AP Environmental Science Period 1 Assignments

Final Project Part 2: Findings and Reflection

Report to the class (no presentation needed) on the responses to your interviews.

 

A written summary of your findings and reflection is due with your oral report to the class.

 

Interview results and Obstacle analysis

1. Describe who you interviewed, their role in the solution, and their responses to your ideas
2. Describe the obstacles the interviews revealed. Be specific and detailed
3. Find out why people are reluctant to implement your solution and negotiate with them to find out what it would take to get them to actually implement it

Adjustments/Mitigations

1. Using the information from your interviews and the negotiations with your audience, describe how you have adjusted your solution so that it can be implemented.

Reflection

1. What did you learn about improving sustainability?
2. Describe whether or not this change you proposed could really happen.

Write a three paragraph reflection on the documentary you viewed to day if you didn't complete it in classe

Write a three paragraph reflection on the documentary you viewed to day if you didn't complete it in classe

Present Final Project Part 1: Making your case

Slide show should include:

Turn your slide show into the google share https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BxeZ9fqKCtq8XzViRW01UU05UU0

 

See grading rubric below

 

Write a three paragraph reflection on the documentary you viewed to day if you didn't complete it in classe

Present Final Project Part 1: Making your case

Slide show should include:

Turn your slide show into the google share https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BxeZ9fqKCtq8XzViRW01UU05UU0

 

See grading rubric below

 

AP Environmental Science Exam Day !!!

 

Don't forget to

 

See the website link for preparations

 

Second Semester Final Multiple Choice

The test will cover the following topic areas from this semester:

Use the the following to prepare for the second semester final

1. Your test corrections
2. Your study guides
3. Chapter Powerpoints (Find them by scrolling through past test dates)
4. Review topic sheet attached below

Test on energy chapters 19, 20, 21

This topic has many possible FRQ's  Some are document based (DBQ's) and others are math based. 

 

http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/exam/exam_information/2003.html

DBQ

• 2004-3 Radioactive Waste
• 2005-3 Coal mining
• 2006-1 Solar Power
• 2012-1 Fossil Fuels vs Nuclear Power
• 2014-1 Nuclear Power

• 2000-1 Power and BTU
• 2001-1 Heating and BTU
• 2002-1 Electric Cars
• 2004-2 Coal Power Plant
• 2005-4 ANWR
• 2007-2 Home water and energy
• 2008-1 Biodiesel
• 2009-2 Methane Digesters and Electricity
• 2011-3 Electricity and Power
• 2012-2 Alternative Energy and Forests
• 2013-2 Electric Vehicles

Read chapter 21 and complete the attached study guide

Read Chapter 20 and complete the attached study guide

Read chapter 19 and answer the attached study guide questions

Test on Resource Management

Possible FRQ's

http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/exam/exam_information/2003.html#name05

• 2005 #3 Coal mine restoration
• 2006 #4 Fishing
• 2008 #3 Forests
• 2011 #2 Coral Reefs
• 2015 #4 Urban Sprawl

Complete the following Study Guides

Complete Mining Study Guide (Understanding Mining)
You can use the internet or the attached information pages

 

Complete Soil Worksheet

Read Ch10 GMO

Study Guide Ch 10  Read pages273-280 to answer questions 15-34

Continue Presentations

Ch 10 Reading and Study Guide

Read pages 263-272 for questions 1-14 and  pages 280-289 for questions 35-44

 

 

•  Answer questions 1-33 on the Chapter 9 study guide.

 

You should complete your Spring Report Research and Presentation.  The instructions can be found at the following link:

 

Presentations will be given in the order on the sign up sheets and the presentations will start the week of Feb.

 

Also:

Bring two, 2 liter plastic bottles per group.  The bottles should be clear (not green)

Test on Populations

 

• FRQ’s
• 2000 #4 Age Structure Diagrams
• 2003 #2 Population Rates
• 2008 #4 Population totals

Complete Population Math Worksheet handed out in class.

• Quiz: Demographic Transition Model
• Read Ch8 Human Populations
• Complete Ch8 study guide (4-25)

• Read the pages in Chapter 5 on Population Ecology (pp125-136)
• Answer study guide questions on Chapter 5 (1-15) and
• Read pp 207-2113 in Chapter 8
• Answer study guide questions on Chapter 8 (1-3)
• Be prepared for quiz
• Be prepared for panel discussion on question provided after the test (You were expected to complete your research in class after the test)  You should have a page of printed notes to turn in after the discussion.

Test on Chapter 17 Air Pollution

Review the Following FRQ's

• 1999 #3 Air Pollution graph
• 2001 #3 air pollutants and effects, sick building syndrome
• 2007 #3 Destruction of stratospheric ozone
• 2007 #4 Outdoor air pollution and temperature
• 2013#3 Ozone, Montreal Protocol

AP Link: http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/exam/exam_information/2003.html

Quiz on Big 6

Read pp 494-500 about indoor air pollution.

Answer study guide questions 58-65.

Quiz on Science of Atmosphere.

Read pages 480 to 494.   Be sure to read the insert about CFCs on Page 490

Answer questions 18-57 in the Study Guide

 

Read Pages 473 - 480.  Be sure to read the case study about the Killer London Fog

Complete Study Guide Questions 1-17

 

 

First Semester Final

To prepare for the final, you should review the following:

Study for test on Chapter 22 Waste Management and Wastewater treatment.

Read the rest of Chapter 22 on Municipal Solid waste and answer questions 40-58 on the study guide.

Complete Part 4 of Green Holiday. 

Be sure to find a way to show evidence of your efforts to reduce your holiday impact on the environment.

Also, include a short reflection paragraph explaining the how the effort turned out (Good and/or bad)

 

Waste Management Assignment  (This isn't really due until the 11th but you can get it done early if you want.)

1. Find 2-3 slides on your topic and add them in the appropriate location on your period’s google docs slide show.  Find the shared slide show for your period at the following link:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BxeZ9fqKCtq8VXIzMVJFNElLYlE

1. Write a script using the following template (a short 5 minute or less video will earn extra credit if it is helpful.
2. Be prepared to present your slides using your script

 

Script:

• My concept is ________________________.
• This concept is related to waste management because…
• My first image is helpful for understanding my concept because it shows…
• My second image is helpful for understanding my concept because it shows…
• My third image is helpful for understanding my concept because it shows…
• Extra credit: My ___ minute video is helpful for understanding my concept because it shows…
• What is interesting about my concept is…

 

 

Zero Waste Homework

Watch the following videos and answer the questions below

• Subaru Zero waste facility 7 min
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOGI5WnPLZk

• Subaru Plant manager talks about zero waste factory 13 min https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0dUIokVcDc

• Shocking Scale of Waste and the myth of recycling 5min https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTgTWLYCeOU

• A town that is almost zero waste 5 min
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eym10GGidQU

1. List three things you learned about zero waste from these videos.
2. What do you think about (the content of) these video clips? (Make at least two comments)
3. Ask at least two questions you might ask the people in any of these videos?

As you get ready for the holiday season you should know that the traditions of this season often have negative impacts on the environment.  In this assignment you will explore the impacts you are having and propose ways to mitigate these impacts.

 

You will complete parts 1, 2  and 3 for homework.  Part 4 will be due later.

 

Also, your final Arroyo Stream Report is due by Tuesday, December 20 odd (Ded 21 even).  You must turn in a printed report to me and a digital report to the following google folder

 

Read pp 630 to 644 on Municipal Solid waste and answer questions 1-39 on the study guide.

Test on Chapter 18 Climate Change

 

Global Warming FRQ choices

Go to the following page and review the questions and scoring guides for the following FRQ’s

http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/exam/exam_information/2003.html

 2002 #4 El Nino

2006 #2 Atmospheric CO2

2008 #1 Biofuels

2009 #3 questions d and e Colorado River

2010 #2 Termites

2010 #4 Estuaries

2011 #2 Coral Reefs

2013 #2 Electric Vehicles (Math)

Also, you will find a review worksheet attached.  It is not required to be completed but many students find the review worksheets a useful study tool.

 

 

Read pp 512-536 on the Response to Climate Change
Answer Questions 41-60 on the Study Guide

Read pp512-529 on the Evidence and Impacts of Climate Change and answer questions 27 - 40 on the Study Guide

 

Be prepared for a quiz on the carbon cycle, how greenhouse gases warm the atmosphere and/or the six green house gases, their sources, and whether they are the most potent, abundant, fastest increasing and greatest radiative forcing.

Fix your Stream Data Graphs and Analysis.  Your final draft should be digital. Be sure to turn in your final draft with the graded first draft. 

 

Read pages 504-511 on the Introduction to Climate

 

Test on Chapter 14 Toxicology

Possible FRQ Questions

1. List 5 aspects that would make a toxicant more of a concern for human or environmental health.  Explain how it makes the toxicant more damaging.  Use examples
2. List 4 government agencies that assess and/or manage risk posed by toxicants.
3. Explain what type of hazards it manages.  Use examples.
4. List 4 laws that are used to control toxicants
5. Explain how they control the toxicants.  Give examples
6. Describe a benefit and a problem related to an “Innocent until proven guilty” approach to risk management.  Give an example of each.
7. Describe a benefit and a problem related to a “precautionary principle” approach to risk management.  Give an example of each.

8. Describe 3 ways a toxicant can move from its intended application to another place where it harms people or the environment.  Give an example of each and describe the harm.

 

 

 

Write an analysis of your stream data for each of your chosen parameters.

 

Use the google spread sheets from the Arroyo Stream Data and create two graphs:

*If your graph has both data and rankings, include both.

 

You should print a page for each parameter that includes the following:

• Name of Person Writing this section.
• Explanation of the purpose of testing this parameter
• Overall results (Refer to  the average rankings and data on your graphs)
• Interpretation of the results (What the results mean--excellent, good, fair, poor water rankings and descriptions of harms caused or not caused)
• Comparison to EPA limits, if any
• Assessment of precision (Very, Somewhat, Little, None) Also explain your reasoning using numbers from the data.  Be sure to reference your two graphs.
• Assessment of accuracy (Very, Somewhat, Little, None) Describe the sources of error or, if you don’t think you have a source of error, describe possible sources of error that you avoided. 
• Graph of class data and rankings (Label Axis with units and include a legend if necessary)
• Extra Credit:Graph of All Class data and rankings (Label Axis with units and include a legend if necessary)

See the attached example.

 

 

Read the second half of chapter 14 and answer study guide questions 21-43

Also, complete the Toxicant Presentation Attached below.

Read Chapter 14

Test on Chapter 15 Freshwater Resources

 

1999 #1 Pond Water

2001 #4 Stream Quality

2002 #2 Water Diversion

2003 #3 Estuaries

2007 #1 Wastewater Treatment

2015 #1 Climate Change and Everglades Water Quality

2012 #4 Wetlands

1.  Put your data on to the class spreadsheet (if you didn't already put the data in with your phone while at the Arroyo.
2. Write ONE sentence about each test you chose at the beginning of this project.
3. In that sentence give the actual data and briefly explain what it tells about the stream quality (example: Our group found the ammonia concentration was 20 ppm and it shows the water quality is poor.)

Don't forget your bike and helmet for our second day of stream study.

 

Your homework for tonight is to complete the assignment on Propositions 65 and 67.  See the attached assignment.

 

Make sure your bike is working and your tires are sound.

Don't forget a Helmet!!!

 

Complete research on your water quality parameters (tests) that you selected in class.  You should have a page for each parameter.  Your explanations do not have to take up the entire page.  Be concise with supporting details. You are to answer the questions:

1.       What is the test designed to assess?
2.       Why is this information important to humans? (be specific about the harms caused)
3.       Why is this information important to the ecosystem? (be specific about the harms caused)
4.       What are the desired quantitative or qualitative limits or ranges (including units)?
5.       How can conditions outside of the desired range be remediated (improved or adapted to)?

 

The information sheets we used in class can be found at this page: http://www.sphstigers.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=436484&type=u&pREC_ID=662787. 

You are also welcome to research the information from other sources, but it is not required.

Complete the Attached Assignment on the Delta Smelt Controversy

Read Chapter 15 pp427-449 and answer study guide questions 47 -72.  Be sure to print out the answers.

 

Check to make sure you have a HELMET!

Read Chapter 15 pp418-427  and answer study guide questions 28-46.  Be sure to print out these answers and bring them to class.

 

If you haven't turned in your field trip form, turn it in!

 

Don't forget to check your bike tires, brakes and chains!

Read sections

• Part 1. Read the Central Case: Plumbing the Colorado River.
  Write a paragraph that summarizes the cause of the conflicts over Colorado River water.
• Part 2. Read the section on Freshwater Systems (pp 413-418) and answer study guide questions 1-27.  Be sure to print out your study guide answers for this section and bring them to class with you.
  
• Turn in Field Trip Form for the Arroyo Field Trip.  If you have lost your form, I have attached the form below.  Be sure you choose the appropriate form (ODD or EVEN)

Test on Chapter 11

 

I have also included a study outline and a review sheet

 

Endangered Species Report

Read the attached report instructions.  You will use the IUCN redlist website to answer questions on the report. 

 

Be prepared to discuss your endangered species with the class

Biodiversity Report

You will be assigned to research one of the categories listed on the attached assignment sheet.

1.      You will make up to 3 slides with images that visually shows the species and the impact of the category. Use words sparingly.
2.      You will post those images on the following google doc slide show for your class. Put your name on each slide (small font).  Please put your slides in number order based on the categories below.  https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0BxeZ9fqKCtq8QjF0b21fdlRwaEE?usp=sharing
3.      You will turn in a short written report that explains the relationship between an endangered or threatened species and your category. Include your images on your report.  Include sources. Try to put it on ONE page.

Read Chapter 11 310-323

Complete Study Guide 27-46

Read Chapter 11 pp294-310

Answer study guide questions 1-26

Test on Chapters 5,6,&7

 

FRQ Options

Complete the Invasive Species Report.  Choose any invasive species from the list (also attached).

 

Read chapter 5 and complete the attached study guide questions.

Be prepared for a quiz on the  phosphorus and hydrologic cycles.

Complete Study Guide on Chapter 6 attached below

 

Study for quiz on Nitrogen Cycle

Begin the Study Guide on Chapter 6 attached below

 

Policy And Regulation Report

You are to research an environmental law, treaty, or regulation.  You should have selected the law, treaty or regulation in class.

You will make 3 products: An information sheet, a story, and an answer sheet for your story.

Read Chapter 3 and Complete Study Guide

Read Chapter 3 and complete the study guide.  You do not have to define the terms but you should know them.

This is the third and final chapter we will cover in this first unit.

Read Chapter 2 and Complete Study Guide

Read the introduction to Chapter 2 on the Jabaluka Mine and write down 3 discussion-starting questions or opinions .

Read the chapter and complete the attached Chapter 2 Study Guide Questions.  Do not define the terms but you should know them.  Be sure to give examples when asked.

Read Chapter 1 and Complete Study Guide

Read Chapter 1 of your textbook and answer the study guide questions.

Be sure to answer each question in a complete sentence and be sure to give examples or explain when the question demands it.

You can download the word document and type your answers on the document.

Please try to print out your answers double sided to save paper.

If you don't know the answer to any question you can ask it in class before you turn it in and still get full credit.

You don't have to write down the definition to the terms but you should be able to define each term and give an example of each.  You should be prepared for a quiz on any of the terms or questions in the study guide.

Also: Be sure to read the inset article on Easter Island

Read "Tragedy of the Commons" and Eutrophication Test

Download and print out the PDF: Tragedy of the commons -- please  try to print double sided.

Read the article and highlight  5-10 passages that are meaningful, provocative,  or worthy of class discussion.  Write 5-10 comments on the margins (or on a separate paper) about your thoughts on the passages.

Be prepared to discuss your analysis and opinions in class.

Test: Be prepared to explain the process of Eutrophication