Chapter 14: Nonrenewable Mineral Resources
Chapter 15: Nonrenewable Energy
Click for the Unit 12 Activity Sheet.
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Geologic Processes.
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Minerals, Rocks, and the Rock Cycle.
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Environmental Effects of Using Mineral Resources.
Click to watch the Smithsonian Channel video "The Land of Mountaintop Removal."
Click to go to the website for the Mountaintop Removal webquest.
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Using Mineral Resources More Sustainably.
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Net Energy and Types of Energy Resources.
Click to watch the Simpsons video clip "The Death of Radioactive Man."
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Oil.
Click to watch the video on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Click to watch the Scientific American Instant Egghead video "Will We Ever Run Out of Oil?"
Click to watch the Post Carbon Institute video "The Ultimate Roller Coaster Ride: An Abbreviated History of Fossil Fuels."
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture on Natural Gas.
Click for the link to Mapping the Shale Gas Boom.
Click to view the video "Fracking Explained: Opportunity or Danger."
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Coal.
Click to watch the "How Do They Do It video on Coal Mining."
Click to watch the quick video on Clean Coal.
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Nuclear Energy.
Click to watch the video "How Nuclear Energy Works."
Click to watch the video "Chernobyl: The World's Worst Nuclear Disaster."
Thursday, April 22, 2021
Sunday, April 18, 2021
Unit 11: Food and Pests
Textbook Reading
Chapter 12: Food Production and The Environment
Click for the Unit 11 Activity Sheet.
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Food Security and Nutrition.
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Food Production.
Click to watch the video "Some Food for Thought."
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation notes on Environmental Impacts of Food Production.
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Soil Erosion and Degradation.
Click to watch the Conservation International video "Nature Is Speaking – Edward Norton is The Soil."
Click to watch the video "Desertification."
Click to see what happened In The Time It Took to Form One Inch of Soil.
Click to read The Economist article "Afforestation in China - Great Green Wall."
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Soil Conservation.
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on The Green Revolution and The Gene Revolution.
Click to view the video "GMO: The Ascending Era."
Click to read the Scientific American article "Are Engineered Foods Evil?"
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on More Meat, Fish and Shellfish.
Click to see the graphic in Sierra Magazine for "Innovate - Manure to Money."
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Pest Management.
Click to watch the video "Bt Corn: Genetic Modification and Refuges."
Click to watch the video "The Death Of Bees Explained – Parasites, Poison and Humans"
Click to read the New York Times article "Farmers Cope With Roundup-Resistant Weeds."
Click for the first website (Six Steps for Profitable and Environmentally Sound Management of Crop Pests) for the Pesticide Webquest. Click for the second website (EWG's Dirty Dozen and Clean Fifteen).
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture.
Click to view the video "Michael Pollan: Twinkie vs. Carrot."
Other Interesting Links:
Click to watch the video "DDT Let's Put It Everywhere 1946."
Click to watch the video "Grocery Store Wars."
Chapter 12: Food Production and The Environment
Click for the Unit 11 Activity Sheet.
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Food Security and Nutrition.
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Food Production.
Click to watch the video "Some Food for Thought."
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation notes on Environmental Impacts of Food Production.
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Soil Erosion and Degradation.
Click to watch the Conservation International video "Nature Is Speaking – Edward Norton is The Soil."
Click to watch the video "Desertification."
Click to see what happened In The Time It Took to Form One Inch of Soil.
Click to read The Economist article "Afforestation in China - Great Green Wall."
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Soil Conservation.
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on The Green Revolution and The Gene Revolution.
Click to view the video "GMO: The Ascending Era."
Click to read the Scientific American article "Are Engineered Foods Evil?"
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on More Meat, Fish and Shellfish.
Click to see the graphic in Sierra Magazine for "Innovate - Manure to Money."
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Pest Management.
Click to watch the video "Bt Corn: Genetic Modification and Refuges."
Click to watch the video "The Death Of Bees Explained – Parasites, Poison and Humans"
Click to read the New York Times article "Farmers Cope With Roundup-Resistant Weeds."
Click for the first website (Six Steps for Profitable and Environmentally Sound Management of Crop Pests) for the Pesticide Webquest. Click for the second website (EWG's Dirty Dozen and Clean Fifteen).
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture.
Click to view the video "Michael Pollan: Twinkie vs. Carrot."
Other Interesting Links:
Click to watch the video "DDT Let's Put It Everywhere 1946."
Click to watch the video "Grocery Store Wars."
Monday, April 5, 2021
2021 AP Environmental Science Exam Review
The in-class 2021 AP Environmental Science Exam is Friday May 14th at noon.
Click to go to the College Board APES Exam Student Page.
Click to review the AP Environmental Science Course At A Glance. This document from the College Board lists all of the topics covered on the APES exam. Note that at Smithtown High School West the course is taught in a different order. Our units are different than on this website; we cover all of the material, just in a different order.
As part of this course you should have learned certain distinct skills, called science practices, that that will help you learn to think and act like an environmental scientist. This document lists these science practices, describes them, and shows the approximate weighting of each skill on both the multiple choice and free response parts of the APES exam.
There are four Big Ideas in APES that are themes that run throughout the course. If you can weave some themes from these Big Ideas into your answers to the free response questions, you will improve your score.
The following links are here for you to use as you see fit. Some are fairly general, while others are pretty specific. You probably cannot use them all, so pick and choose those on topics with which you need more of a review. We will not be using these in class and they will not be required assignments; they are for you to use on your own.
If you find other useful resources that would help other students, please send the link to me (mstrieb@smithtown.k12.ny.us) and I will post them here.
The College Board is offering online videos at the College Board AP Environmental Science YouTube Channel. Note the numbers in the title of each video. They refer to College Board Units. Note that there are no videos on College Board units 8 and 9.
APES Year in Review PowerPoint
Free Response Question Tips PowerPoint
VIDEOS
APES in a Box - A series of lots of videos on many topics covered on the APES Exam. Visit their Vimeo channel and browse.
Bozeman Science - Another series of many video lectures on many topics covered on the APES Exam.
Crash Course has videos on lots of topics for lots of courses. While there is not an Environmental Science course on its own, you can find some useful videos under Ecology, Biology and Chemistry.
This video provides an APES Legislation Review.
WEBSITES
This NY Times interactive website "Timeline: 70 Years of Environmental Change" is an excellent review of major events in environmental science.
Use this website to play Legislative Jeopardy. It provides a fun APES law review.
The College Board provides this useful Energy Primer for the APES Student.
This Quizlet study set 140 Ways to Go APES gives 140 quick words and facts that you need to know for the APES Exam. You can put them in flash card form
This website gives 145 Ways to Go APE - repetitive with the Quizlet above, but with some additions.
Click to view the NATE Chart study guide for Environmental Science and the Bar Chart Quick Study Guide for Environmental Science. These have an incredible amount of information on them. Use them to review quick factoids.
Click to go to the College Board APES Exam Student Page.
Click to review the AP Environmental Science Course At A Glance. This document from the College Board lists all of the topics covered on the APES exam. Note that at Smithtown High School West the course is taught in a different order. Our units are different than on this website; we cover all of the material, just in a different order.
As part of this course you should have learned certain distinct skills, called science practices, that that will help you learn to think and act like an environmental scientist. This document lists these science practices, describes them, and shows the approximate weighting of each skill on both the multiple choice and free response parts of the APES exam.
There are four Big Ideas in APES that are themes that run throughout the course. If you can weave some themes from these Big Ideas into your answers to the free response questions, you will improve your score.
The following links are here for you to use as you see fit. Some are fairly general, while others are pretty specific. You probably cannot use them all, so pick and choose those on topics with which you need more of a review. We will not be using these in class and they will not be required assignments; they are for you to use on your own.
If you find other useful resources that would help other students, please send the link to me (mstrieb@smithtown.k12.ny.us) and I will post them here.
The College Board is offering online videos at the College Board AP Environmental Science YouTube Channel. Note the numbers in the title of each video. They refer to College Board Units. Note that there are no videos on College Board units 8 and 9.
APES Year in Review PowerPoint
Free Response Question Tips PowerPoint
VIDEOS
APES in a Box - A series of lots of videos on many topics covered on the APES Exam. Visit their Vimeo channel and browse.
Bozeman Science - Another series of many video lectures on many topics covered on the APES Exam.
Crash Course has videos on lots of topics for lots of courses. While there is not an Environmental Science course on its own, you can find some useful videos under Ecology, Biology and Chemistry.
This video provides an APES Legislation Review.
WEBSITES
This NY Times interactive website "Timeline: 70 Years of Environmental Change" is an excellent review of major events in environmental science.
Use this website to play Legislative Jeopardy. It provides a fun APES law review.
The College Board provides this useful Energy Primer for the APES Student.
This Quizlet study set 140 Ways to Go APES gives 140 quick words and facts that you need to know for the APES Exam. You can put them in flash card form
This website gives 145 Ways to Go APE - repetitive with the Quizlet above, but with some additions.
Click to view the NATE Chart study guide for Environmental Science and the Bar Chart Quick Study Guide for Environmental Science. These have an incredible amount of information on them. Use them to review quick factoids.
Saturday, April 3, 2021
Unit 10: Human Health
Textbook Reading
Chapter 17: Environmental Hazards and Human Health
Click for the Unit 10 Activity Sheet.
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Risks and Hazards.
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Biological Hazards.
Click to go to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website and the World Health Organization website for the infectious disease project.
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Chemical Hazards.
Click to view the video "The Story of Cosmetics."
Click to watch the video "NBC: Hormones in Water Turn Male Fish Into Females."
Click to view the movie trailer for the film "Toxic Hot Seat."
Click to watch the video "Union Carbide Disaster in Bhopal India - Flashback - NBC News."
Click to go to the website for the "Dirty Dozen Endocrine Disruptors."
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Toxicology – Evaluating Chemical Hazards.
Click to view the video "How to Use Semilog Graph Paper" for the Using Brine Shrimp to Determine LD50 lab.
Click to read the Scientific American article "Do Low Doses of BPA Harm People?"
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Risk Analysis.
Chapter 17: Environmental Hazards and Human Health
Click for the Unit 10 Activity Sheet.
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Risks and Hazards.
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Biological Hazards.
Click to go to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website and the World Health Organization website for the infectious disease project.
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Chemical Hazards.
Click to view the video "The Story of Cosmetics."
Click to watch the video "NBC: Hormones in Water Turn Male Fish Into Females."
Click to view the movie trailer for the film "Toxic Hot Seat."
Click to watch the video "Union Carbide Disaster in Bhopal India - Flashback - NBC News."
Click to go to the website for the "Dirty Dozen Endocrine Disruptors."
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Toxicology – Evaluating Chemical Hazards.
Click to view the video "How to Use Semilog Graph Paper" for the Using Brine Shrimp to Determine LD50 lab.
Click to read the Scientific American article "Do Low Doses of BPA Harm People?"
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Risk Analysis.
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