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All assignments in APES will be listed here. Items with a page number to the left will be completed on a google doc that is shared with Mr. Rush (example here). A new google doc will be created for each unit and the document may be submitted to turnitin by Mr. Rush.

APES Unit Two: Sustaining Biodiversity and Food & Water Resources (ch 9-13)

        9/15, Notes: Species Approach

001, 9/15, Lab: Endangered Species

        9/15, Recommended Textbook Reading 9.1

002, 9/16, Lab: Ripple Effect

        9/16, Recommended Textbook Reading 9.2

        9/17, Asynchronous Learning Day (check in here by 2:18)

        9/17, Optional Enrichment Video: Cane Toads

        9/18, StreamWatch Activities: Physical

        9/18, Recommended Textbook Reading 9.3

        9/20, Summer Assignment Book Report Due to turnitin

        9/21, Book Report Analysis

        9/21, Project: Ecological Study (topic signup here)

        9/21, Recommended Textbook Reading 9.4

        9/22, Asynchronous Learning Day (check in here by 2:18)

003, 9/22, Video Response: Racing Extinction (video link here)

        9/22, Recommended Textbook Reading 10.1-10.2

004, 9/23, Case Study: Illegal Immigration

        9/23, Recommended Textbook Reading 10.3-10.4

        9/24, Notes: Sustaining Biodiversity

        9/24, Ecological Study Workday

        9/24, Recommended Textbook Reading 10.5-10.6

        9/25, StreamWatch Activities: Forest Transect

        9/25, Recommended Textbook Reading 11.1

        9/27, AP Personal Progress Check Unit 4 Due

APES Unit One: Ecosystems, Evolution, Populations and Biomes (ch 3-8)

001, 8/17, Lab: Fishing for the Future

        8/17, APES Syllabus

        8/17, Student Information Sheet

        8/17, Notes: Ecosystems & Evolution

        8/17, Recommended Textbook Reading 3.1-3.2

002, 8/19, Lab: Producers & Consumers

003, 8/19, Article: Gaia Hypothesis

        8/19, Recommended Textbook Reading 3.3-3.4

004, 8/21, Lab: Carbon Cycle

005, 8/21, Article: Arctic Shifts

        8/21, Recommended Textbook Reading 3.5-3.6

006, 8/24, Lab: Modeling Evolution

        8/24, Recommended Textbook Reading 4.1-4.2

007, 8/25, Lab: Island Biogeography

008, 8/25, Article: When Animals Evolve on Islands

        8/25, Recommended Textbook Reading 4.3-4.4

        8/26, Notes: Populations

009, 8/26, Lab: Succession

        8/26, Recommended Textbook Reading 4.5-4.6

010, 8/27, Lab: Predator-Prey Interaction

        8/27, Recommended Textbook Reading 5.1-5.2

        8/28, StreamWatch Activities: Large Biotics

        8/28, Recommended Textbook Reading 5.3-5.4

        8/30, AP Personal Progress Check Unit 3 Due

​011, 8/31, Lab: Survivorship

        8/31, Recommended Textbook Reading 6.1-6.2

012, 9/1, Lab: Species Diversity

        9/1, Recommended Textbook Reading 6.3-6.4

013, 9/2, Lab: Power of the Pyramids

014, 9/2, Article: Population Growth to Occur in Africa

        9/2, Recommended Textbook Reading 7.1-7.2

        9/3, Notes: Biomes

015, 9/3, Lab: Factors That Influence Ecosystems (biome map)

        9/3, Recommended Textbook Reading 7.3

        9/4, StreamWatch Activities: Benthic Macroinvertebrates

        9/4, Recommended Textbook Reading 8.1

        9/6, AP Personal Progress Check Unit 1 Due

016, 9/8, Case Study: Global Forests

        9/8, Recommended Textbook Reading 8.2-8.3

017, 9/9, Lab: River & Stream Systems

        9/9, Recommended Textbook Reading 8.4

018, 9/10, Lab: Coral Reef Biodiversity

        9/10, Recommended Textbook Reading 8.5

        9/11, StreamWatch Activities: Chemical

        9/13, AP Personal Progress Check Unit 2 Due

        9/14, Exam: Ecosystems, Evolution, Populations & Biomes 

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