard to believe facts and statistics at The World Counts.

Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Resources and Our Ecological Footprint.

Click to go to the website for the Ecological Footprint Calculator. Or try this link.

Click for the Smithsonian magazine article on Theodore Roosevelt "Where the Wild Things Are."

Click to read Garrett Hardin's "The Tragedy of the Commons."

Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on The Tragedy of the Commons.

Click to view a quick video explaining the Tragedy of the Commons.

Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Why Do We Have Environmental Problems?

Click to watch "The Lorax" video.

Click to read Jared Diamond's Discover magazine article "Easter's End."

Click to watch the short video "What Really Happened on Easter Island?"

Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture on How Does Science (and Environmental Science) Work?

Click to watch the "Clean Coal: Now is the Time" video and the "Dirty Business" video.

Click to see Units of Measure.

Click to see the Experimental Design Guide.

Click to view the PowerPoint presentation introducing the Ant Diversity Lab.

Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Types and Structure of Matter.

Click to view the handout showing common chemical formulas from the Types and Structure of Matter lecture.

Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Energy.

Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Systems and How They Work.



Other Interesting Links:

Click to watch the video "Home."

Click to read the New York Times article "Bugs in Manhattan Compete with Rats for Food Refuse."

Click to watch the Jim Carrey Environmental Guy video.

Friday, September 4, 2020

APES Course - General Inofrmation

Please be responsible and check your school email, Google Classroom, and Remind texts every day. Thank you.

Email Mr. Strieb or contact him through Google Classroom to get the class code for Remind texts, and then text that code to 81010.

Click here for the link to the course syllabus.

Click here for information about the AP Environmental Science course (the Course Contract).

Click here for lab safety information.

Click here for information about current events assignments.

Click here for the template for current events assignments.

Click here for the Meet the Teacher Powerpoint presentation.