Textbook Reading:
Chapter 5: Biodiversity, Species Interactions, and Population Control
Click for the Unit 4 Activity Sheet.
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture on Species Interactions.
Click to watch the video "How Nature Works - Barrier Island Foraging Strategies."
Click to view the video "Untamed Science: Symbiosis."
Click to read the article "Inbred Wolf Population on Isle Royale Collapses."
Click to watch the video "How Wolves Change Rivers."
Click to see a graphic explaining how wolves influence Yellowstone.
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Community Structure and Species Diversity.
Click for an online Biodiversity Calculator.
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture on Types of Species.
Click to watch the video "Strange Days on Planet Earth - Troubled Waters." The first 15 minutes are about frogs as an indicator species.
Click to read the article "Playing God in a Tide Pool."
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture on Ecological Succession.
Click to read the New York Times article "As Fires Grow, A New Landscape Appears in the West."
These links provide resources for the Fire Management Debate. Click to view the video "60 minutes: The Age of Megafires."
Click for links to resources for Fire Suppression - Smokey the Bear Approach: Smokey the Bear History and More Smokey the Bear.
Click for links to resources for Healthy Forests Initiative - The Bush Administration Approach: USDA Forest Service and Healthy Rangelands and Forests.
Click for links to resources for Integrated Fire Management - Example - The Nature Conservancy The Nature Conservancy, The Noble Foundation.
Click for links to Long Island-specific resources: a video clip, The Nature Conservancy, Community Preparedness for Wildfires.
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture on Population Dynamics and Carrying Capacity.
Click to see the graph for the Carrying Capacity lab.
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture on Reproductive Patterns.
Click to go to the website for the "How Big Is My Population?" activity.
Tuesday, November 24, 2020
Monday, October 26, 2020
Unit 3: Biomes and Climate
Textbook Reading:
7: Climate and Biodiversity
Supplement 5: Weather Basics – El Nino, Tornadoes and Tropical Cyclones
8: Aquatic Biodiversity
Click for the Unit 3 Activity Sheet.
Click to watch the short "World Biomes: An Introduction to Climate" video.
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Climate.
Click to watch the short video explaining the rain shadow effect.
Click for a quick animation on Coriolis Effect.
Click for an animation on Global Atmospheric Circulation.
Click for an animation on the Global Ocean Conveyor Belt.
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Weather.
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Introduction to Biomes.
Click for the websites that are part of the "Climatograms: Oranges or Olives" lab. The first website is for Mission Biomes: The Great Graph Match and To Plant or Not To Plant. The second website is for Ecosystems, Organisms and Trophic Levels.
Click to watch the "Biomes - Our Earth's Major Life Zones" video.
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Biomes Summary.
Click for the Missouri Botanical Gardens biomes website.
Click to watch the "NaturServe - Discovery, Understanding, Conservation" video.
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on El Nino.
Click the links for the "Predicting El Nino Lab." Click for the Sea Surface Temperature - 2011 map. Click for the Sea Surface Temperature - 2015 map. Click for the Chlorophyll a - 2011 map. Click for the Chlorophyll a - 2015 map. Click for the Sea Surface Temperature and Rainfall Anomaly - 1997 maps. Click for the Sea Surface Temperature and Rainfall Anomaly - 1998 maps. Click to find out the current status of El Nino today.
Click for the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Aquatic Environments.
Click for the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Saltwater Life Zones.
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Barrier Islands.
Click for the website for the "Barrier Islands" webquest.
Click here to see what they did to the dunes in Montauk in the fall of 2015. Here's what happened after a storm in the fall of 2016.
Click to watch the short "What is a Coral" video.
Click for the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Coral Reefs and Climate Change.
Click to watch a short video on attempts to save coral reefs.
Click for the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Freshwater Life Zones.
Click to watch the short video "How Lakes Cycle."
Click for the website for the Dissolved Oxygen and Primary Productivity Lab.
Click for the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Wetlands.
Click for the Scientific American article "Life in the Ocean."
Click for the Scientific American article "Wetlands."
7: Climate and Biodiversity
Supplement 5: Weather Basics – El Nino, Tornadoes and Tropical Cyclones
8: Aquatic Biodiversity
Click for the Unit 3 Activity Sheet.
Click to watch the short "World Biomes: An Introduction to Climate" video.
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Climate.
Click to watch the short video explaining the rain shadow effect.
Click for a quick animation on Coriolis Effect.
Click for an animation on Global Atmospheric Circulation.
Click for an animation on the Global Ocean Conveyor Belt.
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Weather.
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Introduction to Biomes.
Click for the websites that are part of the "Climatograms: Oranges or Olives" lab. The first website is for Mission Biomes: The Great Graph Match and To Plant or Not To Plant. The second website is for Ecosystems, Organisms and Trophic Levels.
Click to watch the "Biomes - Our Earth's Major Life Zones" video.
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Biomes Summary.
Click for the Missouri Botanical Gardens biomes website.
Click to watch the "NaturServe - Discovery, Understanding, Conservation" video.
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on El Nino.
Click the links for the "Predicting El Nino Lab." Click for the Sea Surface Temperature - 2011 map. Click for the Sea Surface Temperature - 2015 map. Click for the Chlorophyll a - 2011 map. Click for the Chlorophyll a - 2015 map. Click for the Sea Surface Temperature and Rainfall Anomaly - 1997 maps. Click for the Sea Surface Temperature and Rainfall Anomaly - 1998 maps. Click to find out the current status of El Nino today.
Click for the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Aquatic Environments.
Click for the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Saltwater Life Zones.
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Barrier Islands.
Click for the website for the "Barrier Islands" webquest.
Click here to see what they did to the dunes in Montauk in the fall of 2015. Here's what happened after a storm in the fall of 2016.
Click to watch the short "What is a Coral" video.
Click for the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Coral Reefs and Climate Change.
Click to watch a short video on attempts to save coral reefs.
Click for the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Freshwater Life Zones.
Click to watch the short video "How Lakes Cycle."
Click for the website for the Dissolved Oxygen and Primary Productivity Lab.
Click for the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Wetlands.
Click for the Scientific American article "Life in the Ocean."
Click for the Scientific American article "Wetlands."
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.
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.
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.
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.
Monday, May 18, 2020
Unit: News Literacy
Click to listen to NPR's On the Media segment "On the Anti-Vax Non-troversy."
Click to read the Washington Post article "Here’s How Scientific Misinformation, Such as Climate Doubt, Spreads Through Social Media."
Click to watch the Damaon Brown TED Ed video "How To Choose Your News."
Click to watch the video "#CancelGlovenadBoots."
Click to examine blurred lines - photos during hurricane Sandy and a newslcip about deepfake videos.
Click to go to The Onion.
Click to examine native advertising and see "How to Get Great Buns."
Click for John Oliver's discussion of native advertising on Last Week Tonight.
Click to read the Time article "Oreos May Be As Addictive As Cocaine."
Click to view the graph to see who trusts the media from NPR.
Click the links to get to fact checking websites:
snopes
politifact
factcheck
truth or fiction
Click to see a man who seems to die in every terrorist attack.
Click to read the World Economic Forum article "How Does Misinformation Spread Online?"
Click to go to the Nieman Lab website where you can see "How do you tell when the news is biased? It depends on how you see yourself."
Click to test your own implicit bias with science.
Click to watch John Oliver's demonstration of fairness in the media when discussing climate change on This Week Tonight.
Click to go to the Columbia Journalism Review's discussion of The New York Post's disgrace.
Click to go to the Verification Handbook's "Educator’s Guide: Types of Online Fakes."
Click to look at the tables in First Draft News' "Fake News. It's Complicated."
Click for the Washington Post article "For The ‘New Yellow Journalist,’ Opportunity Comes in Clicks and Bucks."
Click to see Newsday's "7 Ways to Spot and Debunk Fake News."
Click to watch the CNN video "Triple Check Before You Share."
Click to see On the Media's table "Breaking News Consumer’s Handbook, Fake News Edition."
Click to see Spurious Correlations.
Click to see Ben Goldacre's TED Talk video "Battling Bad Science."
Click to learn about the importance of the "First Follower: Leadership Lesson from Dancing Guy."
Click to watch the Neil deGrasse Tyson "Science in America."
Click to read the Washington Post article "Here’s How Scientific Misinformation, Such as Climate Doubt, Spreads Through Social Media."
Click to watch the Damaon Brown TED Ed video "How To Choose Your News."
Click to watch the video "#CancelGlovenadBoots."
Click to examine blurred lines - photos during hurricane Sandy and a newslcip about deepfake videos.
Click to go to The Onion.
Click to examine native advertising and see "How to Get Great Buns."
Click for John Oliver's discussion of native advertising on Last Week Tonight.
Click to read the Time article "Oreos May Be As Addictive As Cocaine."
Click to view the graph to see who trusts the media from NPR.
Click the links to get to fact checking websites:
snopes
politifact
factcheck
truth or fiction
Click to see a man who seems to die in every terrorist attack.
Click to read the World Economic Forum article "How Does Misinformation Spread Online?"
Click to go to the Nieman Lab website where you can see "How do you tell when the news is biased? It depends on how you see yourself."
Click to test your own implicit bias with science.
Click to watch John Oliver's demonstration of fairness in the media when discussing climate change on This Week Tonight.
Click to go to the Columbia Journalism Review's discussion of The New York Post's disgrace.
Click to go to the Verification Handbook's "Educator’s Guide: Types of Online Fakes."
Click to look at the tables in First Draft News' "Fake News. It's Complicated."
Click for the Washington Post article "For The ‘New Yellow Journalist,’ Opportunity Comes in Clicks and Bucks."
Click to see Newsday's "7 Ways to Spot and Debunk Fake News."
Click to watch the CNN video "Triple Check Before You Share."
Click to see On the Media's table "Breaking News Consumer’s Handbook, Fake News Edition."
Click to see Spurious Correlations.
Click to see Ben Goldacre's TED Talk video "Battling Bad Science."
Click to learn about the importance of the "First Follower: Leadership Lesson from Dancing Guy."
Click to watch the Neil deGrasse Tyson "Science in America."
Friday, May 8, 2020
Unit 14: Sustainability
Textbook Reading
Chapter 23: Economics, Environment, and Sustainability
Chapter 24: Politics, Environment, and Sustainability
Chapter 25: Environmental Worldviews, Ethics, and Sustainability
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Environmental Economics.
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Politics and the Environment.
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Sustainability.
Chapter 23: Economics, Environment, and Sustainability
Chapter 24: Politics, Environment, and Sustainability
Chapter 25: Environmental Worldviews, Ethics, and Sustainability
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Environmental Economics.
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Politics and the Environment.
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Sustainability.
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