EnvironmentalNotebook

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.

**Daily assignments are always due by the start of the next class unless explicitly stated otherwise**

APES Unit Four: Water Pollution, Waste, Cities, Economics & Politics (ch 20-24)

4/20, Notes: Water Pollution & Solid Waste

4/20, Supplemental Notes: Chapter Twenty

4/20, Video Contest: STRAWS (flipgrid option)

4/20, Recommended Textbook Reading 20.1-20.2

4/21, StreamWatch Eco Study Workday

4/21, Recommended Textbook Reading 20.3-20.4

4/22, StreamWatch Eco Study Workday

4/22, Recommended Textbook Reading 20.5

4/23, STRAWS video due

4/23, StreamWatch Activities: Large Biotics

4/25, StreamWatch Eco Study due to turnitin by 11:59 pm

001, 4/26, Case Study: Restoring Estuaries

4/26, Recommended Textbook Reading 21.1-21.2

4/27, Supplemental Notes: Chapter Twenty-One

002, 4/27, Lab: Yoretown Needs a Landfill (map)

4/27, Recommended Textbook Reading 21.3-21.4

4/28, Asynchronous Learning Day (check in here by 2:18)

4/28, Optional Enrichment Video: A Plastic Ocean

003, 4/29, Lab: Fruitvale

4/29, Recommended Textbook Reading 21.5-21.6

004, 4/30, Lab: Foul Water

4/30, Recommended Textbook Reading 22.1-22.2

5/2, AP Personal Progress Checks Unit 8A&B Due

005, 5/3, Lab: Water Pollution (use the code GQTRJV or J6WHKZ)

5/3, Recommended Textbook Reading 22.3-22.5

5/4, Supplemental Notes: Chapter Twenty-Two

006, 5/4, Lab: City Planning

5/4, Recommended Textbook Reading 23.1-23.2

5/5, Supplemental Notes: Chapters Twenty-Three/Twenty-Four

007, 5/5, Lab: Appropriation Adventure

5/5, Recommended Textbook Reading 23.3-23.5

008, 5/6, Lab: Politics & Environmental Policy

5/6, Recommended Textbook Reading 24.1-24.3

5/7, StreamWatch Activities: Benthic Macroinvertebrates

5/7, Recommended Textbook Reading 24.4-24.6

5/9, AP Personal Progress Check Unit 7 Due

009, 5/10, Case Study: U.S. Standard of Living

5/11, Exam: Water Pollution, Waste, Cities, Economics & Politics (ch 20-24)

5/12, Project: StreamWatch Eco Study Poster

5/13, Asynchronous Learning Day (check in here by 2:18)

5/13, Eco Study Poster Workday

5/14, Eco Study Poster Workday

5/16, Eco Study Poster Due to turnitin by 11:59 pm

010, StreamWatch Eco Study Grade Report

011, Q4 Community Service Hours (zooniverse screenshot)

APES Unit Three: Energy, AIr Pollution & Climate Change (ch 14-19)

3/15, Notes: Geology & Energy Resources

3/15, Supplemental Notes: Chapter Fourteen

001, 3/15, Lab: Earthquakes

3/15, Recommended Textbook Reading 14.1-13.2

002, 3/16, Lab: Temperature & Chemical Weathering

3/16, Recommended Textbook Reading 14.3-14.4

3/17, Supplemental Notes: Chapter Fifteen

003, 3/17, Lab: Ecological Footprint

3/17, Recommended Textbook Reading 14.5

3/18, AsynchRAINus Learning Day (check in here by 2:18)

3/18, Supplemental Notes: Chapter Sixteen

3/18, Lab: Energy Speed Dating Profile

3/18, Recommended Textbook Reading 15.1-15.2

3/19, StreamWatch Activities: Forest Transect

3/19, Recommended Textbook Reading 15.3-15.5

3/21, AP Personal Progress Checks Unit 5A&B Due

004, 3/22, Lab: Energy Speed Dating

3/22, Recommended Textbook Reading 16.1-16.2

005, 3/23, Q2 Community Service Hours (zooniverse screenshot)

3/23, Notes: Health, Air Pollution & Climate Change

3/23, Supplemental Notes: Chapter Seventeen

006, 3/23, Case Study: Persistent Organic Pollutants

3/23, Recommended Textbook Reading 16.3-16.4

3/24, Asynchronous Learning Day (check in here by 2:18)

3/24, Optional Enrichment Video: Before the Flood

3/24, Recommended Textbook Reading 16.5-16.6

3/25, Supplemental Notes: Chapter Eighteen

007, 3/25, Lab: Auto Emissions

3/25, Recommended Textbook Reading 16.7-16.9

008, 3/26, Lab: Emissions Trading

009, 4/8, Lab: Lichens as Indicators of Air Quality

4/8, Recommended Textbook Reading 17.1-17.2

4/9, StreamWatch Activities: Forest Quadrat

4/9, Recommended Textbook Reading 17.3-17.5

4/12, Project: StreamWatch Ecological Study

4/12, Recommended Textbook Reading 18.1-18.2

010, 4/13, Lab: Murder in the Air

4/13, Recommended Textbook Reading 18.3-18.4

4/14, Asynchronous Learning Day (check in here by 2:18)

4/14, Optional Live Eco Study Help (11:00-12:00)

4/14, Recommended Textbook Reading 18.5-18.6

4/15, Supplemental Notes: Chapter Nineteen

011, 4/15, Lab: Greenhouse Effect (use the code GQTRJV)

4/15, Recommended Textbook Reading 19.1-19.2

012, 4/16, Lab: Global Warming & the IPCC (IPCC Report)

4/16, Recommended Textbook Reading 19.3-19.4

4/18, AP Personal Progress Check Unit 9 Due

4/19, Exam: Energy Resources & Air Pollution (ch 14-19)

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

2/17, Book Report Culminating Activity

2/17, Project: Ecological Study

2/17, Ecological Study Topic SignUp

2/17, Recommended Textbook Reading 9.1

2/18, AsynchSNOWus Learning Day (check in here by 2:18)

2/18, Notes: Species Approach

2/18, Supplemental Notes: Chapter Nine

001, 2/18, Lab: Endangered Species (no graph needed)

2/18, Recommended Textbook Reading 9.2

2/19, StreamWatch Activities: Chemical

2/19, Recommended Textbook Reading 9.3-9.4

2/21, AP Personal Progress Check Unit 2 Due

2/22, Eco Study Project Workday

2/22, Recommended Textbook Reading 10.1-10.2

2/23, Asynchronous Learning Day (check in here by 2:18)

2/23, Optional Live Eco Study Help (1:00-2:00)

2/23, Recommended Textbook Reading 10.3-10.4

2/24, Asynchronous Learning Day (check in here by 2:18)

2/24, Optional Live Eco Study Help (11:00-12:00)

2/24, Recommended Textbook Reading 10.5

002, 2/25, Lab: Ripple Effect

2/25, Recommended Textbook Reading 11.1 -11.2

003, 2/26, Case Study: Illegal Immigration

2/26, Recommended Textbook Reading 11.3-11.4

2/27, Optional Live Eco Study Help (1:00-2:00)

2/28, Ecological Study Project Due to turnitin by 11:59 pm

3/1, Notes: Ecosystem Approach

3/1, Supplemental Notes: Chapter Ten

004, 3/1, Lab: Tree Cookies

3/1, Recommended Textbook Reading 11.5-11.6

005, 3/2, Lab: Forest Dilemmas

3/2, Recommended Textbook Reading 12.1-12.2

3/3, Asynchronous Learning Day (check in here by 2:18)

3/3, Optional Enrichment Video: Cane Toads

3/3, Recommended Textbook Reading 12.3-12.4

006, 3/4, Lab: Forestry & Conservation

3/4, Recommended Textbook Reading 12.5-12.6

3/5, Supplemental Notes: Chapter Eleven

3/5, StreamWatch Activities: Physical

3/5, Recommended Textbook Reading 13.1-13.2

3/7, AP Personal Progress Check Unit 4 Due

007, 3/8, Lab: Fisheries Mismanagement

3/8, Recommended Textbook Reading 13.3-13.5

3/9, Notes: Food & Water Resources

3/9, Supplemental Notes: Chapter Twelve

008, 3/9, Lab: Soil Porosity & Permeability

3/9, Recommended Textbook Reading 13.6-13.7

3/10, Supplemental Notes: Chapter Thirteen

009, 3/10, Lab: Freshwater Resources

3/11, Exam: Sustaining Biodiversity & Food/Water Resources (ch 9-13)

3/14, AP Personal Progress Checks Unit 6A&B Due

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

1/20, APES Syllabus

001, 1/20, Lab: Fishing For the Future

1/20, Notes: Ecosystems & Evolution

1/20, Supplemental Notes: Chapter Three

1/20, Recommended Textbook Reading 3.1-3.2

002, 1/21, Lab: Producers & Consumers

1/21, Recommended Textbook Reading 3.3-3.4

1/22, StreamWatch Activities: Large Biotics

1/22, Recommended Textbook Reading 3.5-3.6

1/25, GH Universal Expectations Requirement

003, 1/25, Lab: Carbon Cycle

1/25, Recommended Textbook Reading 4.1-4.2

1/26, Asynchronous Learning Day (check in here by 2:18)

004, 1/26, Lab: Modeling Evolution

1/26, Recommended Textbook Reading 4.3-4.4

1/27, Supplemental Notes: Chapter Four

005, 1/27, Lab: Island Biogeography

1/27, Recommended Textbook Reading 4.5-4.6

1/28, AsynchSNOWus Learning Day (check in here by 2:18)

1/28, Notes: Populations

006, 1/28, Lab: Ecological Succession

1/28, Recommended Textbook Reading 5.1-5.2

1/29, Supplemental Notes: Chapter Five

007, 1/29, Lab: Predator Prey Interaction

1/29, Recommended Textbook Reading 5.3-5.4

1/31, AP Personal Progress Check Unit 3 Due

008, 2/1, Lab: Survivorship

2/1, Recommended Textbook Reading 6.1-6.2

009, 2/2, Lab: Species Diversity

2/2, Recommended Textbook Reading 6.3-6.4

2/3, Asynchronous Learning Day (check in here by 2:18)

2/3, Recommended Summer Book Report Progress

2/4, Supplemental Notes: Chapter Six

010, 2/4, Lab: Power of the Pyramids (use this link w/ these instructions)

2/4, Recommended Textbook Reading 7.1-7.2

2/5, StreamWatch Activities: Benthic Macroinvertebrates

2/5, Recommended Textbook Reading 7.3-8.1

2/7, AP Personal Progress Check Unit 1 Due

2/8, Notes: Biomes

2/8, Supplemental Notes: Chapter Seven

011, 2/8, Lab: Factors That Influence Ecosystems (map)

2/8, Optional Exam Format Review (available M-Th)

2/8, Recommended Textbook Reading 8.2-8.3

012, 2/9, Case Study: Global Forests

2/9, Recommended Textbook Reading 8.4

2/10, Supplemental Notes: Chapter Eight

013, 2/10, Lab: Coral Reef Biodiversity

2/10, Recommended Textbook Reading 8.5

014, 2/11, Lab: River & Stream Systems

2/12, Exam: Ecosystems, Evolution, Population & Biomes (ch 3-8)

2/14, Summer Assignment Book Report Due to turnitin by 11:59 pm