AP Environmental Science

UNIT 1.  EARTH SYSTEMS & RESOURCES (10-15%)

1.   Environmental Issues, Their Causes, & Sustainability

2.   Environmental History: An Overview

4.   Ecosystem: Components, Energy Flow, and Matter Cycling

• Summer 2009 Assignment
• Lab Report Rubric
• 100+ Vocab (and Laws) List
• My Footprint
• "The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race"
• Environmental Challenges
• Composting

UNIT 2.  THE LIVING WORLD (10-15%)

5.  Evolution, and Biodiversity: Origins, Niches, & Adaptation

6.  Biogeography: Climate, Biomes, & Terrestrial Biodiversity

7.  Aquatic Ecology: Biodiversity in Aquatic Systems

8.  Community Ecology: Structure, Species Interactions, Succession, & Sustainability

• ACE Websites: old and new
• The Sixth Extinction
• Biome Webquest
• Climatograms
• CS Prep on Gray Seals: Reading 1
• CS Prep on Gray Seals: Reading 2
• It's Raining Cats and Dogs

UNIT 3.  POPULATION (10-15%)

9.  Population Dynamics, Carrying Capacity, & Conservation Biology

11.  Human Population: Growth, Demography, & Carrying Capacity

• Mark & Recapture Lab
• Population Pyramid Assignment
• Population Growth & Human Impact
• V-World in the Balance
• Population Clock

UNIT 4.  LAND & WATER USE (10-15%)

10.  Geology: Processes, Hazards, & Soils

12.  Food Resources

13.  Water Resources

• Soil Lab
• The Growing Food Problem Lab
• Water Use Survey
• V-Flow
• Shop 'til You Drop Activity

UNIT 5.  ENERGY RESOURCES & CONSUMPTION (10-15%)

14.  Geologic Resources: Nonrenewable Mineral & Energy Resources

15.  Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy

• Cookie Mining Lab
• Nuclear Power Simulation
• V-Who Killed the Electric Car

 UNIT 6.  POLLUTION (25-30%)

16.  Risk, Toxicology, & Human Health

17.  Air & Air Pollution

18.  Climate Change & Ozone Loss

19.  Water Pollution

20.  Pesticides & Pest Control

21.  Solid & Hazardous Waste

• Risk Survey Activity
• V-Heat
• CS-Fecal Coliforms
• CS-Eating PCBs
• V-Poisoned Waters
• TerrAqua Lab
• Fish Lab
• IPM Project
• Garbology Lab
• V-Garbage Warrior

UNIT 7.  GLOBAL CHANGE (10-15%)

22.  Sustaining Wild Species

23.  Sustaining Terrestrial Biodiversity: The Ecosystem Approach

24.  Sustaining Aquatic Biodiversity

25.  Sustainable Cities: Urban Land Use & Management

26.  Economics, Environment, & Sustainability

27.  Politics, Environment, & Sustainability

28.  Environmental Worldviews, Ethics, & Sustainability

• Biodiversity Project
• Sustainable Island
• New Lifestyle
• Laws and Treaties
• Environmental Action Project
• V-The 11th Hour
• My Footprint Again